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Perceval Landon Lhasa 1905 Account of Expedition

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Perceval Landon Lhasa 1905 Account of Expedition
<B>Perceval Landon: <I>Lhasa: An Account of 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.</B></I></B></I> (London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1905), second edition, two volumes, 412 and 426 pages respectfully, 124 plates (13 color, 23 photogravure), 132 text photographs, eight maps (two folding), original maroon cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration, 8vo (7" x 9.75"), former owner's bookplate on the free front end paper, significant wear to boards, head and foot of spine worn and faded, corners bumped, light foxing, business sized envelope cellophane taped to inside front cover of volume one, else good condition. This is a very important work concerning Central Asia and Tibet, and British operations in that region. The author was the Times correspondent with the mission, and he gives detailed reports of the march, the sieges of both the British force and the Tibetans at Gyantse, and the protracted negotiations at Lhasa. Description is made of the expedition, the life and conditions in Tibet, their religion, history, etc. Introduction by Colonel F. E. Younghusband who was the leader of the expedition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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