[Rarebooks] FS: Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers ... Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, 1862, illustrated
Charles Agvent
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Tue Jan 29 08:35:21 EST 2008
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KENNEDY, Edward Shirley (editor). PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS.
BEING EXCURSIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ALPINE CLUB. SECOND SERIES. London:
Longman, Green et. al. 1862. First Edition. Two octavo (5-1/2" x
8-1/2") volumes in original cloth with depictions of climbers in
action in gilt on the front covers. Illustrated with 14 color folding
maps, 2 woodcut title vignettes, 54 woodcuts (some full page), and
tables of mountain peaks and passes. Front hinge of first volume
cracked but tight; foxing to preliminaries. Bright, clean, close to
Fine set. $850.00
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