FATIO, GUILLAUME

Ouvrons les yeux! Voyage esthétique travers la Suisse.

1904, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Geneve, Soc Genevoise d'Edition 'Atar', 1904. Large 4to, 178p, [viii]. French text. Attractive colour illustrations by J. Redmond, A. Pellegrini, C. Robida. Near fine in original quarter calf gilt by M Hans Asper, Geneve. Top edge gilt. Inscribed & SIGNED by the author and by a previous owner. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 001106

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Switzerland

FERGUSON, R S

A History of Westmorland

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, large paper copy, London, Stock, 1894. 4to, viii, 312p. Uncut page edges, text ornaments. Endpapers sl browned, Order of the Garter bookplate, nr fine in original 1/4 black morocco gilt. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002018

Catalogue: Lake District

FERLET, R AND POULET, GUY

Aconcagua South Face

1956, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Constable, London, 1956. 8vo, xii, 209p. Plates & maps. Nr fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Neate F19 ' First ascent of one of the severest faces in the Andes'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001852

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FINCH, GEORGE INGLE

The Making of a Mountaineer

1924, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Arrowsmith, London, 1924. Tall 8vo, 340p. Plates. New endpapers, near fine in original blue cloth gilt. Neate F28 'Autobiography, chiefly Alps & Everest 1922, by the scientist responsible for the oxygen equipment'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001880

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps Everest

COLES-FINCH, W, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MRS AUBREY LE BLOND (MRS MAIN)

Water Its Origin and Use.

1908, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Alston Rivers, 1908. 8vo, xxii, 483p, 4p ads. Many photo plates. Small inscr, browning to endpapers, nr fine copy in black-lettered green cloth. With approx 50 Alpine & mountaineering photo plates by Mrs Aubrey le Blond. Very Good.

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Book number: 002034

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MARQUIS DE LANGLE [ FLEURIOT, JEAN-MARIE ]

Tableau Pittoresque de la Suisse

1790, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, A Paris, et a Liege, 1790. 16mo, 12 x 19 cm, 138p. Neat stamp on free endpaper 'Section Basel des S.A.C Bibiothek'. Original coloured paper boards, spine & calf label worn, else VG. Not in Perret, rare Swiss travel. Very Good.

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Book number: 001941

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FORBES, JAMES F.R.S.

Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers now first collected & chronologically arranged.

1859, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, A & C Black, Edinburgh, 1859. 8vo, xxx, 278p. Chromolitho frontispiece, 9 plates & text engs. Small book label of Richard G West. Some minor light spotting, near fine in contemporary full diced calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges & endpapers. DNB: 'He was the first to study scientifically the phenomena of glaciers'. Important alpine glaciology. Forbes was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Perret 1710 'rare'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002174

Catalogue: History of Science

Keywords: Geology Alps

FORBES, JAMES D (FRS) & COOLIDGE, W A B

Travels through the Alps

1900. Hardcover. Book, New edn revised & annotated by W A B Coolidge, A & C Black, London, 1900. Thick 8vo, xl, 572p. Eng frontispiece, 6 maps (2 in pocket) & text engs. Near fine copy in original cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. Perret 1707. Neate F45 'This edition contains all of Forbes's writings. His books are the first English accounts of systematic Alpine exploration'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001818

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

FORD, REV WILLIAM

A Description of Scenery in the Lake District Intended as a Guide to Strangers.

. Hardcover. Book, 4th ed, London (Groombridge) & Carlisle (Thurnham), 1845. 8vo, xiv, 190p. Fldg coloured map on linen [with addition showing railway from Carlisle to Newcastle], 3 attractive colour plates with map & engraving. VG bright copy in original blind-stamped cloth gilt. Very Good.

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Book number: 002014

Catalogue: Lake District

[ FOWNES, GEORGE ], BENCE JONES H AND HOFMANN A W.

A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, theoretical and Practical.

1858. Hardcover. Book, 7th edn, [First edn revised & corrected by Bence Jones and Hofmann], Churchill, London, 1858. [ Fownes died in 1849]. Sm 8vo, xvi, 756p, text illustrations. Full calf gilt, with large gilt emblem of the Queen's University of Belfast, bookplate of Professor Leebody, Londonderry. Slight wear, loss to label not affecting lettering, VG in contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Introduction "Throughout all the Organic Chemistry improvements have been made". Very Good.

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Book number: 002191

Catalogue: History of Science

FRANCO, JEAN

Makalu 8470 m the Highest Peak yet conquered by an Entire Team

1957, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Cape, London, 1957. 8vo, 256p. Plates. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Endpapers show photos of the members of the team. Neate F52 'Account of 1955 French expedition written by the leader'. Perret 1741 'Un ouvrage classique sur la conquéte d'un des plus hauts sommets du globe 8470m'. Fine.

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Book number: 001754

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FELL & ROCK CLIMBING CLUB FRCC

Doe Crag; Pillar Rock; Scawfell Group; Great Gable & Borrowdale; Great Langdale & Buttermere

1926, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 5 vols. A complete set of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club 'Red Guides' 1922 - 1926. Crag diagrams & photo plates. Minor marking to rear of one guide else a near fine set in original bindings. Neate Q18, Q41, Q40, Q34 & Q13. A scarce attractive set. Near Fine.

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Book number: 000710

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W

Below the Snow Line

1923, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Constable, London, 1923. 8vo, viii, 270p. 9 maps. Climbs around the world including Corsica & Japan. A near fine bright copy in original green cloth gilt. Neate F63. Very Good.

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Book number: 001377

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS.

The Exploration of the Caucasus with illustrations by Vittorio Sella.

1896, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, 2 vols, Arnold 1896. 4to, 20 x 29 cm, xxiv, 278p, folding map, folding panorama, partly unopened; x, 295p, folding coloured map, coloured geological map, 2 folding panoramas, folding coloured map in pocket, partly unopened. Even fade to spines, some minor light foxing, else nr fine set in the attractive binding of original green cloth with gilt inner border. Neate F64 'A magnificent work compiled and illustrated by Freshfield and his friends'. Perret 1759 'Essential, tres recherché, rare'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001864

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Mountaineering

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W

Italian Alps Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia

1875, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Longmans Green, 1875. 8vo, xviii, 385p, 2p cat. Complete with 10 engravings & 5 folding maps. Inscr. New endpapers, VG in original green cloth gilt. A nice copy of an Alpine classic. Neate F66. Perret 1758 'peu courant'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001833

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel