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HIGH VALLEY
Edition: First UK edition
London: Faber & Faber, 1950. Octavo, brown cloth. Text lightly toned, very nearly fine, no owner names. Jacket has chips at spine ends and one outer corner, short tears, slightly yellowed; good, still presentable, flap price intact. Set in Tibet.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 34739More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAINEER: Helvellyn to Himalaya . Lhasa: the holy city
London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. Revised and reprinted. First published in two separate volumes in 1940 and 1938. First one volume, revised, was in 1945. Octavo, blue cloth. pp (2), 445 + frontispiece portait and numerous other plates and folding map at rear. Index. Spine and spine lettering faded, a good, clean, tight and unworn jacketless copy otherwise.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 42917More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
The Opening of Tibet. An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4. With an Introduction by Francis Younghusband.
Edition: First US edition
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1905. Dark green stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, top edges gilt, title page in red & black. pp (xvi), 484, (1, ad), [3] + mounted colour frontispiece with tissue guard and numerous b&w photos. Mild wear to spine tips and outer corners, short tear at bottom of title leaf neatly mended; cracked front inner hinge neatly repaired; else a VG clean, bright and tight copy, no owner names. Landon was the Special Correspondent of "The Times" who went with Younghusband's British military operation to open Tibet to British and Indian trade. An important Tibet book. Note: 2.5 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 30108More details Price: USD $125.00 USD $112.50