A SEARCH FOR THE APEX OF AMERICA; High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia including the Conquest of Huascaran.

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FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xx, 370, 64 plates, illustrations, map, original grey decorative cloth, slight fading to spine. Also 10 cards, the first one signed by her. The envelope for the cards states "The Miss Annie S Peck Travel and Mountain Pictures Series 1 - Peru and Mount Huascaran The Highest Mountain on This Hemisphere". A scarce mountaineering work. Annie Peck has written on the front free endpaper a long inscription finishing with "with heartfelt sympathy for the bravest of these the Belgians. Sincerely Yours Annie Peck". "Miss Peck was the driving force on all her Andean expeditions, many of her failures being due to the indifferent performance of her companions. She also climbed the Matterhorn and was a founder member of the A.A.C." Neate Neate P36. N° de ref. del artículo 10555

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