The Conquest of Mount McKinley (First Edition)

Browne was an American artist and mountaineer whose diverse career included three expeditions to Denali—one of which was Frederick’s Cook alleged summit.

First Edition. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. Large 8vo. Original tan publisher's cloth. Pages: xvii, 381, 4 pages of advertisements.

Original tan publisher's buckram. Cover and spine illustrated and lettered in black and gilt. Illustration of pickaxe and rope to cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Original endpapers showing map of Alaska and Wester Yukon with route of expedition in red. Features 100 illustrations and drawings by the author and from photographs and maps. Appendix by Herschel C. Parker. 

Good. Mild darkening to covers and spine. Illustration and lettering gilt slightly faded. Some rubbing here and there. Hinge slightly cracked at front endpapers. Lacks frontispiece and folding map. Otherwise, contents in excellent condition.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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