Search Results: across east african glaciers an account by meyer dr hans

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London: George Philip and Son, 1891.. First English edition. Large 8vo. xx, 404 pp. Recent tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, blindstamped and gilt rules, red and green gilt lettered labels, gilt decoration to other panels, pale red edges. Chromolithograph frontispiece, twelve black and white lithographed plates, eight mounted photographs and three maps. Some trivial spotting towards front and rear of the volume, dark tinge to the edge of some of the plate leaves (not affecting the images), a very good copy. The work describes Hans Meyer's second and successful attempt to reach the highest of Kilimanjaro's three peaks, Kibo, in 1889. He had fallen short on a previous attempt two years earlier. Meyer, along with the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller, were the first Europeans known to have attained the summit.

London: George Philip & Son, 1891., 1891. First edition. First edition. Thick 8vo. Translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder. Color, full green pictorial cloth, light green endpapers, xx, 404 pp., frontispiece (general view of Kilima-njaro from the S. E.), preface, introductory, top edge gold gilt, illustrated, plates, maps, bibliography, index. Contains forty illustrations and three maps. The frontispiece and eight photographs were printed in Germany. Detailed appendices on the geology, geography, flora (mosses, lichens), and insects of the region. Hans Meyer was geologist and experienced climber who made four trips to the Kilimanjaro region in 1887-1889, culminating in his successful ascent, the first undisputed summit of Kibo, the highest of the mountain's two peaks, in 1889. In an earlier attempt, Meyer and his companion Oscar Baumann had the misfortune to arrive in the midst of an Arab revolt against German traders on the East Africa coast. They were taken prisoner and held hostage… Read More

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first English edition of this incredibly eminent work of mountaineering from the first recorded European to ascend the summit of Kilimanjaro. A lovely bright copy, with all maps present. Translated from the German of Dr. Hans Meyer.With three fold-out maps.With twenty plates. Lacks chromolithograph frontispiece.Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer, 1858 - 1929, was a German geographer from Hildburghausen. Hans Meyer is credited with being the first European to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1889. In a half cloth binding. Externally, just a little bumping, with slight loss to the spine label. There is a gilt reference number to the tail of the spine, with a small reference, and the remains of a label. Internally, firmly bound, bright, with occasional spots or marks. With a small blindstamp to the title page. Very Good Indeed