River of Golden Sand; The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah

1880

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Year of publication

1880

Place of printing

London. John Murray

Author

Gill, Capt. William, Introduction By Col. Henry Yule

Edition

First edition.

Keyword

Travel - Asia

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, 420; 453 pp, frontis in each volume, each volume with engraved vignette on title, half title in volume II, 10 maps and charts (folding), index. contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, gilt spine title lettering, upper portion of margin of titles removed with loss of 'the', repair to map, else very good with only slight foxing on a few leaves. A picture of this book is avail Yakushi G57. Marshall 1343. The second edition was abridged from this first edition and had only two maps. The author was awarded the Royal Geographical Society gold medal for this journey and the mapping made. He was the first European to explore large parts of western China and Tibet, the book describes his travels in detail from Shanghai, Hong Kong up the Yangtze, through China and Tibet to Burma, the peoples, opium smoking, conditions, nature, cities, etc. The introduction by Yule adds a good historical perspective.