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Bird, Isabella.
The Yangtze Valley and Beyond.
Publisher: Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 2018
Stock Code: 10041
FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto, pp. xxvi, 420. Sepia photographic frontispiece with numerous sepia photographs throughout, and folded colour map in pocket to rear. Publisher’s teal silk with black and gilt images and Chinese characters to upper board and spine; gilt titles to spine; red endpapers. Housed in a red slipcase with gilt Chinese characters to one panel. A neat, bright copy; near fine. Detailed account of the travels in China of Mrs J. F. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird), who was made the first female member of the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1892. With an introduction by Irish travel writer Dervla Murphy. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £95.00