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Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1902.. FIRST EDITION 1902. PRESENTATION COPY from CHARLES A. O. BAUMGARTNER to J. W. ROBINSON in ink on first free endpaper with Baumgartner's address, his ink name at top of title page. 8vo, approximately 225 x 145 mm, 9 x 5½ inches, 3 folding maps,15 full page photographic illustrations with tissue guards plus 1 double page illustration and 2 single page maps, pages: xii, 1-315, plus 1 page of adverts, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Faint stain to upper cover and small dark spot to spine, pale age-browning and spotting to pastedowns and endpapers, corners very slightly bumped, foxing to page edges, bookseller's old ink stamp to top of first pastedown, a pale brown spot to lower corners on 6 pages, otherwise a very good clean copy. John Wilson Robinson (mentioned 3 times in this book, pages 247, 255 and 260). and Baumgartner were both early climbers in the Lake District. See The Journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, Vol.1,… Read More

David Douglas 1902. DATE & OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ESTEEMED NZ CLIMBER MAVIS DAVIDSON, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, coloured folding maps, vii + 315pp + plates, illus, VG- (spine competely detached but present, light bruising to board corners, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout, 8cm loss to top corner of fep, frontispiece completely detached but present, cracking to full length of gutters sporadically throughout)

David Douglas, 1902. 1902 First Edition. hardcover. 3xi, 15pp, 18 illusts, original dark green cloth with bright gilt, t.e.g., a couple of faint marks on rear board, owner's signature, newspaper review from 1902 tipped to rear endpaper, VG+, no dustwrapper. A most attractive copy.. Anthology of the author’s mountaineering in the Alps, the Himalayas, and the Canadian Rockies. Includes the first ever attempt on an Himalayan 8000m peak. Now a very scarce title.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine, top edge gilt. Splendid condition with clean covers & spine, no splitting or cracking of cloth, bright gilt lettering, tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, hinges fine and intact (not cracked), minor fore-edge & EP foxing, no foxing on inside pages, pages bright and clean. Book measures 227mm tall x 144mm, and has 315 pages, 18 b/w photos & sketches, 3 coloured folding maps, bibliography, index. One of the most important books in the climbing literature. This covers in detail the first real attempt to climb an 8000er, Nanga Parbat, where Mummery & his partners perished. Also considerable Canadian Rockies content (discovery & exploration of Columbia Icefield), climbing in Norway, Skye, classic firsts in the Chamonix Aiguilles with Mummery, etc.