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Total number of records: 94

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
mountaineering30
glaciers3
mountains3
botany2
geology2
automobile travel1
chamois hunting1
hunting1
islands1
natural history1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Alps34
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)5
Tyrol (Austrian)4
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)3
Dolomite Alps (Italy)3
Europe3
Highlands (Scotland)3
Lake District (England)3
Bavaria (Germany)2
Iceland2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ball, John (1818-1889)14
Alpine Club (London, England)5
Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937)3
Coolidge, W A B (1850-1926)3
Coolidge, W. A. B3
Dent, C T (1850-1912)3
Forbes, James David (1809-1868)3
Le Blond, Elizabeth Alice Frances3
Wilson, Daniel (1778-1858)3
Ball, John2

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From 190033

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Up to 189958
Up to 199933

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Mountaineering

This collection includes guide-books to mountain ranges, and autobiographical accounts of climbers’ exploits; it does not include instructional works.

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Rock-climbing in Skye

Abraham, Ashley Perry (1876-1951)

1908

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The Cairngorms

Alexander, Sir Henry (1875-1940); Ewen, William A

1950

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Peaks, passes, and glaciers : being excursions by members of the Alpine Club (v.1)

Kennedy, Edward Shirley (1817-1898); Alpine Club (London, England)

1862

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Peaks, passes, and glaciers : being excursions by members of the Alpine Club (v.2)

Kennedy, Edward Shirley (1817-1898); Alpine Club (London, England)

1862

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Peaks, passes, and glaciers : a series of excursions by members of the Alpine Club

Ball, John (1818-1889); Alpine Club (London, England)

1859

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Peaks, passes and glaciers

Field, A E; Spencer, Sydney; Alpine Club (London, England)

1932

Reprinted from articles published in the first five volumes of the Alpine journal, 1864-72 pre. p. vii.

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Peaks, passes, and glaciers : a series of excursions by members of the Alpine Club

Ball, John (1818-1889); Alpine Club (London, England)

1859

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Die Alpen = Les Alpes = Le Alpi = Las Alps

Schweizer Alpen-Club

v.29-v.32, no.9 (1953-1956) Vol.32 unbound

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South Tyrol and Venetian or Dolomite Alps

Ball, John (1818-1889)

1876

In this edition of Ball's Alpine guide, the three volumes of the complete work are issued in separate sections, with pagination unchanged.

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Pennine Alps : including Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa

Ball, John (1818-1889)

1873

Map on front lining-papers.

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East Switzerland : including the Engadine and Lombard valleys

Ball, John (1818-1889)

1873

In this edition of Ball's Alpine guide, the three volumes of the complete work are issued in separate sections, with pagination unchanged.

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