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THOMSON, THOMAS. Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India during the Years 1847-8. 2 tinted lithographed plates; 2 maps, including one folding. xii, 501, [3] pages, including final ad leaf. Publisher's 16-page catalogue bound at end. 8vo, 214x136 mm, 20th-century 1/2 leather; contents generally clean, short clean tear in folding map, LC duplicate stamps on title. London: Reeve and Co., 1852
first edition. "Thomson was the first European to cross the Saser and Karakoram passes, and one of the first to describe routes in the Karakoram"--Neate T25. Yakushi T54.
