A CURIOUS LIFE FOR A LADY The Story of Isabella Bird, Traveller Extraordinary by Barr Pat - 1985

Penguin UK, 1985. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Good.

Penguin, 1985. Reissue of 1970 Macmillan edition. Paper covers. Fair/No Jacket. Well-used ex-library copy.

London: Penguin, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Reprint. The travel biography of Isabella Bird... who spent much of her first forty years of her life as a pious Victorian parson's daughter studying hymns. It was therefore surprising that she then burst out of such homely confinements to become a tireless international traveller, usually alone. Most of her travels were to parts of Asia where European influence was not well established. l347p plates bibliography index.

Penguin, 1986-01-29. paperback. Acceptable. 1x1x1. Cover differs to stock image; actual book shown. Wear to cover. Pages tanned.

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. Good/N/A. This is the travel biography of Isabella Bird, the author of The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither, who spent much of her first forty years of her life as a pious Victorian parson's daughter studying hymns. It was therefore surprising that she then burst out of such homely confinements to become a tireless international traveller, usually alone. Most of her travels were to parts of Asia where European influence was not well established. In the late 1870s she visited Malaya shortly after the Pangkor Agreement. Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1970. 347 pages with a list of sources and an index. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine has light creases and the cover edges have some rubbing. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is medium tanning throughout.