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London: Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, St. John's Square, 1850. 2 volumes. 8vo. (11 x 7 1/4 inches). First edition. 50 lithograph plates, 20 of which are hand-colored, 1 heightened with gold. Vol. I: [2] [i]-xxxv [1]-479. 28 lithograph plates, 10 of which are hand-colored. 516 pp. With folding panorama of the elevation of the Himalayas in pocket at rear. Ganesha Frontispiece, Title, Dedication, Invocation, Introduction, Contents, List of Plates, Glossary, Wanderings of a Pilgrim, Oriental Proverbs and Sayings, Elevation Folding Chart. Vol. II: [2] [i]-xiii [3] [1]-523. 22 lithograph plates, 10 of which are hand-colored. 542 pp. Krishna Frontispiece, Title, Contents, List of Plates, Wanderings of a Pilgrim, Appendix, Index. With author's name in Urdu script on the title page. Publisher's red cloth, Eastern pictorial vignettes stamped in gilt on front cover and blind-stamped on back cover, with gilt esoteric symbols at head of spine, in a modern emerald cloth-covered… Read More

London: 23, Cornhill: Pelham Richardson, 1850. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PARKS Fanny & others. Not only is this one of the most readable travel memoirs of the day, but perhaps one of the most unique, with such female voices and perspectives infrequently found in print during the period. First edition, 50 lithograph plates (complete, including 20 coloured), 2 volumes, 1850, in the original gilt titled & decorated, blue cloth, a few marks. Internally Vol 1, frontis, [7], (viii-xxxv), [1], [1], 2-479 pp, [1], 29 plates (inclusive of the attractive lithographed folding panorama of the Himalayas in the end pocket). Vol 2, frontis, [3], (iv-xiii), [1], [1], 2-523 pp, 21 plates. Some paper edge repairs to title & frontis, book label to fpds (Montagu Egerton Loftus) & contemporary ink ownership signature to tps (G. Hodgson, Fair Lawn). The second volume concludes with chapters on Cape Town and South Africa. (279*191 mm). (Abbey,… Read More