1881 Rare Victorian Book - Alpine Climbing: Narratives of Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc and Other Summits of the Alps.
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Author: William Henry Davenport Adams.
Title: Alpine Climbing: Narratives of Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, and Other Lofty Summits of the Alps.
Publisher: London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881. First edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: viii-237 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, rare light staining and foxing - as shown, School prize bookplate from South Kensington Council of Education on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated with 34 illustrations.
The book: Rare and very attractive book on Alpine Climbing, Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, and Other Lofty Summits of the Alps.
The author: William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), was an English writer and journalist of the 19th century, notable for a number of his publications.