Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet . With original maps of eastern Tibet and photographs taken by the author

Published by University Press, Cambridge, 1922

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First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiii, [1], 248; 8 maps (including 1 folding color map in rear cover pocket with a couple of short splits at the folds; 64 plates from photographs printed on rectos and versos; original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; some rubbing at spine ends and joints, else a good to very good, sound, and clean copy. With a previous owner's signature "Talbot" at the top of the front free endpaper, and the inscription beneath that: "To Major D. R. M. Yates / O.B.E. / c/o Loco Superintendent Iraq Railways / Baghdad West / Iraq." "Narrative of the author's journey in Eastern Tibet, or Kham, on the borders of the Chinese Provinces of Szechuen and Yunnan and of the Koko-Nor country in 1918. He traversed Kham from north to south; from Tachienlu to Kangtse, Jyekundo, Chamdo, Batang, etc. in 1918-19" (Yakushi). Yakushi T57a.

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Title
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet . With original maps of eastern Tibet and photographs taken by the author
Author
Teichman, Eric
Publisher
University Press, Cambridge
Publication year
1922
Edition
First Edition.
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Asia, Exploration, Travel

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