Lot 508
Tibet - Landon, Percival
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Lhasa, an account of the country and people. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1905. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 7 maps, 254 plates & illustrations, original red buckram gilt, t.e.g., spines faded; Hedin, Sven Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lhasa. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1903. 2 volumes, 8vo, 4 folding maps, 8 colour plates, 387 photographic illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., lightly rubbed; Hedin, Sven Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and adventures in Tibet. London: Macmillan, 1909. 2 volumes, 8vo, [without the supplementary volume published in 1913], "Presentation copy" blindstamp to titles, 10 maps, 388 illustrations, original pictorial cloth, covers slightly marked; Rockhill, William W. The land of the lamas. Notes of a journey through China, Mongolia and Tibet. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1891. 8vo, frontispiece, 2 maps, illustrations, original cloth, lightly rubbed; Chapman, F. Spencer Lhasa the Holy City. London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First edition, 8vo, plates, some coloured, maps, original yellow cloth, slightly marked; David-Neel, Alexandra My journey to Lhasa. London: W. Heinemann, 1927. First English edition, 8vo, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly rubbed; Seaver, George Francis Younghusband. London, 1952. 8vo, original cloth (10)