THREE YEARS IN WESTERN CHINA: A Narrative Of Three Journeys In Ssu-Ch'Uan, Kuei-

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London 1897, Philip. Yellow cloth, excellent, 302p., index, a fold out color map, 8 b.w. plates, notes on opium, a very bright, clean and solid example 14 x 22 cm., frontispiece, exceptionally bright example. * * SECOND & BEST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . THE LEGENDARY . . . A SUPERB AND EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR TRAVEL . . . IN SOUTH-WESTERN CHINA: SICHUAN, GUIZHOU & YUNNAN . . . DURING THE YEARS 1882, 1883 & 1884 . * The author's narrative cover the years 1882-1884. He was H.B.M. Consular to China, and traveled widely throughout the empire, and faithfully recorded his observations. . This text covers his journey up the Yang-tse to Western China, Chungking to the capital of Kue-Chow, harvesting the opium production, silk & paper manufactures, bamboo water wheels. Westward to Yun-nan, white wax insects, Miao-tzu houses and women, limestone caves, underground rivers, poverty of the inhabitants, Chinese inquisitiveness. Through North-Eastern Yun-nan to the Yang-tse, opium smokers, exposure of robber's heads, Lolo robber's heads, Lolo bloodshed, to Chun-king, salt wells, of sugar, safflower and beggars. . * Through Lolodom & the valley of Chien-Ch'ang, brick tea for Tibet, Sifan language, asbestos cloth, Lolo women. To Ta-li Fu to Yun-nan fu, Tibet, Kwei-Chow, narrow escape, Sacred Mount O-Mei, Chinese insect white wax, its production. Trade of Western & South-Western China. Introduction by A. Little, . *** THE EDITION: This is the second & best British edition. . *** THE MAP: At the end of the volume is a map: 1. Sketch map of South-Western China, to illustrate the journeys of Alexander Hosie, H.B.M. Consular Service, China. This is a large color folding map, 43.5 x 53 cm. . *** CONDITION: Bound in the publisher's mustard cloth with red cover & spine titles. This is an UNUSED, like new example, bright, clean and solid, un-cracked open. . The yellow end papers are bright & clean, contents are brilliantly clean, complete with large color folding map which has some old penned marks in the upper & lower margins, else a superb example. . Protected in a clear & thick Mylar dust jacket. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. Note: because the book is covered in the Mylar protector there is some reflection on the spine photo, it matches the front covers which were able to be scanned close to the original colors. Of course the spine color is the matching color of the covers. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Yakushi H425 * H. H. Cordier: BIBLIOTHECA SINICA 353 * [MORRISON, G.[eorge] E.[rnest]. CATALOGUE OF THE ASIATIC LIBRARY OF DR. G.E. MORRISON: vol.I, p.361 . *.

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THREE YEARS IN WESTERN CHINA: A Narrative Of Three Journeys In Ssu-Ch'Uan, Kuei-
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HOSIE, Alexander
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