A Tour in Mongolia with an Introduction Bearing on the Political Aspect of that Country.

BULSTRODE, BEATRIX. (MRS EDWARD MANICO GULL).

Verlag: Methuen & Co. (1920)., London., 1920

Beschreibung

Black and white front endpaper map of Mongolia. Black/white photographic frontispiece and further illustrations of photographs taken by the author throughout the text. xix+ 237pp, index. Blue cloth covered boards, lettered in dark blue, tiny puncture hole to one of the letters on the spine, spine sunned and a little mottled, edges a litlte foxed but internally a lovely clean copy.18.5 x 12cm. Much nicer than it sounds! "Mrs Gull (Mrs. Bulstrode as she then was) had the fortune, not to mention the pluck, to be in Urga at a time when history was being made for Mongolia. I well remember the perturbation in British official circles in Peking when this adventurous lady, at a time when the Chinese were fighting the Mongols, sought a passport to take her through the opposing lines, and so to the desired destination. Needless to say the passport was not forthcoming, whereupon Mrs. Gull, without papers, went off by herself, and succeeded in making a considerable journey which brought her perilously close to the unsettled region in which guerilla warfare was proceeding. Her experiences in Inner Mongolia made it plain that getting through to Urga meant a detour so long, expensive, and risky as not to be worth while. Accordingly, she and her sporting companion, Mr. E. M. Gull, a fire-eater in the pursuit of political developments, went round the back way by train and reached Urga from Siberia, no small adventure, considering the state of Mongolia at the time. What they saw Mrs. Gull describes in her own taking manner, and I need not say more about her book than that it is full of enlightenment as regards the character of both people and country." (From the introduction by David Fraser 'Times' correspondent in Peking). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 215658

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Tour in Mongolia with an Introduction ...

Verlag: Methuen & Co. (1920)., London.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1920

Einband: Hardcover