An Eye-Witness in Manchuria

Brooke, Lord

Verlag: George Bell & Sons, London, 1905

Beschreibung

Contemporary owner's inscription, "Percy H. [N?]athan / from his loving / Mother". Moderate scattered foxing.; Colonial edition, "Bell's Colonial Editions". viii, 312 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped title on front board. Page dimensions: 223 x 144mm. "The Siberia of one's imagination and Siberia as seen through the windows of a railway carriage are not one and same. What we did see were endless and almost treeless plains, scored with many rivers; Cossack posts guarding the railway; herds of cattle and flocks of sheep in charge of strange-looking men with Mongol features. The weather became colded and the snow returned. At length to the bare steppes succeeded forest land; the Yenisei was crossed by a bridge over half a mile long, and more than once we struck the great Moscow post-road of pre-railroad days [. . .]" - page 3. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 20113

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Eye-Witness in Manchuria

Verlag: George Bell & Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1905

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good+

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket