Suydam Cutting SIGNED Fire Ox Nepal Tibet Burma Ethiopia Galapagos Turkestan

Description: The Fire Ox and Other Years by Suydam CuttingThis is a presentation copy inscribed, dated & signed by the author thus: "To Jack from S. C. Aug 1 '49" (after the name Jack, someone has pencilled in the surname Belcher); Charles Scribner's Sons, NY 1947 1st ed, 393pp., text generally in acceptable condition albeit with some foxing & staining throughout the book, eg to page 12 & the photos opposite, along with some creasing, browning & foxing front & rear end papers, previous owner's signature & date to the top right hand corner of the front free end paper, the hinge is showing & is slightly loose between the signed page & one opposite, browning/foxing/staining to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, bumping & rubbing to board corners & to the top, bottom & sides of boards & spine (a few small splits at the top & bottom of the spine), both boards & spine are heavily marked & stained with rubbing to the spine edges on front & rear. No dust jacket as such - just the torn remnants. An acceptable copy.Amongst other lands, Suydam Cutting recounts his term in Burma on the Vernay-Cutting Expedition with photographs of the team work and of Lisu, Maru and Lashi tribal people.Charles Suydam Cutting, CBE (January 17, 1889 – August 24, 1972) was an explorer, naturalist, society figure, philanthropist, and author. He travelled around the world on numerous expeditions including the Field Museum-Chicago Daily News Abyssinian, Kelley-Roosevelts Asiatic, and Vernay-Cutting Expeditions. He was among the first Europeans to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet and is credited with introducing the Lhasa Apso breed into the United States. In 1925, he went on his first expedition to Chinese Turkestan with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. After the Roosevelt expedition, he travelled to Ethiopia in 1926, Assam in 1927, Tibet in 1928, 1930, 1935, 1937, the Galapagos Islands in 1930 (sailing aboard Vincent Astor's yacht Nourmahal), Celebes in 1934, Nepal in 1937, and Upper Burma in 1939. In 1935, he went to the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet that made him famous as being among the early Westerners to see the city. He was able to gain admittance by currying favour with the Dalai Lama through a series of gifts over a number of years, including a pair of dachshunds, a pair of dalmatians, gold watches and heating appliances. The Dalai Lama also wanted an ostrich, but it was felt that the animal wouldn't have survived the journey. Eventually, the Dalai Lama permitted Cutting and Arthur Stannard Vernay to enter Lhasa and gave Cutting the first Lhasa Apso dogs that entered the U.S. in 1933. After his expedition to Lhasa, Cutting wrote a book that was published commercially about his travels over the course of 15 years, entitled The Fire Ox and Other Years. He also wrote a number of articles for the Museum of Natural History in the 1930's, including articles about his expedition and articles about hunting with a Maharajah's specially trained cheetahs (which was collected in As Told at the As Told at the Explorer’s Club: More than Fifty Tales of Adventure edited by George Plimpton). Cutting is credited with helping to save the Galapagos tortoise from extinction and with bringing the first Lhasa Apso dogs to the United StatesWill ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged. (£5.55/burma/b/room) Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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