[Rarebooks] FS: The Alpine Club: PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS, 1862

[Charles Agvent]

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 decorated 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. 
(#014202)        $750.00

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