THE BIG GAME OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHINA: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM SHANGHAI TO LONDON OVERLAND ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT. By Harold Frank Wallace, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.
(1913) 1992 new edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppxxiv,318. B/w photographs, illustrations by the author. Yellow cloth with black vignette on front, spine titled in black.
"With a frontispiece, ten full-page and twelve half-page illustrations from drawings by the author, and thirty-eight photographs". This new edition, limited to only 300 numbered copies, has a new foreword by Hamish Wallace, the author's son". One of the best books on hunting in China, this work recounts the journey by Wallace and George Fenwick-Owen from Shanghai to the Russian city of Omsk. ...Wallace's illustrations, particularly of takin, are exceptionally nice". (Czech).
"With a frontispiece, ten full-page and twelve half-page illustrations from drawings by the author, and thirty-eight photographs". This new edition, limited to only 300 numbered copies, has a new foreword by Hamish Wallace, the author's son". One of the best books on hunting in China, this work recounts the journey by Wallace and George Fenwick-Owen from Shanghai to the Russian city of Omsk. ...Wallace's illustrations, particularly of takin, are exceptionally nice". (Czech).
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83
| Author | Wallace (Harold Frank). (1881-1962). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 83 |
| ISBN | 0906839025 / 0906839025. |
| Book Description | Slighty dusty but a new unread copy in acetate wrapper. One of only 300 numbered copies. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1992 |
| Publisher | Grayling Books. |
| Place | Crosby Ravensworth. |