Publisher:
John Murray. London. 1892 2nd.ed.:
Size 6.75 x 9.25 inches. In green cloth bevelled covers with gilt to spine and front. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded and slightly bumped at ends. boards slightly darkened with handling marks. Slight browning to map in back pocket. Most pages unopened/uncut along top edge. Else a clean and tight copy. 456pp. 20 full-pg.& 118 text ills; 4 maps. Plus large route map folded in back pocket. Twenty-three years after his triumphant and disastrous conquest of the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper (1840-1911) turned his attention to the soaring Andes peaks of Ecuador. As DNB states,...
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