Charon cdr d b o'connell (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 12mo. pp 50. 4 1/2 inches by 6. First edition thus. Map on front endpapers, frontispiece and numerous photographic illustrations. 12mo. Presentation from the author 'To an 'old gnat' from a still older 'gan-gnat' i.e. the author!' Beneath this handwriting is what appears to be his initials. Original leatherette style blue cloth lettered gilt on cover - a very good copy. 50pp. "The following notes on the Upper Yangtze have been put together with a view to giving the Ship's Companies of Gunboats some idea of the many points of interest which are met with on the trip from I-Chang to Chungking. During two 'commissions' on the Yangtze Kiang which have included a certain amount of experience on the Upper Section, the compiler of these pages has made a habit of producing, night by night, a page or so of 'foolscap' giving a short description of the run for the following day. 'Daily Dope', as it was called, proved immensely popular." (Foreword). 'Charon' was the pseudonym of D. B. O'Connell, Commander of the river gunboat HMS Gannet. The account was first published in the North China Daily News and Herald in 1934 (it retains that date on the title-page), but this is the first edition in book format Detailed but chatty description of the Yangtze River between I-Chang and Chungking, Sichuan designed for gunboat pilots who patroled the river to protect British and American interests. Signedes.…