China Safari covers the period from July 1980, Lee’s first exploratory expedition to Western China, through October and December expeditions in the same year, plus return trips in May 1981 and June 1985.

There are few sights more exhilarating – and humbling – than that first view of a fully mature Marco Polo ram on the top of a windswept mountain in Central Asia. Lee’s perseverance and ability to endure both hardship and bureaucratic entanglement, plus, lastly, his dedication and skill in putting it all down in prose and picture combine to stir the reader to stretch out for bigger and better things – just beyond our grasp.

9- x 7 1/2-inches, totaling 290 pages, with color and black and white illustrations by the author, and detailed text, the edition bound in hard cover. $55 shipped