London a.o. Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.d. (1910), sm. in-8vo, 381 p., + 1 (Publ. house: Nelson Established 1798) + 8 photogr. plates, exlibris „Warwick School prize 1912, for French to L.B. Knight“ / exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, full leather binding, coat of armes gilt to the first cover „Altora Peto“, spine gilt, a very fine DELUXE copy.
Whith chapters on Mont Blanc - Monte Rosa & other Swiss Moutains - Gross Glockner -Tirolese Scrambles 1875 -the Graian Alps - The Chain of Mont Blanc etc. / Chapter XVII: A run through the western and central Alps is by W.A.B. Coolidge. The illustrations show: Front: The Valley of Zermatt, near Kalpetran / The effect of an Avalanche on the Hotel at Trift Valley / Chamony Valley (by W.F. Donkin phot) / Schreckhor and Finsteraarhorn / The Lyskamm and Part of Monte Rosa / Grivola fron the Grand Paradis / Weisshorn and Brunneghorn (Donkin phot) / Eiger and Monck Perret 1087 (édition orig. 1895). Ouvrage classique du grand montagnard et explorateur anglais. Image disp.
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