From Peking to Petersburg

by Arnot Reid

$325 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Edward Arnold, publisher to the India Office, 1899. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 2 , 300, 32 Arnold catalogue ; frontispiece portrait and a folding map; original red cloth stamped in black and gilt; some wear and rubbing, small stain on upper cover; all else good, sound, and clean. A chronicle of Reid's journey from Peking, China to St. Petersburg, Russia, covering a distance of over 5,000 miles. Reid's account is a detailed and engaging portrayal of

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