Samuel. General Gordon in China. The Story of the "Ever Victorious Army."

by MOSSMAN

£750 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

MOSSMAN, Samuel. General Gordon in China. The Story of the "Ever Victorious Army." London: Griffith and Farran . [1875.] 8vo. Original illustrated cloth, with expert restorations to extremities; pp. x, [2], 340 text illustrations and plates in wood-engraving, occasional light spotting; a good copy of a great rarity. Very rare first edition, richly illustrated , of Samuel Mossman's narrative of the Taiping Rebellion, and how General Gordon contributed to putting down the rebellion, which had engulfed the Yangtze region. Mossman was a writer of books on Japan, China and Australia; all his books are rare, including his publication of Gordon's private diary of 1893. Both Library Hub and OCLC locate a single copy, in the London Library, most likely without the original binding. SKU: 2110722

• Binding: Hardcover

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