In the Forbidden Land 1st ed

LANDOR, A. Henry Savage

Published by Harper and Brothers, 1899

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A Henry Savage Landor / In the Forbidden Land 1st ed. LANDOR, A. Henry Savage. In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey into Tibet Capture by the Tibetan Lamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment. Torture and Ultimate Release brought about by Dr. Wilson and the Political Peshkar Karak Sing-Pal. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First US edition. In two volumes. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration on the upper boards, t.e.g., (xviii), (307), (308 blank); (xiv), 250pp. With 8 plates in colour, 50 full page plates, numerous illustrations in the text, and a folding map in the rear of volume two. Volume 1 with spotting to front free endpapers, map with one small hole and some very old and not to shabby repairs to verso, spine with some small hair creases to top of spines. Overall, still a bright, near fine copy. Now preserved in a custom archival mylar. A. Henry Savage Landor [1865-1924] British explorer who is perhaps best remembered for being captured while travelling in Tibet at time when it was officially closed to foreigners. He set off for Tibet for geographic and scientific purposes, and to study the manners and customs of those people.' While attempting to reach the forbidden city of Llhasa, he was abandoned by his servants, and set upon by 400 Tibetan soldiers. Landor and his servants were imprisoned and tortured, and his release was only secured after the intervention of a British official and missionary. Landor's account, for obvious reasons, does not paint a positive picture of the Tibetans. Seller Inventory # ABE-1648796476866

Bibliographic Details

Title: In the Forbidden Land 1st ed

Publisher: Harper and Brothers

Publication Date: 1899

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition