Author: Wills, Alfred.
Title: WANDERINGS AMONG THE HIGH ALPS.
Description: Richard Bentley ..., 1856. 1st trade Ed. xviii + [i] + 384pp. 4 sepia litho. plates (spotted). Some light browning, original blind embossed cloth, some light fading, rebacked with ragged faded spine laid down. ¶ Neate W94. Also issued in tooled brown morocco. ‘Alfred Wills was an original Alpine Club member and president, 1864-5. While his ascent of the Wetterhorn was not particularly momentous, it is customarily accepted as ushering in the ‘Golden Age’ of mountaineering.’

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