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New York, Abbeville Press, [1987], . . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 447 pp, frontis (port), plates. . Audubon's travels, beginning in 1826, in Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, etc, with a foreword by Ford, who is the recognized expert on Audubon and who was the first to transcribe his manuscripts. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1934, First edition. . original cloth, minor rubbing, previous owner's ink notes in margins of two pages, very good copy. . large 8vo [24 x 15 cm]; 351 pp, 53 illustrations from photos on 48 plates, folding map showing author's route, glossary. . Neate 730. "The author climbed extensively in the Alps, and also made several important Himalayan expeditions, including the first ascent of Kamet." (Neate) A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1912, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, cover title lettering, lightly rubbed at edge, short tear at spine end, very good, interior clean and unmarked. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xiii, 307 pp, frontis, 16 plates from photos, index, list of illustrations with detailed description of each. . Neate C126: 'invaluable for detail and accuracy'. Cox 23: 'Coolidge was considered a leading Alpine scholar, a supreme authority on all subjects relating to the Alps and Swiss history. . . He was one of the most distinguished climbers of the Silver Age of mountaineering and one of the last of the pioneers of Alpine travel and exploration.. . . He was the first American mountaineer to achieve fame in the Alps, and a pioneer of winter climbing.' He describes in this book, some of his many climbs from 1878, as well as some history of the Alps and Subalpine exploration. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spine darkened but gilt spine title lettering visible, minor foxing in few margins, but a very good sound copy. . large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xii, 523 pp, frontis with tissue guard, 2 foldout colored maps, 110 illustrations including 30 full-page plates, all from drwgs, tables, index of places, mountains, rivers, etc. . 'Professor Umlauft is, as far as I am able to ascertain, the first writer who has collected into one work, not only the topography of the entire range of the Alps, but also an account of the scientific, historical, and ethnological features of the great mountain system' (Lousa Brough, preface). Includes chapters on flora and fauna, geology, alpine roads and railways, avalanches and glaciers, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, First American edition. . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (light wear at edges, price clipped), very good, clean condition. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 120 pp, colored frontis from painting,131 illustrations from photos on plates, plan and illus, endpaper maps index, with the errata sheet tipped in (often lacking). . The author provides a detailed description of the Alps as they cover Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy, including the mountains, the people, activities, homes, flora and fauna. Neate I13. The author, mountaineer and teacher, took a number of pupils climbing in the Alps, the most famous being Mallory. He later wrote a number of mountaineering books including A History of British Mountaineering, Ten Great Mountains, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Cassell, 1854, First edition. . contemporary half green morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering on leather label, edges worn, rubbed, repair at top of joint, interior clean, sound and very good in good cover. . 4to [28 x 20 cm]; viii, 634 pp, frontis view of Geneva from the lake, map (showing Alps, Switzerland, Savoy, Piedmont, Lombardy), 161 illustrations including 21 full-page from drwgs, index, title vignette. . Neate W78, citing only the American edition: 'Includes account of early Mont Blanc ascents, reproductions of some of Auldjo's engravings, an account of early ascents of the Jungfrau, selections of mountain poetry, etc'. A well-illustrated work that also includes a brief directions for travellers, descriptions of each region in some detail, with approximately a quarter of the content on Italy. The illustrations include numerous views such as Basel, Bern, Brixen, Chamonix, Como, Erlenbach, Geneva, Grindelwald, Interlaken, Lugano, Milan, Padua, Reichenau,… Read More

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861, First edition. . contemporary half green leather, gilt title lettering on spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilted, original ribbon bookmark, covers rubbed at edges, but very good with clean near fine interior, very minor foxing on some leaves. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; iv, iv, 407 pp, tinted frontis and 16 plates, lightly tinted as issued. . BMC II:1044.637. The author describes the geography, forests, alpine roses, valleys, clouds, waterfalls, mountain snowstorms, red snow, avalanches, glacier, alpine summits, mountain passes and alpine roads, the hospices, chalet life, the Alp horn, Alpine feasts, village life in the mountains, etc, with excellent illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Headley Brothers, nd [1911], First edition, first issue. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine lettering faded, light edge wear, corner of half title page removed, interior is clean with only slight foxing in few margins, very good. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 326, [i, ads] pp, 14 fine colored plates mounted on art paper, each with tissue and letterpress, 8 other plates from photos, folding map showing author's route, index. . The author was a botanist, explorer, plant hunter and author of the English Rock Garden and many others, who here describes his travels and climbs in the Alps and other parts of Europe. Neate F06. Cox p. 103: 'Copies of the first edition usually have the lower three lines of the title covered by a gummed slip, London, the Swarthmore Press'. This copy has the slip present. The later edition did not have tissue guards and were printed on ordinary paper rather than the finer production that were mounted in this first edition. A picture… Read More

Boston, L. C. Page & Company, 1907, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with mounted color plate, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, title printed in red & black, pictorial endpapers, spine stained, hinge cracked but firm, interior clean and near fine in good sound cover. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; x, 381 pp, 38 plates including colored plates and frontis from paintings, each with tissue guard and letterpress, photo plates, many other illustrations from drawings, maps including 2 folding, one being detailed roadmap, index. . The many illustrations are by Blanche McManus. Early car travel through England, France, Germany, Pyrenees, Holland, etc with a section on travelling by car, hotels, roads and routes. Appendices on road signs, account of European road races, famous hills abroad, map-making, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1927, First trade edition. . original quarter cloth and paper cover bds, paper spine label (faded), corner wear but very good clean copy. . sm 4to; xvi, 223 pp, 77 attractive illustrations and plates by the author, some with color, colored map endpapers. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1874, First edition. . original pictorial green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and lettering, a. e. g., spine ends worn and frayed, lightly foxed confined mainly to margins, internal hinges cracked but holding, very good in attractive original covers, gilt bright. . 4to [25.5 x 21 cm]; xvi, 301, [i], [ii, publisher's ads] pp, 167 finely engraved illus, mostly full-page (complete). . Views and landscapes by one of the most popular artists of the time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Alexander Maclehose & Co, 1934, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, minor foxing on outer edge of text block and endpaper, else clean, and very good+ sound copy. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xii, 298, [i] pp, frontis, plates from photos, drwg vignette on title page, endpaper maps, index. . A narrative of the author's extensive travels in Italy and including travels in Libya, which was Italian colony at the time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Bern; Staten Island, NY, Verlag von K. J. Wyss, Maruzio Martino, 1899, 1909, reprint published c1996, limited edition of 175 copies. . original grey cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean, unmarked. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes in one, xxiii, 440; [ii], xvi, 172, [ii] pp, indexes. . Two volumes in one, consisting of Fascicules III and III-2. The full title of first volume is Landes und Reisebeschreibungen; Ein Beitrag zur Bibliographie der schweizerischen Reiselitterature 1479-1890 zusammengestellt von A. Waber, originally published Bern 1899. The second title is Descriptions Geographiques et Recits de Voyages et Excursions en Suisse (fin du fascicle III); Contribution a la Bibliographie de la Literature Suise des Voyages de 1891 a 1900 avec dos supplements relatifs a la periode anterieure a 1891, par A. Waeber, Berne 1909. The combined volumes are a comprehensive bibliography describing thousands of articles, books, on country and descriptions of Swiss travel literature in the… Read More

London, Macmillan & Co., 1922, . . original blue cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, original ribbon bookmark, slightly rubbed at edge, a clean, unmarked and near fine copy. . 12mo [15.5 x 11 cm]; lvi, 260 pp, 22 maps and plans, almost all colored and folding, glossary, index. . Divided into north, central and south Wales, each city and town, together with each sight that a traveller might want to visit with details on transportation, history. The introduction includes history, welsh language, books on Wales, railways, postal, hotels, motoring, notes for fishermen. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Atheneum, 1989, First American Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xii, 386 pp, illus, colorplates, map, genealogical chart. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, A. & C. Black, nd [c1907], . . original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, light staining on rear cover, minor foxing on few leaves, else clean, unmarked and very good. . 8vo [22.5 x 17 cm]; vii, 127 pp, 20 color plates (complete) from paintings by Amedee Forestier, including frontis, each captioned on the tissue guards, index. . Inman 128. A nicely illustrated work on this part of Belgium, including Ghent, Brabant, Antwerp, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1963, First edition. . original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering, penciled signature on endpaper, dj is lightly worn at edges with short tear, else a fine clean copy. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; x, 246 pp, illustrations from drawings. . The author describes his youth and the people in Argyll Scotland 50-60 years before he wrote the book. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, [1979], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, dj (small crease), fine. . sm 4to [25 x 20 cm]; 108 pp, frontis (port), illus, mainly in color, some full-page, glossary, bibliog, classification diagrams. ep facsimiles. . Extracts from three major expeditions made in Sweden by one of the greatest and most influential naturalists. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, [1979], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), fine, clean, unmarked. . 4to [25 x 20 cm]; 108 pp, frontis (port), illus, mainly in color, some full-page, glossary, bibliog, classification diagrams. endpaper facsimiles of Linnaeus' handwriting. . Extracts from three major expeditions made in Sweden by one of the greatest and most influential naturalists. Beautifully illustrated in color. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, [1953], First edition. . original red pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine vignettes and title lettering, blank front endpaper removed, else clean and near fine. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [vi], 217 pp, pictorial title page in red and black, numerous attractive wood-engraved illustrations. . A narrative of the author's travels along the Seine in France with his fascinating description and sketches. A picture of this book is available on request by email.