China.- Teichman (Eric) Travels of a consular Officer in North-West China, first edition, small ownership sticker to front pastedown, original red cloth, spine and top portion of upper cover a little faded, Cambridge, 1921 § Maillart (Ella) Forbidden Journey. From Peking to Kashmir, first English edition, small embossed stamp to foot of title, original cloth, 1937 § Grenard (F.) Tibet, the Country and its Inhabitants, first English edition, original pictorial buckram, gilt, spine faded, 1904 § Starr (Lilian A.) Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet, reprint, signed and inscribed by the author "To Col. C[harles] E[dward] Bruce, a small memento of all the help rendered by him in 'April 1923' from Lilian A.Starr. Peshawar 1924" on front free endpaper, numerous annotations in pencil and green crayon to third part, light foxing, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, 1924 § Chandra (Lokesh, editor) Prof. Raghuvira's Expedition to China, Part I (Travel Diary and Photographs) [?all published], Sanskrit text, original cloth, New Delhi, 1969, maps, plates and illustrations, some slightly rubbed; and another copy of the first in a variant slightly taller binding, 8vo & 4to (6)
⁂ The fourth item is by a missionary nurse at the Peshawar Mission Hospital who, in April 1923 ventured into the wilds of the North West Frontier to rescue a young girl who had been kidnapped by Afghan brigands, as related in the third part of her book.
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