Buffer State by J Macgregor (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Published in 1896 by F.V. White & Co., Through the Buffer State is a notable work of travel and exploration by Surgeon-Major John Macgregor. This scarce first edition, featuring a distinctive shield and spears design on its dark blue cloth cover, documents Macgregorâ??s journey through Borneo, Siam, and Cambodia. The book serves as an important ethnographic and political record, providing firsthand accounts of indigenous customs and the 19th-century colonial tensions between Britain and France. It is highly valued by collectors and typically includes a portrait frontispiece and ten photographic plates. This is a first edition 1896 edition.