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Cumming, C. F. Gordon

In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains

1886

185.18 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1886
Place of printing
London. Chatto and Windus
Author
Cumming, C. F. Gordon
Keyword
Travel - Asia
Languages
English

Description

8vo [20 x 14 cm]; xii, 608 pp, 42 illustrations including 14 full-page plates, frontis, all wood-engraved, index. full prize calf with gilt crest on front cover, gilt border, gilt lettering on red leather label, marbled edges & endpapers, prize bookplate on endpaper, edges rubbed, spine edges worn, joint repaired, tissue guard torn but a good copy, clean. A picture o Kaul 483. A detailed and well-illustrated work, describes Calcutt and festivals, railway journeys, the Ganges, Hindu pilgrims, travels to Cawnpore, Lucknow, Agra, Muttra, Bindrabund, Delhi, Meerut, Simla, Cashmere, the aboriginal hill tribes, camp life, natural history, animals, plants of the Himalayas, Chinese Tartary, Umballa, Massourie, Hardwar, Benares, many other places, the people, customs, art, architecture, tribal life, etc. The bookplate is from Bishop Ridley College in St. Catherines.