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Bradford Washburn, Mountain Photography

Bradford Washburn, Mountain Photography


by Bradford Washburn

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 142 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This superb collection of black-and-white images, spanning Washburn's sixty-year career showcases his extraordinary, detailed aerial photographs of great mountains from Alaska to the Himalayas. (HML82, $60.00)

In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908

In the Shadow of the Himalayas, A Photographic Record by John Claude White 1883-1908


by Kurt Meyer | Pamela Deuel Meyer

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • OUT OF PRINT

A collection of 144 remarkable documentary photographs of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim at the turn of the 20th century by John Claude White (1853-1918), the first British Political Officer to Sikkim. (HML71, $65.00)

Concise Flowers of the Himalaya

Concise Flowers of the Himalaya


by Oleg Polunin | Adam Stainton

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A condensed version of the classic Flowers of the Himalayas featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 line drawings but with shorter descriptive information. (HML17, $25.00)

East of Lo Monthang, In the Land of Mustang

East of Lo Monthang, In the Land of Mustang


by Peter Matthiessen

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Matthiessen explores the people, landscapes and culture of remote Mustang. (NPL17, $25.00)

In the Himalayas, Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan

In the Himalayas, Journeys Through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan


by Jeremy Bernstein

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A newly revised classic book on the people, places and politics of the Himalayan countries. (TBT05, $16.95)

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