Girdlestone rev a g (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1870, in the publishers embossed blue cloth. Respined, old laid down, gilt titles. Internally, half title, B&W wood engraved frontis by Edward Whymper, [5], (vi-vii), [3], [1], 2-181 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl, 2 maps (large, folding, outlined in colour, 1 of which is loose, short crease tears to both), covers marked, tips bumped & weak, armorial bookplate tipped on another (Frederick Gardiner), brown endpapers, small binders label to epd. Housed in a custom cloth box (probably made by its previous owner c1990). (210*136mm). (Neate *316. Perret 1947. Alpine Club LibCat p129). Per Neate probably not more than 100. 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). Seemingly as famous for his failures as others werefor their siccess. WHYMPER (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. x, 181, [2, ads.]; wood-eng. frontis. by Edward Whymper, 2 folding maps; bookplate removed from front pastedown, minor spotting, else very good in the original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt. The Matterhorn accident of 1865, in which Edward Whymper saw four member of his party fall to their deaths, sent a shock wave through the mountaineering community. Although not himself a particularly competent climber, Girdlestone advocated climbing without guides - the majority of the episodes narrated in his High Alps were made without them. The publication of High Alps for this reason brought Girdlestone some renown amongst climbers. Few copies of the book were issued - according to Neate not more than 100 copies.…