[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — L.C. GORDON. MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY A MEMBER OF THE HARVARD TRAVELLERS CLUB. [N.P.]: CA. 1907-1909

2 volumes, large 8vo and 4to (7 3/8 x 9 in.; 187 x 228mm, and 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.; 217 x 267mm). Vol. I (1907): 153pp. autograph manuscript in black ink, 63 silver gelatin prints (approximately 3 x 4 1/8 in.; 75 x 105mm), 2 hand-drawn maps; toning to a few images. Vol. II (1908-1909): [a-g] including "List of Illustrations", 124pp. autograph manuscript in black ink, some annotations in red, 2 hand-drawn maps, several in-text drawings, 63 silver gelatin prints (approximately 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.; 79 x 105mm); one or two leaves loose. Full brown morocco, bound by Thacker & Co., Bombay, covers ruled and lettered in gilt, flat spines with gilt rules, black coated endpapers; corners bumped, edges rubbed.

L.C. Gordon (Harvard Travellers Club bookplates to front pastedowns)

2 volumes, large 8vo and 4to (7 3/8 x 9 in.; 187 x 228mm, and 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.; 217 x 267mm). Vol. I (1907): 153pp. autograph manuscript in black ink, 63 silver gelatin prints (approximately 3 x 4 1/8 in.; 75 x 105mm), 2 hand-drawn maps; toning to a few images. Vol. II (1908-1909): [a-g] including "List of Illustrations", 124pp. autograph manuscript in black ink, some annotations in red, 2 hand-drawn maps, several in-text drawings, 63 silver gelatin prints (approximately 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.; 79 x 105mm); one or two leaves loose. Full brown morocco, bound by Thacker & Co., Bombay, covers ruled and lettered in gilt, flat spines with gilt rules, black coated endpapers; corners bumped, edges rubbed.
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A meticulous chronicle of shooting in India and the Himalayas, accompanied by skillful photography. Observing the habits of the ram, Gordon writes: "Females are much less shy than males (this is not confined to the four-legged species only!) and keep on much lower ground all the year round...One feels pretty sure that if one could get to the very high ground that one would probably get sport. but there is a limit to human power."