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Lot 188
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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KINGDON-WARD, Frank (1885-1958). The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges. London: Edward Arnold, 1926.
8vo. With folding route map & 21 photographic illustrations on 16 plates. Original publisher's black cloth (slight spotting to fore-edge). Provenance: S. G. Black (stamp). FIRST EDITION of Kingdon-Ward's first Tibetan expedition, on which he collected ninety-seven varieties of rhododendron, and the first viable blue poppy seed. Stafleu & Cowan 16674; Yakushi (1994) K194. A very fine copy.