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BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY (Mrs. Bishop): - 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. Two volumes. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, & London, John Murray, 1900.

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. Two volumes. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, & London, John Murray, 1900.
Description: . Pp. xii, (ii), 410, (2); viii, (ii), 365, (2). With two frontispieces, one folding coloured map and numerous illustrations throughout the text, of which 73 full-page. Publisher's decorated gilt cloth, u. e. g., others untrimmed, lightly rubbed at extremities. First American edition. Isabella Bird (1831-1904), probably the most loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society (1892). This narrative deals with her travels in China in 1897 along the Yangtze River from Shanghai visiting Hangzhou (Zhejiang province), Yichang (Hubei), Wan Hsien (Hebei), Nanjing (Kiangsu), and several places in Sichuan province. Her book is based on her letters and diary notes, and the illustrations are mainly taken from her own photographs. A lovely copy. Cordier BS 355. Robinson pp. 81-83. Yakushi (1984) B170.

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, travel, exploration, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, lady traveller

Price: EUR 800.00 = appr. US$ 869.48 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 120588

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