The High Alps Without Guides (First Edition)

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Full title: The High Alps Without Guides: Being a narrative of adventures in Switzerland.

Bound in contemporary vivid blue patterned cloth by Edmonds & Remnants of London. Cover decorated in blind. Spine titled and decorated in gilt. All edges uncut. 

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams. Armorial bookplate of Horace Walker pasted to FBEP.

Overall condition: Very good. Binding square and tight. Spine somewhat darkened. Some rubbing to corners, spine creases and edges. Contents in excellent condition. Some spotting here and there. Folding maps have some creasing at edges, otherwise very good.

First Edition. London: Longmans, Green,& Co., 1870. Slim small 8vo. Contemporary blue decorative cloth. Pages: [xii], 181, 2 pages of advertisements. 2 folding maps.

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