Tall 8vo. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. Maps on endpapers. 253pp. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; very slightly rubbed on top edges). Not price clipped. Presentation inscription on front endpaper. A clean and tight copy. "This is an account of the discovery of the source of the Mekong River in Tibet. It is an immensely readable book of how Michael Peissel and his companions achieved what many others had tried but failed to do. They charted the origins of one of Asia’s most majestic and fabled waterways".

FOREIGN TRAVEL:Far East MICHEL PEISSEL, Last Barbarians, Discovery, Source, Mekong, Tibet