QUICK RUNS. Quick runs in a hilly country by a slow old hound. London, by the author, 1878. In-12, full red morocco binding, gilt and cold-stamped fillets on covers, gilt title on first cover, 5 ribbed spine, speckled endpapers, gilt edges. Upper spine torn off (contemporary binding). Private edition, printed in a very small number. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, 4 photos (one of which is fold-out) (Jungfrau, Valley of Chamonix, Castle of Chillon and Weisshorn), a facsimile of a telegram sent from Zermatt wrongly announcing the author's disappearance from the Weisshorn... and 10 drawings by the author, including one pasted on the first flyleaf and 4 fold-outs. An account of the author's ascents in Switzerland in August 1877, including chapters on the Jungfrau, Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Alphubel and the Weisshorn, all illustrated with photographic scenes and witty drawings by the author, most captioned in his own hand. Annotation in the author's hand on page 5. A rare work. Not in Perret, ACL, CAS, CAI, Neate, Meckly, Coolidge, etc.