An Artist in the Himalayas
by McCormick, A.D. [Arthur David]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1895. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. 306 pp, with folding Map of the Kingdom of Kashmir and many illustrations by the author. Lettering and illustration on cloth boards is quite faded, one crack in binding, scattered foxing, old dampstain and private library embossed stamp visible on title page. Good. Neate M03: "His own account of Conway's 1892 Karakoram Expedition. McCormick was a landscape artist and watercolorist who illustrated Conway's alpine books and other mountaineering books." McCormick describes his book in the preface as "a more personal narrative" in which he has "attemped to give an ida of the picturesque aspect of the expedition rather than of the geographical portion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22446
- Title
- An Artist in the Himalayas
- Author
- McCormick, A.D. [Arthur David]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Travel Narratives;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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