FROM CHINA TO CHELSEA A MODERN PILGRIMAGE ALONG ANCIENT HIGHWAYS (SIGNED COPY)

McCULLUM, Captain David

Published by Ernest Benn Limited, 1930

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First edition. Demy 8vo. (9 x 6 ins); pp xvi, 17- 284; 35 photographic plates, including hte frontis, and four large, folding maps, by D.L. Browne, in excellent untorn condition. Rebound in modern, half dark brown leather over marbled boards. new endpapers. Signed Presentation inscription to the first free endpaper, which is toned. Half-title present. McCallum's narrative of road trip from the British Legation Compound in Peking to his house in Chelsea in 1927. The route took him 15,200 miles "through Indo-China, down the coast of Annam, via Cambodia, Siam and Malaya to India, along the Grand Trunk Road, through the Baluchistan Desert to Persia, Iraq, and Syria, and across Europe from Constantinople". Narration accompanied by large number of photographs taken by the author and various maps by W.L. Browne. A handsome copy. Seller Inventory # 19266

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Bibliographic Details

Title: FROM CHINA TO CHELSEA A MODERN PILGRIMAGE ...
Publisher: Ernest Benn Limited
Publication Date: 1930
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Book Type: Book

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