Peaks Passes and Glaciers a Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club by Ball (38 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Numerous maps and plans. End papers spotted. Gilt stampings. Moderately worn. Overall a nice copy. 328 pages.

8 folding maps. 8vo (7 x 4 3/4 inches, 328-pages.Contemporary full tan calf, sides ruled in gilt enclosing the gilt armorial of Harrow School, spine gilt extra with burgundy lettering piece, all edges marbled. Damp mark to corner of portrait else very good. Prize label on front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. 5th edition, 1860. Small Octavo. xiii, 328pp. With the 8 folding maps, as called for. Recent re-bind of navy half leather, over marbled boards. New end papers. Contents cropped to fit re-bind, no loss of text. Some minor creasing and thumbing to the maps. Otherwise a 'Very Good' copy.

Hardcover. 12 mo. xiii, [3], 328 pp. 8 fold-out maps in colour including frontispiece of the Range of Mont Blanc with routes of Wills, Hawkins and Tyndall picked out in red, blue and green. Book Condition: Very Good. Original tan cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and gilt-stamped vignette of mountaineers in panel to upper board, with matching blindstamped vignette to lower. Brown endpapers. Retailer's blindstamp to ffep plus two handwritten names, one neatly scored through. Last leaves lightly foxed; some fingermarking to textblock edge. Minor marginal annotation in faint pencil. Slightly shaken with rear inner hinge cracked but sound. Boards edge-rubbed with wear to corners and at head of spine; minor loss upper front joint and a couple of bumps to edge. Spine a little toned. Scarce copy of the "Knapsack" edition, smaller than its predecessors and suitable for taking on an expedition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Minor wear and tanning. Previous owner inscription. Black and white and colour plates throughout, Clothbound in brown with stamp illustration to the front cover. Spine and board edges rubbed. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

4th edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 516 pp., illustrations, 8 color plates (including frontispiece), 9 folded maps, 21 cm. Subjects; Mountaineering. Alps Description and travel. Depictions 1850-1859. 1 Kg.

Belle carte a colori. Dettagliate relazioni delle escrusioni e ascese nel Bianco, nel Rosa e nelle Alpi svizzere e francesi. Intero capitolo dedicato all'ascesa dell'Etna. Inoltre suggerimenti per i viaggiatori nelle Alpi. Importante. Formato: XIII, 328 p., [8] c. geogr. ripieg., similpelle con fregi, tagli dorati. Buono, ordinari segni d'uso e del tempo con spellature più evidenti al dorso, difetti alla cerniere, ex libris. Buono, ordinari segni d'uso e del tempo con spellature più evidenti al dorso, difetti alla cerniere, ex libris.

Fifth Edition; 8vo; pp. xiv; 328, 24; folding map frontispiece, 7 folding maps throughout, appendices; rebacked with original red cloth laid down on front and back boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, marks to original cloth, previous owner's name in ink to half title page, pages browned, a good copy.

4th edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 516 pp., illustrations, 8 color plates (including frontispiece), 9 folded maps, 21 cm. Subjects; Mountaineering. Alps Description and travel. Depictions 1850-1859. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. Chromolith plates (8) each tipped onto beige art paper, woodcuts in the text. Chromolithographs by Day & Son lithographers to the Queen. Day & Son lithographers to the Queen. Octavo tan half calf with green cloth sides; spine with gilt library name and number (leather edges rubbed/hinges cracked but covers well attached/spine lacking most of spine title label but blind iumpression of title remains) xvi (incl.frontis & titlepage with large vignettwe +Preface +contents) +516pp with errata slip tipped in after p466 as called for. Bookplate of S.R.[ie Stan Robinson] to pastedown & sm.stamp "Robinson Collection" to both pastedowns and the blank versos of most of the chromos and two of the maps also only on the blank back. The Robinson collection is part of the Knowsley Library and the latter's heraldic device is gilt to foot of spine. The interesting text is well printed and is crisp and clean. 1 volume. Hardcover.

2nd. Very Good- pp520. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. gilt embossed Alpine Club tan cloth. some rubbing.

3rd. Near Fine- pp532. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. gilt embossed Alpine Club tan cloth. some mild foxing.

Hardcover. All volumes bound in terracotta cloth with gilt lettering; first three with decoration to front board, fourth slightly taller and lighter in colour. 8vo. Each volume shows a frontispiece, vignette title page, and all maps and illustrations present as called-for. Variable condition: some edgewear, pulled spines, with a few hinges weak (one holding by cords), foxing to edges of fourth volume. A couple of maps misfolded. Narratives of excursions through the less frequented districts of the Alps etc., brought together, and accompanied by a plethora of plates and maps. First Series: 4th edition; Second Series: 1st edition; Third Series: 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. Commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection. In the original pictorial gilt cloth, corners bumped, gilt titles to spine, expertly re-backed preserving the original cloth. Internally, half title, frontis, title with vignette, [5], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-516 pp, 8 colour chromolithographs, 9 maps (some folding), 23 woodcuts, new endpapers, small signature on title (McDaniel), light edge wear, one map with short tear, lightly foxed. (208*136 mm). (Neate 18). There was also a second series with plain plates as well as a number of later printings. Ball was the first President of the Alpine Club and his travelers guide to the Alps was the standard work for many years.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second edn, Longman, London, 1859. 8vo, 520p. Mounted colour plates and folding maps (one neatly repaired). Inscr 'Edward Ward, Leeds' on first blank page. A near fine attractive copy in half-morocco, gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, bound by J. Larkins. Neate A32 ' One of the most famous titles in mountaineering literature'. Same year as first edition.

8°. XVI, 516 SS. Mehrfarb. lithogr. Front., 7 -(Falt-) Tafeln u. 1 mehrfach gefaltete Karte in Brauntönen (zus. 8 Tfn., so cpl.), 9 farb. lithogr. (mont. Falt-) Karten, 23 Textillustrationen in Holzstich. Gepr. OLn. (braun, geriefelt, lamin.; Kapitale bestossen, Rücken etwas wellig) mit vergold. Rückentitel u. Deckelillustration. First impression / Erste (Original-) Ausgabe. Seiten vereinzelt etwas gebräunt u. gelegentlich stock- oder braunfleckig. Etwas Alters- u. Lagerungs-, generell nur leichtere Gebrauchsspuren, Exlibris u. Buchhändleretikette a. Vorsatz. Gesamthaft weitestgehend sauberes, recht gutes Exemplar. Allegorisch anmutendes Exlibris für Sir Robert Shafto Adair mit Wahlspruch ?Manibus Victoria Dextris? : i.e. prob. Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Ballymena, co Antrim, Ireland 1811-1886), ?(later 2nd baronet and 1st and only Baron Waveney) was established on the Ballymena estate in his father?s lifetime. From 1865 onwards, he employed the famous Belfast architects, Lanyon & Lynn, to rebuild Ballymena Castle in the Scots baronial style, and it became his main residence.? (etc.; from: landedfamilies adair-of-ballymena-castle, online. - Händleretikette ?Henry Sotheran Ltd., Bookseller [.] London? - Die technisch relativ aufwendig, gut und in mehreren Farben gedruckten Lithographien (?Chromolithographien?) wohl nach Fotographien, jedoch ohne Angaben zu deren Urhebern, produziert von Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen; die vorwiegend in Brauntönen lithographierten Karten (darunter eine grössere, mehrfach gefaltete Karte ?Sketch Map Showing the Course of the Glaciers of Snowdon and its Neighborhood, by A. C. Ramsay?) sind gestochen von Edward Weller. - Die 18 Kapitel befassen sich mit den folgenden Touren, Routen, Regionen Pässen, Bergen und Gipfeln : 1. Passage of the Fenètre de Salena, From the Col de Balme to the Val Ferret, by the Glacier du Tour, resp. de Trient, resp. de Salena (by A. Wills); 2. Among the Séracs du Géant (John Tyndall); 3. West Side of Mont Blanc and Col de Miage (F. V. Hawkins); 4. Bagnes, with the Ascents of the Vélan, Combin, and Grappeneire [i.e. Grafeneire], and the Passage of the Col du Mont Rouge (W. Matthews jun.); 5. Zermatt, Trift Pass, Val d?Anniviers (T. W. Hinchliff); 6. Zermatt, Schwarztor, Atlas (J. Ball); 7. Mischabelhörner (Mischabel), Dom (R. Ll. Davies); 8. Fletschhorn, Allalinhorn (E. L. Ames); 9. Schreckhorn (R. Anderson); 10. Grimsel, Strahlegg (?Strahleck?, i.e. Strahleggpass), Grindelwald (J. Ball); 11. Finsteraarhorn (J. F. Hardy); 12. Eggishorn (?Aeggisch Horn?, Aeggischhorn), Mönch-Sattel or Col de la Jungfrau (E. H. Bunbury); 13. Wildstrubel, Oldenhorn (T. W. Hinchliff); 14. A Night Adventure on the Bristenstock (E. S. Kennedy); 15. Baths of Stachelberg (Stachelbergbad, Kt. Glarus), Heights and Passes in the Vicinity (R. W. E. Forster); 16. The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and Wales (A. C. Ramsay); 17. Ascent of Aetna (J. F. Hardy); 18. Suggestions for Alpine Travellers. - With List of Illustrations, and Appendix: Table of the Heights of the Chief Mountains in the Chain of the Alps (Tabellen pp. 511-516). - Ohne Register / No Index. -- John Ball (Dublin 1818-1889 South Kensington), Irish glaciologist and politician. In summer 1835 ?he participated in the Dublin meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [.], and in Cambridge, over the next four years, he joined the classes of John Stevens Henslow in botany, and Adam Sedgwick in geology. [. He] travelled in Europe, visiting the mountain regions (for which he felt a deep affinity), botanizing, and communing with kindred scientific spirits. During 1845 he was at Zermatt seeking to develop the glaciological studies pioneered by James David Forbes [.]. [.] Following the foundation of the Alpine Club in December 1857 he served as its first president (1858-60), and he edited Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, the club's earliest publication (two editions in 1859). The three volumes of his Alpine Guide (first e.

1st edition. Pages xvi + 516, 8 chromo-lithographic (colour) plates , 9 maps, woodcuts in text; 21.5cm. New brown half-leather binding, raised bands on spine with gilt tooling, and maroon gilt-lettered spine label; ¾ sides in new orange cloth, retaining the original Alpine Club gilt, but worn, emblem; new marbled endpapers; internally some foxing and light tanning to the tissue-guards; age tanning and slight mark to outer fore-edges; the occasional slight mark or smudge elsewhere, and one or two folding maps a little creased at outer-edge; otherwise internally VG. This first series of the famous 'Peaks, Passes and Glaciers' (which pre-date volume one of the Alpine Journal), make an important addition to any Alpine library.

London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1859-1862. 8vo. Orig. illust. brown cloth. Gilt. Spines gilt. (Vol. I soiled but skilfully rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip). With 8 mounted full-page coloured chromo-lithographs 23 fold. maps mostly coloured and 79 woodcuts. 1st editions. NOTE: The Editors were first and second President of the Alpine Club respectively.

1st. Very Good pp516. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth. rare 1st. edition. insc. 'W.R. Neate 6/6/70'.

1st. Very Good+ pp516. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth. rare 1st. edition. pres. copy from C.P. (Charles Pilkington A.C. President 1896-8).

3rd. Very Good- pp532. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. gilt embossed Alpine Club tan cloth. label removed from fr. insc. by Raymond Greene, Cambridge Nov. 3rd. 1921' with his bookplate.

London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1859-1862. 8vo. Or. illust. brown cloth. Gilt. Spines gilt. (Vol.I skilfully rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip). With 7 (ex 8) mounted full-page coloured chromo-lithographs 23 fold. maps mostly coloured and 79 woodcuts. 1st editions. Fine. NOTE: The Editors were first and second President of the Alpine Club respectively.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: All Three in Good Condition. No Jacket. Decorative Cloth. All Three in Good Condition/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vols 1&2=1862; Vol. 3= 1859. Gilt emblems on front covers of mountaineers. Previous owner's elaborate coat-of-arms bookplate on inside cover.

First editions. Four volumes. Original cloth, gilt. Small tear at the head of the spine of the first series, its covers somewhat darkened, but a very good copy; Both volumes of the 1862 second series have old ink shelf numbers on the spine, and bumped corners, but also are in very good, bright condition Ball edited the first series, Kennedy the second. A fine copy of the 1932 Third Series is also included. Four volumes. Neate 18-20-22.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Edition. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1859 & 1862. First series (1859) is a first edition; second series (1862) is in two volumes, also a first edition (there were no other editions of the second series). All three volumes uniformly bound in elaborate full leather in very good condition. There is a touch of wear to the outer hinges at spine ends and there are small areas of browning on the spines (see photo). Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines in 6 compartments with titles & emblems in gilt. Dentelles on inner boards consist of two rows of tooling. Series 1 (1859) has 9 maps (some folding), 8 colored lithographs & 23 woodcuts; 516 pp. Series 2 (1862) vol. I has 8 maps & 22 woodcuts; 415 pp. Volume II has 6 maps & 34 woodcuts. 541 pp. One of the most famous titles in mountaineering literature [Neate]. These volumes led to the commencement of the 'Alpine Journal' in 1863. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.