[Pope Pius XI] Ratti, Abate Achille.

Climbs on Alpine Peaks. [with the scarce dustjacket]. Translated By J.E.C. Eaton. With a Foreword By Douglas Freshfield and an Introduction By Rev. L.C. Casartelli.

no place (Great Britain), Burns Oates & Washbourne, no year (c.1923). 10.5 cm x 17 cm. XXX, 128 pages. Hardcover / publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and vatican seal embossed on front board. With the rare dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket faded but overall excellent with only minor wear ans some minor fraying. Interior clean and bright with sharp corners. “Servite Priory Dundee” stamp on front and rear endpapers.

Includes, for example, the following: Ascent of the Matterhorn Direct from Zematt / Mont Blanc: Ascent by the Rocher Route and Descent by the Dome Glacier etc.
Pius XI was an avid mountaineer before his papacy. This book, consisting of a series of reprinted articles, written before he became pope, is an account of his notable climbing adventures in the Alps.

• Keywords: Alps · climbing · Library & Collection Building · Mont Blanc · Mountaineer’s Mountain · Mountaineering · Mountaineering – Collection · Mountaineering – Rare · Mountaineers · Mountains · Outdoors · Papal · Paper-Making · Pope · Pope Pius XI · Sport · Travel · Travelling Authors · Travels
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120098AB