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‎Here and there among the Alps. ‎

‎ London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1875, in-8vo, VIII + 195 p., wood engraved vignette to titlepage, exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, partly unopened in the original red cloth, gilt, darkened on spine, fraying to spine ends.‎

‎First and only edition. Miss Plunket (1831-1886) seems to have been a regular visitor to the Alps. The present work records her journey in 1874 with her sister and their usual guide, Maurus Amrhein. They travelled via peaks and passes, from the Tschingel Pass to the Schwarzkopf. The book includes a chapter of ,hints to Lady Pedestrians’ in the Alpine regions. Wäber I, 97; Neate P. 59; Perret 3478. ‎