Search Results: the alps by conway w martin

Paperback / softback. New.

Thomas Nelson , n.d. [1910?]. Nelson Library edition. Hard covers, no d.w. (as issued). V.g./No Jacket. V.g., t.e.g., gilt lettering on spine, impressed design on boards. Narrative of a long mountain traverse, packed with incident, "from end to end", undertaken mainly in 1894.Photographic frontispiece, 381 pp. excluding colophon and (2) pp. of publisher's advertisements at end.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First British edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's full decorative cloth-gilt. 23 cm. 294 pages. Contains 70 full-page color illustrations. In very good plus condition. Gift inscription present on the front loose end page. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Front hinge cracked but holding relatively firmly to the book block. Moderate spotting to the front/back matter and some of the interior pages. A few pages show short, closed tears. Light edge wear/bumping, rubbing to the covers. A handsome copy.

Westminster, UK: Archibald Constable & Co., 1900. 1900 ediiton. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, 300 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers worn and spotted with fraying to corners and spine ends, chip to spine foot, rear hinge internally reglued and secure, text block sound but not tight, tiny bit of insect damage to far bottom of first few pages, pages clean with a gift notation on the front free endpaper and decorative name stamp on the half-title, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Hardback, decorative cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 27.5cm x 22cm. x, 293pp. 70 colour plates with tissue guards. Limited edition of only 300 copies, signed by the author. Spine somewhat darkened and frayed to spine ends. Binding slightly grubby. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to end-papers, contents generally clean. A pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al18). Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. x, 294, (4) pp. First edition. Octavo. Bound in blue cloth, decorated with an illustration of the Alps on the cover. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Spine faintly sunned. Corners and spine tips lightly rubbed. Gilt top edge. Previous owner's ex-libris on the front pastedown. Most pages throughout the book are in excellent condition, clean and bright. Seventy colour plates with tissue guards. Four pages of publisher's advertising at the rear. A beautiful copy. Historian and mountaineer W. Martin Conway's descriptions of one of the most stunning mountain ranges in the world continues to be engaging well over a century after they were first written. Whilst Conway often focused on mountaineering expeditions, in this volume he describes the beautiful Alpine glaciers and explains how the mountains were created. He also details pastures, peaks and volcanos. The watercolour print illustrations throughout add to the loveliness of the book. 1904

Adam & Charles Black, 1904 pp 294. Illustrated with 70 tissue guarded bright coloured plates. 4to, tan cloth. Cloth very faded, corners slightly bumped, front free endpaper creased and worn at the bottom. Top inner hinge detached, slight tear at top of outer hinge. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the publishers. This is number 193. Neate C100, Inman 221. This copy has the former owner's ink signature of Aileen Smiles, author of a biography of Samuel Smiles (1812-1904), doctor, and later a railway executive who became famous as the author of Self-help (1859) and many other books extolling the virtues of hard work and education.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 11" by 9". A. D. McCormick. A charming Edition de Luxe of this descriptive study of the Alps, beautifully illustrated throughout with bright colour plates. The first edition of this study of the Swiss Alps, signed by the publisher 'A. & C. Black', and no. 274 of 300 Edition de Luxe printed.A charming description of the region from English art critic, cartographer and mountaineer William Martin Conway, and illustrated in colour by illustrator and landscape painter Arthur David McCormick.With seventy colour plates, including frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with two small closed tears to back strip head. Bumping to board extremities, with light marks and rubbing to boards. Front and rear hinges starting, but holding firm. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper. Signed and numbered to verso of half title.… Read More

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1904. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, 70 illustrated plates by A.D. McCormick and 4 pages publisher's advertisements. Green publisher's cloth, illustrated front cover and spine, gilt letters; interior hinges starting but sound, text is clean and bright with minor notations in blue pen on list of illustrations. A beautiful copy with an ownership signature on the fly-leaf. First edition of a vivid description of one of the world's most famous and beautiful mountain ranges. Taking a detour from his more typical works recounting expeditions and his various books about art history, Conway details everything about the Alps, including the joy of the snow, the beauty of the glaciers, how the mountains were made, the intimacy of the passes, and even the mood of the mountains. Illustrated with prints of exquisite watercolors by McCormick, this book is a one-of-a-kind glimpse of the Alps as a whole rather than as a narrative of a particular expedition. Much of Conway's… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. 294 pages in very good condition with 70 colour plates throughout. Pages are mostly clean and unmarked with some smudging near the edges. SIGNED by the publishers. LIMITED to 300 copies, #287/300. Brown endpapers. Worn around the edges of the ffep. Light penciling on the ffep. Darkened deckle edges with gilt on top. Lightly scuffed. Torn blue ribbon bound into the head of the spine. Bound in beige cloth on pictorial bevel boards with gilt titles. Smudged and worn around the edges. Boards are scuffed, spine is wrinkled. Deluxe, limited 1ST EDITION. VG+/- -. Signed By Publishers. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by McCormick, A. D.. 4to: 8 1/2 x 11.