The Long White Mountain or a Journey in Manchuria by James H E M (13 results)

Condition: New. pp. 550.

Condition: New. pp. 550.

Condition: New. pp. 550.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A rare first edition of this work on Manchuria, James describes the history, geography, customs, religions and languages of the people found in Manchuria. It also includes comprehensive appendices and lesser seen information of such subjects as acupuncture, cannibalism, opium use and production, superstitions and slavery. Includes folding colour map, a colour chromolithographed frontispiece, 9*b/w engraved plates and 28*b/w illustrations within the text. xxiv+502+24 (last being publishers' adverts). Original tan cloth boards with monument illustration and Chinese characters. Light soiling to the cloth. Spine cloth sunned. End papers may have been replaced. Text-block tight and pages are in good condition. The map has slight loss to the upper left margin but not detracting from the map itself. Heavy book, additional postage request may be made.

New York: Greenwood Press 1968. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. xiv 502pp. With frontisp. and num. illusts. of which some are full-page. Reprint of London 1888 edition. Minor discolouration to endpapers otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Facsimile reprint (first published 1888 by Longmans, Green and Co. ) in brown cloth covers with faint shelfwear, a bit of dulling/darkening of spine lettering. Previous owner's name stamp on front free endpaper; glue stains in gutter. 502 pages with index, illustrations. An attractive copy. ;

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo with yellow cloth. Black stamp and lettering on front board, gilt lettering on backstrip. Tape covering backstrip. General wearing. Patterned end papers, with tape in the crease. Frontispiece without tissue guard. Minimal foxing on pages. Interior is secure, clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1600grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo (218 x 142 mm.), xxiv, 502pp., half-title, folding coloured map, 10 plates [1 chromolithographed], 28 illustrations in the text, full light brown calf, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover . A prize binding with the gilt arms of the school on the cover atractively done. Marbled endpapers with neat prize label. Minimal wear; very good indeed with clean text. and very clean plates and excellent map (Manchuria with inset of the Sea of Ohkosk.).

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiii, [1], 502; color frontispiece after a sketch by Francis Younghusband, and 9 wood engraved plates, plus text illustrations, one folding map; original yellow cloth; spine cocked, lower hinge starting, owner's signature on half title, occasional light foxing, very good. James was a British officer in the Indian Civil Service. He spent a two-year leave traveling through Manchuria, and was accompanied on this trip by Harry English Fulford, and a then 23-year-old Francis Younghusband. The men were ostensibly on a surveying trip, but had been charged with running intelligence on Russian forces in the area. The first six chapters of The long white mountain are largely derivative contextual notes, but the rest of the book is an account of the group's travels, including run-ins with brigands and Russian agents, hunting, and an ascent of the titular mountain. This was the first major expedition of Younghusband's career, and resulted in his admission as the youngest member of the Royal Geographical Society.

New York [1968], Greenwood. Brown cloth, very good, reprint of 1888 edition, 502p., index, map, appendix, 10 b.w. plates 28 illustrations. . *** **** *** . . THE RARE & OBSCURE FIRST EDITION, EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . * With appendices on opium, Christian conversions, plants collected, itinerary, India, China & Nepal, journeys of M. Bruniere & M. Venault. The main portion of the book concerns Manchuria & Korea: the aborigines, climate, manufactures, cumbersome currency, passports, history, the people, women's feet, garments, ladies attire, religion & administration. . Arrival at Yingtzu to Moukden to Mao-er-shan, Ch'ang-Pai Shan mountains, T'ang-ho-K'ou to Kirin, to Tsitsihar, Sansing, the Steppe, Ninguta & Hun-Ch'un, gold mining, Novo-Kievsk. Weapons at the garrison, Russians, Chinese, English, Coreans & brigands. . The Roman Catholic settlement, Pa-Chia-Tzu to Port Arthur: massacre at Tientsin. . Residence of Presbyterians, hot springs, manufacture of salt & silk, pirate invasion, Feng-shui.&c. . A marvelous primary resource, hitherto unequalled. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** General comments: . This FIRST EDITION is bound in the original yellow pictorial cover cloth with Manchurian & Chinese text characters on the cover with a Stele tablet on top of a tortoise. The spine is has gold-stamped titles. With large folding map at the rear. . The book was bound in a very thin and ephemeral cloth, with a tendency to easy damage and wear. Being over 133 years old, it shows usual signs of wear. . The Illustrations: This contains one color lithographic frontispiece sketched after Lt. F.E. Younghusband, 9 full page plates & 28 text illustrations. . Eight appendices: a: India, China & Nepal. b: Opium. c: Imperial Decree Against Official Corruption. d. Journeys of M. de La Bruniere & M. Venault. e: Conversions by the blind man of T'ai-ping-K'ou. f. The Long White Mountain. g: Plants collected on the Journey. h: Itinerary. Followed by the copious index. . The Map: The map is a large color folding type, 39 x 32 cm., with title: MAP OF MANCHURIA 1887, with an inset: SKETCH MAP OF MANCHURIA AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES. It shows from the left Mongolia, Pe-Chili, Liao-Tung, Feng Tien, Mukden, He-Lung Kiang, Amur Province, Eastern Siberia, Primorsk Province, Manchuria, Kirin, Korea &c. . The map is called for on the title, which is often missing. In that case we provide a black & white facsimile. . Each copy is very clean internally, without marks or major issues. . *** Specific details about each copy: . Copy 1: is a clean, bright & solid example, it has some of the typical & usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail. It is complete with the RARE original large color folding map, commonly missing. . Copy 2: has "206 A" with underscore "1" penned to the center of spine. It has some of the usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail, an old public library book plate inside the front cover, feint damp stain at upper right corner margin area [no text affected] at pp.159-194 & 413-to the end. The first few pages are a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . Copy 3: spine head/tail chipped some loss, first few pages a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Cordier Sinica. vol.4, 2748 * Taylor 109. *.

London 1888, Longman. Yellow cloth, very good, 502p., spine head/tail chipped, corners bit rubbed, index, appendix, 1 color,37 b.w. illustrations, folding map in facsimile, 14 x 22.8 cm. * RARE FIRST EDITION * . *** **** *** . . THE RARE & OBSCURE FIRST EDITION, EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . * With appendices on opium, Christian conversions, plants collected, itinerary, India, China & Nepal, journeys of M. Bruniere & M. Venault. The main portion of the book concerns Manchuria & Korea: the aborigines, climate, manufactures, cumbersome currency, passports, history, the people, women's feet, garments, ladies attire, religion & administration. . Arrival at Yingtzu to Moukden to Mao-er-shan, Ch'ang-Pai Shan mountains, T'ang-ho-K'ou to Kirin, to Tsitsihar, Sansing, the Steppe, Ninguta & Hun-Ch'un, gold mining, Novo-Kievsk. Weapons at the garrison, Russians, Chinese, English, Coreans & brigands. . The Roman Catholic settlement, Pa-Chia-Tzu to Port Arthur: massacre at Tientsin. . Residence of Presbyterians, hot springs, manufacture of salt & silk, pirate invasion, Feng-shui.&c. . A marvelous primary resource, hitherto unequalled. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** General comments: . This FIRST EDITION is bound in the original yellow pictorial cover cloth with Manchurian & Chinese text characters on the cover with a Stele tablet on top of a tortoise. The spine is has gold-stamped titles. With large folding map at the rear. . The book was bound in a very thin and ephemeral cloth, with a tendency to easy damage and wear. Being over 133 years old, it shows usual signs of wear. . The Illustrations: This contains one color lithographic frontispiece sketched after Lt. F.E. Younghusband, 9 full page plates & 28 text illustrations. . Eight appendices: a: India, China & Nepal. b: Opium. c: Imperial Decree Against Official Corruption. d. Journeys of M. de La Bruniere & M. Venault. e: Conversions by the blind man of T'ai-ping-K'ou. f. The Long White Mountain. g: Plants collected on the Journey. h: Itinerary. Followed by the copious index. . The Map: The map is a large color folding type, 39 x 32 cm., with title: MAP OF MANCHURIA 1887, with an inset: SKETCH MAP OF MANCHURIA AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES. It shows from the left Mongolia, Pe-Chili, Liao-Tung, Feng Tien, Mukden, He-Lung Kiang, Amur Province, Eastern Siberia, Primorsk Province, Manchuria, Kirin, Korea &c. . The map is called for on the title, which is often missing. In that case we provide a black & white facsimile. . Each copy is very clean internally, without marks or major issues. . *** Specific details about each copy: . Copy 1: is a clean, bright & solid example, it has some of the typical & usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail. It is complete with the RARE original large color folding map, commonly missing. . Copy 2: has "206 A" with underscore "1" penned to the center of spine. It has some of the usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail, an old public library book plate inside the front cover, feint damp stain at upper right corner margin area [no text affected] at pp.159-194 & 413-to the end. The first few pages are a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . Copy 3: spine head/tail chipped some loss, first few pages a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Cordier Sinica. vol.4, 2748 * Taylor 109. *.

London 1888, Longman. Yellow cloth, very good, 502p., index, map, 8 appendices, 38 color & b.w. illustrations, marginal stain pages 165-194 & 416-17 text unaffected, lower edge bit rubbed, else bright copy, facsimile map. ** FIRST EDITION ** . *** **** *** . . THE RARE & OBSCURE FIRST EDITION, EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . * With appendices on opium, Christian conversions, plants collected, itinerary, India, China & Nepal, journeys of M. Bruniere & M. Venault. The main portion of the book concerns Manchuria & Korea: the aborigines, climate, manufactures, cumbersome currency, passports, history, the people, women's feet, garments, ladies attire, religion & administration. . Arrival at Yingtzu to Moukden to Mao-er-shan, Ch'ang-Pai Shan mountains, T'ang-ho-K'ou to Kirin, to Tsitsihar, Sansing, the Steppe, Ninguta & Hun-Ch'un, gold mining, Novo-Kievsk. Weapons at the garrison, Russians, Chinese, English, Coreans & brigands. . The Roman Catholic settlement, Pa-Chia-Tzu to Port Arthur: massacre at Tientsin. . Residence of Presbyterians, hot springs, manufacture of salt & silk, pirate invasion, Feng-shui.&c. . A marvelous primary resource, hitherto unequalled. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** General comments: . This FIRST EDITION is bound in the original yellow pictorial cover cloth with Manchurian & Chinese text characters on the cover with a Stele tablet on top of a tortoise. The spine is has gold-stamped titles. With large folding map at the rear. . The book was bound in a very thin and ephemeral cloth, with a tendency to easy damage and wear. Being over 133 years old, it shows usual signs of wear. . The Illustrations: This contains one color lithographic frontispiece sketched after Lt. F.E. Younghusband, 9 full page plates & 28 text illustrations. . Eight appendices: a: India, China & Nepal. b: Opium. c: Imperial Decree Against Official Corruption. d. Journeys of M. de La Bruniere & M. Venault. e: Conversions by the blind man of T'ai-ping-K'ou. f. The Long White Mountain. g: Plants collected on the Journey. h: Itinerary. Followed by the copious index. . The Map: The map is a large color folding type, 39 x 32 cm., with title: MAP OF MANCHURIA 1887, with an inset: SKETCH MAP OF MANCHURIA AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES. It shows from the left Mongolia, Pe-Chili, Liao-Tung, Feng Tien, Mukden, He-Lung Kiang, Amur Province, Eastern Siberia, Primorsk Province, Manchuria, Kirin, Korea &c. . The map is called for on the title, which is often missing. In that case we provide a black & white facsimile. . Each copy is very clean internally, without marks or major issues. . *** Specific details about each copy: . Copy 1: is a clean, bright & solid example, it has some of the typical & usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail. It is complete with the RARE original large color folding map, commonly missing. . Copy 2: has "206 A" with underscore "1" penned to the center of spine. It has some of the usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail, an old public library book plate inside the front cover, feint damp stain at upper right corner margin area [no text affected] at pp.159-194 & 413-to the end. The first few pages are a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . Copy 3: spine head/tail chipped some loss, first few pages a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Cordier Sinica. vol.4, 2748 * Taylor 109. *.

London 1888, Longman. Yellow cloth, very good clean, 502p., index, 8 appendices, 1 color, 37 b. w. illustrations, color folding map, exceptionally clean bright copy, gilt spine, 14 x 22.8 cm. * RARE FIRST EDITION * . *** **** *** . . THE RARE & OBSCURE FIRST EDITION, EARLY PRIMARY RESOURCE . * With appendices on opium, Christian conversions, plants collected, itinerary, India, China & Nepal, journeys of M. Bruniere & M. Venault. The main portion of the book concerns Manchuria & Korea: the aborigines, climate, manufactures, cumbersome currency, passports, history, the people, women's feet, garments, ladies attire, religion & administration. . Arrival at Yingtzu to Moukden to Mao-er-shan, Ch'ang-Pai Shan mountains, T'ang-ho-K'ou to Kirin, to Tsitsihar, Sansing, the Steppe, Ninguta & Hun-Ch'un, gold mining, Novo-Kievsk. Weapons at the garrison, Russians, Chinese, English, Coreans & brigands. . The Roman Catholic settlement, Pa-Chia-Tzu to Port Arthur: massacre at Tientsin. . Residence of Presbyterians, hot springs, manufacture of salt & silk, pirate invasion, Feng-shui.&c. . A marvelous primary resource, hitherto unequalled. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** General comments: . This FIRST EDITION is bound in the original yellow pictorial cover cloth with Manchurian & Chinese text characters on the cover with a Stele tablet on top of a tortoise. The spine is has gold-stamped titles. With large folding map at the rear. . The book was bound in a very thin and ephemeral cloth, with a tendency to easy damage and wear. Being over 133 years old, it shows usual signs of wear. . The Illustrations: This contains one color lithographic frontispiece sketched after Lt. F.E. Younghusband, 9 full page plates & 28 text illustrations. . Eight appendices: a: India, China & Nepal. b: Opium. c: Imperial Decree Against Official Corruption. d. Journeys of M. de La Bruniere & M. Venault. e: Conversions by the blind man of T'ai-ping-K'ou. f. The Long White Mountain. g: Plants collected on the Journey. h: Itinerary. Followed by the copious index. . The Map: The map is a large color folding type, 39 x 32 cm., with title: MAP OF MANCHURIA 1887, with an inset: SKETCH MAP OF MANCHURIA AND ADJOINING COUNTRIES. It shows from the left Mongolia, Pe-Chili, Liao-Tung, Feng Tien, Mukden, He-Lung Kiang, Amur Province, Eastern Siberia, Primorsk Province, Manchuria, Kirin, Korea &c. . The map is called for on the title, which is often missing. In that case we provide a black & white facsimile. . Each copy is very clean internally, without marks or major issues. . *** Specific details about each copy: . Copy 1: is a clean, bright & solid example, it has some of the typical & usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail. It is complete with the RARE original large color folding map, commonly missing. . Copy 2: has "206 A" with underscore "1" penned to the center of spine. It has some of the usual, minor wear to the head and spine tail, an old public library book plate inside the front cover, feint damp stain at upper right corner margin area [no text affected] at pp.159-194 & 413-to the end. The first few pages are a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . Copy 3: spine head/tail chipped some loss, first few pages a bit foxed, else contents bright, clean & solid. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Cordier Sinica. vol.4, 2748 * Taylor 109. *.