1922 The Great River: The Story of a Voyage on the Yangtze Kiang

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Uncommon. 

In the publisher's original cloth binding. 

Illustrated with photographs by Donald Mennie, including a frontispiece and eighteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete. 

A fascinating account of this voyage down the Yangtze Kiang, the third-longest river in the world. With descriptions of the character of cities along her banks after one trip to Chungking and back, including Wuhu, Nanchang, Jiujiang (formerly Kiukiang) and the ruins of Yichang (formerly Ichang). 

From Gretchen Mae Fitkin, 

With an introduction by Arthur de Carle Sowerby, a British naturalist, explorer, writer and publisher in China.