London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle etc., 1888. Orig. pictorial full cloth, gilt. Light rubbing to edges. XV,368 pp. + 32 pp. of Advertisements and 1 folded map. Fine and clean copy, uncut.
First edition.
London: Sampson Low, Martson & Company, 1898 8vo. xxiv + 315 pp., 35 ills., coloured folding map. Original pictorial cloth with device showing a map on upper board, sl. soiled, spine chipped, t.e.g.
Through the Yang-Tse Gorges or Trade and Travels in Western China. Third and revised edition, with map and illustrations. (London: Sampson Low, Martson & Company, 1898). [M.C.: Asie, Chine]
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd. (1898), reprinted by Ch'eng-wen Publishing Co., Taipei, 1972. 1 volume in-12, 300 pp., 15 pp. appendix, red cloth hardcover, third and revised edition with illustrations and map, very good condition.
A journal kept by the author during a two-months journey from Shanghai to Chungking . The information in the journal includes general observations on the society, the level of industrial development, cultural characteristics, landscape, and the economy.