A naturalist in the Himalaya

by R. W. G. Hingston

$100 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1920. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, 1 , 300; frontispiece, map, and 21 illustrations on 15 plates, plus a few illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; some spotting to the covers, but otherwise a very good, sound, and clean copy. The author, a zoologist, accompanied the 3rd Mount Everest expedition as a naturalist. In this book he describes in detail the observations in 1914-1916, mostly of insects,

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