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Kingdon Ward, Frank

Burma's Icy Mountains

1949

206,80 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1949
Luogo di stampa
London. Jonathan Cape
Autore
Kingdon Ward, Frank
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Asia Plant Hunting Mountaineering
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [20.4 x 14 cm]; 287 pp, frontis and plates from photos, 2 foldout maps. original cloth, silver title lettering on spine bright, fine and clean, unmarked in very nice dj (not price clipped, light wear at spine ends). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, described as the last of the great plant hunters, traveled to Burma a number of times. He describes his two expeditions, in the late 1930's, to the more inaccessible and previously unexplored parts of Burma, including Burma's 20,000 foot mountains, with a good description of the geography, topography, botany, people. The illustrations include local people, orchids, views, suspension bridge, etc. Neate W16. Because of his familiarity with this area, he was employed by the US army in world war II searching for crashed aircraft.