To the Alps of Chinese Tibet. An Account of a Journey of Exploration up to and among the Snow-clad Mountains of the Tibetan Frontier

£275.00

GREGORY, John Walter & Christopher John SKU: 20521

First Edition. 8vo. pp. 321 + 2 adverts. Photographic frontispiece plus 16 plates of b/w photos, six sketch maps and diagrams and one large folding map at the back of North-Western Yumman. Original orange cloth with figure on the front and black lettering to spine, which is a touch sunned. Bookplate of C.E. Rushbridge. Half-title present. A near fine copy. "The journey described in this book has been long contemplated by one of us in order to compare the physical history of parts of East Africa with that of south-eastern Asia," - from the Preface.