The High Alps Without Guides Being A Narrative Of Adventures In Switzerland Together With

by Rev A G Giirdlestone

$750 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

London: Longmans, Green, 1870. First edition. 8vo. vii, 2, contents , 181 pp. Frontispiece from a wood engraving, two folding maps one laid down on tissue and with residue from old tape repairs . Neate 316: The author was an enthusiastic but inept mountaineer, who had a number of lucky escapes. In the opinion of his contemporaries his book did the cause of mountaineering a serious disservice at that time . With the map repairs noted, a very good copy.

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