Size 7.0 x 10.0 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly marked at back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 674 pp. With b/w photographs, illustrations and facsimile pages. The first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 was followed some two hours later by the most famous accident tin mountaineering history when four of the seven climbers fell 4,000 feet to their deaths. The author examines the evidence regarding the behaviour of Whymper and the condition of the ropes. Seller Inventory # 88190

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Title: The First Descent of the Matterhorn. A ...

Publisher: Gomer 1997 1st edition.

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T.A. PROCTOR T/A THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP,established 1976. Our shop in Puddletown,Dorset has been open since 1978. We are situated in the heart of the "HARDY COUNTRY", just outside Dorchester on the Road to Bournemouth. Our miscellaneous stock is interesting and changes frequently. We also stock some antique maps (mostly of Dorset) and some engravings of mostly local views. Member of ABA and ILAB.

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