PIONEER WORKS IN THE ALPS OF NEW ZEALAND, This copy signed by author Arthur Harper, T. Fisher & Unwin, London, 1896, 1st edn.,
PIONEER WORKS IN THE ALPS OF NEW ZEALAND, This copy signed by author Arthur Harper, T. Fisher & Unwin, London, 1896, 1st edn., 336 page hardback in original blue cloth with gilt titles and insert plate on front cover, profusely illustrated with author's own B&W plates, large fold-out colour map of central section Southern Alps - "A record of the first exploration of the chief glaciers and ranges of the Southern Alps" - an important foundation work on New Zealand mountaineering, rarely found in this condition let alone signed by Harper to title page - Harper was an explorer and climber as well as a founding member of the New Zealand Alpine Club in 1894 - $850
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