PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS (First Edition)

First edition of the prestigious Alpine Club’s first major publication, released just two years after the club’s founding in 1857. Caught by the so-called “Alpine Fever”, a group of British gentlemen with a passion for climbing and exploring the highest peaks of the European alps founded the club as a social forum and place to record their trips.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. 8vo. Original Alpine Club publisher's cloth.  xvi, 516pp. Bound in original red-brown publisher's cloth. Gilt titling to spine. Illustrated vignette of climbers in gilt to cover. Very good. Binding tight and sturdy. Shelf tanning to spine. Some wear to spine ends. Rubbing and bumping to corners. Cover illustration gilt remains bright and bold with a little rubbing. Contents complete and very good. Mild cracking to front hinge at endpapers. Some scattered foxing. Coloured plates bright.

Full Title: PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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