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Gill, William
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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- Gill, William
- The River of Golden Sand. The Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah. London: John Murray, 1880
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 2 volumes, 8vo (218 x 131mm.), (vol.1) 420pp.; (vol.2) 96, 454pp., half-titles, 10 maps [including a large folding map in the pocket of vol.1], 2 plates, contemporary vellum gilt, dark green and red labels, marbled endpapers, red edges, maps spotted
Presentation copy, inscribed "Sir Thomas Francis Wade K.C.B. with the very kind regards of the Author". Wade was minister-plenipotentiary to Peking, of whom the author writes in this work, "I was furnished with letters of introduction to Sir Thomas Wade, whose reputation for hospitality has become a proverb in Peking. Though pressed with business, he found time to talk over my plans, and I can never be sufficiently grateful to him for all his kindness and cordiality" (chapter 1, page 14).
This is a special publisher's binding, probably for presentation. The gilt vignettes on the covers are the same as those on the regular binding of blue cloth.
Presentation copy, inscribed "Sir Thomas Francis Wade K.C.B. with the very kind regards of the Author". Wade was minister-plenipotentiary to Peking, of whom the author writes in this work, "I was furnished with letters of introduction to Sir Thomas Wade, whose reputation for hospitality has become a proverb in Peking. Though pressed with business, he found time to talk over my plans, and I can never be sufficiently grateful to him for all his kindness and cordiality" (chapter 1, page 14).
This is a special publisher's binding, probably for presentation. The gilt vignettes on the covers are the same as those on the regular binding of blue cloth.
Provenance
Sir Thomas Francis Wade, inscription (see footnote above)
Literature
Yakushi (1994) G117
Condition
A good copy
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."