Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c [The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G.T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc.]

Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton

Edité par Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., London, 1891

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12mo. original blue cloth gilt ruled in black, decorated endpapers (ex-library with RSMs, label, bookplate etc. to early leaves only, rubbed & a little frayed, some toning & offsetting, lower hinge starting; lacks folding maps, envelope conatining prev. owner's ephemera to lower pastedown); pp. xxxii, 574 + 2p. pubs. advts., with tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait, facsimile of Dhurma Rajah's seal, 13 full page illustrations, 72 text illustrations & 2 folding maps/panoramas. A good reading copy. [Neate H108: Hooker was the first to make an almost complete circuit of Kangchenjunga in the years 1848-50: a classic of early Himalayan travel and exploration]. N° de réf. du vendeur 031500

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Titre : Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a ...

Éditeur : Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., London

Date d'édition : 1891

Reliure : Hard Cover

Etat : G+

Edition : First Thus.