LOT 3588
13th December 2022
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LOT 3588
MOUNTAINEERING. - Alfred WILLS. 'The Eagle's Nest' in the Valley of Sixt; a Summer Home Among the Alps: Together With Some Excursions Among the Great Glaciers. London: Longman, Green et al., 1860. First edition, 8vo (192 x 117mm.) 2 folding engraved maps, 12 tinted lithographed plates. (Lacking publisher's advertisements to rear, toning, some creasing to one map.) Near contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, t.e.g. (browning to spine, extremities lightly rubbed). Note: Alfred Wills was an earlier pioneer in Alpine mountaineering and the third president of the Alpine Club. He was also the judge who sentenced Oscar Wilde to two years hard labour.
Hammer price: £170
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