Bishop, Isabella L.

Among the Tibetans

London: Religious Tract Society, 1904.

Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 159 pp, illustrated with engravings. Bound in full red leather with marbled edges and endpapers. Joints and spine restored. Internals clean and sound. After traveling to India to visit several medical missions, Bishop took a side trip by horseback to Tibet, where she spent about four months, braving icy rivers and high mountains. Her account combines tales of adventure and enchanting vignettes of daily life with informative detail on the region’s flora and fauna, people and customs, trade routes and topography.