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To the snows of Tibet through China.

Stock Code 101188

London, Longmans, 1892

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First edition and narrative of the author's travel and life at the east of the Chinese province of Szechuan, close to the Tibet frontier.

The author was a Victorian naturalist, explorer, author, and renowned collector of plants, insects, and other animals with several species named after him (Wikipedia).


First edition, 8vo (24 x 17 cm), xviii, 268pp., folding map, photographic illustrations, previous owner's pencil inscription inside, some light foxing to a few pages; publisher's blue cloth gilt, slightly bumped and rubbed; overall a very good copy.

Yakushi P290a.
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To the snows of Tibet through China.

PRATT, A[ntwerp] E[dgar].

Stock code: 101188

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