Scrambles Amongst the Alps by Edward Whymper, First Edition (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. A Fine copy in the leatherette style binding gilt edges, the book itself is a facsimile of the 1871 original printing. Included in this volume is the separate publication from Time life which proved more detail on this work and confirms that it has been photographically produced from the 1871 edition preserving the authenticity including typographical errors and printing irrregularities.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 12mo. original green boards (leaf edges & endpapers slightly tanned, prev. ownership details to FFE) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, with minor wear to extremities and slight chipping to headcap); pp. [viii (last blank)], 136 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy of an uncommon work. [Neate D36].

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. PHOTO AND VIDEO OF PAGES TAKEN TO SHOW CONDITION PRIOR TO SHIPPING; PHOTOS EMAILED FOR MORE SPECIFICS WHEN REQUESTED.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edward Whymper (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published in Madeley Shropshire by John Randall, bound in the original cloth, a slim format, 49 pages plus publishers catalogue, illustrated with a portrait by Edward Whymper, and four tipped in real photographs, some rubbing wear to covers, fraying wear along spine and a few light marks, internally old bookplate to blank endpaper, occasional foxing, one plate pictured is noticeably browned on top edge and has a short edge tear else in good general condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. BOOT HJ; JOHNSON C; NORTH JW; SKELTON P; etc (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine, rebound in a blue calf, gilt tooling and titles to spine. Internally, frontis, [3], (vi-xviii), [2], [1], 2-432 pp, complete with 21 full page illustrations, 90 illustrations within the text & 5 maps (folding & 1 coloured), bound without the half title, occasional spot, faint edge browning, bookplate to fpd (Thomas Clifford Allbutt Carr Manor Meanwood - 1836-1925). Whymper, mountaineer and wood-engraver. The book is entirely personal, all ego', Whymper told a friend in 1869. 'It will have a hundred illustrations-the best your humble servant knows how to produce, and they will contain enough sensations for half a dozen volumes' (Smythe, 225). The book is written with simplicity, directness, and verve, and is profusely illustrated with his woodcuts. ODNB.

8°, original cloth-binding. 1st ed. With frontispiece, with numerous illustrations, 164, 75 p. Spine a bit torn, name of the previous owner on preliminary page, gilt edge, last pages a bit stained, otherwise very fine copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates (one with captioned guard), very numerous illustrations in the text, a folding chart and 5 folding maps, free endpapers faintly browned; ivory buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Crisp copy of the first printing of the best recent edition of the most famous mountaineering book of all time. The original engraved illustrations are supplemented by photographs. Neate W65.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edn, 5th thousand, Murray, London, 1871. 4to, 432p. Complete with 23 plates, text illustrations and 5 folding maps. Fine binding in full dark-green publishers' calf, gilt label, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Slight wear to head of spine. Neate W65 'The most famous of all mountaineering books', on the first ascent of the Matterhorn. A great classic.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edn, 5th thousand, Murray, London, 1871. 4to, 432p. 23 plates, text illustrations and 5 folding maps. Fine copy in recent half-calf gilt, raised bands and marbled boards. Neate W65 'The most famous of all mountaineering books', on the first ascent of the Matterhorn. A great classic.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition ?. Larger and very heavy octovo hardcover, no date but circa 1895, brown buckram with silver lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine, edges stained yellow as if gilt, creaky-tight spine/binding, pages clean and unfoxed, covers have no apparent wear, else a FINE copy Hooray! . A superior copy. Many illustrations related to climbing. Small part is Down the Rhine by Lady B Murphy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardback. Green beveled cloth, black designs on front cover and gilt lettering and design on spine, TEG, 8vo, 164 pp. Dark brown end papers. Owners inscription ffep and name obverse of frontis. Wear top and bottom of spine with some loss, joints cracked. Edge wear, with cloth worn through to boards at corners. With over 100 illustrations. Hinges cracked but holding well. FFEP loose but present. Book condition Good. Binding: HB. Edition: First American Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine US First Edition 1872. . Bright gilded cloth. Very firm binding. Appears unread and no markings. With over 100 Illustrations engraved drawings on wood. Considered to be the best book ever written on Mountaineering. Edward Whymper conquered many firsts including the Matterhorn. A lovely rare book. 164 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edward Whymper (illustrator). First Edition. 1871 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering spine, gilt pattern decorated spine. Possibly renewed black coated EPs since they seem thicker than usual, but definitely done at an early time (if not by the publisher) since there is a bookplate on the front pastedown with a note on it indicating that the owner died in 1911. Also, the white side of the fly leaves show usual signs of aging with some edge browning. Regardless, the EPs have done the job of keeping the book soundly together (no cracking or tears). First editions of this book are notorious for having the EPs break and the outside hinge cracking/tearing apart, necessitating relaying of the spine cloth. This example has no external restorations which is very uncommon for first printings of this book. The covers are bright and clean, rubbed corner tips, tiny rub spots spine ends, solid binding, no significant foxing (if any), old owner initials dated Xmas 1871 penned to top corner of short-title page otherwise no writing or marks on any pages, short tear at stub of one of the folding maps, complete with all pages, plates, and maps. Much better than usual condition for this book, a book that is usually found substantially repaired or completely rebound under modern covers. The book measures 231mm tall x 160mm, and has 432 pages, 5 folding maps (1 in color), 92 in-text engravings, 23 full page engravings, 10 appendices. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED FOR SALE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ist edition, 1st printing. Rebound with original spine and sections of original boards laid on - green leather and marbled boards with slight wear to edges. Internally very good, clean and sound. Front endpaper has a pressed flower reputedly gathered from Whymper's grave at Chamonix Sept 4th 1925.

London, John Murray, 1871. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, bevelled edges; pp. xviii, [2], 432; wood-engraved illustrations including some full-page, 5 maps and one snow diagrams to rear; very slightly rubbed, hinges expertly restored with reback, a little offsetting from endpapers, front endpaper with old inscription one plate and a few text leaves with light marginal spotting, otherwise near spotless and clean, a very good copy.First edition, second printing. Whymper's classic account of adventures on and about the Matterhorn, illustrated from the author's own drawings, relates the fateful ascent by a party which included Whymper and during which 4 climbers fell to their deaths. Immensely popular in its day, Scrambles remains a bestselling tale of triumph and tragedy, and is considered by many to be "the most famous mountaineering book in the world" (Neate). This is a copy of the first edition, copies of which are very hard to find in such nice condition as the present example.Neate 897; Perret 4557.