The Yangtze Valley and Beyond; An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory
by BIRD, ISABELLA L ( BISHOP, Mrs J F)
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
john murray 1899. first edition super octavo green cloth boards with read label and gilt lettering and symbols, xv + 557pp + coloured folding map, illus, VG ( discolouration to spine and remnants of circular label, light bruising, occassional light foxing) errata slip tipped in at first page; a tidy copy of a SCARCE title
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- Title
- The Yangtze Valley and Beyond; An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory
- Author
- BIRD, ISABELLA L ( BISHOP, Mrs J F)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- john murray 1899
- Keywords
- isabella l bird mrs j f bishop travel exploration anthropology china yangtze
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- Tipped In
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Errata
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- VG
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