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WHERRY, George.
Alpine Notes and The Climbing Foot.
Macmillan, Cambridge 1896. First edition. 8vo, (20 x 13 cms), pp.xi, 174, 22 illustrations, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt lettered; a very attractive copy.
This title contains a whole section on mountaineers and their feet with numerous illustrations of such. The author, a surgeon, made a study of the feet of Alpine Guides. "One of the curiosities of climbing literature". (Neate). Neate W50.
Price: £ 150
US Dollar Price: $ 230
Stock Number: 58055