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WILSON, ANDREW. The Abode of Snow. 1875 + MACINTYRE, DONALD. Hindu-Koh. 1889

WILSON, ANDREW. The Abode of Snow. Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya. Tinted lithographed frontispiece; folding lithographed map in rear cover pocket. xxvi [i. e., xxx], 475, [1], 4 pages, including 2 final ad leaves. Publisher's 32-page catalogue at end * MACINTYRE, DONALD. Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas. 9 plates, including chromolithographed frontispiece. xx, 464 pages. Publisher's 24-page catalogue at end dated 9/89. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 220x138 mm, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, endpapers renewed, scattered minor foxing; and 224x144 mm, original cloth, joints and hinges partly cracked, title heavily toned, scattered marginal stains not affecting plates. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1875; 1889

  • Notes: first editions. Neate W95; Czech/Asian, page 131; Yakushi W87, M23.

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