GERVASUTTI'S CLIMBS
Written by Giusto Gervasutti; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 1829270
Published by Diadem Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition.

A remarkable autobiography by one of the leading Italian mountaineers of the 1930s. Originally published in 1947 under the title 'Scalate Nelle Alpi'. Translated from the Italian by Morin & Smith. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 201 pages including glossary. ISBN: 0906371007. Spine lightly creased (reading wear). Text block browned with some minor foxing. Hinge between page 80 and facing page is pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827684
Published by George Philip. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the most important tour Turner made, the author has travelled through the Alps in Turner's footstpes and vividly recreated the artist's journey, using Turner's sketchbooks and the writings of contemporaries including Byron and Shelley. A fascinating mixture of art, history and travel. Large, oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0540012513. Small white mark to rear board. Tiny nick to lower edge of pages 59/60 and 61/62 (extremely minor). Else contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ECRINS PARK DAUPHINE ALPS
Written by Robin G. Collomb.
Stock no. 2122448
Published by West Col Productions. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w maps and photos. Mountain walking, scrambling and trail guide with selected principal ascents and standard mountain climbs. ISBN: 0906227275. Light wear to a couple of corners.

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ROUTES DE LA FURKA ET DU GRIMSEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1709692
Published by Photoglob Co.. Circa 1910. Very good condition.

Oblong format, gilt titles. Collection of 12 photographs of various mountain scenes. Not dated but assume between 1900 and 1920. Covers lightly worn.

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CEUX DE L'ALPE TYPES ET COUTUMES
Written by Antoine Chollier. Illustrated by Th.-J. Delaye.
Stock no. 1803943
Published by Horizons De France. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

No.10 in the series 'La Collection Provinces De France Types et Coutumes'. Large format. Text in French. Cardwraps. 137 pages. Colour illustrations. Top & tail of spine worn with slight loss. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. The occasional foxspot but contents generally very nice and clean. Fairly strong odour present (disinfectant?). Original glassine wrapper present - edge worn and torn with some loss.

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ALPINE BYWAYS OR LIGHT LEAVES GATHERED IN 1859 AND 1860
Written by A Lady.
Stock no. 1204149
Published by Longman, Green, Longman And Roberts. 1861. Good condition.

8 colour plates and 4 maps. viii plus 232 pages. The higher region of the Swiss Alps. Covers scuffed, corners bumped. Bookplate and name in ink to front pastedown. One plate missing, one plate has a repaired closed tear. One map edge chipped with slight loss to map. Most tissue guards to plates missing. One plate partly detached. Plates themselves are very nice. One hinge pulled. Some pencil annotation.

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AUVERGNE, PIEDMONT, AND SAVOY: A SUMMER RAMBLE
Written by Charles Richard Weld.
Stock no. 1204133
Published by John W. Parker. 1850. Good condition.

Green cloth with embossed decoration and gilt title to spine. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners chipped. New endpapers. Ex-library with only one stamp suggesting thus. A little foxing. Name in ink to front pastedown.

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SUMMER DAYS IN AUVERGNE
Written by H. De K..
Stock no. 1703448
Published by Richard Bentley & Son. 1875. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 5 b/w plates including tissue guarded frontis. Covers edges worn. Covers grubby. Small amount of loss to top of spine. Two inscriptions in ink to prelims. All plates present.

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SWITZERLAND CALLING
Written by Eileen Montague Jackson.
Stock no. 1204121
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1927. Almost very good condition.

A True Tale of A Boy and Girl's Wonderful Summer Holidays Climbing in the Alps. B/w photos. Corners are bumped. Spine faded. Some foxing. Front joint weak.

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FLORA DELLE ALPI
Written by Luigi Fenaroli.
Stock no. 822617
Published by Giunti. 1st 1998. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

E Degli Altri Monti D'Italia. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Text in Italian. ISBN: 8809213750.

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