The distinguished British Painter, travel writer, explorer and anthropologist, A. Henry Savage Landor (1867-1924) recounts his adventures in Tibet and Nepal. He had been told that 'Once you have visited the snows of the 'Himahlyas' you will return to them time after time until you die.' After being away for two years -- this is his next journey to those beautiful mountains. His paintings of the mountain peaks, the people, the customs, the everyday life, the animals: are beautiful and more telling than any photograph. 

 

This copy has edge wear on the spine top and bottom, spine is faded, end papers yellowed,  old inscription inside front cover, book has a cant or slant, overall Good-Very Good.

 

Landor was a famous painter and explorer, and was feted by society in his era, although he is now largely forgotten. He painted and explored his was around the world. Wikipedia has an excellent biography of him, too long to quote here except for these paragraphs: