Servant of Sahibs. A book to be read aloud by Galwan, Ghulam Rassul (Aksakal of Leh); Younghusband, Sir Francis (Intro.) - 1924

Cambridge: W.Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1923.. 1st edition. Ghulam Rassul Galwan (1878-1925), was a Ladakhi explorer of Kashmiri descent, after whom the Galwan River is named. He was an acclaimed guide and caravan bashi (caravan manager), who accompanied numerous expeditions of European explorers during the British Raj. Excerpts from his travel diary were published under the title Servant of Sahibs, edited by Katherine Barrett, wife of Robert Barrett. Pp.xx/282, black & white portrait frontispiece, spotting to preliminaries including title page and rear endpapers. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Scarce. G+.** Bookplate of "Park Close, Englefield Green" to inside front board. Park Close was built in the Arts & Crafts style and owned in its early years by the civil engineer and politician Urban Hanlon Broughton as his summer residence. In 1930, his widow Mrs Urban H. Broughton was still living there and at 37 Grosvenor Square, London. In 2004 it was bought for 8 million pounds and the anonymous buyers… Read More