Lot 285
  • 285

Conway, William Martin

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Conway, William Martin
  • Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo, (vol.1) xxviii, 710pp., [ii pp. adverts], folding map, 37 plates [included in the pagination]; (vol.2, Scientific Reports) viii, 128pp., portrait, 2 folding maps [in two pockets], original pictorial russet cloth, dark green endpapers, slipcase

Provenance

Evelyn John Mardon, armorial bookplate

Literature

Yakushi (1994) C336a

Condition

A fine copy
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