True Tales of Mountain Adventue
by Le Blond, Mrs Aubrey [Mrs Main]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with wear to spine ends. Corners bumped. Inner hinges cracked. Contents
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with wear to spine ends. Corners bumped. Inner hinges cracked. Contents foxed and browned. Teg. 1903. First Edition. Green hardback pictorial cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 299pp. Numerous b/w photographic plates, many taken by the author. Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed was an Irish heiress. She married three times; firstly, in 1879, Frederick Burnaby (18421885); secondly, in 1886, John Frederick Main (died 1892); and thirdly, in 1900, to Francis Bernard Aubrey Le Blond. Her main passion was mountain photography, capturing mountain scenery, which she combined with mountaineering. She was also an author and autobiographer; in 1883 she published 'The High Alps in Winter' describing her mountaineering experiences. She wrote under the names Mrs. Fred Burnaby, Mrs. Main, and Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, and was usually known by the latter. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- k4458
- Title
- True Tales of Mountain Adventue
- Author
- Le Blond, Mrs Aubrey [Mrs Main]
- Format/Binding
- Green hardback pictorial cloth cover
- Book Condition
- Used - G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with wear to spine ends. Corners bumped. Inner hinges cracked. Contents
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
Terms of Sale
Barter Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Barter Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Alnwick, Northumberland
About Barter Books Ltd
Since its opening in 1991 within the premises of a small model factory at Alnwick Station, Barter Books has grown well beyond original expectations. Starting off in what was the ticket and parcel office of the original Station, the bookshop has expanded down the platforms and through the waiting rooms, until it now covers over one-quarter of the whole Station site. This translates into an area exceeding 8000 square feet and containing over 350,000 books on more than three miles of shelving. Also the Famous Writers Mural - 40 feet long by 18 feet high, the similarly sized Railway Mural and the Tennyson Installation. The bookshop also sells secondhand videos and music (CDs, LPs, cassettes, sheet music), as well as a small but growing section of artists' prints. And then there are the shop's many extra features! These include an open fire in the winter, coffee and cookies, a model railway running above the book columns, a mini-cybercafe, generous seating and browsing areas, a children's room, and dozens of glass cases containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. The latest feature is the Station Buffet with hot and cold food and a fine selection of coffees and teas. A final note: during the enlargement process the owners took (and are taking!) particular pleasure in restoring, as they can, various features of the Station. This so far includes the original North Eastern Railway cast iron fireplaces, two of the Station clocks, a drinking fountain, and various waiting rooms. Most dramatic of all, however, was the restoration of part of the glass roof. That was when we all stood about watching as the sun came streaming in for the first time in many years to bring the wonderful old Station visually back to life.
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