Author: WALKER J. H.
Title: Walking in the Alps. With Photographs and Map by the Author. VICTOR DIX'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE
Description: Oliver & Boyd,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 33 plates and 12 maps (7 double-page); original green cloth, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF VICTOR WILKINSON DIX ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN . A keen alpinist, Dix was Professor of Surgery at London University Hospital. he finest guide of the period to the high level circuits and routes of the Alps, and still a most useful compendium today. Neate 864.

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