Tupper allen 1856 (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. xii, [2], 851 double-column p.; 27.5 cm. [Orig. edited by E. M. Bliss, 1891, 2 vols.] Good ex-lib. black cloth, backstrip heavily chafed. Punch stamps.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. 464 p. illus. 23 cm. ; LC: G440; Dewey: 910.41; decorative green and red embossed cloth boards ; no dustjacket ; "I decided, in my journeyings, frequently to turn aside from the usual route pursued by the globe-trotter: to rough it while studying the customs and characteristics of natives far from the treaty ports: systematically to record my impressions and the results of my study, on the ground, day by day, while they were fresh in my mind: to illustrate these strange scenes and interesting studies both by the pen and the photographic art." ; Contents: Across a continent and an ocean -- Land of the sunrise -- The interior of Japan -- The land of the pig-tail -- Strangest of strange cities -- Language and literature in the Middle Kingdom -- In the Malay archipelago -- The spicy breezes of Ceylon -- First impressions of India -- In the Himalayas -- The wonders of interior India -- The Queen of the East and Indian mosaics -- Farewell to India, greeting to Egypt -- The historic Nile and the excavator's pick-axe -- The Great Pyramids and the ancient Egyptians -- Pilgrims in Palestine, the Holy City -- Peopls and places of the South and North -- By saddle and tent -- The eye of the East -- In Asia Minor -- A reign of terror (Armenia) -- Amidst the classic ruins of Greece -- A gem of the seas -- The city of the Caesars -- Genoa and Gibraltar ; a photograph on nearly every page, many of local peoples, street scenes and home life, many fine photographic portraits of women, and a few images showing horrific scenes of prisoners, beheadings, executions etc ; text sometimes includes some very interesting, rarely seen things, such as a seven-stanza poem entirely in Chinese pidgin English (!) ; very worn covers ; book signatures all nearly loose, but present ; scarce, but in very POOR condition. Book.…