1882 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, 1882.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: viii-237 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-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 foxing - as shown, school prize bookplate on the first endpaper - as shown, toning of endpapers - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with 34 beautiful full-page and in-text illustrations.
The book: Rare and very attractive Victorian 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 several of his publications.