E. O. Lorimer — Language Hunting in the Karakoram

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated account of the author's time spent crossing the Karakoram mountain range in Asia in search of different languages. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-eight images across twenty-three plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A collection of personal day-to-day experiences and impressions of the people met during a fourteen month expedition across the Karakoram Range is a massive mountain range in Central Asia, spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India. Between 1934 and 1935, these people were the author's neighbours and friends, and this volume provides a commentary on their language uses. Written by Emily Overend Lorimer, who often published as E. O. Lorimer, an Anglo-Irish journalist, linguist, political analyst, and writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .