WANDERINGS AMONG THE HIGH ALPS. Alfred Wills 1856 2nd UK ed Leather Bound Hardcover Near Fine (Wills, Alfred)

	Item #: OP201-839 WANDERINGS AMONG THE HIGH ALPS. Alfred Wills 1856 2nd UK ed Leather Bound Hardcover Near Fine By Wills, Alfred Price: $99.95 List Price: $500.00 You Save $400.05 (80%) Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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London, 1858, 2nd edition. 426 pp. Binding is half leather in a buff color. The leather is on the spine and corners, with marbled boards front and back. Minor edge wear to the leather spine and corners and some foxing to pages. Yhis copy is missing the front cover! Else, Near Fine condition overall. Wills was an original Alpine Club member, and was president from 1864-5. His first ascent of the Wetterhorn was the start of the 'Golden Age' of Alpine climbing. A rare book of Golden Age observations of Mont Blanc and the Alps. Listed in Meckly Mont Blanc The Early Years: A Bibliography, item 220, "Wills ascended Mont Blanc in 1858 in company with Professor Tyndall among others." Also in Neate W94: "His ascent of the Wetterhorn is customarily accepted as ushering the 'Golden Age' of [Alpine} mountaineering." When Neate wrote the above in 1986 he did not say "Alpine" as people were not yet referring to the 1950s as the Golden Age of Himalayan Climbing, and the 1960s as the Golden Age of Yosemite Climbing.
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