Author: WEBSTER SMITH, B.
Title: Pioneers of Mountaineering.
Description: London: Blackie & Son Limited, nd. (c.1933). Contents: I. In the High Alps; II. The Conquest of the Matterhorn; III. Up and Down the Caucasus; IV. To Africa's Highest Point; V. Himalayan Peaks and Karakoram Glaciers; VI. In the Heart of the New Zealand Alps; VII. On the Highest of the Andes; VIII. Kabru and Kangchenjunga; + Brief Biographies of some Celebrated Climbers. Pp.224, frontispiece absent but 7 black & white plates + 8 maps and illustrations in text. Grey cloth, inset illustration to front and illustration to spine, wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips. Good.

Keywords: Webster Smith Pioneers Mountaineering Climbing Alps Matterhorn Caucasus Africa Kilimanjaro Himalyan Peaks Karakoram Glaciers New Zealand Andes Kabru Kangchenjunga Climbers Climbing 43630 Mountaineering


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