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Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP ![]()
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Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Miss Turner on front free endpaper, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, many full-page, foxed at beginning and end mainly affecting endpapers, upper hinge weak, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed and spotted but generally a good copy, [Marshall 2069; Neate S53; Perret 4039; Yakushi S421], 8vo, 1906.***"The author's account of the exploration in Garhwal and Ladakh accompanied by T.G.Longstaff in 1905, with a chapter by Longstaff, describing an attempt to climb Gulra Mandhata. The most serious book on that region..." Yakushi. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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