1911 Kashmir

Description

Colour Plates, Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The second edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.

Illustrated throughout with seventy colour plates with tissue guards, and with one folding map to the rear. Collated complete.

Written by Sir Francis Younghusband, a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia.

Illustrated by Edward Mary Joseph Molyneux, a British painter. During his years in the Himalayan Valley of Kashmir, Molyneux painted many scenes of the capital city of Srinagar and other areas which inspired him, many of which are used in this work.

With a charming inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1920, from Mrs Grant Robertson, who presents this book to William Carbin on the occasion of his marriage.

With an eight page publisher's advertisements to the rear.

A guide to Kashmir which includes discussion of scenery and seasons, travel, valleys, places of interest, the people, the history, and mountain ranges.