Picturesque Kashmir
London: Sands & Company, 1899.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10" x 7.5", pp xvi, 163, extensively illustrated, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, vignette on front board. Rubbing to edges and corners, light foxing to endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, small bookseller label (W. Erskine Mayne, Belfast) on rear pastedown. Contents clean, binding sound. Neate N11 (citing the edition of 1900): "Well illustrated account of the mountains and glaciers of the district, with description of some of his climbs, e.g., Panamik Peak. The author and his brother Ernest were medical missionaries." There is also content on architecture and gardens.
Item #22397
Price: $100.00