BY C. D. CUNNINGHAM & CAPT. W. DE W. ABNEY
1887 FIRST EDITION
EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAVURES OF THE OLD CLIMBERS
CONDITION: Original maroon cloth, new cloth spine, gilt lettering front cover & spine. The book has been rebacked with a new cloth spine. The spine on the big, heavy book usually has severe cracking and fading issues, so it is not unusual to find the spine renewed or relaid on this book. There is some rubbing at the corners and lower edge (see photos), minor cover soiling (not staining), minor lifting of cloth on the front and rear (not bad). The binding is solid and tight. The book has no foxing (sometimes an issue with this book) and the photogravure plates are exceptionally bright. There are no previous owner marks or stamps in the book other than the very tiny "BAUME" stamp on the inside corner of the rear pastedown. The "BAUME" stamp indicates that this book was from the collection of or sold by the legendary British antiquarian mountaineering bookseller, collector, & bibliographer, Louis Baume. He would usually put his little stamp (8mm x 2mm) at this location in the important books that he collected or sold. This is not an ex-library book. Price: SOLD.
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