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The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4
The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4

The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-4

$ 80.00
xv, 484 pp. Tall 8vo. Original green cloth with blind-stamped swastika & single rule border on front panel, gilt spine titles & top page ridge. Tipped in color frontispiece, black & white photographic plates throughout. An account of British India's armed expedition to Tibet, designed to effect trade and establish diplomacy, during which British forces subjugated the Tibetans, though this led to few long-term benefits.