Lot 263
  • 263

Sikhim and Bhutan.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 8 volumes, first editions, 8vo, comprising:
Pemberton, R. Boileau. Report on Bootan. Calcutta: Huttmann, 1839, maps, contemporary cloth, later paper spine label
[Mazuchelli, Nina Elizabeth] The Indian Alps and how we crossed them... by a Lady Pioneer. London: Longman et al., 1876, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, some spotting and soiling at beginning
Temple, Sir Richard. Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal. London: W.H. Allen, 1887, 2 volumes, illustrations, maps, slightly later roan-backed boards, edges rubbed
Donaldson, Florence. Lepcha Land or six weeks in the Himalayas. London: Sampson Low Marston, 1900, illustrations, original cloth, some worming, binding soiled, spine worn
White, J. Claude. Sikhim & Bhutan. London: Edward Arnold, 1909, illustrations, map, title inkstamped "presentation copy", original cloth, spine darkened, frontispiece crudely repaired at gutter
Brown, Percy. Tours in Sikhim. Calcutta: W. Newman, 1917, map, panorama, original wrappers, some spotting, spine soiled and chipped
Maps.  A collection of 7 folding maps including Sikhim and Bhutan. Calcutta, 1909, the maps dissected and backed on linen, housed in a contemporary cloth wallet

Condition

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