KINGDON WARD, FRANK In Farthest Burma The Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and Research Through the Unknown Frontier Territory of Burma and Tibet. London: Seeley,Service & Co., 1921
8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Collation: [16]- 311 [1] [8 – Publisher advertisements] p. + folding map at end and two page map in text and 23 photo reproductions. Binding with stamped title and author on spine and native in front of poles on cover, all colored in green. Some spotting on cover and minor foxing on edges.
Provenance: Signature of George Forrest on title page and first page of text. Scarce copy of this early travel and exploration of Burma and Tibet by Kindon Ward. Forrest also a noted explorer of plants in Himilaya’s had brought back numerous plants from this region.
$US3000
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