Ventes live - Lot 1025

[Himalayas]

CONWAY, William Martin

Climbing and exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas [...]. With three hundred illustrations by A.D. Mc Cormick and a map.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894

€ 150 / 200

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8vo (n.c., sm. tear in fold. of map).

Ill. publ. cloth, top edge gilt (boards sl. rubbed).

Classic work on the exploration of Himalayas by the British mountaineer and cartographer Conway (1856-1937), who ondertook one of the first major attempts to explore the Karakoram and was knighted for his efforts in mapping more than 5000 square km of the region. Richely ill. with a detailed map of the Kashmir kingdom and numerous in-text and full-page ill. depicting the expedition, but also the local population and costums. Without accompanying vol. with scientific reports.
Ref. Neate C.103.

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Lot 1025

Climbing and exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas [...]. With three hundred illustrations by A.D. Mc Cormick and a map.

CONWAY, William Martin

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