Untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys; a midsummer ramble in the Dolomites.

London / New York: Routledge and Sons / E.P. Dutton. Hardcover. See Description. Stated third edition, no date [but c. 1890]. Tall 8vo. (227 mm), pp. 389, [1] with 8 wood engraved plate illustrations. Plates are counted with the pagination. Title page contains a small illustration of "a peasant woman of Livinallungo." 18 wood-engravings are also included with the text. Bound in publisher's illustrated cloth. Binding shows rubbing, wear and soiling. Upper corner of the spine near the rear cover is chipped (1.5 cm x 7 mm). An illustrated bookplate is located on the inside front cover - "Kenneth Dodge Wood;" (note: someone by this name (b. 1861 - d. 1938) was secretary of the Central Ohio Paper Company. End papers show toning and light scattered foxing. Interior pages are mildly toned. Faint creasing is visible to the upper corner of p. 165. Outer margin edge tears are neatly sealed on pp. 167-170 and on pp. 309-322. Light marginal smudging is present on the outer edge of p. 341. Some leaves show minor upper outer corner bumping (and miniscule chip on p. 179). Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, travel writer and Egyptologist. She is also known today for her ghost stories, including "The Phantom Coach" In 1872 Edwards and her friend Lucy Renshaw set out to explore the remote Dolomite Mountains region in northeastern Italy. Edwards's book about her journeys in the Dolomites first appeared under the title "A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites" (1873). Later editions were published under the title "Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys."