From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea. The narrative of a journey in 1890 and 1891, across Siberia, Mongolia and the Gobi Desert and North China
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 384; gravure frontispiece portrait, folding map printed in color; 142 illustrations from sketches by the author, 42 of which are on plates; publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver; a near fine, sound copy. Price "was educated at University College London and studied art in Brussels and at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris. He was a special war artist and correspondent for the Illustrated London News. For journalist purposes he enlisted as a trooper in Methuen's Horse and served in the Bechuanaland campaign 1884–1885 and continued serving with the regiment until it was disbanded. During 1890–1891 he joined an exploration expedition to open up the Nordenskiöld route to the interior of Siberia via the Kara Sea, the Arctic coast of Siberia, and along the Yenisei River; after the expedition he travelled unaccompanied by westerners across Siberia, Mongolia including the Gobi Desert, and North China to Beijing" (Wikipedia). Item #61086
Price: $250.00
