8vo. xiii, [2], 222pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further three photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of British Army officer, explorer, and mystic Sir Francis Younghusband's (1863-1942) astro- theological exposition concerning the potential for extraterrestrial life and the physical presence of a divine creator within the cosmos.