
White’s Journeys on Foot Through Tyrol
SKU: 9328Title:
White’s Journeys on Foot Through Tyrol
Date of publication:
1856
Binding:
contemporary half calf
Publisher(s):
Author(s):
On foot through Tyrol in the Summer of 1855. London, Chapman & Hall, 1856.
Walter White (1811-1893) trained as a cabinet maker in his father’s business, but for forty years served as a librarian at the Royal Society. He wrote a number of books based around his walking holidays, including expeditions to Mont Blanc, eastern Germany and Bohemia.
Condition & Materials
First edition, 8vo. pp. viii, 316. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little wear, headcap and part of the lettering pice on the spine neatly renewed. Inscription dated 1969 in red ink to verso of title-page.