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Alps:

Bonney, Thomas George . THE BUILDING OF THE ALPS
NY 1912 1st Scribners. Geology of the Alps. Octavo, 384pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Signed by M. W. Roosevelt. VG, new endpapers, light wear, some spotting and occasional foxing. (a3146)
$49.00 Franz, Herbert (Admont, Steirmark) . DIE LANDTIERWELT DER MITTLEREN HOHEN TAUERN. EIN BEITRAG ZUR TIERGEOGRAPHISCHEN UND SOZIOLOGISCHEN ERFORSCHUNG DER ALPEN
Wien 1943 Academie Der Wissenshaten in Wien. Denkschriften Band 107. In German. Thorough detailed technical survey of natural history of Alps. 4to., 552pp. plus 14 pages of photo illustrations, 11 maps, wraps.VG. (a17338)
$110.00 Hess, Heinrich . ZEITSCHRIFT DES DEUTSCHEN UND OSTERREICHISCHEN ALPENVEREINS BAND XLIII JAHRGANG 1912
Wien 1912. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 342pp., photo illustrations, large map and large panorama laid in rear pocket, cloth. Small owner name stamp. VG. (a17562)
$35.00 Gotthard . GOTTHARD FURKA-GRIMSEL
Wehrli Verlga Kilchberg-Zurich c. 1900. Edition illustrato. Swiss Alps. In German. Oblong sm.4to. 38 sepia-toned photo views, one per page, stringbound wraps. Views identified, most in 6 languages. Bookseller stamp on front cover. Good. (a22112)
$25.00 Gibbon, Monk . IN PURSUIT OF WINTER SPORT
London 1953. Hardcover. Octavo, 223pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a23273)
$23.00 Ball, John . THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ALPS
London 1896. With an introductory note by W. T. Thiselton Dyer. Offprint from the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Ser., Botany, Volume V, Part 4. Lg.4to., pp.119-227, original wraps. Uncut. VG light fraying of cover. (a27893)
$125.00 Tairraz, Georges et Pierre . AIGUILLE DU MIDI VALLEE BLANCHE
Lyon 1967. Mont Blanc, the Alps, skiing. In French. Hardcover. Square octavo, 127pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light soiling, no DJ. (a31907)
$34.00 Kinzel, Professor Karl . SOMMERFRISCHEN UND STANDQUARTIERE IN OBERBAYERN UND TIROL
Schwerin 1910 3rd Edition. In German. 12mo., 136pp., wraps. Postcard of Hotel in Austrian Alps tipped onto front free blank. Owner signed and dated on title page. Good, wraps worn. (a33618)
$29.00 Dempster, Charlotte Louisa . THE MARITIME ALPS AND THEIR SEABOARD
London 1885 1st Longmans Green. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 384pp., woodcut illustrations, attractive and unusual pictorial cloth boards (light blue cloth with maroon yucca plant). Good plus, text clean and tight with a very few light small spots, some foxing on initial and final pages, corners bumped, spine lettering almost faded away and spine picture fading. Later removable protective glassine jacket. (a37614)
$65.00 Ausserer, Carl . DER ALPENSTEINBOCK
Wien 1947 2nd Universum. 'Geschichte, Verbreitung, Brauch- und Heltum, Sage, Wappen, Aussterben und Versuche zu seiner Wiedereinburgerung.' In German. History of Alpine Ibex. Hardcover. Octavo, 243pp., photo illustrations, cloth spine, paper-covered boards. Good, pages beginning to brown in margins. (a37903)
$45.00 Conway, Sir William Martin . THE ALPS FROM END TO END
Westminster 1895 Constable. Hardcover, Octavo, 103pp., 100 full page illustrations by A. D. McCormick, brown cloth spine and green cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering. VG, light foxing on endpapers. In new glassine cover. (a41818)
$195.00 Marche, M. E. . NOTE SUR LA TRAVERSEE DES ALPES PAR UN CHEMIN DE FER
1861. In French. 8vo., 22pp., two foldout plates, removed from Bulletin de la Soci�t� Vaudoise des Sciences naturelles and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a55058)
$45.00 Hess, H (editor) . ZEITSCHRIFT DES DEUTSCHEN UNDE �STERREICHISCHEN ALPENVEREINS - JARHGANG 1895 BAND XXVI
Graz 1895. In German. 4to., 339pp., photo illustrations, illustrated hardcover. Lacks the inserts at the rear. Light owner name stamp on titlepage. Good, light wear, light foxing on initial and final pages. (a55837)
$35.00 Collet, Leon W. . LA NAPPE DE MORCLES ENTRE ARVE ET RH�NE
Berne 1943. In French. 4to., 146pp., text illustrations, 5 color plates, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, wear at heel of spine. (a56311)
$225.00 Mayer-Pfannholz, Antin (editor) . DEUTSCHES ALPENLAND EIN HEIMATBUCH
Leipzig 1920. In German. 8vo., 464pp., frontis, zeichnungen von Adolf Seitz, original illustrated hardcover. Small bookseller label inside front cover. Good, head of spine lightly worn, leaves browned (not brittle), coversa bit soiled. (a59993)
$25.00 Waring, George E. Jr. . TYROL AND THE SKIRT OF THE ALPS
New York 1880 (1879) Harper. Sm.4to., 171pp., illustrations, ads, original gilt pictorial brown cloth hardcover, VG, light cover wear, light fraying of spine ends. (a65492)
$225.00 Benesch, Fritz . F�HRER DIE SCHNEEALPE
Wien 1925 Artaria. Alpine climbing guidebook. In German. 12mo., 168pp., 12 photo illustrations, one foldout map, hardcover. VG, one corner bumped. (a68981)
$45.00 Dozier, Jeff . USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA FOR INPUT TO ENERGY BALANCE SNOWBELT MODELS
Washington 1980 U. S. Department of Commerce. 4to., 82pp., diagrams, original printed wraps. A few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a69322)
$75.00 Franchi, S. . SULLA TETTONICA DELLE ALPI COZIE FRANCO-ITALIANE
Roma 1929. Cuggiani. Estratto dalle Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geological d'Italia . Original printed wraps. 4to. Signed by "Autore". 63p in Italian with charts, photo illustrations and one large color foldout geological chart. VG some cover wear. Scarce. (a77816)
$85.00 Freeston, C. L. . THE HIGH-ROADS OF THE ALPS A MOTORING GUIDE TO ONE HUNDRED MOUNTAIN PASSES
New York 1911 second editionScribners. Hardcover. Octavo, 392pp., 110 itineraries, 102 photo illustrations and 11 maps and diagrams, cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, some tearing along outer hinge and spine, corners worn. (a83510)
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