With a short introduction by Frank Kingdon-Ward. Contents: A Young Man's Fancy; Wet Blankets; The Promised Land; Bees in the Bonnet; New Ground; Alarums and Excursions; Perilous Paths; Curious Cattle; The Parting of the Ways; Melodious Sounds; Small Beer; The Importunate Female; Zoological Spa; Renegade Vegetarians; Divers Pains; Not Lost; Return of the Prodigal; Index. Illustrations: The Author; Tashi, A Mishmi, and B. C. In the Lohit Valley; The Rope Bridge at Shigatang; The Old Toper; Prayer Flags and the Temple, Shigatang; Kingdon Ward in High Street, Ata; Looking West from Chutong; Glacier Camp with Two Hanging Glaciers Beyond; The Last Sight of Kingdon Ward and Chumbi. From the Ata Kang La; The Incarnation and his Tutor; The Temple Orchestra, Getchi Gomba; The Chief Performer at the Modung Party; The Di Chu Valley; Pinzho at the Hot Springs; The Nam Tamai; Mule Bridge, Pangnamdim
Ronald John Henry Kaulback (23 July 1909 – 2 October 1995) was a British explorer, botanist and geographer. He was the son of Colonel H. A. Kaulback and had a younger brother Roy (known as Bill). After studying at the University of Cambridge and learning surveying at the Royal Geographical Society he accompanied Frank Kingdon-Ward on an expedition to Tibet, setting sail from Marseilles on 29th January 1933 and arriving in Bombay on 15th February. For political reasons Kaulback was forbidden to continue on the second part of that journey. So he, Brooks Carrington and some others set out on a route by Fort Hertz and Burma which included crossing the Diphuk La and after travelling at the worst season reached Fort Hertz. He travelled in Burma, Nepal and Tibet. His account of his journey, Tibetan Trek, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1934; in 1937 the 3rd edition was published.
Kaulback wrote in defence of the possible existence of the Yeti, having seen what he took to be large footprints while attempting to locate the source of the Salween River.
This book is bound in blue linen boards. Title lettering on the spine and front board. It has its original dust jacket which is rubbed along the edges and chipped on the spine edge. The spine ends and corners of the book are bumped. There is a little light foxing on the page edges and endpapers.
This book is in very good condition, it is tightly bound with no loose or missing pages. 300pp. 23cm x 16cm.