On the Eaves of the World, 2 volumes

No Jacket Gilt-stamped blue bindings. Some wear to board edges and corners. Vol. I has a small tear at top of spine.

Volume I--pp. xii, 311; foreword, list of frontis + 33 photos, folding map to illustrate the author's journey round the Kansu borders of Tibet. Volume II--pp. viii, 328; list of frontis + 29 photos, appendix (itineraries), botanical index, general index;

"The expedition of which these two volumes tell the first half of the tale was definitely planned (though long dreamed of) in 1913, and got going on February 7, 1914. Its object was to explore thoroughly, in the interests of horticulture and forestry, the whole of the Kansu-Tibet Border, from South to North. I will but say succinctly here that these two volumes deal only with my wanderings of 1914, round the extreme South-West March of Kansu, and up the Border, coming to rest for the winter at Lanchow in mid-November. The tale of the second year, 1915, yet remains to be written.";