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MUMMERY, A[lbert].F[rederick].
My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus.
London: T. Fisher Unwin 1895. First edition. Large 8vo., (27 x 19cm), xii, 360pp., frontispiece and 10 plates, illustrations in the text, original beige cloth with brown morocco labels to spine with gilt lettering, occasional light spotting, an excellent clean fresh copy.
Albert Frederick Mummery was considered by many to be one of the greatest mountaineers of all time and this volume a mountaineering classic. Mummery himself disappeared on the 23rd August in 1895 while climbing on Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas. Neate M181.
Price: £ 580
US Dollar Price: $ 860
Stock Number: 75410