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Whymper, Edward - Scrambles Amongst the Alps; with Additional Illustrations and Material from the Author's Unpublished Diaries; Revised and Edited by H.E. G. Tyndale

Title: Scrambles Amongst the Alps; with Additional Illustrations and Material from the Author's Unpublished Diaries; Revised and Edited by H.E. G. Tyndale
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxii, 414, with index; illustrated; portrait frontispiece and twenty seven black and white plates and photographs and numerous in text illustrations, finally five folding maps at rear; decorated cream cloth lettered in gilt. a lovely copy of this classic of mountaineering! Whymper completed the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn. This book covers the period 1860-1869, and relates many of his successful ascents. Very good .

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Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books
- Book number: 19071

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