GRAHAM BROWN, T; DE BEER, Sir Gavin.

The First Ascent of Mont Blanc.

Name: The First Ascent of Mont Blanc.
Brand: GRAHAM BROWN, T; DE BEER, Sir Gavin.
SKU: 124106
Price: 200.00 GBP
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Published on the occasion of the Centenary of the Alpine Club.

Stock Code 124106

London, Oxford University Press, 1957

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This scholarly examination of the controversy surrounding the first ascent proved Dr Pacard's claims beyond doubt and provided a definitve history of the early ascents of Mont Blanc. This book also contains a foreword by Sir John Hunt.

First edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cm),16 plates including photographic frontispiece (partly in colour), map, bookplate; publisher's original red cloth, gilt lettered, original printed dust jacket; a very good copy; 460pp

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