Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69 WHYMPER Edward 1840-1911 [Near Fine] [Hardcover]

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.