Hindu-koh: wanderings and wild sport on and beyond the Himalayas
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First edition, 8vo, pp. xx, 464, 24 (Blackwood catalogue); chromolithograph frontispiece, 8 plates plus other illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and gilt on upper cover and spine; spine ends rubbed and showing small cracks; all else very good, sound, and clean. "The author traveled from Srinagar to Leh, and then to Chang Chenmo, Lingzi-tang in 1871. 'Hindu-koh' is an old name for the Himalaya, 'Koh' being Persian for 'mountain.'" (Yakushi). Czech, Asia, p. 131; Yakushi M45. Item #67920
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