girdlestone a g (7 Ergebnisse)

First edition, first printing. Very good pamphlet with some foxing.

First edition, first printing. Good pamphlet signed by the author with wear to the spine. Additional material laid in.

First edition, first printing. Near fine pamphlet signed by the author to the front cover and with additional material laid in.

First edition, first printing. Near fine pamphlet signed by the author to the front cover and with additional material laid in.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. WHYMPER (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, 1870, in the publishers embossed blue cloth. Respined, old laid down, gilt titles. Internally, half title, B&W wood engraved frontis by Edward Whymper, [5], (vi-vii), [3], [1], 2-181 pp, [2] adverts, 1 pl, 2 maps (large, folding, outlined in colour, 1 of which is loose, short crease tears to both), covers marked, tips bumped & weak, armorial bookplate tipped on another (Frederick Gardiner), brown endpapers, small binders label to epd. Housed in a custom cloth box (probably made by its previous owner c1990). (210*136mm). (Neate *316. Perret 1947. Alpine Club LibCat p129). Per Neate probably not more than 100. An enthusiastic but inept mountaineer, who had a number of lucky escapes. In the opinion of his contemporaries his book did the cause of mountaineering a serious disservice (at that time). Seemingly as famous for his failures as others werefor their siccess.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. First edition, 1870. Nicely rebound copy lacking frontis plate but including the two folding maps. Blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering, x, 181p, [2] publisher ads. Externally very good with no visible wear, good hinges (replaced when rebound), text block sound, likely ex-library with a four digit number neatly written on the verso of the title page, no other library markings, brief gift notation at upper corner of front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on title page, pages otherwise clean (a handful of light margin smudges) and unmarked. The maps have age-toning and extra creases; the Central Alps map has a long white paper tape repair (appears professional) to verso and an additional one inch unrepaired closed tear, no paper loss; the Western Alps map has a three inch unrepaired closed tear near the stem, also no paper loss. This book is from a collection of alpine and mountaineering books owned by Jeffery and Beverly Parrette who traveled the world climbing challenging peaks and often presented the books to one another as gifts. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. x, 181, [2, ads.]; wood-eng. frontis. by Edward Whymper, 2 folding maps; bookplate removed from front pastedown, minor spotting, else very good in the original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt. The Matterhorn accident of 1865, in which Edward Whymper saw four member of his party fall to their deaths, sent a shock wave through the mountaineering community. Although not himself a particularly competent climber, Girdlestone advocated climbing without guides - the majority of the episodes narrated in his High Alps were made without them. The publication of High Alps for this reason brought Girdlestone some renown amongst climbers. Few copies of the book were issued - according to Neate not more than 100 copies.