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Lot 242
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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Lot Description
[THE CAUCASUS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:
PARROT, Friederich (1791-1841). Journey to Ararat. London: Longman, Brown, et al, (1845). 8vo. Engraved folding map. Contemporary calf, bevelled edges. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845-1934). Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan including Visits to Ararat and Tabreez and Ascents of Kazbek and Elbruz. London: Longmans, Green, 1869. 8vo. Chromolithograph frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, 3 folding maps, 2 panoramas, numerous in-text engravings. -- GROVE, Florence Crauford (1838-1902). The Frosty Caucasus. An account of a walk through part of the range and an ascent of Elbruz in the summer of 1874. London: Longmans, Green, 1875. 8vo. Color-printed folding map, title-page vignette, 6 engraved plates. -- MUMMERY, Albert F. (1855-1895). My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus. London: T. Fisher Unwin [and] New York: Chas. Scribners, 1895. 8vo. Numerous plates and in-text illustrations. (Scattered light foxing). -- All FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated, all in original publishers cloth except where indicated, condition generally good.


