The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory
London: John Murray, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; (xvi), 557pp. Complete with frontis, errata slip and 115 illustrations plus 'Hand Slides for Tibetan Rope Bridge' (not called for) at p.372); folding color map (Sketch Map of the Yangtze Basin) at rear. Handsomely rebound in full brown morocco, spine with four raised bands and black calf title/author compartment; marbled endpapers; original top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, red ribbon marker. A Near Fine copy. Isabella Bird was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist.and the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The book, compiled from Bird’s journal letters and diary, is a detailed travelogue chronicle of her 1896–1897 journey through central China, primarily in Szechuan (Sichuan) province and among the Man-tze (Miao) people of the Somo territory. Her descriptions of a pre-dammed Yangtze, with its seasonal fluctuations and thousands of trackers, are invaluable for understanding a lost landscape. Item #22736
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