Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica -- 1929 FIRST EDITION

Smythe, Frank S.

Verlag: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1929

Beschreibung

1929 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering front cover & spine. LACKING the rare dust jacket. The book has clean covers, usual slight darkening to spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, fore-edge foxing but almost no foxing on bright clean pages, solid binding. The book measures 220mm tall x 137mm, and has 307 pages, 61 b/w photo plates including one folding panorama of the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc. Smythe's first book and one of his best books. Covers some UK climbs, Dolomites, ski mountaineering in the Bernese Oberland and winter ascent of the Eiger, Corsica. About 1/3 of the book is on climbing in the Mont Blanc Range, including his first ascents on the Brenva Face with Graham Brown in 1927 & 1928. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003546

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and ...

Verlag: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition