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Girdlestone (Rev. Arthur Gilbert) The High Alps without Guides, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece by Whymper, 2 folding maps, one repaired with tape, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, (Neate G30), 8vo, 1870.

Gnifetti (Giovanni) Nozioni Topografiche del Monte Rosa ed Ascensioni, first edition, slightly foxed and browned, original printed wrappers, bound in modern cloth-backed boards, 8vo, Turin, 1845.

Gribble (Francis) The Early Mountaineers, first edition, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a fine copy, (Neate G67 "authoritative and detailed"), 8vo, 1899.

Grillet (Jean-Louis) Dictionnaire, Historique, Litteraire et Statistique des Departemens du Mont-Blanc et du Leman, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. II & III ink stamps on titles, contemporary morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, spines slightly faded, (Meckly 84; Perret 2059), 8vo, Chambery, J.F. Puthod, 1807.

Gruner (Gottlieb Sigmund) Die Eisgebirge des Schweizerlandes, 3 vol., first edition, 18 folding engraved plates and 3 folding maps, slightly browned, vol. I ink signature on front pastedown, vol. III ink signature on title, vol. I & II original boards, rubbed and stained, corners bumped, some joints splitting, vol. III contemporary half calf, rubbed, (Meckly 86), 8vo, Ben Abraham Wagner, Berne, 1760.

Hawes (Benjamin) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and a folding facsimile of the certificate confirming their ascent, hand-coloured aquatint plates, by F. Salathe after Lory and Coignet, from Raoul Rochette's "Voyages Pittoresques dans le Vallee de Chamouni", Rucksack Club library copy with ink stamp on title and bookplates, modern cloth, (Meckly 89; Neate H55; Perret 2186), 4to, Benjamin Hawes, Junior, 1828.

(Hayward (Abraham)) Some Account of a Journey Across the Alps, in a Letter to a Friend, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, slightly browned, original cloth, slightly rubbed, g.e., (Perret 2188 "Tres rare"), 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, (1834).

Hinchliff (Thomas W.) Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte Rosa, first edition, 4 chromolithographed plates and 3 folding maps, half-title, some foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, gilt spine, (Meckly 92; Neate H96 "a classic of the 'Golden Age'"; Perret 2266), 8vo, 1857.

Hudson (Rev. Charles) & Edward Shirley Kennedy. Where there's a Will there's a Way: An Ascent of Mont Blanc by a New Route and Without Guides, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, folding map, half-title, margins slightly browned, original cloth, a fine copy, (Meckly 96; Neate H126; Perret 2292), 8vo, 1856.

Hugi (Franz Josef) Die Gletscher und die erratischen Blocke, first edition, half-title, some foxing, contemporary marbled boards, spine faded, (Perret 2294), 8vo, Solothurn, 1843.

King (Rev. S.W.) The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps, first edition, plates, 4 maps and plans (3 folding partly coloured, title foxed, text slightly browned, ink signature on title, ex-Rucksack Library copy with bookplates on front endpapers, hinges weak, original gilt pictorial cloth, slightly soiled, corners bumped, (Neate K23; Perret 2437), 8vo, 1858.

Leschevin (P.X.) Voyage a Geneve et dans la Vallee de Chamouni, en Savoie, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Saussure, half-title, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label, spine worn, (Meckly 111 "quite rare"), 12mo, Paris & Geneva, 1812.

Longman (William) A Lecture on Switzerland, first edition, half-title inscribed "From the Author", bookplate of Charles W. Nettleton on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, (Meckly 115), 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, July 1857.

L(ongman) (W(illiam)) and H(enry) T(rower). Journal of Six Weeks' Adventures in Switzerland, Piedmont, and on the Italian Lakes, first edition, signed presentation copy from Longman to Thomas Hartwell Horne, folding engraved map frontispiece with hand-coloured routes, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, corners bumped, (Meckly 114; Neate L46), 8vo, 1856.

(Luc (Jean Andre de) and Pierre Gedeon Dentand.) Relation de Differents Voyages dans les Alpes du Faucigny, first edition, half-title, occasional marginal soiling and slight marginal defects, modern calf-backed boards, uncut, (Meckly 116 "of considerable rarity"), 12mo, Maastricht, J.E. Dufour & P.H. Roux, 1776.

Luc (Jean Andre de) Lettres sur l'Histoire Physique de la Terre, Adressees a M. Le Professeur Blumenbach, (edited by J.A. emery), first edition, half-title, slightly browned, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, 8vo, Paris, Nyon, 1798.

Mallet (Henri) Description de Geneve...suivie de la Relation de l'ascension de Mr. de Saussure sur la cîme du Mont-Blanc, first edition, folding engraved map, occasional light spotting, later red morocco-backed boards, (Meckly 120; Perret "rare et recherche"), 12mo, Geneva, 1807.

(Mallet (G.M.)) Lettres sur la Route de Geneve a Milan par le Simplon, first edition, half-title, title and half-title slightly soiled, endpapers used from printers' waste, contemporary boards, joints splitting, spine stained and faded, 8vo, Paris and Geneva, 1810.

Martins (Charles) Des Causes du Froid sur les Hautes Montagnes, first edition, foxed, bookplate on front pastedown, original lower wrapper bound in later cloth, 8vo, Paris, 1860.

Martins (Charles) Deux Ascensions Scientifiques au Mont-Blanc, first edition, margins browned, original printed wrappers, 2 corners chipped, slightly soiled, (Perret 2851), Paris, 1865; and another, an extract of the above, 8vo (2).

Mathews (Charles Edward) The Annals of Mont Blanc, first edition, plates, folding map, bookplate on front pastedown, original gilt pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, (Neate M66; Perret 2863), 8vo, 1898.

Michaud (Joseph) Voyage litteraire au Mont-Blanc et dans quelques lieux pittoresques de la Savoie, first edition, lacks title, half-title, slightly browned, new endpapers, later calf, gilt spine, (Perret 3006), 8vo, (Paris, 1791). *** Rare.

Montemont (Albert) Voyage aux Alpes et en Italie, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, folding map hand-coloured in outline, brief inscription on front blank, original morocco-backed boards, small 8vo, Paris, 1821.

Moulinie (C.E.F.) Promenades philosophiques et religieuses aux environs du Mont Blanc, new edition, Geneva, 1820 ~ ebel (J.G.) Manuel du Voyageur en Suisse, new edition, 1826 ~ Duval ( M.) La Grande Caravane. Seize jours dans l'Oberland, lithographed frontispiece and plate of music, ink stamps, original printed wrapper bound in modern cloth, Geneva, 1855 ~ L. (V.) Souvenirs de Sixt Itineraire Complet de la Vallee, half-title, original printed wrappers, Geneva, 1856, some spotting,first two contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, 12mo & 8vo (4).

Norman-Neruda (May, editor) The Climbs of Norman-Neruda, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, half-title, frontispiece loose, original cloth, spine slightly faded, t.e.g., (Neate N24; Perret 3218), 8vo, 1899.

Oxley (T. Louis) Jacques Balmat, or the First Ascent of Mont Blanc. A True Story, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, some soiling, original cloth, rebacked in morocco, slightly rubbed, (Neate O25), 8vo, 1881. *** Presentation inscription (faded) on front pastedown reads "Annie Baines with Mrs. Oxley's best wishes for a Merry Christmas 1882..."

Payot (Venance) Guide-Itineraire au Mont-Blanc a Chamonix et dans les Vallees Voisines, first edition, folding lithographed map, half-title, advertisements at end, foxed, original printed wrappers, upper wrapper torn, soiled, (Meckly 142), 8vo, Geneva & Chamonix, 1857.

Peasants of Chamouni (The). Containing an Attempt to reach the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette, contemporary roan-backed boards, (Meckly 143), 12mo, 1823.

Pictet (J.P.) Nouvel Itineraire des Vallees autour du Mont-Blanc, first edition, folding engraved map on blue paper, half-title, later boards, slightly rubbed, (Meckly 146), 12mo, Geneva, 1808.

Prime (Samuel Irenaeus) Letters from Switzerland, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, slightly foxed, New Hampshire Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown, original cloth, (Meckly 149), 8vo, New York & Boston, 1860.

Raffles (Thomas) Letters, during a Tour through some parts of France, Savoy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands, first edition, original boards, slightly stained, corners bumped, spine rebacked, edges uncut, (Meckly 150), 12mo, Liverpool, 1818.

Ramond (L.) Memoires sur la Formule Barometrique de la Mecanique Celeste, first edition, half-title, blind stamps of the Topographical and Statistical Depot on title, half-title and preliminary ff., slightly foxed, bookplate of Thomas Best Jervis on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, (Perret 3568), 4to, Clermont-Ferrand, Landriot, 1811.

The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales, first separate edition, folding map, plates and illustrations, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, upper hinge broken, original cloth, slightly soiled, corners bumped, 8vo, 1860.

Reid (James) A Tour in Switzerland..., first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, 1878.

Rendu (Louis, Bishop of Annecy) Theorie des Glaciers de la Savoie, first edition, 2 lithographed maps (1 folding), slightly foxed, ink stamp and paper seal on title, ink inscription on title, original wrappers, creased and soiled, (Perret 3645), 8vo, Chambery, 1840.

Rendu (Louis, Bishop of Annecy) Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy, translated by Alfred Wills, additions by P.G.Tait and John Ruskin, edited by George Forbes, first English edition, original cloth, gilt spine, (Neate R22), a fine copy, 8vo, 1874.

Saussure (Horace-Benedict de) Voyages dans les Alpes, 4 vol., first edition, engraved title-vignettes and head-pieces, 21 folding engraved plates and 2 folding maps, 2 folding tables, half-titles, vol. III 3E1 small tear in margin, 3S4 small corner torn away, not affecting text, bookplates on front pastedowns, contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt spines, (Meckly 169), 4to, Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1779-96.

Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob) Ouresiphoites Helveticus, sive Itinera Alpina tria..., 3 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait, 3 frontispieces and 41 plates, one partially hand-coloured, a few folding, slightly foxed and browned, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, gilt panelled spine, 4to, Impensis Henrici Clements, 4to, 1708. *** Imprimatur on title signed by Isaac Newton.

Senebier (Jean) Memoire Historique sur la Vie et les ecrits de Horace Benedict de Saussure, first edition, half-title, remains of printed paper label on half-title, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, (Meckly 174), 8vo, Geneva, J.J. Paschoud, 1801.

Shairp (John Campbell) and others. Life and Letters of James David Forbes, first edition, engraved portrait-vignette on title, 3 engraved portraits, 4 mounted photographic plates, folding map, lacks half-title and advertisement leaf at end, occasional light foxing, modern bookplate on front pastedown, prize binding of contemporary calf, gilt, (Neate S46), 8vo, 1873.

Sherwill (Captain Markham) Ascension du Docteur Edmund Clark et du Capitaine Markham Sherwill a la Premiere Sommite du Mont Blanc, translated by Alexander P....r, first French edition, half-title working loose, contemporary boards, slight rubbed and faded, spine faded, (Perret 4040), 8vo, Paris & Geneva, 1827.

Smith (Albert) The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, etched plates by John Leech, slightly foxed, contemporary half calf, spine rebacked, spine gilt but faded, 8vo, 1848.

Smith (Albert) Mont Blanc, first edition, slight foxing, bookplate, 19th century half morocco, t.e.g., (Neate S85; Meckly 184), small 8vo, 1852. *** One of a small number printed for private circulation.

Smith (Albert) Pictures of Life at Home and Abroad, first edition, text illustrations, foxing, brief inscription on title, bookplate, contemporary half sheep, worn, small 8vo, 1852. *** Includes a chapter on Chaminix.

Smythe (Frank S.) Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, first edition, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, gilt, a fine copy, 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1931.

Studer (Gottlieb) and others. Berg- und Gletscher-Fahrten in den Hochalpen der Schweiz, first edition, 8 lithographed plates, occasional foxing and browning, later cloth-backed boards, (Perret 4158), 8vo, Zurich, 1859.

Studer (Gottlieb) and others. Berg- und Gletscher-Fahrten in den Hochalpen der Schweiz, first edition, 8 lithographed plates, some plates browned, bookplate on front pastedown, modern boards, original printed upper wrapper laid down on upper cover, (Perret 4158), 8vo, Zurich, 1859.

T. (G.) What May Be Done in Two Months. A Summer's Tour, through Belgium, up the Rhine, and to the Lakes of Switzerland, first edition, folding lithographed map, original cloth, gilt, (Meckly 214), 12mo, 1834.

T. (G.) What May Be Done in Two Months. A Summer's Tour, through Belgium, up the Rhine, and to the Lakes of Switzerland, first edition, folding lithographed map, original cloth, gilt, upper cover slightly rubbed, (Meckly 214), 12mo, 1834.

Talfourd (Sir Thomas Noon) Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps, first edition, half-title with upper portion cut away, hinges weak, original blind-stamped cloth, spine worn, corners rubbed, (Meckly 194), 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, (1841).

Tennant (Charles) A Tour through parts of the Netherlands, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France, 2 vol., first edition, 8 folding facsimiles at end of vol.2, half-titles, vol. I advertisements at end, ex-Sion College copy with ink stamps, new endpapers, modern boards, edges uncut, (Meckly 197), 8vo, 1824.

Thioly (Francois) Ascension du Mont-Cervin (Matterhorn), first edition, browned, original printed wrappers, (Perret 4261), 8vo, Geneva, 1871.

Trench (Rev. Francis) A Walk round Mont Blanc, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, original blind-stamped cloth, edges uncut, (Meckly 202; Perret 4315), 8vo, 1847.

Tyndall (John) The Glaciers of the Alps, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, some colour, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ex-library bookplate of Gray's Court on front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, edges uncut, (Meckly 205; Neate T75; Perret 4354), 8vo, 1860.

Tyndall (John) Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 1 plate, 8pp. advertisements at end, half-title, minor soiling, original cloth, a little soiled, corners bumped, (Neate T77; cf Perret 4355), 8vo, 1862.

Tyndall (John) Hours of Exercise in the Alps, first American edition, wood-engraved plates, half-title, 32pp. advertisements at end, blind stamp on front free endpaper, original cloth, slightly rubbed, (Neate T76), New York, 1871; and another, duplicate, second edition, 8vo (2). *** Includes descriptions of Tyndall's ascent of the Matterhorn and Weisshorn as well as sections on glaciers, Snowdon and a visit to Algeria to observe an eclipse.

Umlauft (Professor F.) The Alps, first English edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations and a folding map, half-title, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, slightly faded, 8vo, 1889.

Vautheleret (Baron Marius de) Le Grand Saint-Bernard..., first edition, 2 folding lithographed maps, half-title, original cloth, upper cover and spine faded, (Perret 4427), Paris, 1884; Traversee des Alpes par le Grand Saint-Bernard..., title on upper cover, ephemera tipped-in at beginning, Paris, 1884, 8vo (2).

Verneilh (Joseph de) Statistique Generale de la France, first edition, folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, half-title, small stain on title, slightly browned, original wrappers, rubbed, spine worn with loss, edges uncut, (Perret 4441), 4to, Paris, 1807.

Vernes (F.) Voyage episodique et Pittoresque aux Glaciers des Alpes, 3 parts in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece, lacks half-title, ex-Rucksack Library copy, library buckram, (Meckly 208), 12mo, Paris, 1807.