Author: Gorer, Geoffrey
Title: Himalayan Village: An Account of the Lepchas of Sikkim
Description: London, Nelson, (1967). Second edition, orig.boards. 23x15cm, 488,(30) pp, Name inked on flyleaf.. Frontis; 30pp photoplates.. Some rubbing. Light binding soil. Good. ¶ Contents: The Lepchas & Sikkim; Lepcha Life: Relations with the Environment: The Homes of the Lepchas; Getting Food; Relations with Foreigners: Money Lenders & Trading Friends; Relations with Other Lepchas: Law & Order; The Rules of Kinship & Marriage; Relations with the Supernatural: Religion: Lamaism; The Mun; The People of the Mayel; Life of the Lepchas: The Rhythm of Lepcha Life; Birth & Childhood; Sex, Marriage & Maturity; Death; Lives of Lepchas: Deviants & Defectives; The Life of Kurma; The First Dorjé Lapoon, His Family & Jiroong; Appendices.

Keywords: Social Anthropology, Himalaya Himalayan, Ethnography, Ethnology, Sociology, Lepcha Lepchas, Sikkim, India, South Asia