The Yangtze Valley and Beyond
by Mrs. J. F. Bishop [Isabella Bird]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$572.83A$515.55
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Not Stated. The first edition of Isabella Bird's account of her travels up the Yangtze river, illustrated throughout with photographic images. Illustrated with a folding colour map, and one-hundred and sixteen photographic plates. Collated, complete.Bird travelled around China between 1896 and 1897, spending eight months on the Yangtze river. She details her journey along the river and to Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Nankou, and Yichang.Bird includes discussion of Hangchow medical mission hospitals - where she meets a man with elephantiasis - Chinese charities, opium, and the Protestant missions in China.Widely travelled, Bird was the first woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.Retaining the tipped in errata leaf.A smart copy of Bird's account of her final overseas adventure, the work for which she is best remembered. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with tide marks to tail of back strip, tail of front board, and tail of rear board, penetrating to pastedowns and blanks. Small splits in cloth to head of back strip. Hinges strained but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 865F26
- Title
- The Yangtze Valley and Beyond
- Author
- Mrs. J. F. Bishop [Isabella Bird]
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 9.5" by 7"
- Keywords
- Yangtze Valley japan china asia japan
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...