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89. Smith, W. P. Haskett. Climbing in the British Isles. I. - England [II. - Wales and Ireland]. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894 & 1895.


£150


First editions. Together 2 vols. Small 8vo. pp. xii, 162 & viii, 197; diagrams to text; slight age-toning to margins of first vol., previous owner’s name pasted in at front, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, first vol. faded on spine.


Neate S107; Perret 4078. “The first guidebook to British rock-climbing” (Neate). The section on Ireland was contributed by H. C. Hart. A third projected volume on Scotland, listed as ”In Preparation” at the front of both volumes, was never published.


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90. Stephen, Leslie. The Playground of Europe. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871.


£475


First edition. 8vo. pp. xii,321, [2, ads.]; frontis., vignette to title-page, 2 wood-eng. plates; bookplate of Oscar V. Viney, inner hinges slightly tender, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, faded on spine.


Wäber I.94; Cox 17; Neate S165; Perret 4151. Leslie Stephen (1832- 1904), a writer and critic, was one of the foremost climbers of the golden age of Alpinism. Though not a founding member of the Alpine Club, he soon joined, having already climbed in the Alps. The Playground of Europe offers a magnificent record of this period of Alpine mountaineering, and indeed “his book ranks among the best in climbing literature” (Neate).


91. Studer, Gottlieb. Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpengebirge. I. Die Eiswüsten und selten betretenen Hochalpen und Bergspitzen des Kantons Bern und angrenzender Gegenden [all published]. Bern und St. Gallen: Huber und Comp., 1844.


£1,250


Second edition. 2 vols. (Text/Atlas). 12mo. pp. xii, 172; additional lith. title to text vol., 8 folding panoramas to Atlas; minor foxing, else very in the original printed boards with illustrations, expertly restored to head and tail of spine of text vol., a handsome copy.


Wäber 275; Perret 4157. Studer (1804-1890) was a pioneer of climbing and exploration in Switzerland. Over the course of fifty years he made hundreds of ascents, and in 1863 was a founding member of the Swiss Alpine Club. The Topographische Mittheilungen first appeared in 1843, and was immediately reissued the following year. It contains details of Studer’s travels and ascents in the Bernese Alps, with an accompanying Atlas of extending panoramas of the Jungfrau, the Æggischhorn, and other peaks in the region.


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92. Stutfield, Hugh E.M. & J. Norman Collie. Climbs & Exploration in the Canadian Rockies. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1903.


£225


First edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 343; numerous photo. illusts., one sketch map, one folding map; near-fine in the original olive black cloth, gilt.


Neate S177; Perret 1060. “One of the classics of the Canadian Rockies” (Neate).


93. Symonds, John Addington & Margaret Symonds. Our Life in the Swiss Highlands. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907.


£75


Second edition. 8vo. pp. xxii, 278; 20 coloured plates after originals by J. Hardwicke Lewis, one portrait, one sketch, folding map; embrowning to endpapers, else near-fine in the original decorative cloth, gilt, t.e.g.


Wäber II.129. Symonds (1840-93), a writer, spent long periods in Switzerland for health reasons. He and his daughter produced the present work, originally published in 1892. This much revised second edition was issued for A & C Black’s colour series, and contains coloured illustrations by Harwicke Lewis specially commissioned for this edition. It also adds a new preface by Symonds’ daughter.


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