Elise reed mitchell (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Book has mild rubbing to corners of cover and spine, mild scuffing to cover, very mild rubbing to hinges of cover, a mild crack to hinge (pg.90, 106, 154, 298), mild toning to spine, and a slight slant to spine. otherwise book is still in very good condition with a bright cover, clean pages, and an overall solid binding. * Photos available upon request.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], viii, [4], 9-335, [1]; map endpapers, map frontispiece, 20 illustratios from photographs on 15 plates; fine, bright, clean, and sound copy in original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Two women on the move in Asia. Helen Wilson and her life-long partner Elsie Mitchell recount their 7,600-mile journey from Siberia to Turkestan. They traveled by foot, without an escort, and as Time Magazine reported, "No man molested them-neither bandit, desperado, nor escaped Siberian convict. They lived on the land, eating black bread and water, berries, mushrooms, honey, milk." Yakushi W178.…