Dent, C.T.

Mountaineering. Illustrations by H.G Willink and others.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 439 pages. 13 illustrations on 13 plates and an additional 93 illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine. Pictorial and series title on front board. Deckled top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes].

Includes, for example, the following: Sir Frederick Pollock, ‘The Early History of Mountaineering’ / C.T. Dent, ‘Equipment and Outfit’ / C.T. Dent, ‘The Principles of Mountaineering’ / Douglas W. Freshfield, ‘Mountaineering Beyond the Alps’ / Charles Pilkington, ‘Hill Climbing in the British Isles’ etc.
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G. and assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson.

The Badminton Library, called in full The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, was a sporting and publishing project conceived and founded by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. (wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120238AB