The Golden Chersonese. And the Way Thither.
by BIRD, , Isabella L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1883.. 8vo.xviii+384pp. Original green cloth, decorated in gilt, folding map, b/w plates,slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, indeed.. Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), perhaps the doyenne of the intrepid band of nineteenth century lady travellers, gives her inimitable view of the Far East in the late 1870s.
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- Bookseller
- Grant's Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 209719
- Title
- The Golden Chersonese. And the Way Thither.
- Author
- BIRD, , Isabella L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Murray, 1883.
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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