The roof of the world being a narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian frontier and the Oxus sources on Pamir

Gordon, T. E., Lieutenant-Colonel

Published by Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, 1876

About this Item

First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 172; folding map, 24 tinted plates (4 chromolithographs), including frontispiece and folding panorama, and 42 illustrations in the text; clean and sound in recent green morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, glt-lettered direct in 3; spine slightly browned, else fine. "The author, with Biddulph and Trotter, travelled in 1873-74 from Leh to Kashgar and the Pamirs via the Karakorum Pass. They searched that area for the purpose of military affairs. It was the second Forsyth's expedition, the first was in 1870" (Yakushi). Cordier, Sinica, 2820; Yakushi G88.

Seller Inventory # 67452

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The roof of the world being a narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian frontier and the Oxus sources on Pamir
• Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1876
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exploration
  • Travel
  • Tibet
  • China