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E. F. Knight - Where Three Empires Meet. A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Tibet & Adjoining Countries - 1895
N.º 82772791
E. F. Knight - Where Three Empires Meet. A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Tibet & Adjoining Countries - 1895
A fascinating late 19th Century travelogue volume, in Tibet and Kashmir, with folding map and 54 illustrations
Edward Frederick Knight had a varied career as a barrister, journalist and soldier. He managed to produce more than 20 books, a number of which were edited volumes of his despatches as a war correspondent. Where Three Empires Meet is arguably his most interesting work. Knight travelled to Kashmir and through the Himalayas, before arriving at Ladakh and Gilgit. His timing was such to allow for his involvement in the 1891 British campaign againt Hunza and Nagar. Under the command of the Resident, Colonel Algernon Durand, Knight was actually placed in temporary charge of some native troops.
Item Description
An interesting presentation copy, with an attractive leather binding. The book is beautifully bound, designed and illustrated with 27 full-page plates including frontispiece ‘In Himis Lamasery’, 27 engravings in text, and folding map of Kashmir.
Published by Longmans, Green, And Co., London, 1895. Publishers’ original full leather brown boards with gilt borders and gilt vignette on upper board. Spine with six raised bands, decorated in gilt. Gilt lettering to compartment two. Marbled endpapers and all page edges.
Book Dimensions: 19 x 13 cm & Number of Pages: 528
Condition
Firm and well bound copy. Light wear to boards’ corners, and head and foot of spine. Internally; the book in good condition. Neat inscriptions on first front free endpaper page. Inner hinges are very good. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Foxing and faded tanned spots to some pages throughout. The plates, illustrations, and folding map are complete and in nice condition (Please see pictures).
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