Francis Younghusband, explorer and mystic
1952, 1st edition. London: John Murray. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #311850
Physical description: 391 pages; illustrations; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Antecedents and upbringing -- Clifton and Sandburst -- Meerut and Rawal Pindi -- The call of the hills -- Military staff appointments -- Manchurian journey -- Across the Gobi Desert to Yarkand -- Across the Himalayas by the Mustagh Pass -- Home leave and future plans -- Hunza and the Pamirs -- The Pamirs and Kashgar -- Mission to Chitral -- South Africa and the Jameson Raid -- Marriage: Rajputana and Indore -- The mission to Tibet -- Tibet: the aftermath -- Resident in Kashmir -- Philosophy: and the experience of pain -- The Empire and the future of India -- The Royal Geographical Society and Everest Expeditions -- The living universe -- World Congress of Faiths -- Last years and the last adventure. Subjects: Younghusband, Francis Edward Sir 1863-1942. Explorers England; Biography. Mystics England; Biography. Asia - Explorers – Biography. Adventure and adventurers; Biography. Explorers Great Britain; Biography. Explorers Asia; Biography. Explorers Asia, Central Biography. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History. India Discovery and exploration. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies. Illustrated.
Price: €65.00