The Himalayan Letters of Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba. Written on pilgrimage to the high quiet places among the simple people of an old folk tale.

[Robert LeMoyne Barrett and Katherine Ruth Barrett]

Language: English

Published by H. Heffer & Sons Ltd., Cambridge, England, 1927

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Octavo, Pp. 280. Olive green cloth boards with pictorial cover and white printing on spine. Faint rubbing to extremities and one corner bumped. Pictorial front and back paste-downs. Foxing on the paste-downs (front and back) and ffep (first-free endpaper) as well as title pages. Occasional light spots within. Collected letters in 3 parts of Robert LeMoyne Barrett (1871-1969) and his wife, the writer Katherine Ruth Barrett (nee Ellis, 1879-1961) during a Himalayan pilgrimage. The letters include poetry, songs and even musical notations. Includes 3 fold-out maps and a 4th larger folded map in a pocket at the end of the book. Contains a section on "Caravan Vocabulary", describing commonly used Urdu, Ladakhi and Turki terms.

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Title
The Himalayan Letters of Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba. Written on pilgrimage to the high quiet places among the simple people of an old folk tale.
Author
[Robert LeMoyne Barrett and Katherine Ruth Barrett]
Publisher
H. Heffer & Sons Ltd., Cambridge, England
Publication year
1927
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Pictorial Cloth
Language
English

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Bryn Mawr Book Store is a non-profit bookstore with general stock. We have used, out-of-print and rare books for sale. We have an inventory of about 30,000. books. Our entire stock has been donated by the public and all proceeds go to a scholarship fund for Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA.

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