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Across East African Glaciers. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro
by MEYER, Hans, Dr
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About This Item
London: George Philip and Son, 1891.. First English edition. Large 8vo. xx, 404 pp. Recent tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, blindstamped and gilt rules, red and green gilt lettered labels, gilt decoration to other panels, pale red edges. Chromolithograph frontispiece, twelve black and white lithographed plates, eight mounted photographs and three maps. Some trivial spotting towards front and rear of the volume, dark tinge to the edge of some of the plate leaves (not affecting the images), a very good copy. The work describes Hans Meyer's second and successful attempt to reach the highest of Kilimanjaro's three peaks, Kibo, in 1889. He had fallen short on a previous attempt two years earlier. Meyer, along with the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller, were the first Europeans known to have attained the summit.
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- Bow Windows Bookshop
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- 19604
- Title
- Across East African Glaciers. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro
- Author
- MEYER, Hans, Dr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Philip and Son
- Date Published
- 1891.
- Keywords
- Travel East Africa Mountaineering
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