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Sherring, Charles A. Western Tibet and the British Borderland. The Sacred Country of Hindus and Buddhists. With an Account of the Government, Religion and Customs of the People. With a Chapter by T.G. Longstaff describing an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata. London Edward Arnold 1906
First edition Tall 8vo, pp. xv, [i, blank], 376; frontispiece, 5 maps (2 folding); numerous illustrations, some full-page. An exceptionally fine copy in the original blue cloth.
Cordier BS 2927; Morrison I, p. 674; Yakushi S203

The author was a member of the Indian civil servce and deputy commissioner of Almora. His book includes a chapter by T. G. Longstaff describing an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata. Longstaff provided many of the photographs used to illustrate the book.