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PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander]

Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.


Hurst and Blackett, London 1898. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 283pp., 4 pages ads at end, frontispiece portrait, map, 24 full-page plates, occasional light foxing, original pictorial red cloth gilt, spine lightly soiled, a very good copy.

A thorough survey of the island and its history. Cordier Sinica 267.

Price: £ 650
US Dollar Price: $ 1290
Stock Number: 52445
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Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.

Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.

Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.

Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.

Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.

Image of PICKERING, W[illiam] A[lexander] Pioneering in Formosa recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages with an appendix on British policy and interests in China and the Far East.