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The Oberland And Its Glaciers Explored And Illustrated With Ice-Axe And Camera
de George, H. B
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer, his son Ulrich, and the guide Von Almen. The expedition included a traverse of the Jungfrau, glacier studies, ascent of the Wetterhorn, glacier exploration, first ascent of the Nesthorn, Ober Aletsch Glacier excursion. Text includes narrative of the expedition plus discussion of glaciers, mountain travel and precautions, some comments on mountain travel techniques, Christian Almer's dog Tschingel, plus a chapter by the photographer, Ernest Edwards, detailing the equipment and techniques used to obtain the photographs for this book. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Librería
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002256
- Título
- The Oberland And Its Glaciers Explored And Illustrated With Ice-Axe And Camera
- Autor
- George, H. B
- Ilustrador
- Ernest Edwards
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Editorial
- Akfred W. Bennett
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1866
- Palabras clave
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, alps, alpes, alpen, photography
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mountaineering; Mountain Photography; Mountains Alps;
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- Pebbled
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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