Title: From The Arctic Ocean to The Yellow Sea: The Narrative of a Journey, in 1890 and 1891, Across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and North China Author: Price, Julius M. Place: London Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Date: 1892 Description: xxiv, 384 pp. Numerous plates & illustrations from photographs, drawings, engravings, etc., a few in photogravure. 8¾x5½, original green cloth with pictorial decoration in silver, lettering in gilt. First Edition. Price's journey took him north past Norway, into the Arctic Ocean, through the Kara Sea, into Siberia and Mongolia, over the Great Wall, and from there to Peking and the Yellow Sea. Price, an artist for the Illustrated London News, accompanied Captain Joseph Wiggins' Arctic expedition; Wiggins "discovered" the Kara Sea route to Siberia, and made numerous trips to the Arctic. Price describes the Russian exile system in great detail. Lot Amendments Condition: Light edge wear, small bubble to cloth on front, hinges cracked; some foxing; else very good. Item number: 185911
Title: From The Arctic Ocean to The Yellow Sea: The Narrative of a Journey, in 1890 and 1891, Across Siberia, Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and North China Author: Price, Julius M. Place: London Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Date: 1892 Description: xxiv, 384 pp. Numerous plates & illustrations from photographs, drawings, engravings, etc., a few in photogravure. 8¾x5½, original green cloth with pictorial decoration in silver, lettering in gilt. First Edition. Price's journey took him north past Norway, into the Arctic Ocean, through the Kara Sea, into Siberia and Mongolia, over the Great Wall, and from there to Peking and the Yellow Sea. Price, an artist for the Illustrated London News, accompanied Captain Joseph Wiggins' Arctic expedition; Wiggins "discovered" the Kara Sea route to Siberia, and made numerous trips to the Arctic. Price describes the Russian exile system in great detail. Lot Amendments Condition: Light edge wear, small bubble to cloth on front, hinges cracked; some foxing; else very good. Item number: 185911
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