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On Rock and Ice

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Mountaineering in Photographs

By Andre Roch,    With a Foreword by Frank S Smythe,  and Eighty One Photographs.

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Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1947, 1st UK Edition, Insc, D/w (worn especially on spine and edges, small piece missing top of spine), D/w: Poor, Book: V.G.   An excellent collection of black-and-white full-page photographs of snow and rock climbs across the Alps, with a significant number from the Chamonix area, all with detailed captions providing history and background to the routes.  Andre Roch (1906-2002) was a renowned mountaineer, skier, avalanche expert and ski resort developer, who was a member of both the Swiss Alpine Club and The Alpine Club.

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Weight0.6 kg