The first edition of this fascinating account of an expedition across the Alps by seasoned mountaineer William Martin Conway. Illustrated with 100 full-page illustrations by A. D. M'Cormick. Published by Archibald Constable and Co., 1895. Publisher’s original brown spine, with green boards, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine. Top page edges gilt. The external covers in nice shape, and with light wear to corners, and head and foot of spine. Internally the book is in very good condition. A name with pencil on top first blank front free endpaper page. Light foxing to some pages and page edges. The text is fresh. The illustrations in nice condition (Please see pictures). Book Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 4 cm Number of Pages: 403 including index Weight over 1.4 kg unpackaged ================================== The Alps from End to End "In 1904 Conway traversed the length of the Alps, from the Mediterranean to the Austrian Alps, accompanied throughout by two Gurkha soldiers who had returned with Conway from his Karakoram expedition of 1892. The party was also joined at various points by E. A. FitzGerald, who brought with him two guides including Louis Carrel, and Mattias Zurbriggen, who had also participated in the Karakoram expedition". ==================================