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Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse, bronze issue (Doolie Bearer Hlakpu Isering, No.71 N.F. Hospl.) nearly extremely fine, scarce unit £300-350 £300-£350

Three: Naick Hakam Singh, 19th Punjabis india General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (2979 Sepoy, 19th Bl. Infy.), edge rubbed; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (2979 Naick, 19th Punjabis); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2979 Naick, 19th Punjabis), mounted for wear, all three claws tightened, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (3) £320-380 £320-£380

Pair: Corporal J. Campbell, Royal Garrison Artillery india General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (60115 Bombdr., No.7 Mtn. By. R.A.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (60115 Corpl., 7th Mtn. By. R.G.A.) contact marks, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £650-750 £650-£750

Five: Corporal H. Bellamy, Royal Engineers, late Royal Fusiliers queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2854 Pte., Rl. Fusiliers); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (2854 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); 1914-15 Star (124123 Pnr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (124123 Cpl., R.E.), mounted as worn, very fine (5) £850-950 For a related photograph album see lot 163. £850-£950

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel E. L. Croslegh, 23rd Sikh Pioneers, late South Wales Borderers queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, South Africa 1901, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., S. Wales Bord.), clasps mounted in that order; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Lieut., 23rd Sikh Pioneers); British War and Victory Medals (Maj.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Maj., 2-3 S. Prs.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (Captain, 23rd Sikh Pioneers), mounted for wear, some contact marks, very fine (6) £1200-1400 Evan Leigh Croslegh was born on 30 October 1880. He served in the Boer War with the South Wales Borderers and Royal Berkshire Regiments. There he served in operations in the Orange River Colony, June-July 1900; in Cape Colony south of the Orange River, June 1900; in Cape Colony north of the Orange River, June-November 1900; in Transvaal, May-September 1901; in the Orange River Colony, January-February 1901 and in Cape Colony, November 1900-January 1901 and February-May 1901. He was embodied in the Militia for 1 year, 252 days and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia into the Royal Berkshire Regiment in November 1901. Transferring to the Indian Army in April 1903, he served with the 23rd Sikh Pioneers in the Tibet Expedition, 1903-04; seeing action at Niani and serving in the operations at and around Gyantse. Croslegh was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1904; Captain in May 1909; Major in September 1915 and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1924. £1200-£1400

Pair: Sepoy Prem Singh, 32nd Sikh Pioneers tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (3803 Sepoy, 32nd Sikh Pioneers); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (3803 Sepoy, 32nd Sikh Pioneers) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £500-550 £500-£550

Four: Jemadar Jamal Din, Pony Corps, late Mule and Porter Corps tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (41 Naik, 9th Mule Corps), clasp loose on ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (Jemdr., 2 Porter Cps.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Mahsud 1919-20 (Jem., 68 Pony Cps.) fine and better (4) £250-300 £250-£300

Three: Captain O. H. Galvin, Postal Department tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Postmr. A. O. Galvin, Postal Deptt.), rank re-engraved, ‘Deptt.’ corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. O. H. Galvin), note different initials, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (2) £300-350 £300-£350

Three: Lieutenant and Quartermaster Serjeant G. H. Manley, London Regiment, late Royal Fusiliers tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (5571 Corpl., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5571 Q.M. Sjt., R. Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (L-5571 Q.M. Sjt., 5/R. Fus.) together with two contemporary ribbon bars, nearly extremely fine and scarce (3) £850-950 M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ G. H. Manley enlisted in November 1896 and was advanced to Lance-Corporal, March 1898; Corporal, April 1902; Lance-Serjeant, December 1904; Serjeant, November 1905; Colour Serjeant, November 1908; Staff Serjeant, November 1911 and Quartermaster Serjeant in 1914. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 January 1915 as a Sergeant in the 3rd Battalion London Regiment and was commissioned a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the 1/3rd Battalion London Regiment on 18 May 1918. Sold with copied m.i.c. £850-£950

The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel M. W. R. de Courcy, Indian Army, 34th Baron Kingsale and Premier Baron of Ireland distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, complete with top bar; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp; India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Abor 1911-12, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 5th Class badge with swords, silver, gold and enamel, mounted court style as worn, in Spink, London leather case, second fine, others very fine and better (7) £300-350 Michael William Robert de Courcy was born on 26 September 1882, the eldest son of Michael Constantine de Courcy, the 33rd Baron Kingsale (created 1223) and Baron of Ringrone. He was educated at Dulwich College; Kelly College, Tavistock, and Sandhurst. In the latter he passed out first and was awarded the King’s Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers in October 1902. Transferring to the Indian Army in August 1904 and serving with the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, he was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1905; Captain in October 1911 and Major in October 1917. He served in the latter part of the Tibet Expedition, 1904, then in the Abor Expedition, 1911-12, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 16 July 1912). Serving during the Great War, 1915-18, he was Brigade-Major of the 6th Infantry Brigade in Mesopotamia. For his services he was three times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1916, 14 November 1916 and 15 August 1917) and awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 25 August 1917) and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 5th Class with swords. Major de Courcy then served in the Marri Operations for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1920), the Afghan War of 1919 for which he was again mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920), and the Waziristan Campaign of 1921-24. In 1922 he was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. Eastern Command, India. He retired from the Indian Army as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1931 and in the same year succeeded his father as the 34th Baron (by some reckonings 29th Baron) Kingsale, Baron of Ringrone and the Premier Baron of Ireland. Baron Kingsale died on 21 October 1965 and was succeeded by his only surviving grandson, John. Sold with some copied research. £300-£350

Photograph Album, containing 25 photographs taken during the Tibet Expedition, the album is inscribed, ‘Photographic views of Tibet taken by Sgt. Rayment 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers’ and was the property of ‘Gladys Bellamy, 17 Gladstone St., Langley Mill, Notts.’, one photo loose, leather covers worn, leaves discoloured and torn, some photographs faded, rare £400-500 A note from the vendor states that the album was acquired together with the medals of lot 156. all the photographs are identified; captions include: ‘View of Battlefield at ‘Guru’ after the Battle’; ‘On the road to Lhasa 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers halted on the road near ‘Lake Dockea’’; ‘Village of ‘Niani’ about 8 miles from Gyantse the enemy were found here in force on 26th June and a battle fought’; ‘Gyantse fort, captured on the 6th of July 1904 by a mixed party of Royal Fusiliers and Gurkahs (sic)’; ‘1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers hoisting Union Jack on the highest towers of the captured fort’; ‘General MacDonald watching the firing on the rifle ranges at Lhasa’; Chinese soldiers, the bodyguard of the Chinese Amban at Lhasa’; Grand Llama’s Palace Lhasa, the treaty was signed in the council chamber, the palace contains an image of the god Bhudda 10 ft high’; ‘Condemned Llama who made a murderous assault on Capt. Cooke-Young, I.M.S.’; ‘On the banks of the Bhramaputra, waiting for boats’; ‘Crossing the Bhramaputra ....’ 3760 Sergeant George Rayment, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, was awarded the D.C.M. for the attack on Gyantse (London Gazette 2 May 1905). £400-£500

royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Reports and Calendars, 1876-1911 a large quantity of these inventories of the manuscripts held in various private libraries including Windsor Castle, Welbeck Abbey, Longleat, Belvoir Castle, The Convent, Dublin, Drumlanrig Castle etc., orig. paper wraps, (worn); Royal Commission Reports ('Blue Books') various subjects including Mining, Forestry, Tibet, etc. paper wraps (some worn or damp stained), w.a.f. (qty.)

dunn (S.) A Map of Independent Tartary, Containing the Countries of the Kalmuks and Uzbeks with the Tibet, 1786 hand-cold. map, 318mm x 445mm; idem, A Map of Chinese Tartary with Corea, 1786, hand-cold. map, 309mm x 444mm; idem, China, Divided Into Its Great Province's and The Isles of Japan, 1786, hand-cold. map, 309mm x 442mm (3)

HEDIN (Sven) Trans-Himalaya Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, in two volumes London: Macmillan and Co 1909, portrait frontispieces, plates and maps (small tear to both folding maps), cloth gilt; DE FILIPPI (Filippo) Ruwenzori, an Account of the Expedition, 2nd impression 1909, 4to, plates, folding plates and maps, illustrations, some spotting and yellowing, cloth binding, edges of spine rubbed with nicks at head, internally fair (3)

Tibet-Mannerheim, C.G. Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908. Oosterhout, 1969, 2 volumes, 4to, numerous maps and plates, many from photographs, original cloth; Cobbold, Ralph P. Innermost Asia. Travel & sport in the Pamirs. London: Heinemann, 1900, first edition, 8vo, large coloured folding map, photogravure frontispiece, 28 plates, illustrations, 4 other maps, original red buckram gilt, spine faded (3)

WORLD COINS - MISC (50) IN A SMALL NUMIS ALBUM, ALL DATED 1938, INTERESTING ASSORTMENT WITH PLENTY SILVER AND MANY IN HIGH GRADE, INCLUDES POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAN MARINO, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TIBET, TUNISIA, TURKEY, USA. NOTED POLAND 10 ZLOTYCH GVF, TIBET 3 SRANG VF, TURKEY LIRA SCARCE FINE, USA DIMES AND CENTS PLAIN, D AND S ALL CHOICE BU, ETC ETC WORTH CAREFUL EXAMINATION

CAREY (EDITH F)-The Channel Islands, 1904, illus. Henry B Wimbush, 76 col. plates with titled tissue guards, folding map at end, t.e.g., peripheral foxing and sunned end papers, dec. blue cloth, gilt lettering, spine slightly faded; Landor (A Henry Savage)-Tibet & Nepal 1905, 75 col. & b/w plates with titled tissue guards, folding map at end, t.e.g., endpapers sunned, blue cloth gilt lettering, slightly loose, spine faded; Milton (G. E.)-Buckinghamshire and Berkshire 1920, illus. Sutton Palmer, 60 col. plates with titled tissue guards, folding map at end, dec. green cloth, spine edges bumped; Palmer (Wm. T.)-The English Lakes 1905, illus. A. Heaton Cooper, 75 col. plates with titled tissue guards, map at end, t.e.g., endpapers foxed, dec. blue cloth, gilt lettering, spine edges lightly bumped; all by A & C Black, London (4)

Nepal, AR, 20th Cent., 2 mohars and 1 mohar and 19th Cent. 1/2 mohar, extremely fine and Tibet, AR, 19th Cent. tangka, very fine (4)

Tibet, Trade coinage, Rupee (KM. Y3.2); together with coins of China and Japan in silver (14), base metal (3) [18]. First extremely fine, others in varied state

A good Long Service group of nine to Lt.Col. Dawson, I.M.S., : India General Service 1854-1895, two bars Hazara 1891, Lushai 1889-92, (Surgn A.W.Dawson, I.M.S.), India General Service 1895-1908, three bars Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt. IMS), China 1900, no bar (Major IMS), Tibet 1903-04, no bar, silver (Major IMS), India General Service1908-35, one bar North West Frontier 1908 erased naming, 1914 Star Trio (Lt.Col. IMS),. Delhi Durbar 1911, silver. Generally good very fine.

The remarkable Delhi Durbar 1911 R.V.M. group of 15 awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Watson, Indian Army, late Bedfordshire Regiment, whose career of 40 or so years with the Colours encompassed active service in India, China, Tibet, Iraq and N.W. Persia, in addition to the Great War, when he was awarded an immediate M.S.M. for services in Mesopotamia India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (6039 Pte., 1st Bedford Regt.); China 1900, no clasp (6039 Corpl., S. & T. Corps), initials H. P.; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Sergt., 7th Mule Corps); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Sub. Condr., S. & T. Corps); 1914 Star (S.-Condr., S. & T.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., S. & T.C.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, coinage bust, privately inscribed, S./Cdr. P. H. Watson, S. & T. Corps; Delhi Durbar 1911, privately inscribed, S./Cdr. P. H. Watson; Jubilee 1935, privately inscribed, Lt. Col. P. H. Watson; Coronation 1937, privately inscribed, Lt. Col. P. H. Watson; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Condr., S. & T. Corps); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Condr., S. & T. Corps), the first with officially corrected unit and the second with corrected initial, occasional edge bruising, generally very fine or better (14) £2000-2500 Percy Hamilton Watson was in Hampstead, London in 1875, but later joined his father out in India, at Simla, where in 1895 he enlisted in the Punjab Volunteer Rifles. Then in June 1897 he joined the ranks of the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, which unit had been out in India for several years, but was attached to the Supply & Transport Corps, Indian Army, for service with the Tirah Expeditionary Force in the Punjab operations of 1897-98 (WO/100/84 refers). Back with the Bedfordshires, he was advanced to Lance-Corporal in November 1898 and to Corporal in June 1900, but was sufficiently unhappy about an earlier reprimand for neglect of duty, twice being absent from his office and for making an inappropriate remark to Sergeant Markham that he elected to transfer to the Punjab Unattached List for employment with the Supply & Transport Corps. He was immediately advanced to Sergeant and embarked for China in September 1900, where he appears to have served in a shipping capacity, work that won him a favourable endorsement on his service record. Back in India, he was employed at Delhi in connection with the Durbar arrangements from September 1902 until February 1903 (his service papers refer), but he does not appear on the relevant medal roll. Advanced to the acting rank of Sub. Conductor in the 7th Mule Corps, Northern Command, shortly afterwards, he was employed in the Tibet Expedition 1903-04, when he was present at the capture of Gyantse. And then in 1908, having been appointed substantive Sub. Conductor, he served in the 7th Mule Corps in the North West Frontier operations, firstly in the Bazaar Valley and later in Mohmand country. In February 1910, Watson was appointed a Sub. Division Commander in the 4th Mule Corps (Cavalry Brigade) at Lahore, while in the following year he was on duty for the Delhi Durbar, gaining the Royal Victorian Medal on the same occasion (official listing in respect of H.M. visit to India and the Durbar, dated 2 June 1912, refers). In mid-August 1914, he was embarked for France with the 3rd Mule Cadre (Cavalry Brigade), but in April 1915 was re-embarked for Egypt in the rank of Conductor. Further active service ensued in Mesopotamia from February 1916 to April 1918, initially with the 9th Mule Corps of the 3rd Lahore Division, a period that also witnessed his appointment to a commission as a Commissary & Hon. Lieutenant in January 1916, and the award of his L.S. & G.C. Medal (IAO 728 of 1917 refers). So, too, the award of his immediate M.S.M. (London Gazette 17 October 1917), and a "mention" from General Sir F. S. Maude (London Gazette 12 March 1918). Yet further active service was to follow, however, firstly in the Iraq operations, and secondly in the N.W. Persia operations of August to December 1920, when the final withdrawal of our troops was accomplished by the likes of Watson, with little motor transport and in freezing conditions. Indeed he did not depart this theatre of war until March 1923, in which year he was again mentioned in despatches. Advanced to Deputy Commissary & Captain back in India in February 1926, his service record continued to attract favourable comment, an extremely capable officer and universally popular being typical of his assessments at this time. Unsurprisingly, therefore, he was promoted to Commissary & Major in July 1928 - with seniority back dated to January 1922 - and in January 1930, on the eve of his retirement, to Lieutenant-Colonel. But Watsons career was quickly rekindled, for in the following year he was appointed Inspector of Messing in the Quarter-Master Generals Department, H.Q. India, in which capacity he was also appointed a half-Colonel in the Indian Army Service Corps - thus his verified Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 Medals. He retired for a final time in 1938, when his extensive service record was sent to Army H.Q. Simla, for filing - but which today resides in the India Records Office (nearly 200 pp. in L/Mil/14/30463).

Benecke; "Cannes and its Surroundings" 1908 illustrated by author, Gallico; "Thomasina" 1957, Harper "Seven Years in Tibet" 1953 and 29 miscellaneous books (32).

BREVET-MAJOR W J OTLEY: WITH MOUNTED INFANTRY IN TIBET, 1906, 1ST edn, orig cl

Visser-Hooft (Jenny). Among the Kara-Korum Glaciers in 1925, with Contributions by Ph. C. Visser, 1st ed., 1926, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., together with Duncan (Jane E.), A Summer Ride through Western Tibet, 1st ed., 1906, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map and single ad. leaf at rear, unobtrusive circular blind-stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat soiled, plus Sufi (G.M.D.), Kashir. Being a History of Kashmir from the Earliest Times to Our Own, 2 vols., University of the Panjab, Lahore, 1948-49, num. b & w illusts. from photos., several folding maps, orig. printed cloth in slightly soiled and frayed d.j.s., and others related, all 8vo. (12)

Landon (Percival). Lhasa. An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent there by the English Government in the Year 1933-4, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1905, port. frontis. to each, col. and b & w illusts., folding maps, ex-lib. copy with a few marks, recent qtr. morocco gilt, 8vo, with others of indian history and exploration interest (3 shelves)

Shoberl (Frederic). The World in Miniature; Tibet, and India Beyond the Ganges, pub. Ackerman, c. 1840s, twelve hand-col. stipple engs., a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, minor wear to extrems., 12mo, together with Jones (Captain Oliver J.), Recollections of a Winter Campaign in India: In 1857-58, 1st ed., pub. 1859, tinted litho. plts., ex-lib. copy with a few unobtrusive ink stamps, later half calf gilt, worn, 8vo, with others of India interest (3 shelves)

Du Cane (Florence). The Canary Islands, A&C Black, 1911, twenty col. plts. by Ella Du Cane, folding map at rear, gift inscription to half-title, t.e.g., some spotting to fore-edge, orig. white cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Kelly (R. Talbot), Burma, Painted and Described, A&C Black, 1912, seventy-five col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, folding map at rear, owner name, first gathering working loose, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine sunned and chipped with loss at head, 8vo, and Landor (A. Henry Savage), In the Forbidden Land, An Account of A Journey in Tibet, new ed., Heinemann, 1899, illusts., folding map at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, plus Hozier (Captain H.M., ed.), The Franco-Prussian War, Its Causes, Incidents and Consequences, vol.2 only, Mackenzie, c.1870, eng. ports., maps and plts., contemp. half calf, rubbed, joints partly cracked, 4to, together with some other A&C Blacks, miscellaneous etc. (a carton)

Turner (Captain Samuel). An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet; containing a Narrative of a Journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet. To which are added, Views taken on the Spot, by Lieut. Samuel Davis; and Observations Botanical, Mineralogical, and Medical, by Mr Robert Saunders, 1st ed., 1800, folding eng. map of the road from Buxadewar to Tassisudon, thirteen eng. plts. including one double-page (each plt. with ink library stamp to image), some spotting and few marks, occ. marginal fraying and minor closed tears to few leaves, contemp. boards with recent calf spine, green morocco title label to spine, boards rubbed and worn, 4to (1)

*India - Big Game Shooting. An unpublished original typescript of a big game shooting diary, 1904-22, written by Brigadier Frederick George Gillies of the Indian Army, and typed up in the late 1930s, largely concerning a major trip in 1904, 1907 & 1911, in the Kashmir, Ladaka and Tibet Regions, but also concerning the Central Provinces, and the Kanara Jungles, Bombay Presidency, giving a good diary account of his observations, travels and animals shot, etc., contents leaf at front, 2 pp. neat manuscript detailing the marches in 1904 and 1907 (a total of 1,054 miles), 165 pp. neatly close-typed text (estimated 80,000 words), some very neat amendments in the authors holograph, a typed list of seven animal skins and fifty-three heads presented to the British Museum in 1938 and 1939, together with the British Museum (Natural History) receipt for the skins of two tigers, two leopards, two sloth bears and a Himalayan black bear, authors ownership name at front, the whole neatly inserted into a plastic ring binder, together with approx. 200 negatives of photos taken by Gillies on these trips, the majority meticulously identified in the authors holograph with photo details and date, showing views, local people, big game and fish kills, good quality, plus a full set of modern black and white photo reproductions from the negatives, 9 x 12cm, mostly numbered and with printed details beneath, plus two of Gillies original cameras (Kodak folding Brownie Six - 20 & Kodak Six - 20 Junior), both seemingly in good order in orig. pouches, plus a pair of his army issue aluminium folding binoculars by Aitchison & Co.. Brigadier Frederick George Gillies, C. B., O.B.E., (1881-1955) was educated at Tonbridge and after attending Sandhurst he was gazetted in 1900. His first Regiment was the 33rd Queen Victorias Own Light Cavalry, Indian Army, and later he served in the Poona Horse and the Royal Garhwal Rifles. He attended the Staff College, Quetta, in 1913 and during World War One took part in the campaign in Mesopotamia, being mentioned twice in Dispatches. He was also mentioned in Dispatches for his services in Southern Persia in 1918 and in Waziristan in 1919 for which he was appointed O.B.E. Later he commanded the Royal Garhwal Rifles and then held command of the Ambala Brigade from 1932 to 1934. Copyright for the diary and photographs transfers to the buyer of this lot. Please note that further fishing diaries, photographs and related will be offered for sale by auction in our sale on 25th July. (-)

Two monastery bench covers, Tibet constructed of strips of cloth, one predominantly yellow and purple, the other blue and purple, both tie-dyed with cruciform patterns wool first: 79cm by 214cm; second 74cm by 297cm first: 31in by 84in; second: 29in by 117in (2)

F KINGDON-WARD, 5 ttls: THE LAND OF THE BLUE POPPY TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST IN EASTERN TIBET, 1913, 1st edn, orig cl, PLANT HUNTER IN MANIPUR, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl, PLANT HUNTING IN THE WILDS, [1931], 1st edn, Pioneer Series, orig cl d/w, A PLANT HUNTER IN TIBET, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl + 1 other + F M BAILEY: NO PASSPORT TO TIBET, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + T HARPER GOODSPEED: PLANT HUNTERS IN THE ANDES, [1950], 1st edn, orig cl gt + 3 others (10)

Bonvalot (Gabriel). Across Thibet. Being a Translation of 'De Paris au Tonking a Travers le Tibet Inconnu', by C.B. Pitman, New York, 1892, num. b & w illusts. from photos. taken by Prince Henry of Orleans, folding map contained in front pocket, orig. pict. cloth, minor wear to extrems. Yakushi B220b. Originally published in Paris in 1891, this is a fascinating narrative of the author's journey with Henri d'Orleans from Jarkent to Chamdo through the Tien Shan and Tibet in the Winter of 1889-90. (1)

Deasy (Henry Hugh Peter). In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan, Being the record of three years' exploration, 1st ed., 1901, half-title, b&w port. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. after photos, folding map, orig. pict. green cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)

Hedin (Sven). Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lassa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1903, numerous b&w illusts. from photos and drawings, eight full-page colour plates, five folding maps (map at rear of first vol. torn without loss), one preliminary leaf to second vol. loose, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. maroon cloth, each with Mudie's Select Library label to foot of upper cover, rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., joints shaken, 8vo, together with Through Asia, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1899, b&w plts. after photos., etc., folding map at end of first vol., occn. light spotting, oval ink stamp of Victoria College Library, Jersey to title, and at front and rear of first vol., t.e.g., inner hinges to first vol. partly cracked, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, a little fraying to extrems., large 8vo (4)

Hedin (Sven). Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1909, b&w plates, maps, etc., occn. minor foxing, one or two leaves loose, t.e.g., orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat worn with fraying and a little loss to head and foot of spines, thick 8vo, together with My Life as an Explorer, 1st ed., 1926, col. frontis., b&w illusts., orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed, near-det. along upper inner hinge, plus Big Horse's Flight, the Trail of War in Central Asia, 1st ed., 1936, b&w plts., mostly after photos, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., a little rubbed and sl. darkened to spine, and others by the same author, including The Wandering Lake, 1st English ed., 1940, Riddles of the Gobi Desert, 1st ed., 1933, The Silk Road, 1st English ed., 1938, Bagdad Babylon Ninive, 1st ed., 1918, an American edition of The Flight of Big Horse and a rebound copy of My Life as an Explorer, 1st ed., 1926, all 8vo. A third volume of Trans-Himalaya was published in 1913. (10)

Lansdell (Henry). Chinese Central Asia. A Ride to Little Tibet, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1893, double-page wood eng. frontis to first vol., three folding maps, two leaves of pubs. ads. at rear of first vol., and single leaf of pubs. ads. at rear of second vol., a little foxing to maps and prelims., orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and spines faded, 8vo. Yakusi L38. Lansdell, attempted to reach Lhasa in 1888, hoping to prepare the way for missionary work in the region. Due to poor Anglo-Tibetan relations however, he reached only Kathmandu and Leh, visiting Bokhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Yarkand, Khotan and Kashmir. (2)

Margary (Augustus Raymond). The Journey of Augustus Raymond Margary from Shanghae to Bhamo, and Back to Manwyne, 1st ed., 1876, b&w eng. frontis., folding map (spotted and a little frayed with one or two marginal tears without loss), contemp. half maroon morocco, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Gill (Captain William), The River of Golden Sand, The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1880, b&w wood eng. plates and illusts., maps, etc., occn. foxing, modern plain cloth with handwritten paper label to spine of each vol., plus Sangermano (Father), A Description of the Burmese Empire compiled chiefly from native documents, trans. William Tandy, 1833, reprinted, Government Press, Rangoon, 1924, orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, and Vassal (Gabrielle M.), In and Around Yunnan Fou, 1st ed., 1922, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. yellow cloth, rubbed and a little soiled, plus others on Burma and related, including Burma Past and Present, by Albert Fytche, 2 vols. bound in one, 1878, An Australian in China, being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma, by George Ernest Morrison, 3rd ed., 1902, The Pulse of Asia, by Ellsworth Huntington, 1910, etc. (13)

Pratt (A.E.). To The Snows of Tibet Through China, 1st ed., 1892, port. frontis., folding map at rear, b&w plts. mostly after photos, modern half calf gilt, with morocco label to spine, large 8vo (1)

Prejevalsky (Lieutenant-Colonel N. ). Mongolia, The Tangut Country, and The Solitudes of Northern Tibet, being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1876, port. frontis., folding b&w map (spotted and linen-backed), wood eng. illusts. to text, a little spotting to front and rear, and damp stained to top margin throughout, affecting text, modern qtr. black morocco gilt, together with From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lov-Nor, trans. E. Delmar Morgan, 1st English ed., 1879, two folding partly col. maps (the first now linen-backed), occn. sl. foxing, orig. cloth, rubbed and soiled, some fraying and minor wear to extrems., plus another defective copy of the same work, lacking the two maps in worn cloth, and Mongolie et Pays des Tangoutes, 1st French ed., 1880, ex-library copy, all 8vo (5)

Burrard (Major Sir Gerald). Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet, 1st ed., Jenkins, 1925, b&w plts. from photos., folding charts, spotting to edges, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)

Neve (Ernest F.), Beyond the Pir Panjal, Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir, Church Missionary Society, 1915, plts. from photos., Sunday school bookplt., orig. pict. cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Palit (Major-General D.K., ed.), History of the Regiment of Artillery, Indian Army, Leo Cooper, 1972, illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., sunned at spine, 8vo, plus Strachey (Sir John), India, Kegan Paul, 1888, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, 8vo, together with a qty. of others, India, China, Tibet, history and travel etc. (3 shelves)

Coin BOOKS, Assam, Sikkim and Tibet: Rhodes, NG and Bose, SK, The Coinage of Assam, 2 vols, Kolkata 2003 and 2004; Bose, SK, Coins and Tokens of Assam, Shillong 1999; Bhattacharyya, PK, Aspect of Cultural History of Sikkim, Studies in Coinage; Bertsch, W, The Currency of Tibet; Bertsch, W, A Study of Tibetan Paper Money, Dharamsala 1997; Barpujari, SK and Bhuyan, AC, Political History of Assam 1826-1947, 3 vols, Gauhati 1977, 1978, 1980; Mitra, A, Coins of Ahom Kingdom, Calcutta 2001; Gohain, UN, Assam under the Ahoms. (10)

Pollok (Colonel F.T. and Thom, W.S.). Wild Sports of Burma and Assam, 1st ed., 1900, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, three maps, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., together with Deasy (Captain H.H.P.), In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan. Being the Record of Three Years Exploration, 2nd imp., 1901, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, large folding map with minor repair, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., plus Duncan (Jane E.), The Summer Ride through Western Tibet, 1st ed., 1906, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map and single ad. leaf at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, and Pigot (Brigadier General R.), Twenty-Five Years Big Game Hunting, 1st ed., 1928, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spine, all 8vo, and others related including a few ex-lib. copies. (22)

Blacks Colour Guides. Tibet & Nepal, Painted & Described by A. Henry Savage Landor, 1st ed., January, 1905, Norway by Nico & Beatrix Jungman, 1st ed., April, 1905, The Dolomites, by E. Harrison Compton & Reginald Farrer, 1st ed., 1913, The Thames, by Mortimer Menpes & G.E. Mitton, 1st ed., July, 1906, Essex, by L. Burleigh Bruhl & A.R. Hope Moncrieff, 1st ed., 1909,. col. illusts., all orig. dec. cloth, some slightly rubbed but mostly bright cond., and others from the series All ex-libris Prinknash Abbey, with labels to front endpapers. (23)

Grenard (F.). Tibet, the Country and its Inhabitants, Hutchinson, 1904, folding map, ads. at rear, occasional spotting, front free endpaper cropped and with bookplate, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, spine sunned, 8vo, together with Olufsen (O.), Through the Unknown Pamirs, the Second Danish Pamir Expedition, 1898-99, Heinemann, 1904, illusts., large folding map and charts at rear, bookplt., orig. cloth gilt, lower cover sl. marked, 8vo, plus Farrer (Reginald), On the Eaves of the World, 2 vols., Arnold, 1917, half-titles, plts. from photos., map at rear of first vol., some spotting, bookplt. to front pastedowns, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and eight others, China, Japan etc.. (12)

Smythe (F.S.). Climbs and Ski Runs, Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, Blackwood, 1931, frontis., b&w plts. from photos., orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with. Hedi (Sven), Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols., Macmillan, 1909, presentation copy blindstamped on titles, numerous b&w plts., folding maps, t.e.g., new endpapers, later cloth, spines sunned, 8vo, plus five others by F.S. Smythe (7)

Toulba (Ali Foad). Ceylon, The Land of Eternal Charm, 1st ed., 1926, b & w plts. after photos., orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, authors presentation inscription to Yousef Philippe Gelat Bey, dated Cairo, Feb. 19th 1927, 8vo, together with Easton (John).An Unfrequented Highway, Through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori, 1928, b & w plts, etc. orig. red cloth, a few minor marks, large 8vo, plus Brassey (Earl). The Sunbeam R.Y.S., Voyages and Experiences in Many Waters, 1918, b & w plts. after photos., orig. dec. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked to extremities, 8vo, and other misc. travel, mostly middle east and far east interest, 19th and 20th century (approx. 30)

Ward (F. Kingdon). A Plant Hunter in Tibet, 1st ed, 1934, sixteen b & w photo. plts., incl. frontis., correct as list, edges foxed, orig. cloth, spine sl. faded, 8vo, together with Plant Hunters Paradise, 1st ed., 1937, twelve b & w photo. plts., incl. frontis., two folding maps, correct as list, edges foxed, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., rubbed, and frayed to edges, 8vo, plus Plant Hunting on the Edge of the World, 1st ed., 1930, sixteen b & w photo. plts., correct as list, first and final leaves foxed, orig. cloth, spine sl. faded, and frayed at ends, 8vo, plus one other by Kingdon Ward (4)

Morse (Hosea Ballou). The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire, Longmans, 1908, folding map (detached), plts. and diagrams, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. darkened, 8vo, together with Thomson (Thomas), Western Himalaya and Tibet, Reeve & Co., 1852, ex-lib. copy with ink stamps and blindstamps, litho. frontis. and folding map, some repairs, recent half calf with morocco label to spine, 8vo, plus Roth (H. Ling), Oriental Silverwork, Malay and Chinese, Truslove & Hanson, 1910, numerous b&w plts., occasional spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed, lower cover stained, 4to, together with fifteen others related (18)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). The Mystery Rivers of Tibet...., 1st ed., 1923, b & w frontis. and plts., folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, red ink stamp to front free endpaper, orig. cloth, 8vo (1)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). In Farthest Burma. The Record of an Arduous Journey of Exploration and Research through the Unknown Frontier Territory of Burma and Tibet, 1st ed., 1921, b & w frontis. and plts., folding map and pubs. ads. at rear, library bokkplates to endpapers at front & rear, inner lower joint cracked, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). The Land of the Blue Poppy. Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet, 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1913, b & w frontis. and plts., five maps (4 folding), contemp. inscription to half-title, occ. scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo (1)

Gill (Captain William). The River of Golden Sand, the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, 2 vols., Murray, 1880, uncol. wood eng. frontis. and vign. title to each, nine folding maps and tables, large folding map (torn along folds) in pocket at rear, recent cloth gilt, 8vo (2)

Lydekker (R.). The Game Animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet, 2nd ed., revised by J.G. Dollman, Rowland Ward, 1924, numerous illusts. from photos., printed in sepia tint, 'zebra-skin' endpapers (hinges partially split), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed at edges, spine sunned, 8vo (1)

"ARGENTINA PAST AND PRESENT" by W.H. Koebel, with illustrations by E. W. Christmas, published A & C Black, London, 1914, in decorative cloth boards, together with similar volumes, "The Stones of Italy" by C. Formilli, "The Dolomites" by E Harrison Compton, "Egypt" by R Talbot Kelly, "Tibet and Nepal" by A Henry Savage Landor, "The Savage South Seas" painted by Norman H Hardy and "Japan, A Record in Colour" by Mortimer Mempes, all A & C Black (7)

Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter). In the Ice World of Himalaya ... Among the Peaks and Passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suru, and Baltistan, 1st ed., 1900,. b & w illusts. from photos., three folding maps at rear (one torn, without loss), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, together with Hedin (Sven), Trans Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1909, half titles present, num. b & w illusts. from photos., ten maps, incl. three folding, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, (a third vol. was published in 1913), plus Bruce (Brigadier General Hon C.G.), Himalayan Wanderer, 1st ed., 1934, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., some minor scattered spotting, recent quarter calf gilt, all 8vo, and others of Himalayan interest (23)

Bonvalot (Gabriel). Across Thibet, being a Translation of "De Paris au Tonking a Travers le Tibet Inconnu", 1st US ed., NY, Cassell, 1892, frontis., numerous plts. and illusts., folding col. map (strengthened along folds) in pocket at front, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo (1)

Byron (Robert). First Russia then Tibet, 1933, col. frontis, b & w plts, occn. light foxing, some staining to fore-edges, orig. cloth, spine sl. frayed at ends, 8vo, plus Wilson-Carmichael (Amy), Lotus Buds, 1910, numerous sepia plts, captioned tissue guards, t.e.g, remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. faded, extrems. a little rubbed, 4to, plus four others related (6)

Himalayan Views. A mid-19th century drawing book, comprising thirteen full-page pencil drawings and twenty-four well-executed pen-and-ink drawings of views, dated between 1857 and 1865, eight of the pencil drawings being views in Germany, all of the others comprising views in India, Tibet, and the Himalayas, some with figures, the pen-and-ink drawings all neatly captioned in English, some other pages with preliminary, unfinished sketches, bound in contemp. blue-green boards, unlettered, soiled and rubbed, oblong royal 8vo (185 x 270 mm) A good series of detailed topographical views, many of Himalayan scenery, by an amateur artist. Unsigned, and with no discernable mark of provenance. Includes views of Goruckpoor, Gya, Suspool, Benares, Delhi, Sissoo, Lahoul, and Ladakh. (1)

Hedin (Sven) Transhimalaja. Entdeckungen und Abenteuer in Tibet 3 vol. first German edition plates and illustrations some folding folding maps at end lightly browned at edges original cloth with illustration mounted on upper covers a little rubbed spines slightly faded [Yakushi H177b] Leipzig 1909-12 § Hess (Willy) Die Werke Sven Hedins plates cloth original wrappers bound in Stockholm 1962 § Yakushi (Y.) Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature original cloth Tokyo 1984; and another on Hedin 8vo & 4to (6)