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ALPINE JOURNAL 1863-2018, 150+ VOLUMES, A COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS & BINDINGS
By Alpine Club (UK)
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THE ALPINE JOURNAL: A record of mountain adventure and scientific observation. By members of the Alpine Club. Vol. 1 (1863) - No 366 (2018) 

A COMPLETE SET 1863-2018, 150+ VOLUMES, and INDEXES. 20,000+ pages, hundreds of illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Many of the 19th century prints and maps are hand colored.

This is a complete run of the oldest continually published periodical in mountaineering, with articles by all the great names in climbing history, and records of ascents published either nowhere else, or earlier than anywhere else. 

The entire set takes up over five 3 foot shelves, and the volumes are in Very Good to Fine condition. The exterior appearance is VG-Fine. As this set weighs several hundred pounds, there will be extra postage for USA or International orders.
 
The Alpine Journal of the UK is essential for any complete mountaineering library. Annual record of mountaineering and the mountain experience covering all the major climbs with contributions by Francis Galton, Leslie Stephen, T.G. Bonney, H.B. George, E. Whymper, A.W. Moore, J.F. Cheetham, F.D. Brocklehurst, W.A.B. Coolidge, D.W. Freshfield, John Ball, E. Whymper, Captain R.F. Burton, C.T. Dent, Captain G. Napier, Lieutenant Younghusband, A.F. Mummery, L. Norman-Neruda, Wm. Conway, Captain Abney, C.G. Bruce, Vittorio Sella, W. Rickmer Rickmers, Rev. James Outram, Dr William Hunter Workman, A.L. Munn, Dr Filippo de Filippi, H.E.G. Tyndale, L.S. Amery, G. Mallory, T.G. Longstaff, A. Stein, Lt-Col. C.K. Howard-Bury, W.N. Ling, P.C. Visser, F.S. Smythe, E.E. Shipton, H. Ruttledge, H.W. Tilman, G. Winthrop Young, C.W.F. Noyce, T.H. Tilly, Sir John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Doug Scott, Chris Bonington, Stephen Venables, Joe Simpson, Dougal Haston, etc.
 
Editors List

Hereford George
Leslie Stephen
Douglas Freshfield
W.A. Coolidge

Arthur Butler
Martin Conway
George Yeld
George Yeld and Percy Farrar

Edward Strutt
Henry Tyndale
T Graham Browne
Francis Keenlyside

David Cox
Alan Blackshaw
Edward Pyatt
John Fairley

Ernst Sondheimer
Johanna Mars
Ed Douglas
Stephen Goodwin



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