LE-BLOND (Elizabeth Alice France). True tales and mountain adventures for non-climbers young and old. London, Fisher Unwin, 1906. In-8°, publisher's illustrated boards. Third edition, illustrated with 33 plates. The author recounts the great epics of mountaineering: the conquest of the summits, famous accidents, the great guides, etc. Mrs Elizabeth Alice France Le Blond (Greystones 1860 - Llandrindod Wells 1934) took up mountaineering for health reasons! She did classic climbs and became a specialist in the Bernina and winter ascents. She also climbed in Norway. Her maiden name was Hawkins-Whitshead and, having married three times, she was known successively as Mrs Burnaby (1879 - 1885), Mrs Main (1886 - 1892) and Mrs Le Blond (1900 - 1934). She founded the Ladies Alpine Club, of which she was the first president, in 1907. Also included: - SMYTHE (Franck Sydney): An alpine journey. London, Gollancz, 1934. In-8°, publisher's cloth binding. First edition, illustrated with 53 photographs by the author and a fold-out map. Franck Smythe (1900-1949) was one of the most active British mountaineers between the wars. In particular, he made the first ascents of the magnificent Red Sentinel and Major routes on the Brenva side of Mont Blanc (with T. Graham Brown), and carried out several expeditions to the Himalayas: an attempt on Kangchenjunga, two attempts on Everest and, in 1931, the first ascent of Kamet (7756 m), which was for a time the highest summit climbed. Scattered brown spots. - DURHAM (William Edward): Summer holidays in the Alps, 1898-1914. London, Fisher Unwin, 1916. Large in-8°, publisher's cloth binding (hinges roughly reinforced). First edition, illustrated with 48 hors-texte plates. Accounts of climbs in the Alps. - EDWARDS (Amelia): Untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys: a midsummer ramble in the Dolomites. London, Routledge, 1889 (second edition). In-8°, publisher's polychrome boards (spine damaged). Illustrated with a folding map and 8 hors-texte plates engraved by Pearson and E. Whymper. One of the first works devoted to ascents in the Dolomites. Amelia Edwards (London 1831 - Weston-super-Mare 1892) was an English woman of letters specialising in Egyptian issues. In 1877, she published a book on Egypt.