Adventures in Tibet. Including the diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's remarkable journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the "Forbidden Land"

Carey, William

Published by The Baker and Taylor Co, New York, 1901

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. 285, [1]; 75 illustrations on plates and in the text; original pictorial yellow cloth stamped in black; rear hinge cracked, bookplate neatly removed, old institutional blindstamp on title (marked canceled), accession numbers on verso of title page, spine a touch soiled; no external markings; all else good, clean, and sound. Taylor was the author of Pioneering in Tibet (London, 1896). She "entered Tibet through China in 1892-93 without a companion and penetrated almost to Lhasa. A missionary, she kept a shop and lived at Yatung on the Tibetan border for many years. Carey obtained her diary at Yatung in 1899" (Yakushi). Yakushi C55b.

Seller Inventory # 67540

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adventures in Tibet. Including the diary of Miss Annie R. Taylor's remarkable journey from Tau-Chau to Ta-Chien-Lu through the heart of the "Forbidden Land"
• Publisher: The Baker and Taylor Co, New York
• Publication Date: 1901
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • Tibet