THE HIMALAYAN LETTERS OF GYPSY DAVY AND LADY BA: WRITTEN ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HIGH QUIET PLACES AMONG THE SIMPLE PEOPLE OF AN OLD FOLK TALE. Boston, 1927, 1st edition. 269 pp, ills, maps. Travels on the Baltoro Glacier in 1923-24. A curious book steeped in the music and lore of the Himalayas, told in letters on a trek from Leh to Srinagar in 1923-24. The maps, accomplished by the cartographer to the Royal Geographical Society, show glaciers as dragons and other Tibetan monsters and Buddhist symbols. The work is presented in a series of letters. It includes R. Barrett s journey to Leh from Srinagar during 1923-24. No DJ, Near Fine. Different binding from our other copy, possibly a later binding from the publisher.
