Lot 415: WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn. London: John Murray, 1880. 8°.

WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn. London: John Murray, 1880. 8°. 2 folding maps, one in colour, and numerous plates and illustrations (folding map split at folds, occasional light spotting). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt, uncut (spine rather soiled and head and foot worn and frayed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION.

WHYMPER, Edward. Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69. Ibid., 1871. 8°. 4 folding maps, one in colour, plates, one folding, and illustrations (top margins a little browned). Original green cloth, gilt spine, uncut (rebacked with almost all of original spine preserved). Provenance: C. M. Ingleby (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. (2)

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