A complete set of the Great Britain East India (Tibet) Parliamentary Reports on the Younghusband expedition to Tibet.

Complete set of Younghusband Parliamentary Reports. A scarce complete set of official documents relating to the Younghusband expedition, a miltary operation by the British Indian Government to counter Russian expansion in the East.

The first report concerns the Younghusband expedition and its background from the conclusion of the Sikkim Expedition, dated October 1889 to January 1904. The map shows the routes between Tibet and India. The second report, concerns the arrival of the expedition dated December 1903 to April 1904 at Gyantse. The third report covers the period March 1904 to December that year. It covers the Lhasa Convention, and the subsequent conflict between the Indian and British Governments over the provisions of the Convention. The final report contains documents dated September 1904 to April 1910, concerning British relations with Tibet from the signing of the Lhasa Convention to the flight of the Dalai Lama to India.

First editions, folio 4 parts in 1 vol. Comprising: I. Papers relating to Tibet (CD 1920), 1904, x, 314 pp., large folding map. II. further papers relating to Tibet (CD 2054 in continuation of CD 1920), iv, 29 pp. III. Further Papers relating to Tibet No. III., (CD 2370, in continuation of CD 2054), xxvi, 277 pp. IV. Further Papers relating to Tibet (CD 5240, in continuation of CD 2370), xvi, 229 pp. Handsome modern green half morocco, green moiré boards, gilt lettered direct, 3 original upper wrappers bound at end, an excellent set.

Marshall 1703, 1906, 1907, 2009; Yakushi G250.