Among the Himalayas

by Major L A Waddell

"During the past fourteen years I have traversed portions of [the borderlands of Sikkim] nearly every year, sketching, shooting, collecting, and especially exploring the customs of the people on the frontiers of Tibet, and of Nepal...where I lived in tents for four or five months of several successive years. ....This illustrated narrative of my journeyings I hope may reflect, in some measure, the keen enjoyment of travel in these regions, may awaken further interest in a fascinating though little known land, may assist in guiding the traveller to those features that are of greatest general interest, and bring home to the reader a whiff of the bracing breezes of the Himalayas."

An account of the author's travels in the 1890s in India and Sikkim, including sections on the Nepal and Tibet borders. Profusely illustrated with more than a hundred photographs, sketches, maps and diagrams.

"Chapter nine gives a general account of Gurkha customs, with some inaccuracies. There is also a detailed discussion of Mount Everest and other major peaks. The author is an advocate of a 'forward' policy in Tibet to forestall the Russians, and exhibits particularly strong prejudices in favour of the mountain peoples and against those of the Indian plains." - John Whelpton, Nepal (Clio Press)

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Hardback. 452 pages. B&W photographs. Foldout colour map.
Weight: 680 g (23.8 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-030-3.
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East of Lo Monthang in the Land of Mustang

by Peter Matthiessen and Thomas Laird

Hardback.
Weight: 1300 g (45.5 oz).
Item No: 1570621314.
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The Himalayan Letters of Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba: Written on Pilgrimage to the High Quiet Places among the Simple People of an Old Folk Tale

by Gypsy Davy

A classic reprint of the 1920s by English travel writer, "Gypsy" Davy, in the form of poignant, tell-all letters written "on pilgrimage to the high quiet places among the simple people" of the western Himalaya (Ladakh, Baltistan, Hunza and Skardu).

Hardback. 280 pages.
Weight: 650 g (22.8 oz).
Item No: 81-7303-031-6.
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The Himalayas by Marco Majrani A wonderful collection of photographs (over 100 of them in full colour) on the great mountains of the Himalayas from Pakistan to Tibet and Nepal. Large format coffee-table style edition. First English translation of this Italian work. Hardback. 144 pages. Colored photographs and line drawings. Lustre Press. Weight: 1470 g (51.5 oz). Item No: N000005713. Price: $US 23.00. . Convert Currency ADD TO SHOPPING CART

Intimate Glimpses of Mysterious Tibet and Neighbouring Countries

by G E O Knight

While riding on a bus in London in 1921, the author came upon the following paragraph in a discarded magazine: "What a splendid opportunity now exists for securing the first motion pictures of Lhasa, the Forbidden City of Tibet."
This chance occurrence inspired a merry little jaunt for five friends to visit Tibet. Not for a moment did they consider the many political and physical obstacles that stood in their way. Their view was: "If the Governments of India and Tibet refused to grant us permission to proceed to Lhasa in a gentlemanly way, there was an alternative course of action."
Remarkably, they finally reached Lhasa and secured possession of their trophy of that remote city.

Paperback. 9 pages. B&W drawing.
Weight: 120 g (4.2 oz).
Item No: 81-7624-004-4.
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Kashmir

by Sir Francis Younghusband

This celebrated book is a description of a trip to Kashmir made at the request of the illustrator, Major E Molyneux. It is in reality of snapshot of this beautiful corner of the world as it was in the early years of the 20th Century.

Younghusband was a key player in the "Great Game" and his love of mountains and remote places is seen in this lyrical, inspiring, passionate and observant book about Kashmir proper, "the world-revowned valley of Kashmir, a saucer-shaped vale with a length of 84 miles, a breadth of 20 to 25 miles, and a mean height of 5600 feet above sea-level, set in the very heart of the Himalaya..." His writings is accompanied by reproductions of 32 beautiful colour paintings of Kashmiri landscapes by Major Molyneux.

This reprint reproduces the original edition of 1909 which was published by A & C Black of London.

Hardcover. 283 pages. B&W and colour illustrations. Index.
Weight: 800 g (28 oz).
Item No: 8120611446.
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The Throne of the Gods by Arnold Heim & August Gansser. Translated by Eden & Cedar Paul. A classic reprint of an account of the first Swiss Himalayan expedition undertaken in 1936 from (the then) British India. Well before the days of package tours and designer treks, the authors crossed the Himalayas by foot and mule through "Forbidden Nepal" into the even more remote Tibet by way of holy Mount Kailash. A must for any modern-day trekker or ethnologist interested in the Trans-Himalayan region that, despite advances in technology in the rest of the world, still remains remote, exotic and mysterious. "Many magnificent photographs" - Manchester Guardian Hardback. 233 pages. B&W photographs, drawings. Foldout map; foldout diorama. Weight: 870 g (30.5 oz). Item No: 81-7303-012-X. Price: $US17.50. . Convert Currency ADD TO SHOPPING CART

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Travels in Cashmere and Thibet

by Captain William Henry Knight

In 1860, after spending eighteen months in India, Capt. Knight obtained six months' leave of absence with the intention of escaping the hot season and journeying through the foothills of the Himalayas. Knight made the journey in the company of another officer and a bearer and travelled from Srinagar to Ladakh. A beautiful description of the author's excursion in the region.

This is a reprint of of the original 1863 edition entitled Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet.

Hardcover. 385 pages. B&W and colour illustrations.
Weight: 600 g (21 oz).
Item No 8185326533.
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Western Himalayas and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India during the Years 1847-1848

by Thomas Thomson

Thomas Thomson was the first Westerner to cross the Karakoram pass. This book covers his explorations in Kashmir, Ladakh, the Karakoram, Tibet and the Kun Lun mountains.

Hardcover. 501 pages. B&W illustrations. Index.
Weight: 770 g (27 oz).
Item No: N000023439.
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Window on to Annapurna

by Joy Stephens

A small hydroelectric scheme brought the author and her husband, a civil engineer, to Baglung in the heart of Nepal, 150 miles west of Kathmandu and 30 rugged miles from the nearest metalled road. They chose, however, to live in even remoter Titeng, a tiny village clinging to the steep mountain slope across the valley, and inhabited by Magars of Mongolian origin.

They found accommodation in a small barn currently occupied by goats, straw and numerous members of Naina Singh's family. It consisted of a stable below and an upper storey reached by a bamboo ladder and it looked out onto Annapurna.

It became a year of exciting discoveries, both for them and for the villagers, who crowded the ladder to peer in at their strange customs. Joy, who had already learnt Nepali, got to know the women, washing her clothes with them in the icy water, fetching water, helping with rice planting, maize sowing and pig killing, and observing their religious festivals in which animal sacrifice still played a part.

Attempts to raise living standards tended to fall flat. They built a latrine but the villagers still preferred their own haunt. Joy offered to teach the women to read and write but they could see no possible use for it in their confined world of tending buffalo and working in the fields. Religious belief was a topic on which they agreed to differ, for the women's circumspect lives were ruled by gods, spirits and irrational customs.

It was a year of unique and unforgettable experiences. Joy and her husband were true travellers and Joy's vivid account is full of insight and laughter, and deeply moving.

"An informal account of life in a Magar community" - John Whelpton, Nepal (Clio Press)

Hardback. 206 pages.
Weight: 505 g (17.7 oz).
Item No: 81-7303-035-9.
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