8vo. vii, [1], 149pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's printed buff paper dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and cocked, dustwrapper browned, a trifle stained, chipped at edges. Endpapers browned. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Daisy Kleinwort with much love from Francis Younghusband. May 1939'.

The first edition of British Army officer, explorer Sir Francis Younghusband's (1863-1942) summation of his singular worldview, incorporating considerations regarding religion, mysticism, and the sciences.