Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze de Bangs, Richard, Kallen, Christian

Scribner. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Atheneum, [1989]. Hardcover. Very Good. [Very Good] Hardback with Dust Jacket. This is a new, unused book with light cosmetic imperfections. This could include light edge wear; light corner bumps; light shelf wear and/or small dust jacket tears. Text is immaculate; clean and unmarked.

Atheneum. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Atheneum, 1989. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

NY: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a VG+, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Illustrated with color photos

New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. 0689119321 . The DJ has rubbing and edge and corenr wear. Small tears at the top corners, front and back. ; 9.20 X 6.10 X 0.60 inches .

Atheneum, October 1989. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York: Atheneum, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good +. Includes color photographs of the adventure. "The upper Yangtze River is the dragon, a beautiful and savage beast.... The authors tell firsthand what its like to pit your nerve and skill against a primal force of nature." -- from the jacket flap. Publishers Weekly -- "From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted "Great Bend'' section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters… Leer más

Atheneum Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 9x6x0. A short tear to dustjacket. From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted Great Bend section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters (altitude 17,660 ft.) to Yibin (797 ft.). In three ill-fated expeditions of 1986 there were six fatalities. The following year, Bangs and Kallen successfully took a team of experienced rafters and well-heeled clients to the river. To their first-rate adventure story, the authors add background material on ethnic groups and… Leer más

New York: Atheneum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689119321 . Full number line. ; 260 pages .