Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks; The Hunting and Pastoral Tribes

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Sale 408: Natural History - Travel & Exploration - Maps - Prints (#408) 07/23/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #8Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks; The Hunting and Pastoral Tribes

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Title:

Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks; The Hunting and Pastoral Tribes

Author:

Atkinson, Thomas Witlam

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Hurst and Blackett

Date Published:

1860

Description:

(iii)-xiii, [1], 570 pp. Lacking half title. Chromolithographed frontispiece; folding map; wood engravings in the text. (8vo) 9¼x6, half morocco and cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down First Edition.

Significant for the ethnological observations as well as the marvelous descriptions of the geographic features of the region.

Condition:

Leather brittle, hinges repaired; bottom of dedication leaf trimmed and with erasure of inkstamped number (likely removing library markings); repairs to folding map. Sold as is.

Item#:

203609

Headline:

The Upper and Lower Amoor 1860
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