Author: HAVERGAL, Frances Ridley:
Title: Swiss letters and Alpine poems. Edited by here sister J(ane) Miriam Crane. Ninth edition.
Description: London, (Butler & Tanner, the Selwood Printing Works for) James Nisbet, s.d. (prefatory note dated: 1881), in-8°, 1 xylographic view in frontispiece 'Pension Wengen' + VIII + 356 p. + 2 ll. (publisher's list), ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, original oliv-green cloth with gilt ornements. ¶ Very rare first edition with one xylographic view in frontispiece. Travel correspondance written during the years 1869 to 1876, posthumously edited by the author's sister: letters relating excursions in the mountains and poems inspired by the mountains, written during various tours nearly all over Switzerland and in the mountains around Chamounix, done together with some of her family members, as well as contributions written for magazines. The editor, Jane Miriam Crane, was the author"s sister. This book contains "delightful descriptions of her excursions". Perret mentions a first edition of 1882 with 12 plates, which is clearly the second 'enlarged' edition. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Waeber BSL/101 and 386 (edition dated 1881, without mention of plates); Perret 2184 (= only second ed. with 12 plates, 1882); Neate H54; Barth -.

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