GUGLIERMINA (Giuseppe and Giovanni) and LAMPUGNANI (Giuseppe). Vette. Ricordi di esplorazioni e nuove ascensioni sulle Alpi, nei gruppi del Monte Rosa, del Cervino et del Monte Bianco dal 1896 al 1921. Varallo, Sezione del Club Alpino Italiano, 1927. In-4, hardback with dust jacket illustrated with a photograph (publisher's boards). First edition, with 58 photographic illustrations out of text. Accounts of the high difficulty climbs undertaken between 1896 and 1921 by the Gugliermina brothers in the Monte Rosa, Matterhorn and Italian side of Mont Blanc regions. A good copy. Enclosed is a postcard from Giuseppe Gugliermina addressed to Giovanni Bobba, showing him in the Monte Rosa massif, and an original fold-out photograph of Panorama dalla Motta di Pleté in Valtornanche taken on 7 September 1908 and signed by Gugliermina, 11 x 46 cm, mounted on card and captioned in ink by the author. Giuseppe Gugliermina (Bourg-Sésia 1872 - Pegli 1960) was an Italian mountaineer. Together with his brother Giovanni Battista (Bourg-Sésia 1874 - 1962), they were leading figures in unguided mountaineering, and achieved many firsts in the Mont-Rose and Mont-Blanc massifs. They were also pioneers of high-mountain photography. Perret, 2086