Sport and science on the Sino-Mongolian frontier

by Arthur de Carle Sowerby

$325 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd., 1918. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 295, 1 ; frontispiece portrait, 33 illustrations from photographs on 17 plates; later half tan calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine, ribbon bookmark; near fine. Ownership signature of Leonard Clark, Shanghai, possibly Leonard Clark 1907-1957 , the American explorer who during World War II flew in China behind Japanese lines, organized guerrilla activity and

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