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Coolidge, W. A. B.

Alpine Studies

1912

74.26 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1912
Place of printing
London. Longmans, Green and Co.
Author
Coolidge, W. A. B.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Europe Mountaineering
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xiii, 307 pp, frontis, 16 plates from photos, index, list of illustrations with detailed description of each. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, cover title lettering, lightly rubbed at edge, short tear at spine end, very good, interior clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Neate C126: 'invaluable for detail and accuracy'. Cox 23: 'Coolidge was considered a leading Alpine scholar, a supreme authority on all subjects relating to the Alps and Swiss history. . . He was one of the most distinguished climbers of the Silver Age of mountaineering and one of the last of the pioneers of Alpine travel and exploration. . . He was the first American mountaineer to achieve fame in the Alps, and a pioneer of winter climbing.' He describes in this book, some of his many climbs from 1878, as well as some history of the Alps and Subalpine exploration.