GAUSSEN (Henri) - Lot 163

GAUSSEN (Henri) Les Pyrénées de la Catalogne au Pays-Basque - Illustrated with 57 original woodcuts by L. THIRIAT. (H. MARTIN, engraver). Toulouse, Argra, 1933. Large in-4: 3f, 80pp, 1f blank, 1f (table); numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text on every page, including 12 full-page illustrations in 2-tone. Edition of 595 copies, one of 550 on vélin pur papier Condat. One watercolor lithograph signed CHEVAL pasted at the head of the book. ½ tinted basane racinée, spine ribbed, red title page, publisher's cover preserved, red head (Labarère 643). We enclose 3 modern works: - ANGULO (Michel): 1000 ascensions. III - De Gavarnie à Bielsa (voies normales et escalades faciles). Donostia, Elkar, sd. Large in-8, color photographic illustrations on glossy paper. Cream boards, color illustrated dust jacket. - BAILHÉ (Claude): Autrefois les Pyrénées. Toulouse, Milan, 2000. In-4, numerous black photographic illustrations. Illustrated hardback, dust jacket identical to the hardback. Excellent condition. - MENDIETA (Santiago): La photographie à l'assaut des Pyrénées. Grenoble, Glénat, 2004. In-4, richly illustrated with photographs from heritage and private collections. Illustrated boards, identical dust jacket. Excellent condition.