Author: FITZGERALD Edward Arthur
Title: Climbs in the New Zealand Alps. Being an Account of Travel and Discovery. With Contributions by Sir Martin Conway, Professor T.G. Bonney and C.L. Barrow. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY WITH ALL GUARDS; 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Description: T Fisher Unwin,, 1896. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 48 fine (a number in photogravure or toned in sepia; all original tissue guards present) and very large folding coloured map (a few neat repairs on inner folds), some light and occasional spotting (mainly marginal); original brown buckram, upper board blocked in black, backstrip with three leather labels lettered in gilt (labels worn but all gilt entirely legible), gilt top, uncut, expertly recased, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. The plate listed as facing p.162 is placed facing p.164; that listed as facing p.276 faces p.278. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *272.

Keywords: sports, mountaineering, climbing, new zealand, silberhorn, hooker glacier, haidinger, mount sefton, edward arthur fitzgerald


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