Riding the Dragon's Back : A River Journey on China's Yangtze by Kallen, Christian, Bangs, Richard

Scribner. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Atheneum, 1989. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Atheneum. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0689119321 . The DJ has rubbing and edge and corenr wear. Small tears at the top corners, front and back. ; 9.20 X 6.10 X 0.60 inches .

Atheneum, October 1989. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York: Atheneum, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good +. Includes color photographs of the adventure. "The upper Yangtze River is the dragon, a beautiful and savage beast.... The authors tell firsthand what its like to pit your nerve and skill against a primal force of nature." -- from the jacket flap. Publishers Weekly -- "From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted "Great Bend'' section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters… Read More

Atheneum Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 9x6x0. A short tear to dustjacket. From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted Great Bend section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters (altitude 17,660 ft.) to Yibin (797 ft.). In three ill-fated expeditions of 1986 there were six fatalities. The following year, Bangs and Kallen successfully took a team of experienced rafters and well-heeled clients to the river. To their first-rate adventure story, the authors add background material on ethnic groups and… Read More

New York: Atheneum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689119321 . Full number line. ; 260 pages .

Atheneum. As New. 1989. Hardcover. 0689119321 . 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 260 pages; Signed by author .

Atheneum Books, 1989. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.