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Condition Summary: (Very Good+/Good) A tidy copy, in a reasonably presentable dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has light foxing on the prelims. Dust jacket has some chipping, up to 15 mm (5/8 of an inch) deep on the edges and a few closed tears. Dust jacket conservation: Chips and tears have been stabilised with Archibond 9gsm Archival Tissue [fully reversible]
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| Book Number | B0015913 |
|---|---|
| Title | My Alpine Album |
| Author(s) | Author: Smythe, F. S. [Frank Sydney] Photographer: Smythe, F. S. [Frank Sydney] F. S. [Frank Sydney] Smythe (1900 to 1949)—British mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist in the early years of high altitude mountaineering. As a mountaineer carried out first ascents of the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc and of Kamet, and had attempts on Kanchenjunga and Mount Everest in the 1930s. He wrote 27 books illustrated with his own photographs |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: 1) '1940' on the foot of the title page, 2) no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information and 3) the last book listed in the list of books published is 'A Camera in the Hills'. Dust jacket edition identified by: 1) blurb and priced '12s. 6d. net.' on the front flap, 2) a series of book reviews ending with one for 'The Mountain Scene' on the lower panel and 3) a list of 3 books ending with 'The Mountain Scene' on the front flap. [References: Mountaineering Literature: A Bibliography of Material Published in English by Jill Neate, reference S125] Hardback Quarto (25-30 cm high). 147, [i (blank)] and [i (adverts)] printed pages in publisher's original blue cloth with white 'Black', 'F. S. Smythe', 'My Alpine Album' on the spine and 'My Alpine Album' on the upper board, in dust jacket. Contains forty seven black and white photographs by F. S. Smythe and sketch-map |
| Publisher(s) | Adam and Charles Black, London, 1940 Adam and Charles Black—(Founded in 1807) A British publishing company founded by Adam and Charles Black in Edinburgh. It is now an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. It is best known as the publisher of the annual Who's Who, Whitaker's Almanack and colour illustrated books. [McBride page 22] [Zempel and Verkler page 49] [The A&C Black Colour Books by Colin Inman] . |
| Series | No |
| Content | content An account of Smythe's experiences in the Alps of Switzerland and Austria. . |
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