[ETHERTON, P. T., Lieutenant]. Across the Roof of the World: A Record of Sport and Travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1911.
First edition. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (25cm x 16cm x 4cm); pp. xvi, 437. English text, with a folding map and illustrations. Bound in publisher's original cloth covers; t.e.g.; initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present; portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard; numerous in text illustrations; folding colour map at rear; index. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers largely clean. Slight bumping to spine ends. Interior well-preserved with light foxing to endpapers. Rear map with an old taped repair. Discrete previous owner signature to front endpaper.
Notes: Rare first edition, an interesting narrative, focusing mainly on shooting the horned game of the mountains of Central Asia, with much discussion of the geography and natives of the various regions.
