Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the confines of India and China. With adventures among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks: the hunting and pastoral tribes.
London: Hurst and Blackett, successors to Henry Colburn, 1861. Second edition. Hardcover. xiii, [i], 570pp +[6] publisher's adverts. Many illustrations in the text. Contents fresh, firm and clean. Some foxing and tanning to the half-title, the frontis and its tissue guard, and a little foxing to the foldout map. Small marks to endpapers. '(Atkinson's) descriptions of life in the Central Asia steppes are unrivalled' (wikipedia). 26x16cms, in the original pictorial purple cloth decorated and titled in gilt. Front very bright, spine faded, ends repaired. A splendid firm, clean copy. Very Good+. Item #18610040
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