$320 - A CLIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND, Malcolm Ross, Edward Arnold, London, 1914, original green cloth, gilt titles, 312 page VG hardback, bumped corners, sl wear to spine ends,

A CLIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND, Malcolm Ross, Edward Arnold, London, 1914, original green cloth, gilt titles, 312 page VG hardback, bumped corners, sl wear to spine ends, B&W plates, sl foxing, - a very hard to find account of early climbing in the southern Alps by a climber-journalist - "One morning, soon after our return to the Hermitage, I found myself basking in the warm sunshine, dividing my attention for the most part between a book and a cigar, and occasionally gazing up at the ice cliffs of Mount Sefton Chapter titles: Descriptive and Historical; In the Olden Days; The Conquering of Aorangi; Above the Plains; Down in the Valleys; An Ascent of Haidinger; An Interlude; De La Bêche and the Minarets; Across the Southern Alps; In Kiwi Land; The First Crossing of Mount Cook...$320

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A CLIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND, Malcolm Ross, Edward Arnold, London, 1914, original green cloth, gilt titles, 312 page VG hardback, bumped corners, sl wear to spine ends, B&W plates, sl foxing, - a very hard to find account of early climbing in the southern Alps by a climber-journalist - "One morning, soon after our return to the Hermitage, I found myself basking in the warm sunshine, dividing my attention for the most part between a book and a cigar, and occasionally gazing up at the ice cliffs of Mount Sefton Chapter titles: Descriptive and Historical; In the Olden Days; The Conquering of Aorangi; Above the Plains; Down in the Valleys; An Ascent of Haidinger; An Interlude; De La Bêche and the Minarets; Across the Southern Alps; In Kiwi Land; The First Crossing of Mount Cook...$320