The Yangtze Valley and beyond. An account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. London: John Murray, 1900. First American and first 2-volume; 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], xii, [2], 410, [2] ads; [2], vii, [3], 365, [1], [2] ads; folding color map, 118 illustrations primarily from photographs by the author, and many full-page; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines; lightly rubbed, spines darkened and worn at extremities; a good, sound set by an important travel writer. Wikipedia notes that she was the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Cordier, Sinica 355; Yakushi B382. (Inventory #: 68480)