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‎Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys. A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites. First edition.‎

‎London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1873, in-8vo, XXVI + 385 p. + 9 plates, engraved after Pearson and E. Whymper (incl. front.) and 18 text wood-engravings vignettes + 1 fold-out map, hw. name on half-title dated 1891 /exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, original green clothbound,‎

‎First edition. Amelia Edwards was a prolific novelist, poet & children's historian. She was responsible for founding the first chair in Egyptology at University College, London, and became one of the few authorities on the subject. Some pages in the beginning are a little loose, otherwise the copy remains in a fine condition. Perret 1483. Image disp.‎