Lot 1386: ATKINSON, THOMAS WITLAM. 1799-1861.- Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858.

Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858. 8vo (242 x 150 mm). [4], viii, 611 pp. Illustrated with folding map and 20 tinted lithographic plates, some of which are colored. Period calf, spine gilt. Map creased and with a long, closed tear, gift inscription on verso of title showing through, intermittent dampstain (heavier on frontis) and occasional spotting, binding scuffed at edges, small chip at foot of spine. FIRST EDITION .