ISBN: 9780863501043 - Scrambles Amongst the Alps (6 results)

Condition: Fair. Book is in Used-Acceptable condition. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. Pages and cover may have wear, tears, and stickers. Pages are may contain notes and highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback with dust jacket, size 4to, 262 pages. Illustrated with b/w & coloured plates. Dust jacket shows some edge wear & creasing + light rubbing, also sunning to the spine. Boards show some bumping & marking + light sunning. Light marking to the fore edges otherwise contents clean & complete.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Thus. VG+/VG+. 4to. original blue boards gilt (some spotting & offsetting) in dustwrapper priced £14.95 (slightly rubbed and nicked); pp. xxii, 3-412, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate W65: The most famous of all mountaineering books. Whymper was a young wood engraver who became obsessed with the first ascent of the Matterhorn. The price he had to pay for achieving this was the loss of his companions in the most celebrated mountain disaster of all time. His one other great expedition was in 1880 to the Andes of Ecuador. Although his writings and lecturing brought him success, his life may be said to have been ruined by the tragedy which followed his moment of triumph]. A new illustrated issue of the sixth edition text (1936), with photographs by John Cleare.…

Condition: Very Good. 1936 John Murray (UK) hard cover - 6th edition 1st printing - no dust jacket - owner's name inside cover - minor staining and tanning to page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - contains all foldout maps - very nice - enjoy.

Condition: Very Good. Small 4to. hardcover. 262pp. index, colour & b/w illus., b/w maps. Very good./ very good d/w.