SCENES FROM THE SNOW-FIELDS:

BEING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE UPPER ICE-WORLD OF MONT BLANC

FROM SKETCHES MADE ON THE SPOT IN THE YEARS 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858

WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS

AND A COMPARISON OF THE CHAMONIX AND ST. GERVAIS ROUTES

BY EDMUND T. COLEMAN

1985 DELUXE FACSIMILE

EDITION OF 100 COPIES

ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT MONT BLANC BOOKS

CLASSIC PAINTINGS BY COLEMAN


This is the first printing of the first edition of SCENES FROM THE SNOW-FIELDS: BEING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE UPPER ICE-WORLD OF MONT BLANC, FROM SKETCHES MADE ON THE SPOT IN THE YEARS 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS, AND A COMPARISON OF THE CHAMONIX AND ST. GERVAIS ROUTES by Edmund T. Colman. This book was published in Bern by Kümmerly & Frey in 1985. The book has page size: 470mm tall x 314mm, slipcase size: 502mm tall x 339mm, new gilt title page + blank verso + signed by editor limitation page + brief biography of Coleman + 3 page introduction in German + blank verso + original title page (blank verso) + dedication (blank verso) + list of plates (blank verso) + 2 page preface + 47 pages of text + 19 color plates (blank versos). Excellent reprint of one of the scarcest books in the literature of mountaineering. This reprint has the publisher’s introduction in German, but all of the original text from the 1869 original is in English. This deluxe facsimile edition was limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the editor, Gherardo Priuli.

CONDITION: Original maroon imitation leather clamshell slipcase with gilt lettering front, debossed borders & corner decorations front & rear, grey imitation leather spine with gilt lettering, inside leaves are unbound as issued contained in a dark brown wrapper with gilt lettering on front. Excellent like-new condition (never used, purchased directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years). New condition. Price: $375.


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