The Indian Alps and how we crossed them:being a narrative of wo years' residence in the Eastern Himalaya and two months' tour into the interior
by: Lady Pioneer A pse

Hardcover. London, Longmans Green & Co., 1st, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. An early Himalayan travel book by the first English woman to travel so far into the Eastern Himalaya. She and her British Army chaplain husband traversed the Nepal-Sikkim frontier from Darjeeling to Junnoo Mountain, overcoming many obstacles on the way. Although early, it is regarded as a mountaineering classic. 4to, xvi, 612 pages, chromolithograph frontispiece, large folding map, 9 chromolithographs, engraved vignettes, top edge gilt. Original red pictorial cloth with handsome gilt design on cover and spine, as well as elaborate borders.