The Fire Ox and Other Years.
London. Collins. 1947. Stock ID #73092 Account of the author's expeditions to some of the most interesting regions of the world. In 1926 he visited Ethiopia, 1927 Assam, 1928 Chinese Tibet, 1930 the Galapagos, 1934 the Celebes, 1937 Nepal and in 1939 Upper Burma. In all he travelled in Tibet three times. When referring to this item please quote stockid 73092.
3 coloured maps,illustrated with 3 colour plates by Alezandre Iacovleff and many magnificent black and white photographs showing the various peoples described in the text at work and in their local dress, xviii + 393pp, indices including indexes of plants and mammals and birds, neat signature of prior owner front free endpaper, cloth trifle soiled and worn, spine sunned, gilt lettering upper cover and dulled on spine, contents sound and clean, a good copy.
Price: $75.00 AU