MY ASCENT OF MONT BLANC; A FRENCH ARISTOCRAT'S DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF HER GLORIOUS CLIMB IN 1838 Henriette D'Angeville 1992 1st ed DJ (D'Angeville, Henriette. Preface by Dervla Murphy. Translated by Jennifer Barnes)

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	Item #: OP954-853 MY ASCENT OF MONT BLANC; A FRENCH ARISTOCRAT'S DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF HER GLORIOUS CLIMB IN 1838 Henriette D'Angeville 1992 1st ed DJ By D'Angeville, Henriette. Preface by Dervla Murphy. Translated by Jennifer Barnes Price: $45.00 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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UK, 1992, 1st UK edition. 132 pp, photos. Hardcover, DJ, Fine. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no wear and is not price clipped. T The Dust Jacket is protected by a removable clear plastic cover that we call a Brodart (the maker of the book covers.) The Dust Jacket and the book are in Fine condition. Aged 44 in 1838, Mme d'Angeville, (+ feather boa), aristocrat (father guillotined) climbed Mt Blanc with a flourish. This was not the first female ascent, but the first by A Lady. In 1809, an 18 year old Chamonix maid servant, Marie Paradis had already reached the summit, but she was not a 'lady.' Henriette's frank account, including an interview (true/haughty/just bitchy?) with Marie Paradis, has a preface by Dervla Murphy, who writes of Marie Paradis, ''But she hardly counted, having been dragged up the last several stages, in altitude-induced semi-coma, by her villager companions.''
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