1st Edition 1937. Includes the un-common wrapper. In 1935 Teichman was sent on a diplomatic mission to Chinese Turkistan by the British Embassy in China. The subsequent journey to Urumchi, the capital of the region, was made by truck from Peking across the Gobi Desert. His diplomatic business concluded, Teichman then proceeded across the Pamirs by yak and pony, and completed his mission by flying across the Himalayas to India. The present work offers his account of this incredible journey. Book is near very good and quite bright. Cloth slightly mottled and dull in places, Edges rubbed in places. Contents good. The wrapper is good with loss to spine tips and edges. Light archival tape to spine tips. Spine age toned. Surface loss to edges. Edges rubbed and nicked.