The Alps by Irving, R.L.G - 1939

NY/London: Scribner's/Batsford, 1940. Sea green cloth.. Front hinge cracked, small nick back cover edge: VG-/Good+ dj.. 8vo. Color frontis & numerous black & white photos + endpaper maps.. Errata slip tipped in.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. No Edition Noted. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and photographic black and white plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and minor tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear with noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends.

Batsford, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Batsford 1940, 3rd edition. VG cloth; top of spine is pulled. Unclipped dust jacket is VG- with a closed tear to front. 5.5 x 8.75 in., 120. Great black-and-white photos, many with alpinists in action.

London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1947. A VERY NICE clean copy, no dustwrapper.120pp inc index. From E Davey and A Sleghs. This is the Third Edition (Reset). Green Cloth. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Back.

GB: B T Batsford, 1947. Emerald green cloth. Top edge green, a bit faded. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT book is cocked with spotted text edges. Two small spots of white cloth showing through the green on front cover.. Third Edition, Revised. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

GB: Batsford, 1939. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

B.T. Batsford, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Third EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Batsford, 1941. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. SECOND EDITION with rubbed & chipped dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1947. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 21.5cm, third edition revised, viii,120p., colour frontis, 133 photo illustrations, mapped endpapers, green cloth, retains only panels of jacket, very good (s2.5) An excellent general descriptive work on the Alps. Originally published in 1939, the third edition takes account of changes, particularly in relation to Italy and Austria, wrought by the Second World War.

B. T. Batsford, 1939. 1939 First Edition. hardcover. 120pp, map endpapers, light sunning to spine, VG-. Mr. Iving ignoring political boundaries, writes of the Alps as they cover Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy. He was a climber of considerable repute, but he regards the Alps as much from the point of view of the walker and the poet as from that of the mountaineer.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.