London, (Gilbert and Rivington for) Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878, in-8°, XII + 319 p. (+ 1 blank) with 2 xylogr. plates (by Marcus Stone and Edward Whymper) of which one in frontispiece + 24 p. (publisher's catalogue), some margins damaged or repaired, a few slight stains mainly in the beginning, small S.A.C. roundstamp on title / former owner's name hw. with pencil ,F.J. Tuckett’ / exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, original pictorial cloth (trees in front of golden mountains), spine mounted, spine with browning, some light stains and rubbing.
First edition. Mountaineering in the following regions: the Mischabel Dom, the Jungfrau (with ill.) and the Monte Rosa, the Mönch Joch, the Wetterhorn, the Mont-Blanc, the Balmhorn, the Fletschhorn, the Weisshorn and the Matterhorn (with ill.), the Schreckhorn, and the Rothhorn. Includes one chapter on mountaineering with women.. Réan, Monte Bianco 181; Neate W99; Perret 4588. Image disp.
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