Climbs On Alpine Peaks

London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1923. First edition in English, first printing. First edition in English, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles in blind to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Frontispiece portrait and 21 further illustrations, mostly photographic, throughout the text. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm… Read more about this item

Ernest Benn Ltd 1929. Ex-Benedictine Library Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fair. 1923`. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Fair. No dust jacket. An unattractive ex-library copy with taped spine, stamps etc. Etc. Suitable for reading or reference, not a collector's copy. .

Ernest Benn, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. Third Impression. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. G/P. 1923. ........ Cloth(Hrdcvr). 8vo., 139 pp., 2 large pieces of front DJ missing .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 139p, plates. A light grey cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Mild rubbing along edges; bookplate else clean, tight, and unmarked. Pius XI was an avid mountaineer before his papacy. This book, written before he became pope, is an account of his mountain-climbing adventures in the… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin Limited, 1925. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 136p. Blue cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Previous owner's name, pages rough-cut, otherwise clean and tight. By Abate Achille Ratti, otherwise known as Pope Pius XI. Translated by J.E.C. Eaton. Includes b/w photographs. A biography of Pope Pius XI and his adventures with mountain climbing in the… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In gray cloth. Bumped corner. No jacket. Owner name. .

Houghton Mifflin Company. Good. gray cloth boards with white titles; wear to corners of boards and ends of spine; portion of spine title is rubbed off; ex-library with usual stamps and markings; text is unmarked; 139 pages; illustrated; 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Translated by J. E. C. Eaton. With a foreword by Douglas W. Freshfield and an introduction by the Right Rev. L. C. Casartelli. 139 pp. Ex-library plates on front paste-down and both rear endpapers. Grey cloth with white titles. Corners lightly bumped and worn, yellowed spine with head and… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In gray cloth. Ex-church library copy. Rubbing to spine ends. .

Ernest Benn, 1929. 1929 3rd Edition. hardcover. 128pp, foxing to endpapers, VG in VG- dw with a few chips. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield.. Achille Ratti was born in Desio, Milan in 1857, the son of an owner of a silk factory. He was ordained a priest in 1879 and embarked on an academic career within the Church. In… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923 First American edition. Translated by J.E.C. Eaton. Foreword by Douglas W. Freshfield. Introduction by Right Rev. L.C. Casartelli. Includes a frontis portrait of the author as Pope; black & white photographic plates. Gray cloth lettered in white. Very minor rubbing to spine enss, but a fine and fresh copy..

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923. 1923 First Edition. hardcover. 136pp, original blue cloth, private bookplate, light wear to extremities, light foxing to endpapers and foreedges, VG-. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield.. Achille Ratti was born in Desio, Milan in 1857, the son of an owner of a silk factory. He was ordained a priest in 1879 and embarked on… Read more about this item

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923. 1923 First Edition. hardcover. 136pp, original blue cloth, small nick to cloth at head of spine, foxing to endpapers, near VG. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield.. Achille Ratti was born in Desio, Milan in 1857, the son of an owner of a silk factory. He was ordained a priest in 1879 and embarked on… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.