Hardcover. Edinburgh, Scotland, Canongate Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one minor closed tear near the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Covers and interior pages are both clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This beautifully written narrative is an account of a remarkable journey made around Russia's Lake Baikal on horseback. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34029
Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
 "Around the Sacred Sea: Mongolia and Lake Baikal on Horseback by: Bull, Bartle, Illust. by: Boit, John Yalman, Kerim")
 "Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by: Whymper, Frederick")