Published by Royal Geographical Society., London., 1870
Seller: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Translated by Robert Mitchell.Tables. 343-419pp, 21 x 12.5cm. Bound in light card wrappers (little browned on spine), handwritten title on upper cover. First and last leaves covered with plainpaper as the articles are not relevant to this account. Very good condition. An interesting account of early Western travel to Inner Mongolia.
[London] 1871, R.G.S. New stiff blue wrs., very good, clean copy, pp.343-419, tables, translated from Russian, 13.5 x 21 cm., solid copy. FIRST AND ONLY OBSCURE EDITION This early and important primary account covers the author'stravels in the Xinjiang area of Western China, or InnerMongolia, the rugged and isolated Tian-shan mountains.