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Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Vi, [1], 294 Pp. 1893 Date On Title Page, Copyright 1881 And 1892, Revised By Stevens And With An Entirely New Chapter On Tibet. Very Near Fine, Just A Few Traces Opf Rubbing, No Marks.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Revised edition. BAL 19820. One of the publisher's "Illustrated Library of Travel" series. 294 pp. plus illustrations. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. Otherwise fine in a tight binding with hinges intact.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine with no dust jacket. 1893[1891, 1892]. Binding as new. Book looks as new. Plates full page, 15, Unmarked. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Revised. Cloth. Light scattered foxing along fore edge, some minor rubbing to spine else a clean, tight, near fine copy.. vii, 294 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w drawings and engravings. 12mo. Illustrated Library of Travel. First published in 1874 and reprinted in 1881, this edition was revised by Stevens to incorporate new materials especially on Tibet from Gabriel Bonvalot, the French explorer, from his "De Paris au Tonking a travers le Tibet inconnu" published in English a year earlier. Covers Central Asia, Marco Polo, Vigne's Journey to Cashmere, the ruins of Martund, Srinagur, Journey to Iskardo and the upper Indus, Ladakh. Shaw's explorations, the Karakash River, Yarkand, Kashgar, Karakorum Pass, conquest of Khiva, across Tibet. Yakushi T12. Kuloy-Imaeda 10015.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Revised Edition, 1st Printing. VII + 294 pages. Fine Hardcover. 7.5"x5.25"x1.2". be27.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Revised Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. vi, [2], 294, [2] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Stamp of previous owner's/private library on fep. From the collection of Dr. J. E. Gross!!! Hinges have some weakness. Cover has some wear and soiling. This is one of the Illustrated Library of Travel. This may be the preferred edition. Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 - December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. In 1848, Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, hired Taylor and sent him to California to report on the gold rush. He returned by way of Mexico and published a two-volume collection of travel essays, El Dorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (1850). Within two weeks of release, the books sold 10,000 copies in the U.S. and 30,000 in Great Britain. In 1849, Taylor won a popular competition sponsored by P. T. Barnum to write… Read More

New York: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, LTD. (1893). AsNew Hardcover (Brown cloth, Gilt title on the spine, no dj). Zero Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong unshaken binding, perfect hinges. 7.5"x5.5"x1.25". be21898