ALBERT SMITH AND THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC: THE COCKNEY WHO SOLD THE ALPS Alan McNee 2015 1st ed New 2 copies available (McNee, Alan)

	Item #: BK4236-5762 ALBERT SMITH AND THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC: THE COCKNEY WHO SOLD THE ALPS Alan McNee 2015 1st ed New 2 copies available By McNee, Alan Price: $23.99 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
Detailed Product Description
UK, 2015, 1st edition. 246 pp. Albert Smith is one of the most famous Victorians of whom you've probably never heard. During his lifetime, he was a household name, thrilling audiences with his Ascent of Mont Blanc show at London's Egyptian Hall. An inveterate showman, Smith was also a doctor, journalist, raconteur, novelist, travel writer, and playwright. His many talents were outstripped only by his boundless self-belief and huge personality. Even Queen Victoria described him in her journal as "inimitable", an epithet Smith's contemporary Charles Dickens liked to reserve for himself. Although Smith died aged only 43, he managed to pack much incident into his short life. He was robbed by highwaymen in Italy, narrowly escaped death in a hot air ballooning accident, and dodged arrest in Paris during the June Days Uprising of 1848. He also got caught up in the row over Dickens's affair with Ellen Ternan. While his bumptiousness made Smith a divisive figure, many saw in him the Victorian ideal of the self-made man: energetic, imaginative, and ready to seize any new opportunity. As Alan McNee explains in this lively biography, it was his intrepid ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851 that propelled Smith to stardom. His subsequent show inspired 'Mont Blanc mania', encouraging participation in mountaineering as a popular pursuit. The Cockney Who Sold the Alps is a story of ambition, spectacle, and the fleeting nature of celebrity. New Paperback (Only edition, no hardcover was done.)
Other Items You Might Like
Similar Items Available Items From This Author Items From This Category THE STORY OF MONT BLANC Albert Smith 1853 1st ed Hardcover Very Good *By: Smith, Albert* Price $199.00 ~ Regular $225.00, You Save $26.00 (12%) *- Item # OP4917B-942* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE STORY OF MONT BLANC Albert Smith 1853 1st US ed Hardcover Near Fine *By: Smith, Albert* Price $299.00 ~ Regular $325.00, You Save $26.00 (8%) *- Item # OP4917-942* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MONT BLANC SIDESHOW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALBERT SMITH J. Monroe Thorington 1934 1st ed Hardcover Near Fine *By: Thorington, J. Monroe* Price $75.00 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $75.00 (50%) *- Item # OP1602A-238* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE SAVAGE SNOWS: THE STORY OF MONT BLANC Walt Unsworth 1986 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine 3 Copies Available *By: Unsworth, Walt* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $30.01 (75%) *- Item # OP817-9593* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart GUIDE VALLOT: LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC Vol 1 Mont Blanc - Tr�lat�te 1946 1st edition VG *By: Groupe De Haute Montagne, DEVIES, Lucien, HENRY, Pierre, LAGARDE, Jacques* Price $25.00 ~ Regular $45.00, You Save $20.00 (44%) *- Item # GB4205-399* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC ON THE 22nd and 23rd OF AUGUST, 1837. Henry Atkins 1838 1st edition *By: Atkins, Henry Martin* Price $1450.00 ~ Regular $3300.00, You Save $1850.00 (56%) *- Item # OP4613-158* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MONT BLANC THE EARLY YEARS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED BOOKS FROM 1744 TO 1860 Eugene Meckly 1995 1st ed New Hardcover Multiple Copies Available *By: Meckly, Eugene* Price $39.99 ~ Regular $59.95, You Save $19.96 (33%) *- Item # BK1003-1635* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MONT BLANC MASSIF: THE 100 FINEST ROUTES Gaston Rebuffat 1974 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine Multiple Copies Available *By: Rebuffat, Gaston* Price $29.99 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $45.01 (60%) *- Item # OP1723-1792p* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MONT BLANC: DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST OF THE GIANT OF THE ALPS Stefano Ardito 2012 Rare 2nd Enlarged edition Large Format Hardcover Like New *By: Ardito, Stefano* Price $74.95 ~ Regular $125.00, You Save $50.05 (40%) *- Item # BK2314B-188* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart ALPINE JOURNAL 2005 (UK) Volume 110, No. 354 *By: Alpine Club UK, edited by Stephen Goodwin* Price $49.95 *- Item # AJ2005* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author. ROUGH RIDING [JEEPING IN THE DESERT SW] Dick Cepek and Walt Wheelock 1968 Fine *By: Cepek, Dick and Walt Wheelock* Price $35.00 *- Item # GB3010-318* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart EVERYDAY MASCULINITIES AND EXTREME SPORT: MALE IDENTITY AND ROCK CLIMBING Victoria Robinson 2008 1st ed New Hardcover Multiple Copies Available *By: Robinson, Victoria* Price $0.99 ~ Regular $49.00, You Save $48.01 (98%) *- Item # BK2567-2828* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart MOUNTAIN TOPICS 1: ON CLIMBING, EQUIPMENT, & TECHNIQUE Off Belay Reprint Series 1979 Pamphlet Very Good *By: Off Belay Magazine* Price $15.00 ~ Regular $99.95, You Save $84.95 (85%) *- Item # OP7271-282* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart GOING HIGH: THE STORY OF MAN AND ALTITUDE Charles Houston 1980 1st ed Paperback Fine SIGNED by Charles Houston *By: Houston, Charles* Price $15.99 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $34.01 (68%) *- Item # OP2685CAB-677* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart ALPINE CLIMBING John Barry 1988 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine *By: Barry, John* Price $10.00 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $25.00 (71%) *- Item # OP3193A-218* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U.S. MOUNTAIN ASCENTS [EXCEPT PACIFIC COAST AND EASTERN SEABOARD] Joel Fisher 1945 1st ed Paperback Very Good *By: Fisher, Joel E.* Price $25.00 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $10.00 (29%) *- Item # OP523A-282* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE AXE BOOK: GRANSFORS BRUKS AB SWEDEN AXE CATALOG In English 2001 Fine condition 2 copies available *By: Gransfors Company* Price $15.00 *- Item # E215-2822* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THE SAVAGE SNOWS: THE STORY OF MONT BLANC Walt Unsworth 1986 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine 3 Copies Available *By: Unsworth, Walt* Price $9.99 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $30.01 (75%) *- Item # OP817-9593* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart DIE LAUFSCHULE EIN METHODISCHER LEBRGANG FUR RASCHE ERLERNUNG DES SKILAUFS [THE SKI SCHOOL: A METHODICAL APPROACH FOR QUICK LEARNING OF SKIING] Max Winkler 1933 Softcover Very Good *By: Winkler, Max* Price $19.99 ~ Regular $29.95, You Save $9.96 (33%) *- Item # OP7011A-172* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart THIN ICE: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF CLIMATE IN THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGES Bowen 2005 1st ed Hardcover New Multiple Copies Available *By: Bowen, Mark* Price $5.00 ~ Regular $30.00, You Save $25.00 (83%) *- Item # BK2083-16713* View Details Add To Cart Adding... Added! Click To View Cart