London, Constable and Company, 1911, First edition. . original green pictorial cloth with gilt spine title lettering, short tear at spine foot, edges a little worn, front internal hinge cracked but firm, signature, very good, interior clean. . 8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; xvi, 343 pp, frontis (portrait), numerous illustrations including many full-page from the author and J. W. Brooke, 2 folding colored maps, index. . Yakushi F 29. Cordier 4396. Marshall 2059. The author based the work on the diaries and journal of John Weston Brooke, and provides a detailed narrative of Brooke's journeys through western China and Tibet in 1906-1908, including a meeting with the Dali Lama, the first since being displaced by his avoidance of Younghusband's incursion in Lhasa. On Brooke's second journey he was accompanied by C.H. Meares, who later joined Scott's expedition to the South Pole. Brooke was murdered by Lolo tribesmen in 1908. An important description of the area and its peoples with excellent illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

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Bookseller: Horizon Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: J8532
Title: Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes
Author: FERGUSSON, W. N.;
Format/Binding: Original green pictorial cloth with gilt spine title lettering, short tear at spine foot, edges a little worn, front internal hi
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Constable and Company, 1911, First edition.
Size: 8vo [24.5 x 17 cm]; xvi, 343 pp,
Bookseller catalogs: Travel - Asia;

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