Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 234

Price Realized: $ 12,350
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS. Across Country from Thonon to Trent. Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol. [8], 135 pages. 8vo, 242x141 mm, original cloth, spine ends worn, cover corners bumped; contents clean, with only faint stamp on title verso, handwritten addendum to the errata in ink (by the author?), and 2 pencil corrections in the text. Bookplate of Godfrey Allan Solly dated 1896. London: Spottiswoode, 1865

Additional Details

first edition of freshfield's first book, written when he was 20, describing his first Alpine experiences. Half-title inscribed: "Arthur Kekewich from DWF." Neate F62; Perret 1756 ('de la plus grande rareté').