By Guido Rey, With an Introduction by Edmondo de Amicis, Translated from the Italian by J.E.C. Eaton
The Matterhorn
£95.00
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Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1907, 1st US Edition, t.e.g., cloth dull, both leather labels on the spine very worn, part missing and largely unreadable, tissue guard to frontispiece missing, with 14 coloured plates, 23 pen-and-ink drawings by Edoardo Rubino and 11 photographs, apart from the spine labels (which are very poor) overall V.G. A well written account, being one of the most important books on the exploration and history of the early pioneers on the Matterhorn, including Guido Rey himself, who was a wealthy Italian mountaineer with a passion for this iconic mountain on the Swiss/Italian border.
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| Weight | 2.2 kg |
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