a mountaineering pioneer
LE BLOND, Mrs. Aubrey [Elizabeth Anne Frances].
Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
London and Philadelphia, T. Fisher Unwin and J.B. Lippincott, 1908.
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This book covers the author's remarkable new nineteen ascents of mountains in the Norwegian Arctic circle. Mrs Le Blond was originally married to Captain Fred Burnaby ( Ride to Khiva) and after his death she became heavily involved in mountaineering and snow photography. This book highlights her role as a pioneering female climber who helped break social conventions and specialised in winter and challenging Alpine/Arctic climbs. Determined to promote women's climbing she eventually became president of the Ladies Alpine Club.
First edition; 8vo ( 23 x 16 cm); folding map and 71 black and white illustrations after photographs, some pages unopened, previous bookseller's label on front pastedown; publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, a very good copy; xii, 304pp.
First edition; 8vo ( 23 x 16 cm); folding map and 71 black and white illustrations after photographs, some pages unopened, previous bookseller's label on front pastedown; publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, a very good copy; xii, 304pp.
Stock code 122787
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Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Regular price
£650.00
Sale price
£650.00
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