Bird Isabella: 29 books

A fascinating look at the people of Tibet by 19th Century travel writer Isabella Bird.

A cosmopolitan, middle-aged Englishwoman touring the Rocky Mountains in 1873, Isabella Bird had embarked upon a trip that called for as much stamina as would have been expected of an explorer or anthropologist — and she was neither! Possessing a prodigious amount of curiosity and a huge appetite...

Elibron Classics. Digitized replica oof 1898 edition by Fleming H. Revell Company, New York - Chicago - Toronto. This is an illustrated edition. Oversize maps are available as a free download. This book was written by a remarkable woman, Isabella Bird Bishop, an independent British Victorian lady...

Published in 1875, this account of Bird's visit to the Hawaiian islands consists of her letters home to her sister.  As well as providing an unequaled glimpse into a vanished Hawaii, the letters brim with personal discovery, as Bird, who undertook the journey for health purposes, transforms herself into a brave adventurer.

The letters of which these volumes are composed embrace the second half of journeys in the East extending over a period of two years. They attempt to be a faithful record of facts and impressions, but were necessarily written in haste at the conclusion of fatiguing marches, and often in circumstances...

The author's account of travelling through Japan in 1878. This is a narrative of travels in Japan communicated via letters.  First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Two days before we left Chigakhor fierce heat set in, with a blue heat haze. Since then the mercury has reached 98° in the shade. The call to "Boot and Saddle" is at 3.45. Black flies, sand-flies, mosquitos, scorpions, and venomous spiders abound. There is no hope of change or clouds or showers until...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The voyage out—The sentimental—The actual— The oblivious—The medley—Practical joking—An unwelcome companion—American patriotism—The first view—The departure. As a general dislike of prefaces is unmistakeably evidenced by their uncut leaves, and as unknown readers could scarcely be induced...

Prefatory and explanatory – The voyage out – The sentimental – The actual – The oblivious – The medley – Practical joking – An unwelcome companion – American patriotism – The first view – The departure.

Lake Tahoe—Morning in San Francisco—Dust—A Pacific mail-train—Digger Indians—Cape Horn—A mountain hotel—A pioneer—A Truckee livery stable—A mountain stream—Finding a bear—Tahoe. LAKE TAHOE, September 2. I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh....