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London, 1911, Black. Maroon pictorial cloth, 283p., folding color map, 70 stunning color paintings by Molyneux, top edge gilt, corners rubbed, contents clean, bit of minor foxing, index,16 x 23cm. RARE AUTHOR'S SIGNED, DATED PRENTATION COPY This work deals with Kashmir proper, located in a valley, 84 miles long and about 25 miles wide, and at a height of 5600 feet above sea level. Located in the Himalayas, this work portrays the stunning beauty of the area with some seventy superb color paintings. Excellent primary resource for the Central Asian area. * Sir Francis Younghusband: born May 31, 1863, Murree, India; died July 31, 1942, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England. * Born May 31, 1863, Murree, India -died July 31, 1942, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England. Younghusband was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered chiefly for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, which he led, during which a massacre of Tibetans occurred, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and President of the Royal Geographical Society. Quoted from See Wikipedia for copious details: ION: The book has been rebacked at a previous time, preserving the old cloth; corners rubbed, solid copy, new end papers, small round sticker removed from front free end paper, some minor loss. *** BRIEF LIST OF YOUNGHUSBAND'S WRITINGS: . Younghusband wrote 26 books in all between 1895 and 1942. The subjects ranged from Asian events, exploration, mountaineering, philosophy, spirituality, politics and more. * The Heart of a Continent (1896) * Kashmir (1909) * India and Tibet: a history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904. London: John Murray, 1910. * Within: Thoughts During Convalescence (1914) * The Sense of Community (1916) * The Gleam (1923) * Modern Mystics (1923) * Mother World in Travail for the Christ that is to be (1924) * The Epic of Mount Everest (1926) * Life in the Stars (1927) * Dawn in India (1930) * The Living Universe (1933) * The Mystery of Nature in Frances Mason. The Great Design: Order and Progress in Nature (1934) *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: Marshall 607 * Yakushi Y11 *.
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