Lot 394
Exploration - Tibet
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Chapman, F. Spencer Living dangerously. London: Chatto & Windus, 1953. First edition, second impression, 8vo, signed by the author on the title page, portrait, 22 plates on 7 leaves, dust-jacket, original blue cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket a little soiled and torn; Kingdon Ward, Captain F. The mystery rivers of Tibet. London: Seeley Service & Co., 1923. 8vo, frontispiece, 14 pages of plates, folding map, dust-jacket, original orange cloth with Tibetan mask motif, dust-jacket a little dust soiled, torn in places and repaired with Selotape; Younghusband, Sir Francis The epic of Mount Everest. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1926. 8vo, frontispiece, 15 plates, original brown cloth, previous owner's inscription on first free-endpaper, spine a little rubbed and bumped at ends; Chapman, Spencer Lhasa, the Holy city. London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. 8vo, signed by the author, 27 pages of plates (3 in colour), original cream cloth, gift inscription to paste-down endpaper, spine and binding a little soiled and faded; Bell, Sir Charles Portrait of the Dalai Lama. London: Collins, 1946. 8vo, 50 pages of plates, dust-jacket, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket a little chipped and faded; Patterson, George N. Tibetan Journey. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket, original pink cloth gilt, dust-jacket a little chipped and darkened, covers damp-stained; Li, Tieh-Tseng Tibet: today and yesterday. New York: Bookman Associates, 1960. 8vo, dust-jacket, original yellow cloth, dust-jacket a little chipped and soiled; Garwood, Edmund J. Sketch map of the glaciers of Kangchenjunga. Royal Geographical Society, ca. 1925. Folding map backed onto linen in blue cloth boards, signature of 'G.B. Gourlay, 10 Clive Row, Calcutta' to paste-down endpaper, 53x50 cm, covers rubbed and soiled, a few small repairs to map, map a little darkened; And 10 others (18)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh