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BROWNE, Belmore (1880-1954). The Conquest of Mount McKinley: the Story of Three Expeditions through the Alaskan Wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's Highest and Most Inaccessible Mountain. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913.
A presentation copy of the first edition, with a sketch by the author. Browne was an American artist and mountaineer whose diverse career included three expeditions to Denali—one of which was Frederick’s Cook alleged summit. This copy is inscribed to Edward Vaughan, whose photos of Wrangell, Alaska form part of the Belmore Browne papers at Dartmouth. Arctic Bib. 2340; Neate B191; Tourville 699; Wickersham 4893.
Octavo (226 x 154mm). Color frontispiece; sketch by the artist on fly leaf; folding map; 62 plate leaves, some of which in color; obituary of the author mounted to flyleaf. Publisher’s original tan decorated cloth (light spotting). Provenance: Edward A. Vaughan (presentation inscription) – Carpe Diem Fine Books.
[With:] A small archive of autograph letters, notes, and clippings related to the Browne and Vaughan families, c.1950s.
A presentation copy of the first edition, with a sketch by the author. Browne was an American artist and mountaineer whose diverse career included three expeditions to Denali—one of which was Frederick’s Cook alleged summit. This copy is inscribed to Edward Vaughan, whose photos of Wrangell, Alaska form part of the Belmore Browne papers at Dartmouth. Arctic Bib. 2340; Neate B191; Tourville 699; Wickersham 4893.
Octavo (226 x 154mm). Color frontispiece; sketch by the artist on fly leaf; folding map; 62 plate leaves, some of which in color; obituary of the author mounted to flyleaf. Publisher’s original tan decorated cloth (light spotting). Provenance: Edward A. Vaughan (presentation inscription) – Carpe Diem Fine Books.
[With:] A small archive of autograph letters, notes, and clippings related to the Browne and Vaughan families, c.1950s.