Author: Various Authors
Title: L'Illustration Journal Universel. No. 3672. 12 Juillet 1913
Description: Paris, L'Illustration Journal Universel, Publisher, 1913. Wraps. Printed wraps. Large folio. Pagination runs 27-46, plus 20 pages of ads. With black and white photos throughout. ALL TEXT IN FRENCH. A single issue of this magazine documenting current events through images, with accompanying articles. Of note in this issue is an article documenting an 'Ecole de Grimeurs' a school or rock climbers/mountaineers. This two page spread is accompanied by black and white photos showing rope work involved in ascending a rock spire and traversing, by rope, between two spires. This is presumed to be in the French Alps, perhaps Chamonix. Also included is an article documenting the second war in the Balkans, an eventual prelude to World War I. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, foxing and fading to the covers, with some browning along the extremities. Light wrinkling along the extremities. Offsetting present along the rear cover extremities. Upper rear corner creased. Minor toning to the paper. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Mountaineering Rock Climbing Mountaineering


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