HIGHEST ANDES: A RECORD OF THE FIRST ASCENT OF ACONCAGUA AND TUPUNGATO IN ARGENTINA, AND THE SURROUNDING VALLEYS.
London, 1899, 1st edition. 390 pp, 52 plates, TEG, Uncut. No. 52 OF A LARGE PAPER EDITION OF 60 COPIES. In original boards, with the original cloth spine, and gold embossed condor motif on cover. The most important book on mountaineering in the New World, the first ascent of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the new world, in fact, the highest not in the great ranges of the Himalaya. This limited edition is very scarce; we have had only a few copies previously. Edges bumped, cover soiled, Very Good condition.