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Fergusson, W N.
Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes.
Publisher: Constable and Company Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 4680
FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. xvi, 343 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the late Lieutenant J W Brooke with tissue-guard, plus numerous photographic illustrations throughout, some full page. Two folding maps in colour to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original pictorial green cloth with gilt titles to spine and black to upper board. Top edge gilt. Newspaper obituary of J W Brooke loosely inserted. Edges rubbed with small nick at head of spine; spine sunned. A slightly shaken copy with inner front hinge cracked but holding. Blindstamped “Presentation Copy” roundel to title page. Scattered light foxing; free endpapers toned. Based on the travel diary and journals of John Weston Brooke, who explored river systems in China and Tibet in the early years of the twentieth century, before his murder by Lolo tribesmen in 1908. Subject matter includes lively descriptions of the land and its people, hunting parties and natural history. Fergusson also used material by C H Mears who accompanied Brooke on his second expedition, but was unable to write an account himself owing to his commitment to Scott’s journey to the Antarctic; he passed the torch on to his relative and fellow traveller Fergusson. £200.00