CLIMBS ON ALPINE PEAKS by Ratti, Abate Achille (Mountaineer - now Pope Pius XI) (translated by J. E. C. Eaton) (foreword by Douglas Freshfield) - 1923

Houghton Mifflin Company. Good. gray cloth boards with white titles; wear to corners of boards and ends of spine; portion of spine title is rubbed off; ex-library with usual stamps and markings; text is unmarked; 139 pages; illustrated; 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall

Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In gray cloth. Ex-church library copy. Rubbing to spine ends. .

Ernest Benn, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. Third Impression. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923. First English Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Some wear to spine ends. Some spotting to end-papers. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 136 pages. Illustrations. Map. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield. The author was later to become Pope Pius XI.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fair. 1923`. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Fair. No dust jacket. An unattractive ex-library copy with taped spine, stamps etc. Etc. Suitable for reading or reference, not a collector's copy. .

Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In gray cloth. Bumped corner. No jacket. Owner name. .

Ernest Benn Ltd 1929. Ex-Benedictine Library Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Ernest Benn, 1929. 1929 3rd Edition. hardcover. 128pp, foxing to endpapers, VG in VG- dw with a few chips. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield.. Achille Ratti was born in Desio, Milan in 1857, the son of an owner of a silk factory. He was ordained a priest in 1879 and embarked on an academic career within the Church. In 1888 he left seminary teaching to work full-time at the Ambrosian Library in Milan, becoming Chief of the Library 1907. The scholar was also an avid mountaineer in his spare time, reaching the summits of Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Presolana. The combination of a scholar-athlete would not be seen again until the pontificate of John Paul II. In 1911, at Pope Pius X's invitation, he moved to the Vatican to become Vice-Prefect of the Vatican Library, and in 1914 was promoted to Prefect. Ratti was finally elected Pope on 6 February 1922 on the fourteenth ballot, the longest conclave of the 20th century, taking the name of Pius XI.. Glacier Books are experienced and… Read More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. G/P. 1923. ........ Cloth(Hrdcvr). 8vo., 139 pp., 2 large pieces of front DJ missing .

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Translated by J. E. C. Eaton. With a foreword by Douglas W. Freshfield and an introduction by the Right Rev. L. C. Casartelli. 139 pp. Ex-library plates on front paste-down and both rear endpapers. Grey cloth with white titles. Corners lightly bumped and worn, yellowed spine with head and tail worn. GOOD..