CENTRAL ASIA AND TIBET TOWARDS THE HOLY CITY OF LASSA.

London 1903, Hurst. Blue cloth, very good, head & tail of spine worn,covers soiled,bit dusty & faded,8 color, 387 b.w. photos 5 color fold-out maps, 608+664p., 2 vol. set, 17 x 25 cm. FIRST EDITION EXCEPTIONALLY RARE . *** **** *** . . AN EARLY VISIT TO TIBET & LASSA BY A FOREIGNER . . .SUPERB PRIMARY RESOURCE COVERING THE WHOLE TRIP ON FOOT . . . LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR & B.W. PHOTOS . . * An important primary source. Covering the discovery trek beginning in Stockholm to Kashgar, floating down the lonely Tarim, through the desert, across the Takla-Makan desert, a land of perpetual twilight, Lop-Nor and its sister lakes, a reedy desert wilderness, Northern Tibet, mountains, lakes, quagmires at high altitudes. . Across the Gobi, mountain defiles and waterless desert ruined towns of Lou-Lan, a vanished country, survey of the Lop desert, a wandering lake across Tibet from North to South, travelling amongst clouds, a Dash for Lhasa a forbidden land of the Holy Books, across Tibet to Ladak, highland lakes, to India, Kashgar and home. . An exciting primary resource, true adventure great, superb reading ! . Profuse color & black & white original photos by the author. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Bound in the original blue cloth, with gold stamped spine titles. . The bindings are rubbed at the edges & corners, which are bumped as usual. The head & spine tails are worn, with pieces missing, reinforced but still loss. Else solidly and firmly bound & tight. . The contents are clean, solid and pristine, no marks or issues. . Complete as issued with all illustrations & large color folding maps. Seldom found complete. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . Yakushi H 100b. . * .