Scrambles Amongst the Alps - Hardcover

Scrambles Amongst the Alps. . With Additional Illustrations and Material from the Author's Unpublished Diaries. Revised and Edited by H.E.G.Tyndale.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. First Thus. VG/VG+. 4to. original blue boards gilt (some spotting & offsetting) in dustwrapper priced £14.95 (slightly rubbed and nicked); pp. xxii, 3-412, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate W65: The most famous of all mountaineering books. Whymper was a young wood engraver who became obsessed with the first ascent of the Matterhorn. The price he had to pay for achieving this was the loss of his companions in the most celebrated mountain disaster of all time. His one other great expedition was in 1880 to the Andes of Ecuador. Although his writings and lecturing brought him success, his life may be said to have been ruined by the tragedy which followed his moment of triumph]. A new illustrated issue of the sixth edition text (1936), with photographs by John Cleare. Artikel-Nr. 038112

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