Author: MORRIS,JOHN
Title: Living with Lepchas a Book About the Sikkim Himalayas
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in original brown cloth boards with bright and vivid gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Lovely clean bright outer boards.Maps as endpapers..This copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.illustrated with over 75 black and white photographs.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.There is some light spotting to the page edges. This is a popular account of a six-months stay among the Lepcha,who are a relatively unknown and unacculturated group living in the northeastern India part close to the Tibetan border. The book is divided into separate parts: Introductory and Historical, The People, Magic and Spells, Family Life, Sex, Festivals, and a Conclusion with a chapter on economics.The Author also took the photographs used in this book.Uncommon title in very good condition,8vo (xiii) 306pp First Edition 1st Impression [1938]. Very Good+ .

Keywords: India Tibet Sikkim


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