Lands of the Sun: Impressions of a Visit to Tropical Lands.
Chicago. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. First Edition. Stock ID #162676 The author describes the trip she took with her husband from their home in the US across the Pacific to Asia. She includes chapters on Japan, China, Saigon, Angkor, Java, Borobudur, Burma, India (from Calcutta to Lahore), the Khyber Pass and the Kingdom of Jaipur and from Udaipur to Colombo. An example of a travel account from a very different era. In this chatty account Mrs Harrison airs her views on all she sees from her fellow travellers to the places visited along the way. When referring to this item please quote stockid 162676.
Black and white photographic portrait frontispiece and photographic plates by the author's husband, 268pp, very good copy in original yellow cloth covered boards, small bump to the lower edge of the front board, endpapers age toned and a little offsetting from some of the photographs, corners bumped but a very bright and clean copy. A signed presentation copy from the author dated Nov. 11th 1929. 20x13.5cm
Price: $150.00 AU