Author: (Alpine Journal).
Title: THE ALPINE JOURNAL: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation By Members of the Alpine Club. Volume XIX February 1898 to November 1899 (Nos. 139-146). Edited by George Yeld.
Description: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. 1st Ed. viii + 630pp. Many plates and maps including some folding. Some light browning, modern e.ps., modern leatherette backed marbled boards with original cloth label to spine. ¶ From the Library of William Allsup (1890-1969). Climber, Mountaineer, founder member of the Himalayan Club of which he became Vice-President in 1943. Howard Somervell penned obituaries of him in the Fell & Rock Climbing Journal and Alpine Journal. Articles include Climbs in the Andes in 1898 By Sir Martin Conway, The Highest Climbs on Record by Douglas W. Freshfield, The Ascent of Yllimani by Sir Martin Conway, Ushba by W. Rickmer Rickmers etc.

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