Sur Les Traces De Premier de Cordee [In the Footsteps of Premier de Cordee]

Frison-Roche, R.

Published by Paris B. Arthaud 1952, 1952

About this Item

102 pp. First edition. Quarto. Cover illustrated with an attractive gray, blue and black geometric design. Gilt lettering on the spine. Initialed on the back board "CL. A". Trimmed edges. Black endpapers. Slight bowing on the foreedge. Minor soiling. French text. Signed on the title page by Roche. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs throughout. In the preferable hardcover beautifully decorated binding. The author of this book was Roger Frison-Roche, who worked in the French Alps at a travel agency in the early twentieth century. He also worked as a mountaineering guide and ski instructor. His books documented his life amongst the mountains; this title was originally a serial about the life of a young Alpine guide, published in weekly installments in the newspaper he edited.

Seller Inventory # 144022

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sur Les Traces De Premier de Cordee [In the Footsteps of Premier de Cordee]
• Publisher: Paris B. Arthaud 1952
• Publication Date: 1952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Mountaineering