Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1894.
First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. xxvii, 709 pp, + [1] (ads), with index, glossary, illustrations, folding map. Original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. A bright and attractive copy with mild bumping to the lower corners. DNB: "In 1892 Conway led a large-scale mountaineering expedition to the Karakoram Himalayas with the financial support of scientific societies and his father-in-law, Manton Marble. Marble was not sure about Conway's motives: ‘Tis not quite relevant to your art-career to be climbing mountains, but I perceive that Alpine, Caucasian, or Himalayan supereminence may be the corner-stone of artistic eminence’ (Evans, 134). Conway's large party surveyed the Baltoro glacier and the region around K2, and ascended Pioneer Peak on Baltoro Kangri, which at 6890 metres may have constituted an altitude record at the time." Neate C103.
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