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19881 vol. grand in-4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Verlag Stadler, 1988 Very good copy. Text in german, english, italian, french and japanese. Français
1926Introduction de Henry Bordeaux, Préface de F. Regaut, Président du Club Alpin Français, Ouvrage orné d'un grand nombre d'illustrations en héliogravure, d'après les photographies de Fréd. Boissonnas, E. Gos, Granier, E. Kern, etc., Tirage numéroté (exemplaire n° 129), 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné brun, Librairie F. Pélissier, Thonon les Bains, 1926, 173 pp. Bon état Français
1859Illustrés d'après les dessins de l'auteur, d'un grand nombre de vignettes dans le texte et de 48 et 54 grandes gravures hors texte, par MM. Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, etc., Cinquième et Deuxième éditions, 2 vol. in-4 reliures uniformes de l'époque demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné (caissons), toutes tranches dorées, rel. signée Ch. Magnier, Garnier frères, 1859 et 1858, 474 et 454 pp. Agréable exemplaire de bonne fraîcheur (qq. rouss. ou rares mouill. claires et frott. en coins) réunissant les "Premiers voyages" et les "Nouveaux Voyages"... Complet des planches. On ne présente plus le récit pittoresque de Töpffer, si vivant, plein d'entrain et d'esprit. les premiers voyages illustrés de merveilleuse manière nous font souvent dépasser les frontières de la Suisse pour nous conduire de Chamounix (Chamonix) ou Milan, jusqu'à Vérone et Venise. Le second volume nous offre quatre merveilleux itinéraires sous la conduite du plus charmant et du plus spirituel des guides. Le quatrième voyage, à Gênes, nous conduit par Annecy, Saint-Jean de Maurienne, Modane, Suse, Rivoli et Turin, pour s'en revenir par La Corniche, Monaco, Nice, Nice, Antibes, Grasse, Sisteron, Gap et Grenoble. Français
18811 vol. in-8 br. sous couv. muette, Au Siège de la Société géologique de France, Paris, 1881, pp. 574-720 pp. avec 2 planches dépliantes. Rappel du titre complet : Réunion extraordinaire à Grenoble du 4 au 11 septembre 1881. Société géologique de France Bon état pour ce compte-rendu de la réunion extraordinaire Grenoble. On notera la présence de planches hors texte (dont une planche dépliante). Bon état (couv. muette annotée, bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
18441 vol. in-8 br., s.n., Paris, 1843 à 1844, pp. 601-855 Bon exemplaire en très bon état. Français
18721 vol. in-8 br., s.n., Paris, 1872, pp. 598-747 avec 4 planches hors texte (dont une carte dépliante en couleurs) Bon exemplaire en très bon état. Français
1891Extrait du Bulletin des Services de la Carte Géologique de la France et des Topographies Souterraines, Tome III, 1891-1892, 1 vol. in-8 br., Librairie Polytechnique Baudry et Cie, Paris, 1891, 197 pp. et 4 planches dépliantes (dont une carte en couleurs). Bon état (couv. postérieure avec races d'adhésifs en garde, qq. rouss.) Français
18961 vol. in-8 br., Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Tome XXIII, Juillet 1896, pp. 634-872 avec 8 planches hors texte (dont une en couleurs et 4 dépliantes) Etat très satisfaisant (couv. postérieure avec races d'adhésifs en garde, adhésif aux pliures aux planches dépliantes) Français
19561 vol. in-4 cartonnage crème éditeur, coll. La galerie des hommes célèbres, Editions d'art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1956, 416 pp. Bon exemplaire. (Perret, 1999) Français
1895Sm. 8vo., Sixteenth Edition, with a folding coloured map as frontispiece, 44 coloured and monochrome maps (11 folding, 23 double-page and 10 full-page), 14 coloured and monochrome panoramas on 9 and 3 panoramas in the text, 12 town plans (3 folding, 3 double-page and 6 full-page) and rear endpaper map, some very light age-staining; original cloth blocked and lettered in blind and gilt, gilt back, marbled edges, yellow endpapers, silk marker, a very good, bright, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
18598vo., Second Edition, with a mounted chromolithographed frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 7 fine mounted chromolithographed plates (all original tissue guards save one present), 24 woodcut illustrations in the text, and 9 folding engraved and coloured maps (one of two short tears in folds), neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary recto; attractively bound in late nineteenth century half calf BY SMART OF GLOUCESTER, marbled boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, upper hinge tender else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the engraved binder's ticket on front paste-down. Published in the same year as the first edition. This edition has a new title-vignette and an extra woodcut illustration. This work is effectively the forerunner of the Alpine Club Journal. 'Commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection' (Neate). An appendix lists all Alpine peaks above 12,000ft. Neate 18.
1885Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with pictorial and printed titles, 15 fine full-page coloured illustrations, and very numerous illustrations in monochrome in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary brown half morocco BY H WOOD, marbled boards, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers heightened with gilt, original wrappers (printed in red and black) preserved, corners very lightly frayed else a most attractive, crisp clean copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. This splendid copy was presented as a prize in the Grand Concours Annual of the Societe Nationale des Professeurs de Francais. It was awarded in December 1890 to J W Blagden of Dulwich College.The society's fine presentation bookplate, completed in MS and with blind-embossed stamp, is tipped to front paste-down.
19508vo., First Edition, with 24 plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neate 243.
18968vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), coloured plate and 60 wood-engraved illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, a few relevant pencilled marginal annotations in a neat scholarly hand; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Dedicated to Faraday, Tyndall's classic account was first published in 1860. This revised edition, sanctioned by his widow and issued three years after his death, includes minor textual corrections and a much improved index. Equally notable both as scientist and mountaineer, Tyndall transformed his scientific interest in mountains into a keen appreciation of their beauty and pleasures. His most famous climb is probably the first ascent of the Weisshorn, but he was also a contender for the first ascent of the Matterhorn. In July 1862 (with Johann Bennen) he reached the main shoulder, only to be defeated by a deep cleft. Neate 836.
19488vo., First English Edition, with 32 plates, 13 tail-piece engravings by Whymper and 6 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in worn dustwrapper, the latter with loss at edges of front and rear panels. Describes twenty-two fatal accidents in the High Alps. The work was first published in Paris in 1940. Neate 318.
19468vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece and 16 plates; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. First published in 1943. See Neate 468
19674to., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs throughout; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Neate 643.
20008vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 32 and endpaper maps, wanting one blank preliminary; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19488vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 14 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Neate 835.
19518vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 33 plates and 12 maps (7 double-page); original green cloth, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF VICTOR WILKINSON DIX ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN . A keen alpinist, Dix was Professor of Surgery at London University Hospital. he finest guide of the period to the high level circuits and routes of the Alps, and still a most useful compendium today. Neate 864.
19754to., First English Edition, with coloured frontispiece and plates, and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated with route maps and descriptions. Neate 645.
20018vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The first substantial biography of the mountaineer, explorer and scholar.
18968vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text, some light and sporadic foxing, contemporary signature on title; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright copy.
19058vo., First Edition, preliminaries and fore-edge lightly spotted; original green pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and white, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clear copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Muir 16.
20138vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.