Far Countries as Seen by a Boy

Longyear, M. Beecher. Far Countries as Seen by a Boy. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. First edition. 8vo. 168pp. Mottled olive cloth with maroon lettering to cover and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Inscribed on endpaper by previous owner. Tipped-in frontispiece, depicting a street scene in India. Printed on parchment. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some pages unopened. Interesting, though perhaps rather naive account of the Near and Far East, seen from the eyes of a boy living during the last years of the British Empire. Illustrated with many pen and ink sketches as well as full-page tipped-in b/w photographs. in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (13934) $61