SOLD $1550 SIKHIM AND BHUTAN, 21 years on the North-East frontier 1887-1908, Jean Claude White, Edward Arnold, London, Publisher to the India office, 1st edn., 1908, Large format 330 page hardback,
SIKHIM AND BHUTAN, twenty one years on the North-East frontier 1887-1908, Jean Claude White, Edward Arnold, London, Publisher to the India office, 1st edn., 1908, Large format 330 page hardback, beautifully restored by a craftsman, soft dark green leather binding with cords and gilt titles, original gilt design of tents and prayer flags inlaid into front cover, richly marbled endpapers - large colour fold-out map of Sikhim and Bhutan in rear, numerous full page B&W plates with tissue guards taken by White throughout, minor soiling on first few pages ( monsoon moisture??) a desirable copy of this very scarce first edition - a book, treasured for its photographs, that is still in print today - $1550
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