Author: KENNEDY, Edward Shirley (editor)
Title: Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. Being Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club. Second Series
Description: London, Longman, Green et al. 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Two octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") volumes in original decorated cloth with depictions of climbers in action in gilt on the front covers. Illustrated with 14 color folding maps, 2 woodcut title vignettes, 54 woodcuts (some full page), and tables of mountain peaks and passes. Front hinge of first volume cracked but tight; foxing to preliminaries. Bright, clean, close to Fine set .

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