Published by Periscope Pub, 2009
ISBN 10: 1934772755 ISBN 13: 9781934772751
hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Published by Periscope Pub, 2009
ISBN 10: 1934772755 ISBN 13: 9781934772751
Seller: Garden City Books, Herts, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. folio sized hardback in excellent clean condition, appears hardly used. In 1883, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband embarked on a trip that would take them from Boston, across the Unites States and the Pacific, to Japan, China Cambodia and finally, the India of the Raj. Travelling in the wake of recent Western expansion into Asia, they were privileged guests in a world convulsed by colliding forces and identities. They visited ancient temples; met missionaries and colonial officials; toured rubble left but anti-Western riots; camped at Angkhor Wat but took first-class trains throughout India. Isabella kept a diary, bought photographs, and assembled a travel album. Back home, she became a pioneering collector of Asian art. 'Journeys East' reconstructs the Gardners' epic journey with illustrations from Isabella's albums and quotations from her diary and her husband's letters and notes.Note that to send outside the Uk will incur extra shipping due to weight.