Magnificent historical photographs illustrate the story of the people and events that came together at Glacier House, a hub of early mountaineering.
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Magnificent historical photographs illustrate the story of the people and events that came together at Glacier House, a hub of early mountaineering.
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Very Good in Good jacket. The boards are square and tight, many illustrations with 223 pages. The dust jacket has a one cm tear at base of front panel.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9 x 12. Signed by Author 224 page hardcover with illustrations. Subtitle: The Story of the First Center of Alpinism in North America 1885-1925. A history of the Rogers Pass locality in the Selkirk mountains of Canada. Dust jacket is bright, complete and clean. Full charcoal gray cloth exterior with title on spine in silver. Interior has author inscription to prior owner on half-title page, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean.
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As New in As New jacket. 4to blind-stamped cloth. 223pp. Illustrated with vintage b/w photos of the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. The CPR pioneered tourism in Western Canada, attracting people to spectacular areas su ch as Rogers Pass for climbing, hiking, & general sightseeing, & providing everything from room & board at the old Glacier House to Swiss guides for alpine excursions. A beautiful book. Out-of-print in hardcover. Fine in dj.
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Fine- in Fine- jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Signed by Author 217 pages, illyustrated profusely, with magnificient historical photographs, many of them never before published. The forty-year saga is vividly retold throrough these rare photographs of the scenes those early adventurers witnessed when they first visited the Great Glacier and its house." FINE-HARDCOVER, FINE-DUST JACKET, signed by the author on the title page.
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Illustrated by Map Endpapers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0930410130. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 223 pages; "Spanning forty years, this book recreates the spirit of a golden age of exploration and travel when adventure-seeking men and women made grand tours into an unknown wilderness and alpinists, scientists, photographers, and tourists discovered for the first time the secrets of a great and varied land. In the mighty Selkirk Mountains of Canada lies Rogers Pass which was the scene of three major events in the history of North America: in 1884, it presented an enormous obstacle to the Canadian Pacific Railway in its drive to connect the new nation coast-to-coast; it became the site of the first modern, European-style resort hotel in the mountains; and it was the first locality to attract the attention of serious mountaineers from around the world. Putnam blends these three events and weaves them into an accurate early history of the region. He shares with us the heroic, often tragic, tale of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He takes us into the magnificent surroundings of the Great Glacier and we see the modest Glacier House develop through the years into a world-famous luxury hotel. And as the Rogers Pass Glacier area becomes the focal point in the fledgling sport of alpinism in North America, we join the earliest expeditions undertaken in the Selkirk Range. The focus of the book, however, is on the people whose paths cross at Glacier House — and the author lets them tell their own stories. The personalities of the railroad executives and the hotel staff emerge from correspondence and reports. As a basis of much of the book, Putnam has included many firsthand accounts from the Glacier House register. Known as “The Scrapbook, ” it contains the handwritten accounts of virtually every notable climber and mountain explorer of the early era. Magnificent historical photographs, many of them never before published, exquisitely illustrate the book. The forty-year saga is vividly retold through these rare photographs of the scenes those early adventurers witnessed when they first visited the Great Glacier and its house."