Author: Ball, John, Edward Shirley Kennedy, A. E. Field, and Sydney Spencer, ed.
Title: Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers / First, Second, and Third Series / Four Volumes Being A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club
Description: London, Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts. 1859; 1862; 1932. Hardcover. All volumes bound in terracotta cloth with gilt lettering; first three with decoration to front board, fourth slightly taller and lighter in colour. 8vo. Each volume shows a frontispiece, vignette title page, and all maps and illustrations present as called-for. Variable condition: some edgewear, pulled spines, with a few hinges weak (one holding by cords), foxing to edges of fourth volume. A couple of maps mis-folded. Narratives of excursions through the less frequented districts of the Alps etc. brought together, and accompanied by a plethora of plates and maps. First Series: 4th edition; Second Series: 1st edition; Third Series: 1st edition.

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