Katherine lee barrett (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. American edition in green cloth binding. A journey told in letters, with three folding maps, an Urdu glossary. and "decorations by the ballad singer". The three folding maps of varying sizes are clean and intact, however "the map in pocket at the end of the book" promised in the table of contents is absent. Mild sunning to spine, bumping to corners, foxing to endpapers. 280pp. 10 x 6.5". …

First edition. Large 8vo. xii, 280 pp. Maps, some folding, one large folding in rear pocket, musical notation, decorated endpapers; includes an Urdu vocabulary at the rear. Trip through the mountains of Ladakh, 1923-1924, with a focus on the region's music and folk lore. Engraved bookplate of "Gypsy Davy & Lady Ba" on front pastedown. Original three-color illustrated cloth (rubbed). Light foxing to endpapers, else very good.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. xii, 280 pp, 4 fold-out maps, (1 in pocket at end). Inscription on recto free endpaper. Lightly edges wear with slightly age-toned text block, and foxing endpapers and half-title, else, no wear. Clean no markings, binding is tight and strong, pages white. 6.5" x 10". Illustrated green cloth with white lettering to spine, and illustrated endpapers. In Mylar protector. "Steeped in the music and lore of the Himalayas, This volume relates the experiences of the intrepid Robert LeMoyne Barrett (1871-1969) and his wife, the writer Katherine Ruth Barrett (nee Ellis, 1879-1961) in Baltistan and Ladakh during 1923-24 in a series of letters. Includes an appendix on the "Caravan Vocabulary" of Urdu words the couple employed on their journey." Size: Large Octavo. Book.…

First Edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 280; pictorial endpapers, 4 folding maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and white, A very good, sound and clean copy. Robert Lemoyne Barrett (Gypsy Davy) and his wife Katharine Ruth Barrtett (Lady BA) travelled in 1923-1924 from Srinager through Baltistan and Karakoram into Ladakh"The text is a series of letters detailing a journey through the Himalayan region in Asia and relating some of the folktales told by local villagers. Among the other interesting oral histories and tidbits related by the author, there is a tale recounted from the perspective of villagers in the Himalayas about British explorer and military man Francis Younghusband who crossed the treacherous mountain range and uncharted desert territories as a young man" (National Book Auctions). Barrett who founded the Association of American Geographers and traveled through the Canadian Rockies and later financed an expedition into the Himalayas. Contains a 5-page Caravan Vocabulary, "Urdu words we taught our village men, with a few Ladakhi and Turki words which we all use commonly.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 280; pictorial endpapers, 4 folding maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and white, and preserving the uncommon dust jacket which shows wear and short tears, plus a larger piece missing from the bottom on the spine and front panel. The fair jacket aside, a very good, sound and clean copy. Contains a 5-page Caravan Vocabulary, "Urdu words we taught our village men, with a few Ladakhi and Turki words which we all use commonly." "The text is a series of letters detailing a journey through the Himalayan region in Asia and relating some of the folktales told by local villagers. Among the other interesting oral histories and tidbits related by the author, there is a tale recounted from the perspective of villagers in the Himalayas about British explorer and military man Francis Younghusband who famously crossed the treacherous mountain range and uncharted desert territories as a young man" (National Book Auctions). Barrett was a wealthy explorer and traveler who founded the Association of American Geographers. Barrett traveled through the Canadian Rockies and later financed an expedition into the Himalayas. Barrett is also credited with beginning the Three-Corner-Round nonprofit organization's expeditions through the Sierra Nevada which continue to this day as an outdoor experience for young people.…