Search Results: across siberia on the great post road by wenyon charles

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Robert Culley. Very Good-. 1908. Fourth Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Front blank endpaper missing; other endpapers browned; cloth extremities worn; 244 pages .

Hardcover. Good. Charles H Kelly, London, 1903, fourth edition; small 8vo, pp xii, 244; folding map of the journey, collotype or similar frontispiece portrait of the author, several photographic and other illustrations in the text; brown cloth gilt, end papers somewhat browned, Weslyan Methodist presentation bookplate on the front end paper, the plate partially obscured by a piece of plain paper pasted over it but the book overall in good, tight, clean condition. The work is an account of a road journey from the Pacific to the Urals, specifically from China to Europe through Northern Asia, in the spring and summer of 1893

Paperback / softback. New.

C.H. Kelly. Used - Good. 1903 Fourth ed. Nr. VG. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day).Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in light brown cloth lettered in gilt and black. A little wear to spine. Ownership inscription. Pp.xii,240 + 4pp adverts. Frontispiece and 26 illustrations including a folding map.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. 1896. 252pp 25 ills. in text, London 1896. *One of the last Englishmen to cross Siberia on foot prior to the opening of the Trans-Siberian railway. Omitted from Nerhood. 1st edition. Lacks frontispiece & folding map, otherwise very good. .

Hardback. New.

London : C.H. Kelly, 1898. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands worn and detaching from text block; panel edges somewhat dust-toned, bumped and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear, some pages coming loose. Physical Description; xii, 240 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, folded map ; 19 cm. Subjects; Russia (Federation) Siberia. Siberia (Russia) Description and travel. Sibérie (Russie) Descriptions et voyages. Travel. Wenyon, Charles.

London: Charles H. Kelly. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1903. Hardcover. Lacking the frontipiece. Dampstains to endpapers. Pencil scribbles to some leaves. Some rubbing, staining and marks to boards. Spine faded. ; Fourth edition. 244 pages + folding map. Lacking the frontispiece. 25 illustrations within the pagination. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Black lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 137mm. Travel, Russia. "I cannot say that I saw the western shore of Baikal, for it was midnight when we arrived, and so dark that I am not sure whether what loomed before us was a hillside forest of a thunder-cloud. Before dawn I was far away from it, for the post-station at Leestvanssehnia - the long name of the little port where our stearmer stopped - was quite close to the mooring-place, and had such a good supply of horses and tarantasses that I was able to start at once; and so, by seven in the morning, the fifty miles of… Read More

Second Edition. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898 Cr.8vo. xii,240pp. mounted photograph of the author as frontispiece and 25 plates and illustrations, folding map. "...and I was perhaps one of the last Englishmen to travel the whole distance from the Pacific coast to the Ural Mountains in the old-fashioned way. The following sketch, therefore, of a journey made from China to Europe through Northern Asia in the spring and summer of 1893 is partly a record of circumstances which have passed or are fast passing away." Spine slightly faded, a good copy in the publisher's decorated olive-green cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded… Read More

London : Charles H. Kelly 2, Castle St., City Road.; and 66, Paternoster Row, E.C., 1896. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 240 pages; Physical description; xii, 240, [4] p. : ill., folding map ; 8°. Notes; With 4-pages of advertisements for works published by Charles H. Kelly. Subjects; Siberia (Russia) - Description and travel - 19th century. Referenced by: NSTC 0801447. Contents; Off Siberian coast - Eastern terminus - Great post-road - Start - To Lake Khanka, by tarantass - Siberian village - Steamer from Khanka to Amoor - Up Amoor - Stretensk to Lake Baikal by tarantass - Through Irkutsk to Tomsk by tarantass - Tomsk to Ural Mts by river & rail - Crossing Russian frontier.

London: Charles H.Kelly, 1896. First Edition. Not in Nerhood. 8vo. pp. xii, 240, [4]ads. folding map, mounted photo frontis. portrait, & 25 text illus. (some full-page). original cloth (faint marks on spine, spotting to rear cover, light foxing to title & frontis. tissue guard)

London: Charles H. Kelly 2, Castle St., City Road.; and 66, Paternoster Row, E.C., 1896. First edition. Illus, Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in, folding map. ii, 240pp. 8vo. Bound in modern mottled brown calf and marbled boards, green title label. Fine. First edition. Illus, Photograph frontispiece portrait tipped in, folding map. ii, 240pp. 8vo. Signed. Signed by author beloe portrait frontsipece.