{"product_id":"a-thousand-miles-on-an-elephant-in-the-shan-states-by-holt-s-hallett-1890","title":"A THOUSAND MILES ON AN ELEPHANT IN THE SHAN STATES BY HOLT S. HALLETT 1890","description":"\u003cp\u003e[HALLETT, HOLT SAMUEL]. \u003cstrong\u003eA Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States. \u003c\/strong\u003eEdinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCXC. [1890].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (23 x 14 x 4 cm); pp. xxxvi, 484, 24. English text. Bound in publishers' original brown elephant-skin pattern cloth; spine lettered in gilt; front cover lettered in black and with a pictorial colour label; black coated endpapers; half-title; 8 folding maps; numerous line drawings in the text; 24-page publishers' catalogue at rear. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Covers well-preserved with a couple of small bumps to the edges and minor rubbing to spine ends. Interior largely clean with a few small closed tears to page edges, the first leaf of preface with an obvious paper repair. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome copy of a scarce title. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: Rare first edition of Holt S. Hallett's fascinating account of his journey through Siam and Burma, which showed there was indeed a viable route for his proposed commercial railway to China. His important surveys filled large blanks in European maps of a region still \"shrouded with that glamour which invests all little-known regions\" (p. 9). Alongside anthropological observations, the intelligence of elephants is notably described in detail.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56979045515639,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/image_1b422126-e0ec-489c-9fb0-45c1f428ef0a.jpg?v=1775362515","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/a-thousand-miles-on-an-elephant-in-the-shan-states-by-holt-s-hallett-1890","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}