Rare Book With The Louis Johnson Poetry Collection
Tuesday, 27 August - Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Landon, Percival, Lhasa (2 Volumes)
Estimate $300 - $500
Realised: $210 plus premium
Lot Details
Landon Percival - Lhasa (2 Volumes) An Account Of 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. Hurst And Blackett, Ltd, London, first edition, 1905, dedication to Lord Curzon Of Kedleston, introductory note by F. E. Younghusband, frontis portrait, coloured and black and white plates and maps, pages 423 to 426 of Vol II with silverfish holes to fore-edges, not affecting text, maroon cloth, worn, spines sunned, tipped in newspaper photo of the Dalai Lama 1936, and related cutting ,ex owners name in ink to pastedown.
