Across Siberia on the Great Post-Road by Wenyon, Charles - 1896

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Hardcover. Good. Charles H Kelly, London, 1903, fourth edition; small 8vo, pp xii, 244; folding map of the journey, collotype or similar frontispiece portrait of the author, several photographic and other illustrations in the text; brown cloth gilt, end papers somewhat browned, Weslyan Methodist presentation bookplate on the front end paper, the plate partially obscured by a piece of plain paper pasted over it but the book overall in good, tight, clean condition. The work is an account of a road journey from the Pacific to the Urals, specifically from China to Europe through Northern Asia, in the spring and summer of 1893

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in light brown cloth lettered in gilt and black. A little wear to spine. Ownership inscription. Pp.xii,240 + 4pp adverts. Frontispiece and 26 illustrations including a folding map.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. 1896. 252pp 25 ills. in text, London 1896. *One of the last Englishmen to cross Siberia on foot prior to the opening of the Trans-Siberian railway. Omitted from Nerhood. 1st edition. Lacks frontispiece & folding map, otherwise very good. .

Hardback. New.

London : C.H. Kelly, 1898. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands worn and detaching from text block; panel edges somewhat dust-toned, bumped and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear, some pages coming loose. Physical Description; xii, 240 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, folded map ; 19 cm. Subjects; Russia (Federation) Siberia. Siberia (Russia) Description and travel. Sibérie (Russie) Descriptions et voyages. Travel. Wenyon, Charles.

London: Charles H. Kelly. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1903. Hardcover. Lacking the frontipiece. Dampstains to endpapers. Pencil scribbles to some leaves. Some rubbing, staining and marks to boards. Spine faded. ; Fourth edition. 244 pages + folding map. Lacking the frontispiece. 25 illustrations within the pagination. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Black lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 137mm. Travel, Russia. "I cannot say that I saw the western shore of Baikal, for it was midnight when we arrived, and so dark that I am not sure whether what loomed before us was a hillside forest of a thunder-cloud. Before dawn I was far away from it, for the post-station at Leestvanssehnia - the long name of the little port where our stearmer stopped - was quite close to the mooring-place, and had such a good supply of horses and tarantasses that I was able to start at once; and so, by seven in the morning, the fifty miles of… Read More

Second Edition. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898 Cr.8vo. xii,240pp. mounted photograph of the author as frontispiece and 25 plates and illustrations, folding map. "...and I was perhaps one of the last Englishmen to travel the whole distance from the Pacific coast to the Ural Mountains in the old-fashioned way. The following sketch, therefore, of a journey made from China to Europe through Northern Asia in the spring and summer of 1893 is partly a record of circumstances which have passed or are fast passing away." Spine slightly faded, a good copy in the publisher's decorated olive-green cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded… Read More