Conway, Martin -- ACONCAGUA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO -- First Printing 1902 nice condition $650

ACONCAGUA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO
A BOOK OF CLIMBING, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
BY MARTIN CONWAY
1902 FIRST PRINTING OF FIRST EDITION

THIRD ASCENT OF ACONCAGUA AND ATTEMPT TO CLIMB SARMIENTO

This is the first printing of the first edition of ACONCAGUA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO -- A BOOK OF CLIMBING, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION by Martin Conway. This book was published in 1902 by Cassell in London. The book measures 219mm tall x 141mm, and has 252 pages, 27 b/w photos, folding map, index. Conway’s account of his ascent of Aconcagua which should have been the 3rd ascent but he stopped several meters short of the summit supposedly out of respect for Fitzgerald’s expedition, not wanting to minimize FitzGerald’s success. Second part is on his attempt, the first ever, to climb Mt Sarmiento, once thought to be the highest of the region (finally climbed by Italians C. Mauri & C. Maffie in 1956). This is the least common of Conway's mountaineering books.

CONDITION: Original ribbed maroon cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine. A touch of fading at corner tips & spine ends, clean covers, tight binding, small bookseller stamp on title page (NOT ex-library) otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing on any pages, the lettering on the cover & spine is very bright. The condition of this book is much better than what is usually found for this increasingly scarce item; no restorations inside or outside this book. Price: $650.

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