romance mountaineering collotype reproductions maps de r l g irving (3 résultats)

Hardback. Etat : V.g. Etat de la jaquette : No d.j. 1st Edition. 40 illus. and maps, 4 diagrams. Pub. blue cloth, gilt. Trifle toned to the spine and two owners pasted down bookplates. A nice copy, lacking the d.j. as usual, but firm binding and clean text block and plates. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.

Hard Cover. Etat : Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; trace foxing to rEP. Pale blue linen boards w/gilt embossed spine/Fine. DJ/None. 41, tissue protected, illustrations in gravure. A discourse on mountain climbing. English schoolmaster, writer, and mountaineer Robert Lock Graham Irving (1877 - 1969) was an early advocate of climbing without being led by guides; companions (whom Irving readily recruited) not excluded. He has said: "If you climb for novelty and excitement solitary climbing is the kind to satisfy you; but if you climb for recreation of mind and body it is a failure", and, being led generate both boredom and expense, This volume was written on the eve of 1934 after 4 completed expeditions (1921, 1922, 1924, and 1933). 320 pgs, 15 chapters in 3 parts: I, Birth & Early Years; II, Signs of Maturity; and III, Perpetual Youth. Vintage/Mountaineering.

Copertina rigida. Etat : buone. Testo inglese. Cm.23,4x16,2. Pg.XIV, 334. Legatura in tela editoriale con titoli in oro al dorso. Illustrazioni nel testo e tavole fuori testo. 1100 gr.