A Yankee on the Yangtze
by William Edgar Geil
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. The very scarce first UK edition of William Edgar Geil's account of his travels in Asia. The first UK edition of this work from Geil, an American evangelist, explorer, lecturer and photographer. He is believed to be the first American to have travelled the entire length of the Ming section of the Great Wall of China.Illustrated with ninety-nine photographic plates, each featuring a number of images. Collated, lacking the plate which should appear between pages 208 and 209, which featured three images.A fascinating account of the author's travels through Shanghai and Burma, with discussion of the Yangtze Gorges, Chinese interpreters, copper mining, and opium.The scarce first UK edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Marks to front joint. Front hinge significantly strained, with front free endpaper and frontispiece tenderly held. Small loss to one corner of frontispiece. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages clean and bright. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 886F1
- Title
- A Yankee on the Yangtze
- Author
- William Edgar Geil
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- asia shanghai burma shanghai
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Plate
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- Tail
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