Author: F. St. J. Gore
Title: Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab
Description: London, John Murray, 1895. First edition. Cloth. Frederick St. John Gore's interesting study of India, an illustrated first edition. The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, seventy-one plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.A fascinating study on India, discussing the vast differences between natives who live in different valleys. Part I looks at Kulu, Part II looks at Kuram. An interesting look at India, and how the British misconstrues the natives all as 'Indians', rather than how they know themselves as Bengali, Parsi, etc.Written by Frederick St. John Gore.Collated, lacking page 47/48, and the plates facing pages 48, 81, and 254.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities. A few small marks to the boards. Institutional stamp and label to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional stamp to the reverse of the plates. Pages 25/26 and the plates facing pages 24 and 208 are detached but present. Page 29/30 is detached but present with a large chip. Lacking page 47/48, and the plates facing pages 48, 81, and 254. Good . Ill.: F. St. J. Gore. Good .

Keywords: Lights & Shades of Hill Life in the Afghan and Hindu Highlands of the Punjab f. st. j. gore india asia f. st. j. gore F. St. J. Gore


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