San Francisco, 1929, 1st edition. 49 pp, 5 plates. Uncut. An attempted ascent in 1914 of Mt. Olympus, plus history and mythology of the peak, which is the highest in Greece. One of 950 copies. This work was published six years after the death of Professor Aristides who was a professor of Classics at Harvard. Both authors climbed Mount Olympus in 1914. Hardcover was privately published with no DJ, this copy has minor cover soiling, otherwise fine inside and out.
Francis Farquhar (December 31, 1887 to Novermber 1974) was an active Sierra Club Member and served as President during 1933 - 1935 and 1948 -1949. He also served as the Sierra Club Bulletin editor during 1926 - 1946. Farquhar was a mountaineer who introduced the proper use of roped climbing to Sierra Club members during a club trip in 1931.
