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Mar 15, 2019
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WORKMAN, Fanny Bullock (1859-1925); WORKMAN, William Hunter (1847-1937). Ice-Bound Heights of Mustagh. An Account of Two Seasons of Pio
8vo. With 2 folding maps (one in color) & 103 plates (3 in color). Original publisher's decorated green cloth gilt. Provenance: R. Warden Harvey, M.D. (signature). FIRST EDITION. The Workmans' traveled with Mattias Zurbriggen as guide during their second Himalayan expedition in 1902-3. In her Wayward Women, Jane Robinson describes Fanny Workman as the "most determined, uncompromising and aggressivea forceful influence on Himalayan exploration" (pp.30-31). Neate W123.