Among the Himalayas

London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1900. Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) British explorer. Waddell studied Buddhism and learned the Tibetan language visiting Tibet several times secretly, in disguise. He was the cultural consultant on the 1903-1904 British invasion of Tibet led by Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband. CONDITION Red cloth has wear to extremities, pp xvi 452 with humerous,… Read more about this item

London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900 London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1900 vi, 452 pp with myriad B&W drawings and photos in text and large folding map bound-in at rear. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Map is undamaged save for a closed tear near spine. Endpapers have light glue staining, front hinge is tender, there is a contemporary booksellers… Read more about this item

Archibald Constable and Co./J.B. Lippincott Co., Westminster/Philadelphia, 1900. Good. second printing 8 x 5 3/4 inches, 452 pages, cloth, some water damage, wear to spine extremities, hinges slightly cracked, corners bumped, With numerous illustrations by A.D. McCormick, the Author and others, and from photographs. With fold-out map in rear.

Delhi: Pilgrims Book Pvt. Ltd., 1998. Light wear, unmarked, fold out map at back, illustrated, 452pp, VG/--.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1900 8vo. original red cloth gilt with blindstamped design on upper board, uncut (FFE excised, inscrip. to recto frontispiece (fore-edge slightly torn), a little rubbed & flecked with small wear to extremities, else clean & bright); pp. xvi, 452, 32 (pubs. cat.), with numerous full-page black and white illustrations after originals by A.D.McCormick and the… Read more about this item