1 volume.
Publishers orange colour boards.
viii, 247 pages + 58 black & white photo-plates.
6 colour plates with plate-guards + 2 maps.
Robert Sterling Clarke was an American art collector, horse breeder, philanthropist,
and heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. He served in the military on the
Philippines and during the Boxer rebellion. In 1909 he financed an expedition which
sought specimens from the Yellow River into Shaanxi and then to Kansu provinces
of China. He recruited the explorer Arthur de Carle Sowerby as naturalist for the trip
and to him we owe the beautiful plates.
Recorded shipping weight 2000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: very good
- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: 26 x 20 cm
- Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0657087803
- Preferred Payment Methods: Credit Cards - PayPal - Cheque.
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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