Description

First edition. With 15 illustrations from photographs and one fold-out Profile of The Bernese Oberland showing principal mountain peaks and other features at the end of the book. 8vo, publisher's original navy buckram lettered on the spine in silver, in the original dustjacket. 215 pp. A handsome, clean and fine copy, the duskjacket complete without edgewear, showing only mild soiling.

Edizione: a helpful guide to what is considered by many to be the loveliest of all conceivable mountain ranges. lunn opens with a lively description of the town of berne, its history, its chief sights and its most famous citizens. he goes on to the other centres of the oberland, the well-known and the less-known, including the lake of thun, which is associated with matthew arnold's romance, interlaken, where byron stayed in 1816, murren, lauterbrunnen, wengen, grindelwalk, meiringen, praised by dorothy wordsworth and hilaire belloc among others, and rosenlaui. in every case the author gives the most rewarding excursions, the famous peaks and the chief climbs, with hints and anecdotes from his unrivalled experience.