Author: GREEN WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD
Title: The High Alps of New Zealand
Description: MacMillan. 1883, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first edition of this RARE New Zealand alpine mountaineering title. a solid copy but has a few faults and would benefit from a touch up by a binder, original red cloth with black borders to the upper board and blind ones to the lower board, spine has black and gilt pannelling and titling as well as a gilt mountain motif towards the tail, a little faded to the spine, board corners lightly bumped, original black endpapers, front paste down has a pasted on note "From Sam {?} with his love to RBH{?} 30 Aug 1886 Wakefield', facing this on fep is newspaper clipping from The Press 4/3/32 commemorating 50 yrs after ascent of Cook, fep is detached, pasted onto the hinge of the preface is a newspaper clipping being photo of Green and his two guides, xiv + 350 +32pp adverts, one pg of contents has minor tape stain to the margin from where a map was wrongly placed, frontis & guard , only 2 (of 4) maps present being the South Island and the folding Tasman glacier map, some collations are loosening and the rear fep is detached, would be easily restored. scare title covering first ascent of Mt Cook. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: New Zealand Mountaineering Alpine First Ascent Mount Cook Aorangi Nineteenth Century Climbing


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