Lot 913
  • 913

Mumm, A.L.

Estimate
800 - 1,400 GBP
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Description

  • Five Months in the Himalaya. A record of mountain travel in Garhwal and Kashmir. London: Edward Arnold, 1909
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (250 x 160mm.), xvi, 264pp., errata slip, 2 folding maps, 29 photographic plates, 4 folding, 47 photographic illustrations mounted in the text, original dark blue cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, printed dust-jacket, slipcase, some minor restoration to jacket

Literature

Yakushi (1994) M565

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

Including an account of the ascent of Trisul with T.L. Longstaff, the first ever climb of over 7,000 metres.