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99. Tyndall, John. Hours of Exercise in the Alps. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871.


£475


First edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 473, [2, Tyndall’s works], 32 (pubs. cat.); 7 plates engraved by E. Whymper; minor foxing to plates, hinges partly cracked, else very good in the original cloth, gilt,a.e.g., cloth split to head and tail of joints. A presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Grote, with his inscription to the half-title “To Mrs. Grote from the Author May 1871”, an accompanying signed letter presenting the book pasted to flyleaf, and with the bookplate of George Grote (and remains of a later bookplate).


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Wäber I.95; Neate T76; Perret 4356. Tyndall’s account of mountaineering in the years 1859-70 includes details of his attempts on the Matterhorn, the second of which resulted in the death of his guide Joseph Bennen. The second part of the book comprises ‘Notes on Ice and Glaciers etc.’, with details of the Mer de Glace, and of an astronomical visit to Algeria.


100. Tyndall, John. Hours of Exercise in the Alps. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871.


£225


Second edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 475, [2, Tyndall’s works], 32 (pubs. cat., dated April 1871); 7 plates engraved by E. Whymper; minor foxing to frontis., previous owner’s note to front blank, else good in the original cloth, gilt, sometime rebacked with original spine laid down, new endpapers.


The second edition of the work contains a new preface, and additional note at pp. 168-9 concerning the Matterhorn, Whymper, and Carrel.


101. Tyndall, John. Hours of Exercise in the Alps. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.


£75


New edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 481, [2, Tyndall’s works]; 7 plates engraved by E. Whymper; near-fine in the original cloth, gilt, slightly faded on spine.


This new edition was edited by the author’s widow, who made corrections and some alterations indicated by Tyndall, and provided an index.


102. Tyndall, John. The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1872.


£125


Third thousand. 8vo. pp. xiii, 192; frontis., illusts. to text; minor spotting, else near-fine in contemporary full prize Eton binding, spine elaborately gilt.


Perret 4357. The mountaineer and scientist John Tyndall formulated, in his The Glaciers of the Alps, a theory of glaciers that vied with the rival theory of J. D. Forbes. The present work offers a reconsideration of the theory following the author’s visit to the Alps in 1871, and draws in particular on his observations in the Mer de Glace and the Aletsch glacier.


103. Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugène. Mont Blanc. A Treatise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and the Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877.


£250


First English edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 378, [2, ads.]; illusts. to text; “Railway Clearinghouse Literary Society” inkstamp to title-page, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, vignette of Mont Blanc to upper cover, darkened on spine.


Perret 4481. First published in 1876 in France, Mont Blanc is based on observations and surveys made by Viollet-Le-Duc (1814-1879) during eight summers spent in the region of the massif. Albeit somewhat scientific in orientation, the book also draws on the author’s climbs and scrambles for his knowledge of the geological and other phenomena associated with the region. The translator, B. Bucknall, mentions a visit he made with Viollet- Le-Duc to Mont Blanc, and comments on the author’s intimate knowledge of the massif.


104. Walton, Elijah, illustrator. Welsh Scenery (Chiefly in


Snowdonia) … With descritive text by T. G. Bonney. London: W. M. Thompson, 1875.


£350


First edition. 4to. pp. [v] + 20 mounted lithographs, each with tissue-guard and accompanying leaf of text + [1, list of works by Walton]; occasional foxing, three tissue-guards with adhesion tears (one with a little loss), inner hinges strengthened, generally very good in the original decorative cloth, gilt, a.e.g.


Neate W13; Perret 4517. Walton (1832- 1880) studied at the Royal Academy in London, and spent his honeymoon in Switzerland and Egypt. On his return, he received a commission from William Mathews, one of the co-founders of the Alpine Club, to travel to the Tarentaise Alps. His ability to render Alpine scenes with skill brought him success, and his illustrations formed the basis for a series of viewbooks, usually with text by Thomas Bonney. Welsh Scenery features views of Snowdonia, including not only mountain views but also more general topographical and incidental scenes.


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