Two Summers In The Ice-Wilds Of The Eastern Karakoram (First US Edition)

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The Workman's fifth and last Karakoram Expedition 1911-1912, exploring Hush valley, Saltoro & Baltoro glaciers. This is by far the scarcest of the Workman titles. 

First US edition. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1917. Large 8vo. Rebound quarter crushed Morocco and blue-green cloth. Pages: 296. 141 photographic plates, 3 folding maps.

Rebound in quarter crushed Morocco and blue-green cloth. Library bookplate on FBEP. Library loan pocket pasted to RBEP. Very good.  Some rubbing to spine head and foot. Contents in generally in excellent condition. Original frontis tissue guard present, small tear and chipped at lower corner. All folding maps present, with one map separated along seam.

Full title: Two Summers In The Ice-Wilds Of The Eastern Karakoram: The Exploration of Nineteen Hundred Square Miles Of Mountain And Glacier.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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