Physical description

Illustrated book with blue cloth binding, Alfred hospital logo embossed in gilt on front cover, title, author's name & publisher's name embossed in gilt on spine

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On front end page is a bookplate with black print: inside a decorative border are the words ' Alfred Hospital Training School for Nurses then the hospital's logo (lamp on red cross with motto surrounding) Melbourne S.1. Awarded to' Nurse Audrey Krautil 'for' General Proficiency- 1st year Equal 2nd prize 'Date' 26th August 1948
Below this there is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by " Audrey Doig (handwritten in ink) Previous catalogue number is also handwritten in ink on this label

Summary

High in the Himalayan ranges in India is an enchanting valley. In 1931, Frank S Smythe -- mountaineer, explorer, botanist, romantic and much else -- chanced upon this colourful valley and named it the 'valley of flowers'. This book is an absorbing account of this picturesque valley that is visited by mountaineers from across the world. Complete with maps and colour photographs, the book is written in the sensitive and imaginative style associated with Smythe