A Thousand Miles On an Elephant In the Shan States

London 1890, Blackwood. Decorated cloth, very good, 484p., 94 b.w. illustrations,8 fold out maps,7 in color, appendix, title page has rubber stamp, else contents clean, usual wear to head/tail spine, corners, solid copy,index. FIRST EDITION An excellent early work. Covers Dr. Cushing's arrival, surv- eying, loading the elephants, the trek through teak forests and Ynnanese. Detainment of Rev. Webster, bribes… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. First Edition. Large 8v0. xxxvi, 484 pp plus 24 pp publisher's catalog. Index. 8 folding lithographed maps, 7 colored. Black & white illustrations. Rebound in brown leatherette with original covers & spine laid down. Front hinge partially cracked; first map has tape reinforcement on verso along fold lines; contemporary gift inscription;… Read more about this item

Bangkok: White Lotus Co, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 maps (7 folding; the 8th is found on the endpapers), illustrations, xii, xxxvi, 484p. Original black binding. dj. 21cm. A few black marks and a small red oriental stamp on half-title. Reprint of the 1890 Edinburgh edition with a new Introduction by Virginia M. Di Crocco.

Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000 XXXVI, 484pp. with numerous illustrations and 8 (folding) maps. Index. * An excellent overview of the topography, economy, peoples, customs, legends, and local histories of Northern Thailand in the latter part of the 19th century. Size: 21x15

Bangkok: White Lotus, 2000. Excellent facsimile reprint edition of this 1890 classic with numerous illustrations and 8 folding maps. Small Chinese stamp on front flyleaf (price?) otherwise crisp and like new. . First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Fine.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.