Author: MRS. BISHOP (ISABELLA L. BIRD); HILLIER, SIR WALTER C. (PREFACE)
Title: Korea and Her Neighbours - a Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of the Country - Volume I (One)
Description: London: John Murray, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 pages. Colour fold-out sketch map of central Korea. Tissue-protected frontisplate. Wonderful black and white photographic plates plus numerous black and white illustrations in text, complete per list on page A. Her conclusions are the result of "... a long and intimate study of a people whose isolation during many centuries renders a description of their character, institutions, and peculiarities especially interesting at the present stage of their history." - from Preface. Binding sound. Label of Rosa Fitz-George atop front free endpaper - See Wikipedia for details of this storied woman. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Red and black decoration with gilt lettering upon front board. Fore-edge rough-cut. Above-average external soiling to boards and edges. Please note: Volume 2 not included.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Korea & Her Neighbours - A Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of the Country Travel Asia History. Good .

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