The High Alps in Winter;
BURNABY (Mrs. Fred [Elizabeth]).

The High Alps in Winter;

or, Mountaineering in Search of Health.

First edition. Original photograph as portrait frontispiece, two maps (one folding) & four plates. Small 8vo. Contemporary polished half calf, spine sunned, neat ownership stamp to ffep. xvii, 204pp. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883.

£425.00
BURNABY (Mrs. Fred [Elizabeth]).
The High Alps in Winter;

Married to the famous Capt. Fred Burnaby (of Ride to Khiva fame) at the age of seventeen following her first London Season, Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed’s life was transformed by a trip to Chamonix in 1881. Prescribed mountain air as an aide restorative for her poor health, Mrs. Burnaby progressed from mule rides along the lower slopes to a double ascent of Mont Blanc in one season. She dedicated her life thereafter to proving that one could be both a Lady and a Mountaineer, scandalising her family.

Robinson (Wayward Women), pp.20.

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