Search Results: burma the land and the people by kelly r talbot

Boston and Tokyo: J.B. Millet Company, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). J.B. Millet Company, Boston and Tokyo 1910. 327 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Rangoon; Amenities Of Rangoon; Across The Yomas To Taungdwingyi; In A Burmese Market Town; Jungle Life At Kokogon; Through The Forest To Pyinmana; One Thousand Miles Up The Irrawaddy (Rangoon To Prome); One Thousand Miles Up The Irrawaddy (Prome To Bramo); Two Capitals; Some Other Towns; A Month On The Lashio Line; Camping In The Northern Shan States; The Burman; Resources And Trade; Government; Travel; Hints To Visitors; Index. History::Asia 6572 6572

Boston [1910], Millet.Half red cloth over boards, very good, 327p., color frontispiece, red-tinted photo, 4 b.w. photos, index. Volume 17 of the Oriental Series, compete in itself. Forests and jungles are depicted as the author saw them during a journey through them of over 3,500 miles -1,000 of which were covered in a journey up the ever-changing courses of the Irrawaddy River from Rangoon to Mandalay. The places, people, and products of Burma are full of interest, and the skillful, artistic work in gold, silver & brass, the sculp- ture, weaving, wood carving, pottery, and lacquer work, all highly artistic, will amply repay careful study. The dress, manners, and customs of the people, their history and their government from the most ancient days, and their present condition under British rule, are all fully treated in this volume in entertaining, vivid, and realistic style. .