Title: The Valleys of Kham. Author: WARD, F. Kingdon. Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1920. Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: This is a fascinating travel narrative of the author's exploration through the valleys of Kham, illustrated with a sketch map and spectacular photographic plates depicting the Dwarf Nungs (Kiu-Tzu) who were slaves to the Tibetans, inhabiting the Salween valley; Tibetan porters of Londre living in Mekong valley, view of Pai-Ma-Shan, Mekong-Yangtze divide; Salween at Suki, The Shueh-la (Chu-la) in 17,000 feet; Pitu monastery and village in the distant; and rice terraces at Chamutong. The author makes interesting comparison between the arid Yangtze valley on the east and the luxuriant valley of Taron on the west, as well as the dividing ranges of the Mekong-Yangtze, Mekong-Salween, and Salween-Irrawaddy. Also includes remarks on various tribes and their habitats including Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman - Lisus, Nungs, and Kachins - Marus, Shans, Monkhmers, Abors, Mishmis, Nagas, and the Chinese people of T'ai or Khmer origin. 13 pages, including an in-text sketch map. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Excerpt from the President of the Royal Geographical Society: "Captain Kingdon Ward....had made several journeys on the Burma, and Chinese frontier, his primary object being the collection of plants, during the years 1911, 1913, 1914, and 1919. In the interval between the last-mentioned years Captain Ward has been employed on active service with the Indian Army in Mesopotamia. He is known to you as the author of the book 'The Land of the Blue Poppy,' and received recently one of the Society's Awards..." End Excerpt
