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Deborah Ireland’s Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels through China 1894–1896, chronicles Isabella’s photography and writing in her final expedition to China, using the photographs she took and developed en route. This lavish pictorial record, published by Ammonite Press in collaboration with the Society, features 200 unique photographs taken by Isabella. The photographs and original observations, commented on by travel expert Deborah Ireland, transport the reader to 19th century China and the insightful social observations of a passionate and inspiring woman.http://www.ammonitepress.com/social-history/social-history/isabella-bird/The Guardian, Wednesday 22 April 2015