Zealander who made several first ascents and did much exploration and survey work in the 1890s with Charles Douglas and G. E. Mannering. He was one of the pillars of the climbing world in New Zealand” (Neate).


55. Havergal, Frances Ridley. Life Chords comprising ‘Zenith,’ ‘Loyal Responses,’ and other poems. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1881.


£25


Eighth Thousand. 8vo. pp. xii, 300; 12 chromolithograph plates inc. frontis., litho. dedication leaf; minor spotting, else very good in contemporary full morocco, gilt, a.e.g., somewhat scuffed to extremities.


Perret 2183. Frances Havergal (1836-1879) travelled in Switzerland, and made several climbs. She wrote religious poetry and hymns, much of which was published after her death. This posthumous collection of Havergal’s poetry is illustrated with Alpine views of Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau and the Weishorn.


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54. Harper, Arthur P. Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand. A Record of the First Exploration of the Chief Glaciers and Ranges of the Southern Alps. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896.


£325


First edition (“Colonial Edition”). 8vo. pp. xvi, 336; 40 plates, one folding map; embrowning to endpapers, previous owner’s inscription and bookplate, else very good in the original red cloth, gilt, “Colonial Edition” in gilt letters to upper board.


Cox 92; Neate H36; Perret 2164. “Harper [1865-1955] was a New 14


56. Havergal, Frances Ridley. Swiss Letters and Alpine Poems. Ed. J. Miriam Crane. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1882.


£75


First edition. 8vo. pp. vii, 356; 12 chromolithograph plates inc. frontis.; very good in the original pictorial cloth, gilt, a.e.g., slightly darkened on spine with minor chips to spine ends.


Wäber I.101; Neate H54; Perret 2184. “The author’s mountaineering experiences were slight but her book contains some delightful descriptions of her excursions” (Neate). Havergal visited Chamonix, Grindelwald, Zermatt, the Rigi, and similar locations, and the illustrations show such sights as the Matterhorn, the Aletsch Glacier, and the Mer de Glace.


57. Hügi, Franz Josef. Naturhistorische Alpenreise. Solothurn: Amiet-Lutiger; Leipzig: Friedrich Fleischer, 1830.


£1,250


First edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, [ii, list of plates], 578; frontis., addn. eng. title, 9 folding tables, 16 views, 2 folding maps; occasional browning, else good in 20th c. crushed half morocco by Del Rue, gilt.


Wäber 65; Perret 2293. Hügi (1791-1855), a geologist and professor of natural science in Solothurn, carried out geological studies from 1827-30 based on a cabin on the lower Aar glacier. In 1829 he made an attempt on the Finsteraarhorn, stopping short of the summit which was reached by his guides. His lectures on Alpine researches, given in Solothurn, were published in the present work.


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