Major Herbert H. Austin — A Scamper Through the Far East

London, Edward Arnold, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of British Army officer, colonial engineering surveyor and author Herbert Henry Austin's travelogue. The uncommon first edition of this account of the author's journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway and through the Far East, which includes a visit to the Manchurian battlefields, and his attendance - in an official capacity - of Japanese grand manoeuvres in 1908.Illustrated with fourteen photographic plates, and with two folding maps to the rear. Collated, complete.With a crossed out former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper.With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated September 1909. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Boards bright. Inscription to front free endpaper. Light spotting to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .