Title: Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks; The Hunting and Pastoral Tribes Author: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam Place: New York Publisher: Harper Date: 1860 Description: xii, 448 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings; folding map. 9¼x5½, original cloth, gilt cover vignette, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. First American Edition. Significant for the ethnological observations as well as the marvelous descriptions of the geographic features of the region. The illustrations depict majestic scenery and rousing action scenes. Full page inscription on front free endpaper; partially removed bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine torn, chipped at ends and along joints, good to very good. Item number: 187759
Title: Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks; The Hunting and Pastoral Tribes Author: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam Place: New York Publisher: Harper Date: 1860 Description: xii, 448 + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings; folding map. 9¼x5½, original cloth, gilt cover vignette, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. First American Edition. Significant for the ethnological observations as well as the marvelous descriptions of the geographic features of the region. The illustrations depict majestic scenery and rousing action scenes. Full page inscription on front free endpaper; partially removed bookplate. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine torn, chipped at ends and along joints, good to very good. Item number: 187759
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