Mountaineering.- Fellows (Charles) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, half-title with presentation inscription from the author, lithograph vignette title, 11 plates, all but one lithographs, lithograph facsimile, directions to binder slip at end, occasional foxing, contemporary pink calf, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, titled in gilt on upper cover, g.e., covers spotted and slightly soiled, rubbed at edges, [Neate F18; Meckly 71], 4to, [Privately Printed], 1827.

⁂ A fine copy of one of the key books in any mountaineering collection, describing the 14th ascent of Mont Blanc by Fellows and his companion, William Hawes. This copy also has a manuscript list of the successful ascents of the mountain, written in French, from the first in 1786 by Paccard and Balmat to the 30th in 1846 (n.b. Fellows and Hawes listed as 13th). Further loose insertions comprise a manuscript certificate confirming an 1846 ascent by two English climbers and their guides, signed by all the guides at end and stamped by the Comune di Chamonix; and a newspaper cutting describing the 1855 ascent by Henry Clark.