[Rarebooks] FS: Gordon's THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, 1876, with tinted lithographs

[Charles Agvent]

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GORDON, Lieutenant-Colonel T. E.     THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. BEING  THE
NARRATIVE  OF A JOURNEY OVER THE HIGH PLATEAU OF TIBET TO THE  RUSSIAN
FRONTIER....  Edinburgh:  Edmonston and Douglas 1876.  First  Edition.
...AND  THE OXUS  SOURCES  ON PAMIR.  Quarto  (7-1/4"  x  10-1/4")  in
original gilt-decorated green cloth; xiv, 172 pages.  Illustrated with
23  tinted lithographs, a folding panorama, and a folding map as  well
as  numerous text illustrations, many of which are lovely.  Gordon was
a  member of Forsyths second mission to Kashgar in 1873-4, one of  the
earliest    expeditions  to  combine   exploration   with   scientific
investigation.  Recently rebacked retaining nearly all of the original
decorated  spine.  Several  small institutional  blindstamps  and  ink
stamps,  none  on the plates and none bothersome.  The  plate  of  the
Hemis  Bhudist Monastery Ladak is almost detached and has edgewear and
chipping,  not coming close to the image or affecting the title.  Very
Good or better.                                               $2500.00


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