Tibet

1937 · Best.-Nr. 64643 — London UK: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1937. 8vo. 6 328 pp. Blue publisher’s cloth yellow lettering on spine minor dustsoiling light shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art of warriors minor scuffing head & foot of spine age toning still NF/VG copy. First edition of this very uncommon memoir by the noted war correspondent and British India journalist writing of his experiences marching with the Indian Legation troops based out of Lahore to relieve the Legations in Beijing China during the Boxer Rebellion commenting on the race by Japanese Russian American & British to be the first into the capital. He also includes his reminiscences of the experiences with the 1903 Younghusband Expedition into Tibet witnessed the firghting the troops marching into Lhasa and later first-hand account of the Third Afghan War. Newman d. 1942 who wrote under the pseudonym of “Kim” as journalist on “The Statesman” and “Englishman” staffs later returned for health reasons to England and wrote as a columnist until his death. Very rare in original dustjacket. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., hardcover