STEPHEN, Leslie.

The Playground of Europe.

Stock Code 106238

Longmans, Green and Co, London 1907

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"Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature" (Neate).

Leslie Stephen was the father of Virginia Woolf and a serious alpinist. He climbed Mont Blanc in the early 1870s. Although there were many editions of this title, the content varied in each one.

Seventh edition (Silver Library issue). 8vo (19 x 14 cm), xi, 339pp, 3 illustrations including title-page vignette, bookplate; publisher's brown cloth, slightly faded on spine, gilt lettered; overall a good solid copy

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