SMYTHE, F. S.

£650 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Valley of Flowers. Signed limited edition, number 193 of 250 copies signed by the author. Smythe discovered the valley in the Garhwal region after he got lost attempting to summit Mount Kamet. The descriptions and vibrant photographs in this work popularized the location, which had previously been inaccessible, and it is now protected as a national park.

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