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Royal Geographical Society--China
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- A large collection of 63 narratives of journeys, exploration, travel and notes on China and the Far East extracted from the journal. [Various years, from 1818 to 1951]
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63 volumes, 8vo, all but one in modern coloured boards, titled in gilt on upper cover, one in contemporary wrappers, occasional light browning or minor wear, some parts with one or two facsimile leaves
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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."
Catalogue Note
Abel, Clarke. Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China. [1818]
Lockhart, William. The Yang-Tse-Keang And The Hwang-Ho, or Yellow River. [1858]Oliphant, Laurence. Notes of a Voayge up the Yang-tze or Ta-Kiang from Wusung to Han-kow. (bound with) Blackney, William. Ascent of the Yang-tze-Kiang. [1859]
Michie, A. Narrative of a Journey from Tientsin to Moukden in Manchuria in July, 1861. [1862-63]
Lockhart, W. Notes on Peking and its Neighbourhood. [1866]
Cotton, Sir Arthur. On a Communication between India and China by the Line of the Burhampooter and Yang-Tsze. [1867]
Lamprey, J. Notes of a Journey in the North-West Neighbourhood of Pekin. [1867]
Wylie, A. Itinerary of a Journey through the Provinces of Hoo-Pih, Sze-Chuen and Shen-se. [1867]
Bickmore, Albert S. Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow. [1868]
Williamson, Alexander. Notes on Manchuria. [1869-70]
Ney, Elias. Notes on a Journey to the New Course of the Yellow River, in 1868. [1869-1870]
Markham, J. Notes of a Journey through Shantung. [1870]. Liverpool Geographical Society
Swinhoe, R. Special Mission up the Yang-tze-Kiang. [1870]
Palladius. An Expedition through Manchuria from Pekin to Blagovestchensk. [1872]
Ney, Elias. Narrative of a Journey through Western Mongolia, July 1872 to January 1873. [1873]
Bushell, S.W. Notes of a journey outside the Great Wall of China. [1874]. Grimsby Public Library
Clarke, Captain F.C.H. Captain Sosnoffsky’s Expedition to China 1874-1875.
Coryton, J. Trade Routes between British Burmah and Western China. [1875]
Oxenham, E.L. On the Inundations of the Yang-Tse Kiang. [1875]
Margary, A.R. Notes on a Journey from Hankow to Ta-Li Fu. [1876]
Margary, Augutus Raymond. Notes of a Journey from Hankow to Ta-Li Fu. [February, 1876]. Wimbledon Public Library
Elias, N. A visit to the Valley of the Shueli, in the Western Yunnan, February 1875. [1876]
Gill, W.J. Travels in Western China and on the Eastern Borders of Tibet. [1878]
Craegh, Fitzgerald. A Journey Overland from Anoy to Hankow. [1879]
Maccarthy, J. Across China from Cun-kiang to Bhamo. [1879]
Morrison, G, James. Journeys in the Interior China. [1880]
Morrison, G, James. Journeys in the Interior China. [1880]
Colquhoun, A.R. Exploration through the South China Borderlands, from Mouth of Si Kiang to the Banks of the Irawadi. [1882]
Yule, H. Notes on the Oldest Records of the Sea-route to China from Western Asia. [1882]
Colborne Baber, E. China, in some of its Physical and Social Aspects. [1883]
Hosie, Alex. A Journey in South-western China, from Shu-ch’uan to Western Yünnan. [1886]
Colquhoun, Archibald R. Exploration in Southern and South Western China. [1887]. Wimbledon Library
Delmar Morgan, E. Journey of Carey and Dalgleish in Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet in 1885-7. [1887]
James, H.E.M. A Journey in Manchuria. [1887]
James, H.E.M. A Journey in Manchuria. [1887]
Owen, George. Peking and the Pekingese. [1889]
Hilier, E.G. A Mountain District of Central China. [1890]
Bishop, Mrs. Isabella. A Journey in Western Sze-Chuan. [1897]. Blackburn Public Library
Carles, W. R. The Yangste Chiang. September, 1898. Volume XII, No. 3. Blackburn Public Library
Chisholm, Geo. G. The Resources and Means of Communication of China. [1898]
Carey, Fred W. Journeys in the Chinese Shan States. [1900]
Logan, Jack. From Shanghai to Bhamo. March, 1902. Volume 15, No. 3
Parsons, WM. Barclay. From the Yang-Tse Kiang to the China Sea. [1902]
Ryder, C.H.D. Exploration in Western China. February, 1903. Volume XXI, No. 2
Manifold, C.C. Recent Exploration and Economic Development in Central and Western China. March, 1904. No. 3, Volume 23
Russell, Claud. A Journey from Peking to Tsitsihar. [May, 1904]. Blackburn Public Library
Hamilton, A.B. Notes of a Land Journey from Fu -Chau To Kiu-Kiang. [1905]
Hedley, John. A Trip into the Chili Province, North China. [1905]
Manifold, C.C. The Problem of the Upper Yangtze Provinces and their Communications. June, 1905. No. 6, Volume 25
Bruce, C.D. A Journey across Asia from Leh to Peking. June, 1907. No 6 Volume XXIX
Wingate, A.W.S. Nine Years’ Survey and Exploration in Northern and Central China. [1907]
Kozloff, P.K. The Mongolia – Sze-Chuan Expedition of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. [1910]
Wilton, E.C. Yun-Nan and the West River of China. [1917]
Kingdon Ward, F. Through Western Yunnan. [1922]. Stockport Public Library
Tours, B.G. Notes on an Overland Journey from Chungkang to Haiphong. [1923]. Stockport Public Library
Kingdon Ward, F. The Snow Mountains of Yunnan. [1924]. Stockport Public Library
Thompson, H. Gordon. From Yunnan-Fu to Peking along the Tibetan and Mongolian Borders. January, 1926. LXVII NO 1. Stockport Public Library
Soothill, W.E. The Two Oldest Maps of China Extant. [1927]
Barbour, George B. Physiographic History of the Yangtze. [1936]
Fitzgerald, C.P. The Tiger’s Leap (Likiang). [1941]
Richardson, H.L. Szechwan during the War. July-August, 1945. No 1, 2 Volume CVI. Barnbley Library
Hughes, R.H. Hong Kong: An Urban Study. March, 1951. Volume CXVII Part 1
Lockhart, William. The Yang-Tse-Keang And The Hwang-Ho, or Yellow River. [1858]Oliphant, Laurence. Notes of a Voayge up the Yang-tze or Ta-Kiang from Wusung to Han-kow. (bound with) Blackney, William. Ascent of the Yang-tze-Kiang. [1859]
Michie, A. Narrative of a Journey from Tientsin to Moukden in Manchuria in July, 1861. [1862-63]
Lockhart, W. Notes on Peking and its Neighbourhood. [1866]
Cotton, Sir Arthur. On a Communication between India and China by the Line of the Burhampooter and Yang-Tsze. [1867]
Lamprey, J. Notes of a Journey in the North-West Neighbourhood of Pekin. [1867]
Wylie, A. Itinerary of a Journey through the Provinces of Hoo-Pih, Sze-Chuen and Shen-se. [1867]
Bickmore, Albert S. Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow. [1868]
Williamson, Alexander. Notes on Manchuria. [1869-70]
Ney, Elias. Notes on a Journey to the New Course of the Yellow River, in 1868. [1869-1870]
Markham, J. Notes of a Journey through Shantung. [1870]. Liverpool Geographical Society
Swinhoe, R. Special Mission up the Yang-tze-Kiang. [1870]
Palladius. An Expedition through Manchuria from Pekin to Blagovestchensk. [1872]
Ney, Elias. Narrative of a Journey through Western Mongolia, July 1872 to January 1873. [1873]
Bushell, S.W. Notes of a journey outside the Great Wall of China. [1874]. Grimsby Public Library
Clarke, Captain F.C.H. Captain Sosnoffsky’s Expedition to China 1874-1875.
Coryton, J. Trade Routes between British Burmah and Western China. [1875]
Oxenham, E.L. On the Inundations of the Yang-Tse Kiang. [1875]
Margary, A.R. Notes on a Journey from Hankow to Ta-Li Fu. [1876]
Margary, Augutus Raymond. Notes of a Journey from Hankow to Ta-Li Fu. [February, 1876]. Wimbledon Public Library
Elias, N. A visit to the Valley of the Shueli, in the Western Yunnan, February 1875. [1876]
Gill, W.J. Travels in Western China and on the Eastern Borders of Tibet. [1878]
Craegh, Fitzgerald. A Journey Overland from Anoy to Hankow. [1879]
Maccarthy, J. Across China from Cun-kiang to Bhamo. [1879]
Morrison, G, James. Journeys in the Interior China. [1880]
Morrison, G, James. Journeys in the Interior China. [1880]
Colquhoun, A.R. Exploration through the South China Borderlands, from Mouth of Si Kiang to the Banks of the Irawadi. [1882]
Yule, H. Notes on the Oldest Records of the Sea-route to China from Western Asia. [1882]
Colborne Baber, E. China, in some of its Physical and Social Aspects. [1883]
Hosie, Alex. A Journey in South-western China, from Shu-ch’uan to Western Yünnan. [1886]
Colquhoun, Archibald R. Exploration in Southern and South Western China. [1887]. Wimbledon Library
Delmar Morgan, E. Journey of Carey and Dalgleish in Chinese Turkistan and Northern Tibet in 1885-7. [1887]
James, H.E.M. A Journey in Manchuria. [1887]
James, H.E.M. A Journey in Manchuria. [1887]
Owen, George. Peking and the Pekingese. [1889]
Hilier, E.G. A Mountain District of Central China. [1890]
Bishop, Mrs. Isabella. A Journey in Western Sze-Chuan. [1897]. Blackburn Public Library
Carles, W. R. The Yangste Chiang. September, 1898. Volume XII, No. 3. Blackburn Public Library
Chisholm, Geo. G. The Resources and Means of Communication of China. [1898]
Carey, Fred W. Journeys in the Chinese Shan States. [1900]
Logan, Jack. From Shanghai to Bhamo. March, 1902. Volume 15, No. 3
Parsons, WM. Barclay. From the Yang-Tse Kiang to the China Sea. [1902]
Ryder, C.H.D. Exploration in Western China. February, 1903. Volume XXI, No. 2
Manifold, C.C. Recent Exploration and Economic Development in Central and Western China. March, 1904. No. 3, Volume 23
Russell, Claud. A Journey from Peking to Tsitsihar. [May, 1904]. Blackburn Public Library
Hamilton, A.B. Notes of a Land Journey from Fu -Chau To Kiu-Kiang. [1905]
Hedley, John. A Trip into the Chili Province, North China. [1905]
Manifold, C.C. The Problem of the Upper Yangtze Provinces and their Communications. June, 1905. No. 6, Volume 25
Bruce, C.D. A Journey across Asia from Leh to Peking. June, 1907. No 6 Volume XXIX
Wingate, A.W.S. Nine Years’ Survey and Exploration in Northern and Central China. [1907]
Kozloff, P.K. The Mongolia – Sze-Chuan Expedition of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. [1910]
Wilton, E.C. Yun-Nan and the West River of China. [1917]
Kingdon Ward, F. Through Western Yunnan. [1922]. Stockport Public Library
Tours, B.G. Notes on an Overland Journey from Chungkang to Haiphong. [1923]. Stockport Public Library
Kingdon Ward, F. The Snow Mountains of Yunnan. [1924]. Stockport Public Library
Thompson, H. Gordon. From Yunnan-Fu to Peking along the Tibetan and Mongolian Borders. January, 1926. LXVII NO 1. Stockport Public Library
Soothill, W.E. The Two Oldest Maps of China Extant. [1927]
Barbour, George B. Physiographic History of the Yangtze. [1936]
Fitzgerald, C.P. The Tiger’s Leap (Likiang). [1941]
Richardson, H.L. Szechwan during the War. July-August, 1945. No 1, 2 Volume CVI. Barnbley Library
Hughes, R.H. Hong Kong: An Urban Study. March, 1951. Volume CXVII Part 1