London. Virago. 1985. Reprint. Introduction by Pat Barr. Folding map, black and white photographic illustrations, xxii + 547pp, index, paperback, neat chop title page, lower edge slightly marked, light wear covers. Very good copy. First published by John Murray in 1899. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170927..... More
London. Pickering & Chatto. Complete in 5 volumes. Volume I Early Encounters, 1798 - 1824, select bibliography, xxix + 276pp. Volume II Mid-Century Explorations, 1841 - 1863: ix + 311pp. Volume III Expanding Frontiers, 1866 - 1877: ix + 256pp. Volume IV New Perspectives, 1882 - 1889: ix + 320pp..... More
London. Macmillan. 1946. Maps,black and white photographic illustrations, vi + 217pp, upper hinge starting, original blue cloth trifle rubbed at edges, a good copy. The author spent several years in China before the outbreak of World War II as a tobacco company representative. He describes his growing affection for the..... More
London. Methuen & Co Ltd., 1955. Tranlated from Norwegian. Map, decorative endpapers, black and white photographic illustrations, 219pp, occasional browning and foxing first and last leaves, a good hardback copy in slightly worn dustjacket. Sigurd Eliassen, a Norwegian engineer, was assigned the task of irrigating Shensi just prior to World..... More
London. Methuen & Co Ltd., 1955. Translated from Norwegian. Map, decorative endpapers, black and white photographic plates, 219pp. Library stamp on front free endpaper, no other library markings, some wear to covered dustjacket, very good copy. Sigurd Eliassen, a Norwegian engineer, was assigned the task of irrigating Shaanxi just prior..... More
London. Constable & Co Ltd., 1911. 1st English edition. 4 full-page black & white maps, black & white frontispiece and a further 134 illustrations throughout the text, xx + 429pp, index. Some pages uncut. blue cloth covered boards with some flecking, spine lettered in gilt, sunned on the spine, head..... More
London. John Murray. 1986. Map, black and white photographic plates, 224pp, bibliography, index, 22.3 x 14.5cm. A prior owner's name neatly inked front free endpaper, board lower edges little stained, dustjacket little marked, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172610... More
New York. The Century Co., 1900. 1st Edition. Black and white photographic illustrated frontispiece and numerous illustrations, xv + 466pp, index, lettered in Chinese and English on upper cover, binding rubbed and soiled, head of spine torn with some loss, spine lettering barely decipherable, text clean, internally sound. Account of..... More
London. Hodder & Stoughton. 1931. 1st Edition. Foreword by her daughter Lady Hosie. 16 black and white photographic plates, xi + 339pp, blue cloth faintly darkened on the spine, cloth at head and tail of spine tender, illustrated endpapers and generally a very good copy. "My first experience of China..... More
London. Methuen. 1904. 2nd Edition. 2 black and white folding maps, photographic portrait frontispiece with toned tissue-guard, 14 black and white photographic plates. City of Leeds Public Library label on the front paste-down and blind stamped library stamps throughout. Neat cloth tape repair along gutter between verso front free endpaper..... More
Berlin. Wolfgang Kruger Verlag. c. 1935. 326pp, inscription front free endpaper, some foxing and browning to cloth boards, edges and pages, otherwise a sound copy. Called "House of Exile" in English, this is the German translation. The author went to China in 1920 and spent 12 years living with a...... More
