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Lot 240
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
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[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. PALMER, Howard (1883-1944). Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks. A Record of Pioneer Work Among the Canadian Alps, 1908-1912. New York: J.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914.
8vo. Photogravure frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 1 folding diagram, numerous photographic plates. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt (some light wear). Provenance: Library of the Berkshire Athenaeum (bookplate with withdrawal stamp, label to spine).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Palmer's account of several important first ascents in the Selkirk Mountains.