1905 OPENING of TIBET ACCOUNT OF LHASA antique by Perceval Landon ILLUSTRATED

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.

by Landon, Perceval

Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1905



Illustrated in b/w

Size about 7 by 10.5 inches

xv, [1], 484, [1] pp.

Original blind-stamped cloth, upper edge gilt, others untrimmed

Very good condition, some wear of binding, front hinge broken, with old repair

 Text in English
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with an introduction by Colonel Younghusband
detailing the 1903-1904 British mission to Tibet and the subsequent expedition to Lhasa.

includes information on the mission's progress, the land, its people, their customs, and the history of Tibet.
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