An Eye-Witness in Manchuria
Brooke, Lord
Verkäufer Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Neuseeland
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 6. Juni 2002
Verkäufer Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Neuseeland
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 6. Juni 2002
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
Anbieterinformationen
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