Ɵ MOORE, A.W. The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal, second edition, 1902.

Ɵ MOORE, Adolphus Warburton. (1841 - 1887). The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal. edited by Alex B. W. Kennedy, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. single volume, second edition, 8vo., (260 x 180mm), publisher's olive green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, portrait frontispiece, previous ownership pencil inscription to front free 'H.V. Reade, Ipsden, Oxon, 28/4/02', and further inscribed in a separate hand 'To Claude In memory of (beside H.V. Reade's name), from Mrs Reade Aug, 1929', with a white typed label tipped-in, 'Herbert Reade (1870-1929) Squire of Ipsden, Oxfordshire, Alpine Club Member, Obit. AJ Vol. XLI.', 52 illustrations, 10 maps (1 full-page), 444pp., within removeable clear wrapper. Includes Moore's celebrated account of the first ascent of Mont Blanc via the Brenva ice-ridge. (1)

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