The tiger of Tibet
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1925]. Second printing, 12mo, pp. 312, [8] Jenkins ads; fine copy in original pictorial orange cloth, dust jacket with small chip at the top of the spine affecting the top of the word 'Tiger'; jacket otherwise very good. "Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Barraclough is sent by the Foreign Office on a secret mission to Tibet to investigate the activities of a mysterious Chinese gang, which is led by a personage known as the "Tiger of Tibet." The story tells of breathless adventure; of heroic endurance on the part of Geoffrey and Phyllis Merridew, the girl he loves; of how they are trapped in the Himalayas in the bowels of the mountain Kailas; of the horrors and the wonders they find in the temple, of the gallant rescue by the Pathan, Sher Khan, a devoted friend, and of the unexpected identity of the 'Tiger of Tibet'" (jacket blurb). Item #67910
Price: $100.00
