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[THE ALPS]. A group of 7 works, comprising:

TYNDALL, John (1820-1893). Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour. London: Longman, Green, 1862. 8vo. 2 wood-engraved plates. -- RENDU, Louis (1789-1859). Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy...Edited, with Introductory Remarks, by George Forbes. London: Macmillan, 1874. 8vo. One map. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- MOSSO, Angelo (1846-1910). Life of Man on the High Alps. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous plates and diagrams. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- CONWAY, William Martin, Sir, (1856-1937). The Alps. London: A. & C. Black, 1904. 70 color-printed plates. -- FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845-1934). Hannibal Once More. London: Edward Arnold, 1914. 8vo. 3 folding maps, 3 plates from photos. -- FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845-1934). The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure. London: Edward Arnold, 1920. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, 2 maps (1 map on front endpapers), numerous plates. Rare. -- FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845-1934). Below the Snow Line. London: Constable & Co., 1923. 8vo. 9 maps. -- All FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated, all in original publishers cloth, condition generally fine.

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