PICTET (Adolphe). A race in Chamonix, a fantastic tale. Geneva, Journal de Genève, 1930. In-4°, publisher's boards, richly framed in gilt, gilt title on spine, covers preserved. New edition, limited to 865 copies, illustrated with 16 plates and 4 facsimile letters. A highly romantic account of the journey of George Sand, Franz Litz and Countess Marie d'Agoult to Chamonix, told by their travelling companion. This reprint of an important text of Romantic literature is beautifully produced. A good copy. Also included: - TÖPFFER (Rodolphe): Nouveaux voyages en zigzag à la Grande Chartreuse, autour du Mont-Blanc. In-4°, bound in red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt title. Second edition, illustrated with numerous wood-engraved drawings by Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, etc., including around fifty hors-texte. Accounts of excursions through the Alps by a caravan guided by Töppfer: trip to the Grande Chartreuse (1833), trip around Mont Blanc (1842), trip to Genoa (1834).