Across the roof of the world. A record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1911. First English edition, 8vo, pp. [7], x-xvi, 437, [1]; gravure frontispiece portrait, folding color map; 130 illustrations throughout the text, largely from photographs; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt, black, blue and white on upper cover and spine; light wear at the spine extremities, front joint strained at p. xi; all else very good, sound, and clean. "Etherton's journey of 1909 made northward from Srinagar across the Pamirs, well-known route via Gilgit and Hunza over the Mintaka Pass into Tagdumbash Pamir, to Chinese Turkestan and Kashgar, and thence by Kuldja across the steppes beyond to a final junction with the Russian trans-Siberian railway" (Yakushi). "This book represents a wonderful blend of travel, explorations, and big game hunting" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 73; Yakushi, E-106. Item #67451
Price: $500.00
