Cunningham (Carus Dunlop) and Abney (William de Wyveleslie). The pioneers of the Alps. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1888. In-4°, full burgundy cloth binding, gilt decoration on front cover (Matterhorn), gilt title on front cover and spine (Publisher's binding). Second edition, illustrated with 24 plates out of text, including 22 superb portraits of famous guides photographed by W. Abney, and 25 engravings in the text. It includes a history of the development of mountaineering and 35 biographies of the greatest guides of Grindelwald, Chamonix and Zermatt, 22 of whom were still alive and photographed for the book. This first biography of the great alpine guides is very well documented and the superb out-of-text portraits, photographed by William de Wiveleslie Abney, are true masterpieces. Annotations in pencil on the title page. A good copy. Perret, 1173 - Regards sur les Alpes 94 - Neate C156 - Coolidge 238