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Livres anciens et modernes

Coolidge, W. A. B.

Alpine Studies

1912

74,26 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1912
Lieu d'édition
London. Longmans, Green and Co.
Auteur
Coolidge, W. A. B.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Europe Mountaineering
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

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.