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pamphlet. Zustand: very good(+). 19 pages. 8vo, staple-bound pamphlet with black lettering (low spine edge re-enforced externally with archival tape). New York: Department of Public Works, 1897. Very good(+).

Single issue of this periodical, vol. 150, no. 3 (whole no. 400). Original wrappers. Cover creased at top right, small chip at base of spine and another at lower corner of front wrapper, overall near very good, internally very good, paper still very white. Issues in original wrappers are scarce. This is a particularly interesting one, and some of the topics could have been taken from today's headlines. The lead article is "Free Trade or Protection. A continuation of the Gladstone-Blaine controversy" by Sen. J. S. Morrill, and Gen. Miles writes about water policy for the Far West. Other articles include: George Westinghouse, Jr., "Sir Wm. Thomson and Electric Lighiting"; R. G. Ingersoll, "Why Am I an Agnostic? - II"; A Daughter of Brigham Young, "Family Life among the Mormons"; and Hon. Thomas A. Reed and Hon. John G. Carlisle, "The Limitations of the Speakership." Barnum's letter of two pages in the "Notes and Comments" section suggests exhibiting the mummy of Rameses II at the next World's Fair, i.e., the Columbian Exposition. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition83me. 140 pages with folded charts and diagrams (complete). Ex-library (New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd., Department of Mechanical Engineer) copy with consequent stamps, annotations, marks, wear, usage. The boards are assured. They have wear, scuffing, marks from handling and shelving. The stamped gilt titling is bright. The boards are sound and steady. The contents are in most pleasing condition. They are tight, very clean and clear, healthy, diligent, fresh-faced. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good / Very Good. dj. Fourth edition. A cornerstone of mountaineering literature, in the de luxe edition, bound by Zaehnsdorf, regarded as the definitive edition. (Neate, W65). Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.75 in., pp. xviii, 468. Illustrated with twenty-three full page plates, one-hundred seven in text drawings, and five fold out maps on India paper. Cream cloth boards, decorated with gilt snowflake pattern to both boards and spine. Gilt title on green morocco panel and gilt band lines to spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed fore- and bottom edges. Rubbing to extremities; light age-spotting to boards. Dent at bottom of front joint; top corners nudged. Marbled endpapers. Bookseller's sticker ("Goulden and Nye, The Royal Library") and binders sticker to front pastedownr ("Bound by Zaehnsdorf'). Previous owner's inscription in pencil to flyleaf. Front hinge showing, but spine is tight. Scarce in original marbled slipcase (lightly scuffed) with gilt title on black panel to curved slipcase spine. Slipcase professionally restored (laid in: receipt for the slipcase restoration, dated 2006.) Some deterioration to paper at edges of slipcase. Edward Whymper was born on 27 April 1840 in London. The son of the artist, Josiah Wood Whymper, he entered his father's business in Lambeth as a wood-engraver at an early age. In 1860, he was commissioned to make a series of sketches of Alpine scenery, and undertook an extensive journey in the Central and Western Alps. The following year, Whymper completed the ascent of Mont Pelvoux, later reaching the summit of a neighbouring peak, subsequently named the Pointe des Ecrins (which at that time was the highest point in the French Alps) in 1864. In July 1865, he succeeded in reaching the summit of the Matterhorn by way of the eastern face, after six previous attempts had ended in failure. However, four members of the party were killed on the descent, resulting in a formal investigation on his return. His account of the accident is featured in "Scrambles among the Alps" (1871), which is illustrated with his own engravings. In 1880, he made the first ascent of Chimborazo, and spent a night on the summit of Cotopaxi, in addition to making first ascents of six other great peaks. He died in 1911. (from University of Cambridge Library). James Mahoney and Cyrus Johnson (& Boot, Lapworth, J.W. North; A.R.A., T.D. Scott; P. Skelton; W.G. Smith; C.J. Staniland. (illustrator). …