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BLAKISTON, THOMAS WRIGHT. Five Months on the Yang-Tsze; with a Narrative of the Exploration of its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebelion in China. 16 wood-engraved plates; 2 folding engraved maps. xiv, [2], 380 pages, including half-title. 8vo, 212x135 mm, contemporary 1/2 leather gilt, front joint rubbed; contents dampwrinkled, marginal dampstaining through most of volume. London: John Murray, 1862
first edition. "The author hoped originally to travel to India via Tibet following his exploration of the Yangtze. This is the account of a 2900 km journey from Shanghai to Ping-Shan . . . where the party was forced to turn back"--Yakushi (1994) B404.
