THE OPENING OF TIBET. An Account of Lhasa and 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 Written, with the Help of All the Principal Persons of the Mission.Introduction by Colonel Younghusband

[Tibet]; Landon Perceval

Published by New York Doubleday, Page & Co. 1906

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First Edition, U.S. Issue, published in the United Kingdom as LHASA An Account of the Country and People. Profusely illustrated throughout with fine full-page black and white and a colour frontispiece. Royal, thick 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover blocked in blind. xv, [1], 484, [1 ads.] pp. A handsome copy, well preserved and with minimal evidence of age, the text-block and illustrations clean, the binding strong and secure, the hinges in good order. IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. This mission expedition was sent by Lord Curzon to Tibet, whose hostility had been a continuing source of trouble to the British on the frontier of their burgeoning Empire. The expedition was led by Sir Francis E. Younghusband, resident at Indore and an Indian serviceman since 1882. Preliminary negotiation met with strong opposition and in 1903-4 Younghusband advanced on Lhasa with a military escort commanded by J. R. L. Macdonald. "Supremely fitted for his task, Younghusband's fine qualities brought his mission to a successful conclusion with a minimum of strife and he secured a treaty in time to withdraw his troops before the onset of winter" (DNB). Perceval Landon, who compiled this account of the expedition, was special correspondent for the London "Times" (and author of several volumes on central Asia). Seller Inventory # 33725

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Title: THE OPENING OF TIBET. An Account of Lhasa ...

Publisher: New York Doubleday, Page & Co. 1906

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition