Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and Adventures
by Thomas Witlam Atkinson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 11" by 7". Not Stated. The first edition of Thomas Witlam Atkinson's account of his mid nineteenth century travels in the Russian orient, illustrated throughout. The work of English architect and traveller Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Between 1847 and 1853 he travelled over forty thousand miles through Central Asia and Siberia, much of the time with his wife Lucy and son, who was born during their travels.Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, three further chromolithographic plates, and sixteen tinted lithographs. With a folding lithographic map loosely inserted to the rear.Collated, complete.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.A fascinating travelogue detailing the author's time in Siberia, Mongolia, and the geographical area of the Chinese Tartary. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with minor losses of cloth to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards firmly held. Front free endpaper, frontispiece and title page detached and loosely inserted. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting and handling marks. Folding map detached and loosely inserted, with a significant number of small tape repairs to the reverse. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 909F53
- Title
- Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and Adventures
- Author
- Thomas Witlam Atkinson
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Size
- 11" by 7"
- Keywords
- siberia chinese tartary atkinson chinese tartary
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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.
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