Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes

Bookseller

JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS (US)

Bookseller Inventory #

002195

Title

Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes

Author

Coleman, Edmund T

Illustrator

Coleman, Edmund T.

Format/binding

Hardcover

Book condition

Used - Fine

Jacket condition

Fine

Quantity available

1

Edition

Reprint

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Kümmerly & Frey

Place of Publication

Bern

Date published

1985

Keywords

mont blanc, alps, alpes, monte bianco

Bookseller catalogs

Mountaineering; fine colored plates; Mountains Alps;

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