Edité par Forgotten Books, 2024
ISBN 10 : 1333877684 ISBN 13 : 9781333877682
Vendeur : Forgotten Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is an extensively researched exploration of a 19th century British woman's travels through Persia and her remarkable experiences. Within its pages, you will find her first-hand accounts of interactions with tribes and their interactions with each other. She writes extensively about the political and geographical realities of the region at the time, and documents the blooming and seeding of various plant life she encountered, both common to the region and not. This book is a unique insight into a time of rapid change in a region of the world that has long held a fascination for Western powers. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 1333877684 ISBN 13 : 9781333877682
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 1333877684 ISBN 13 : 9781333877682
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0656109343 ISBN 13 : 9780656109340
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0656109343 ISBN 13 : 9780656109340
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Edité par Forgotten Books, 2016
ISBN 10 : 1333877684 ISBN 13 : 9781333877682
Vendeur : Buchpark, Trebbin, Allemagne
Etat : Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 434 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Edité par G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1900
Vendeur : Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Octavo, Volume I only (xii, 410 pages). In Good minus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, blemishes on spine. Text block has has gilt top edge. Name in ink on front flyleaf, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: "with map and 116 illustrations"- title page; b&w plates, folded color map at rear. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1373888. FP New Rockville Stock.
Edité par John Murray, London, 1891
Vendeur : Bildungsbuch, Flensburg, Allemagne
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : USED_VERYGOOD. 1. Auflage. Cloth, 1st Edition, Vol.2 only, with maps, (In ENGLISH language) Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) was an English traveller and writer. She was born in Boroughbridge and grew up in Tattenhall, Cheshire. She was a sickly child and spent her entire life struggling with various ailments. Much of her illness may have been psychogenic, for when she was doing exactly what she wanted she was almost never ill. Her real desire was to travel. She studied medicine and resolved to travel as a missionary. She visited missions in India, Persia, Kurdistan and Turkey. Her final journey was to China and Korea. Many of her works are compiled from letters she wrote home to her sister in Scotland. Binding in dark blue/light blue cloth with golden lettering on spine and front, corners slightly bumped. 409 pp., names and a stamp of previous owners, in stock, sofort lieferbar.
Edité par London: John Murray, 1899., 1899
Vendeur : D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Edition originale
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 557, [1]. with half-title & tipped-in errata slip. folding colour map & numerous text illus. (many full-page, incl. frontis.). original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, rebacked with spine mounted (light wear to joints & extremities, errata slip browned). First Edition. The last published work of one of the most famous of all women travellers. Isabella visited Hangchow, Shanghai, Kankow, Ichang, Kuei Fu, Wan Hsien, San Tsan-Pu, Lian-Shan Hsien, Hsia-Shan-Po, Siao-Kiao, Hsieh-Tien-Tze, Paoning Fu, Sin-Tien-Tze, Tze-Tung Hsien, Kuan Hsien, Chengtu, Sin-Wen-Ping, Li-Fan Ting, Tsa-Ku-Lao, Chengtu Fu, Luchow, and Chung-King Fu. Included are chapters on the Hangchow medical mission hospitals, Chinese charities, opium, and the Protestant missions in China. Cordier, Sinica, 355. Robinson, Wayward Women, pp. 81-83.
Edité par 1899, 1899
Vendeur : Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Suède
Edition originale
Etat : UNSPECIFIED. Pp. xii, (ii), 410, (2); viii, (ii), 365, (2). With two frontispieces, one folding coloured map and numerous illustrations throughout the text, many made from the author's photographs. Publisher's decorated gilt cloth, t. e. g., others untrimmed, lightly rubbed at extremities. First American edition. Isabella Bird (1831-1904), probably the most loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society (1892). This narrative deals with her travels in China in 1897 along the Yangtze River from Shanghai visiting Hangzhou (Zhejiang province), Yichang (Hubei), Wan Hsien (Hebei), Nanjing (Kiangsu), and several places in Sichuan province. Her book is based on her letters and diary notes, and the illustrations are mainly taken from her own photographs. A lovely copy. Cordier BS 355. Robinson pp. 81-83. Yakushi (1984) B170.
Edité par 1891, 1891
Vendeur : Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Suède
Edition originale
Etat : UNSPECIFIED. Pp. xiv, 381; (vi), 409. With two fronts, two folding maps and 34 illustrations, of which eleven full-page. Publisher's blue decorated cloth, stamped in gilt, lightly discoloured. Bookplates. First edition. Isabella Bird (1831-1904), probably the most loved Victorian lady traveller, became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society (1892). This account covers Bird's two-year journey through little-known parts of Persia and eastern Asia Minor. She joined Major Herbert Sawyer of the Indian Army on a rough journey from Baghdad to Tehran. After visiting the Bakhtiari tribes of south-west Persia, she continued her journey north through Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, to Trebizond (Trabzon) on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. One map depicts her journey and the other the Bakhtiari country. Robinson pp. 81-3.