38. Emery, M. S. Switzerland through the Stereoscope. A Journey over and around the Alps. Underwood and Underwood, 1911.
£1,500
A boxed set of 100 stereocards and the accompanying book, 8vo, pp. 274, [3, ads.], with the separate volume of maps contained as issued in a pocket on the rear cover of the book, crease to prelims. of book, else in near-fine condition, housed in the original book-style box, lettered in gilt, with a contemporary stereoviewer in full working order.
Underwood and Underwood were one of the main producers of stereoscopic literature in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. This copy of their Swiss set contains numerous high-level views of the Alps, often featuring climbers and climbing parties. A sequence of 15 images shows an ascent of Mont Blanc, and there are views of Chamonix, Zermatt, and other prominent Alpine regions.
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39. Filippi, Filippo de. Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1912.
£2,250
First English edition. 2 vols. (Text/Atlas). 4to. Text.: pp. xvii, 469; photogravure frontis. and 25 photogravure plates after photos. by Vittorio Sella, 5 double-page plates, 2 coloured plates, illusts. to text; minor foxing to title-page, recased with new endpapers in the original cloth, lettering faded on spine; Atlas: 3 folding maps, 18 panoramas on 17 sheets, and one List of Illustrations and Index, loosely contained as issued in the original cloth portfolio,
Cox 45; Neate F26; Yakushi F71B; Perret 1657. Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933), led several important exploring expeditions to the greater ranges, and also to the Arctic. He was accompanied on these expeditions by the climber Filippo de Filippi (1869-1938). The 1909 Karakoram expedition aimed to reach the highest altitude then recorded by making an attempt on K2. A reconnaissance of the area led to the Duke’s decision to make the attempt via what became known as the Abruzzi ridge. The attempt failed, but the expedition succeeded in gaining the highest altitude then known by climbing the neighbouring Bride Peak (Chogolisa) to a height of 7500m. The various stages of the expedition were recorded by the renowed Alpine photographer Vittorio Sella, whose images illustrate these volumes, a magnificent record of the Duke’s expedition.
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