Lands of the thunderbolt: Sikhim, Chumbi & Bhutan

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 267, [1]; large folding map, 32 photographic illustrations on plates; near fine copy in original red cloth, printed paper label on spine, and preserving the uncommon unclipped dust jacket, with very small breaks at the extremities and very slight loss at the spine ends. Bookseller's ticket of the Chinese American Publishing Co., 78 Nanking Road, Shanghai Exploration in the eastern Himalayas among some of the most impressive mountain ranges in the world. Includes an interesting journey into Bhutan between 1916 and 1921 when the Earl was Governor of Bengal. Yakushi R329a.