The Playground Of Europe

1946 hardcover as pictured. A classic from the Blackwells Mountaineering Library reviewing climbing in the Alps. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards with maroon stamping show fading at edges and bumped corners. Endpapers mottled with pencil notation on FFEP. Text is tanned. A few pages have notations. One photograph has a small area of damage. Dust jacket is soiled and… Read more about this item

London, UK: Longmans, Green & Company. G/No Dustjacket. 1894. New Edition. Cloth. 12mo., xiv,339,24 pp., bumped, tear in spine tip, cloth bubbles, page yellowing .

Longmans, Green and Co, London 1907 . Seventh edition (Silver Library issue). 8vo (19 x 14 cm), xi, 339pp, 3 illustrations including title-page vignette, bookplate; publisher's brown cloth, slightly faded on spine, gilt lettered; overall a good solid copy "Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+. 1909. Hardcover. Very slight edgewear and very slight foxing; A collection of articles originally appearing in Fraser's magazine and Cornhill magazine, mostly concerning the Alpine areas; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 384 pages .

Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. ; Blue cloth cover has lightly crushed spine caps otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Tiny spot on front paste down. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has light wear to the extremities and is scuffed… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green, 1901. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. London: Longmans, Green 1901, 2nd printing of 'Silver Library' edition. Good+ red cloth; bump to rear edge, scuffs on rear & spine, soiling to rear, foxing on frontis tissue guard (doesn't affect title page), owner's name penciled on publisher's page. No dust jacket. 5.25 x 7.75 in., 339… Read more about this item

London & New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. Hardcover, very good condition. Cloth boards with gilt decoration. Boards are very clean with only light surface marks and and 2 cm split to the spine head. Spine is slightly cocked but binding is solid with no loose pages. Minor foxing internally but very clean overall. Charming booklplate on the front… Read more about this item

Blackwell, 1946 reprint. Blackwell Mountaineering Library reprint VG no dw. one of the finest books on mountaineering, the piece on Switzerland in winter is thought to be among his best writing [Neate S165]

Basil Blackwell, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 1936. No Edition Remarks. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. New Impression. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges.… Read more about this item

New York: Barrows Mussey, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 243pp illustrated. A very good copy in like dust jacket. A reprint of this 19th century classic on mountain climbing, lightly chipped at the crown of jacket

London, UK: Longmans, Green & Company. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. 1871. ........ Cloth(Hrdcvr). 8vo., 321 pp, cover worn and frayed, corners bumped, hinges loosened some, minor foxing, slight damage to contents page, writing .

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Good. Hardcover. 1936. First edition. 243 pages. Dj ripped and worn<br> .

The Silver Library, 1910. Hardback. good/No Dust Jacket. owner name, bown binding, a bit tanned and litely bumbed corners

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1904 12mo. original red brown cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & sunned, a little marked, a few spots to fore-edge, else clean internally); pp. xiv, 340 (last blank), with 4 illustrations (inc. tissue-guarded frontispiece). A very good copy. [Neate S165: Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering, and his book ranks among the… Read more about this item

VG HC, 1899 edition

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1946. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. photographs. 12mo, 243 pages, gray cloth; yellow & blue pictorial jacket Introduction by G. Winthrop Young. Issued as the first volume in Blackwell's Mountaineering Library. Stephen, who fathered Virginia Woolf, was an early alpinist, and climbed Mont Blanc in the early 1870s. "Stephen varied the… Read more about this item

Basil Blackwell Oxford, 1946. 1946 rep. hardcover. xxi, 243pp, 19 illusts, original fawn cloth, inscription, even sunning to spine, VG, no dustwrapper.. Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering, and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature. The piece on Switzerland in winter is perhaps his finest.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional… Read more about this item

Basil Blackwell Oxford, 1946. 1946 rep. hardcover. xxi, 243pp, 19 illusts, original fawn cloth, owner's signature, very clean indeed, VG+, no dustwrapper.. Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering, and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature. The piece on Switzerland in winter is perhaps his finest.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional… Read more about this item

Barrows Mussey, New York, 1937. 1937 US reprint. hardcover. xxi, 243pp, 19 illusts, original fawn cloth, light foreedge foxing, VG, no dustwrapper.. Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering, and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature. The piece on Switzerland in winter is perhaps his finest.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional… Read more about this item