Minor rubbing to top and bottom spine. Bookplate and previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pages a bit browned; Dark red boards with gilt lettering. Conway is a very famous mountaineer. He travelled widely in Europe, Egypt and the East; led an expedition in the Himalayas 1892; traversed the Alps 1894; explored in Spitsbergen, Bolivian Andes and Chile. He also wrote "The Alps", one of the most beautiful illustrated mountain books of its time, published in London by A & C Black (also available) ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 252, 16 pages View More...
Moderate tanning and moderate wear to boards. Light bumping to one corner. Tissue guards with occasional faint foxing. Remnants of browned DJ glued to spine ; With 70 breathtaking color illustrations from watercolors by A. D. McCormick. Sir Martin Conway was both an historian and a mountaineer. Limited edition # 288/300. SIGNED by A&C Black, Publisher. Boards with linear green design and gilt lettering. Pictorial mountainous scene to front boards. Top edge gilt. A&C Black's Limited Editions from the 20s and 7s 6d series are taller and bound in white vellum cloth. They are all extremely rare. T... View More...
