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No signatures. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, [2], 180 pages + plates + maps on endpapers. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. "[. . .] the adventurous account of the author's solitary exploration of this country's remote interior; of how in the course of a dangerous three-month expedition he walked for thirty-one days across the rugged, unclimbed eastern Himalayas and entered most of Bhutan's royal dzongs - gigantic fortresses from which still rule arrogant, sword-wearing lords and pious lamas [. . .] Owing to the author's knowledge of the Tibetan langauge and wide experience of Himalayan lands, this book provides more than a rare insight into an amazing Tibetan Buddhist kingdom: it offers a revealing and often humourous portrait of a rich mediaeval society whose values raise doubts about many of our own." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Eden the Spat-Upon; Bruised by an Elephant; The Ramjam of Punaka; Beyond the Black Mountains; Lord of Tongsa; Purgatory and Beyond; Index.