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Alpine Climbing

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Narratives of Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc, The Matterhorn, The Jungfrau, and Other Lofty Summits of the Alps

(By W.H.D. Adams )

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Published by T. Nelson, London, 1881, 1st Edition Thus, original pictorial Boards and Spine, remains of prize label inside front board, some foxing of endpapers, 33 wood engravings (of which 12 are full-page), no D/w issued, V.G.   William Henry Davenport Adams (1828-1891) was a 19th Century English writer and journalist.  He wrote numerous books, largely aimed at young adults, with this volume being a revised and updated version of his earlier work, Alpine Adventure (1878).  He also published Mountains and Mountain Climbing in 1883.

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Weight0.5 kg