Smythe, F.S. — Peaks and Valleys

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1939. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. F.S. (Francis Sydney) Smythe (1900-1949) packed a lot into a short life and wrote popular accounts of his solo and co-alpinist ascents. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of the First Trade Edition, having been preceded slightly by a signed Special Limited Edition, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in an oatmeal weave cloth, slight forward cock to spine, brown lettering to front cover, spine, sunned a bit darker on spine, mild soiling to covers, else with a clean and unmarked interior and with 75 photographic plates with captions opposite, with a full color frontis plate of The Byundar Valley making 76. Previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, "D.S. Henderson 1942." Short Introduction by the author. xi [1], 2-129 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good