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JAVELLE, Emile.
Alpine Memories.
T. Fisher Unwin, London 1899. First edition. 8vo (size: 21 x 15 cms), 444pp, frontispiece, 3 black and white illustrations, fairly clean inside, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly worn ; otherwise a very good firm copy.
Emile Javelle was one of the most famous Swiss climbers of the late nineteenth Century. He climbed the Matterhorn in 1870 and "his finest climb was probably the first ascent of the Tour Noire by the eastern Face". Neate J21.
Price: £ 100
US Dollar Price: $ 150
Stock Number: 57369