The unrivalled scenery of the Alps attracts increasing numbers of visitors every year, while for those who seek the more active and dangerous pursuits of climbing and skiing, the region offers unique opportunities. Ronald Clark, a distinguished historian of mountaineering, who knows the Alps from end to end, describes the history of the mountains and their most famous peaks. The heroic story of their exploration, first by scientists, then by such early mountaineers as Whymper, Coolidge, Miss Brevoort and their guides, is ... Read More
The unrivalled scenery of the Alps attracts increasing numbers of visitors every year, while for those who seek the more active and dangerous pursuits of climbing and skiing, the region offers unique opportunities. Ronald Clark, a distinguished historian of mountaineering, who knows the Alps from end to end, describes the history of the mountains and their most famous peaks. The heroic story of their exploration, first by scientists, then by such early mountaineers as Whymper, Coolidge, Miss Brevoort and their guides, is related with extensive quotations from letters, diaries and contemporary records. With the mountaineers came the pioneer photographers whose cumbersome but fragile equipment had to be manhandled up ice-slopes and across glaciers to enable them to take their photographs, a procedure which necessitated hours of intricate manoeuvring, in freezing weather, to obtain one successful shot. Other chapters discuss the development of the Alps as a mountain health centre, the coming of roads and railways and the growth of the winter sports industry and Mr Clark warns that the mountains, like a Highland deer forest, can carry only a certain number of living creatures without facing disaster. Read Less
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Fair. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Heavy wearing at hinge, with mesh visible. Cover faded. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Add this copy of The Alps [By] Ronald W. Clark to cart. $14.14, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 288 pages; Description: 288 p. Illus. (some col. ), facsims., maps, ports. 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Mountaineering--History. Alps--Pictorial works.
Add this copy of The Alps / [By] Ronald W. Clark to cart. $14.14, very good condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Physical description: 288 pages: illus. (some col. ), facsims., maps, ports.; 26 cm. Subjects: Mountaineering History. Alps; Pictorial works. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Title page missing. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall.
Add this copy of The Alps to cart. $22.60, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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Physical description: 288 pages. 26 cm. Subjects: Mountain-sports-the Alps. Alps-illustrated-publications. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Hard Cover--Good/Good--Ex-Library--Good reading copy--Book and dust jacket show moderate wear--288 pages with photography, illustrations and maps throughout.
Add this copy of The Alps: 1st Ed to cart. $21.40, very good condition, Sold by Bingo Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Knopf.
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