Stock ID #172454 Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China. ARCHIBALD JOHN LITTLE.

Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China.

London. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1888. First Edition. Stock ID #172454

Folding map at the rear, xvi+ 316pp, index. Original boards re-backed with cloth, new head & tail bands, spine and new endpapers. The original black cloth covered boards stamped in red & gilt are faded and marked, edges worn and corners bumped. The top edge of the title page has a 1.3cm strip removed but the text is clean and sound. Rough cut page edges are slightly dusty. A firm and clean copy of the first edition.

Journal written on the 2 month journey up the Yangtse River from Shanghai to Chung-king.

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