Lot 37
B. Browne, The Conquest of Mount McKinley. New York a. London 1913.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
37
Category:
Geography and work of views
Browne, Belmore: The Conquest of Mount McKinley. The story of three expeditions through the Alaskan wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's highest and most inaccessible Mountain. With an appendix by H. C. Parker. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1913. 22,6 x 15,5 cm. With 100 illustrations based on the author’s original drawings, photographs and maps. 1 folded map at the end. XVII pp., 1 blank page, 381 pp., 1 blank page, 2 leaves. Original brown linen binding with gold-embossed title and illustrations. Gold-embossed title and spine decoration. Gold-edged. Endpapers illustrated with maps and expedition routes.
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Belmore Browne was an artist, writer, explorer, mountaineer and a great advocate of outdoor life and travel in the wilderness of the North. In his early twenties, he travelled to Alaska as a member of Andrew Jackson Stone’s expedition to collect mammals. Browne was part of a group that undertook the first ascent of Mount Olympus in Washington. He later made three attempts to climb Mount McKinley in Alaska, the highest peak in North America; although he came very close to his goal, he failed on each occasion.
(Corners and edges show little wear. Spine is more tanned)
Belmore Browne was an artist, writer, explorer, mountaineer and a great advocate of outdoor life and travel in the wilderness of the North. In his early twenties, he travelled to Alaska as a member of Andrew Jackson Stone’s expedition to collect mammals. Browne was part of a group that undertook the first ascent of Mount Olympus in Washington. He later made three attempts to climb Mount McKinley in Alaska, the highest peak in North America; although he came very close to his goal, he failed on each occasion.