Lot 261
  • 261

Himalayas and related regions.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 30 volumes, first editions, 8vo, except where stated, including:
Fraser, J.B. Journal of a Tour through part of the snowy range of the Himala Mountains. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1820, 4to, folding map, contemporary calf, rubbed and crudely repaired at spine ends
Vigne, G.T. Travels in Kashmir. London: Henry Colburn, 1842, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth, rebacked retaining original spine
Markham, F. Shooting in the Himalayas. London: Richard Bentley, 1854, illustrations, original cloth, binding crudely repaired
Kinloch, Alexander. Large Game Shooting in Tibet and the North West. London: Harrison, 1869, volume one only (of 2), 4to, illustrations, original cloth
Gordon, T.E. The Roof of the World. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1876, illustrations, original cloth
Lawrence, Walter R. The Valley of Kashmir. London: Henry Frowde, 1895, 4to, illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, slightly soiled
Hedin, Sven. Through Asia. London: Methuen, 1898, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. Central Asia and Tibet. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1903, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. Overland to India. London: Macmillan, 1910, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth
Das, Sarat Chandra. Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet... new edition. London: John Murray, 1904, illustrations, original cloth
Landon, Perceval. Lhasa... second edition. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1905, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. Nepal. London: Constable, 1928, 2 volumes, illustrations, original cloth
Sherring, Charles A. Western Tibet and the British Borderland. London: Edward Arnold, 1906, illustrations, maps, original cloth
Bruce, C.G. Twenty Years in the Himalaya. London: Edward Arnold, 1910, illustrations, original cloth
Ibid. The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922. London: Edward Arnold, 1923, illustrations, contemporary calf
Fergusson, W.N. Adventure Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes. London: Constable, 1911, illustrations, original cloth
Howard-Bury, C.K. Mount Everest. The Reconnaissance, 1921. London: Edward Arnold, 1922, one of 200 large-paper copies, 4to, illustrations, maps, original vellum-backed buckram
Rundall, L.B. The Ibex of Sha-Ping and other Himalayan Studies. London: Macmillan, 1915, illustrations, original cloth
Waddell, L.A. Lhasa and its Mysteries... third edition. London: Methuen, 1906, illustrations, original cloth



And 5 others similar, together 30 volumes

Condition

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