Blakiston thomas w (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 424 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: John Murray, 1862. Octavo (8 1/ 4" x 5 1/ 2", 225mm x 140mm) With frontispiece and 15 engraved plates, 2 folding maps, text illustrations, and 12pp. of publisher's ads, dated November 1861. Bound in original pebbled red cloth with central gilt vignette on front. Gilt-lettered smooth spine. Illustrated from sketches by Dr. Alfred Barton with maps by John Arrosmith. Extremities and head and tail of spine rubbed. Light toning and rough edges. W.H. Smith & Son (bookseller's embossed stamp on front free endpaper); Allan G. Mossop Shanghi (ownership manuscript on half-title); Edmonds & Remnants, London (binder's ticket on rear pastedown). In 1861, Thomas Wright Blakiston (1832-1891) embarked on an ambitious expedition up the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world. He set out from Shanghai with the goal of exploring the middle and upper courses of the river. At this time, China was in turmoil due to the Taiping Rebellion. Blakiston's expedition was remarkably successful, as he traveled 1,800 miles upriver from Shanghai, reaching as far as Pingshan. This feat was extraordinary, as it took him 900 miles further than any previous Western explorer had ventured along the Yangtze. However, Blakiston was ultimately forced to turn back to Shanghai due to insurgent activities in the region. Sir Allan George Mossop (1887-1965), served as the Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China from 1933 to 1943. The court's operations were disrupted at the onset of the Pacific War when Japanese troops occupied the courthouse in Shanghai on 8 December 1941 and Mossop was subsequently interned for five months before being repatriated to England. His appointment as judge was formally terminated in May 1943 following the ratification of the Sino-British Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China, which effectively dissolved the court. Löwendahl 1263; Yakushi B-404.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. red cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt shows minor wear and tear, rubbing, bumped corners, slight loss at the spine ends. pages tanned and clean. scarce.

XIV, (2), 380, 12pp. With 16 plates, 8 text-illustrations and 2 fold. maps. Later half calf, gilt, with orig. gilt-stamped front cover bound in. First edition. - Occasional staining resp. browning else very good.