£ 35
Bailey, F.M. LT.-CoL.
NO PASSPORT TO TIBET.
Rupert Hart-Davis.
1957
First edition.
In ‘No Passport to Tibet’, Bailey records his 1500 mile journey in an area of northern Assam and southern Tibet, which was not surveyed at the time. The trek solved the mystery of the Tsangpo Gorges and made a number of important natural history finds, the most famous being the blue poppy, immortalized later by Kingdon-Ward. This area was highly sensitive at the time as Great Britain, China and Russia were still engaged in the ‘Great Game’.
294pp with illus. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Scattered spotting to side page ends. No inscriptions. Overall, very good in very good- complete and unclipped dustwrapper (d/w), which has general chipping and creases to d/w extremities and light fading to rear of d/w. The wrapper is now in a loose protective sleeve.
     
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