Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c

HOOKER Joseph Dalton Sir 1817-1911

Published by Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited, London : Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York and Melbourne, 1893

About this Item

The Minerva Library edition. In attractive modern half orange calf over green calf boards, gilt tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to green calf labels. Internally, half title tipped in, portrait frontis, [5], (vi-xxxi), [1], [1], 2-574 pp, 13 full page B&W illustrations, 71 illustrations within text, 2 large folding maps to rear pocket, green marbled endpapers, [2] tipped in adverts, original cloth label tipped to ep, 2 book labels to verso title (Harish Kapadia & Roy Ernest Hawkins -1989 Sanctuary Foundation?). Rebound by the previous owner c1994, having been bought from the Alpine Club Library, who had been gifted it by Harish Kapadia, a club member. A Classic and wide-ranging account of Himalayan geology, flora, and topology by the famous naturalist and explorer, who made the first almost complete circuit of Kanchenjunga in 1848-50. A lovely example of a wonderful book! (177*116 mm). (Neate H108. Alpine Club Catalogue p158).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c
• Publisher: Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited, London : Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York and Melbourne
• Publication Date: 1893
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: PETERMANN. HOOKER
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.7 kilograms
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