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BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS.
by KINGDON-WARD, F
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London [1949], Cape. Blue cloth, very good, 2 maps, 287p., 16 b.w. photos, in bit dusty & bit worn dj., in mylar cover, else bright and clean, solid copy. FIRST PRINTING THE FIRST EDITION Detailing two expeditions to the mountains of North Burma, Tibet, and China for botanical discoveries and geological mapping. Gripping narrative of the hardships, difficulties & perseverance of this botanist-explorer. Not only commenta- ry on plant collection, but notes on the people, customs and life style. The Kachin women, Nung fisherman, Tibetans in the Adung Valley, Karpo Razi mountain towering at 19,269 ft. Lisu women, Lashi girl & a host of other subjects covered. * His second expedition was undertaken in the winter of 1938-39. One of his rarer titles. Excellent primary resource for plants, ethnic minorities and the high mountains. * THE ORIGINAL EDITION: This is the original fine edition, nicely bound in cloth, with illustrated dust jacket, printed on heavy paper, with stunning photographs. This is NOT !! the shoddy, substandard reprint, done on thin paper with fuzzy printing & unclear miserable photographs ! *** .
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- Title
- BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS.
- Author
- KINGDON-WARD, F
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; Burma; Frank Francis Kingdon-ward: Celebrated Asian Plant Hunter & Botanist; Botany In Southeast Asia: All Cultures; Forigners In Southeast Asia: Any And All Related;
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