[GUIDEBOOKS - CENTRAL PYRÉNÉES] - Lot 177

[GUIDEBOOKS - CENTRAL PYRÉNÉES] Reunion of 5 volumes: - CLUB ALPIN FRANÇAIS: Manuel d'Alpinisme. Paris, Laveur ; Genève, Jullien, 1904. In-12. Publisher's navy percaline boards, gilt title and C.A.F. logo. First edition. A host of mountaineers form the "editorial staff" of this handbook, under the direction of P. Puiseux, along with such Pyreneanists as Émile Belloc, who sketches the Pyrenean chain, and Henry Russell, who poeticizes the "Charms and beauties of the Pyrenees". Interesting illustration. - OLLIVIER (Robert) - DEFOS du RAU (Xavier) : Fédération Française de la Montagne. Pyrénées. Tome III. Vallées d'Aure et de Luchon. Pau, Ollivier, 1969. Printed boards, no dust jacket. - BALENCIE (Gaston François Joseph) - RITTER (Raymond) : De Lourdes à Gavarnie. Toulouse, Privat ; Paris, Didier, 1936. Saffron percaline, brown title on front board. An excellent historical and monumental guide to the Pyrenees in a practical format. - ARDOUIN-DUMAZET (Victor-Eugène): Voyage en France 40ème Série Pyrénées Centrales. Couserans, Comminges Pyrénéen, Val d'Aran, Quatre-Vallées... Bigorre... (Parts of Ariège, Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées). Paris, Nancy, Berger-Levrault, 1904. Grey cloth, black title on spine. Series 39 to 41 cover the entire Pyrenees. Good, well-documented guides, this one a first edition. Much more than a cold guide, the author has put on his shoes and visited many of the sites himself. The resulting picturesque and historical account is highly enjoyable. - LEDORMEUR (Georges) : Guide Ledormeur - Les Pyrénées Centrales du Val d'Aran à la Vallée d'Aspe. 30 Cartes Itinéraires - Preface by L. LE BONDIDIER. Tarbes, Lesbordes, 1928. Saffron percaline boards, title in black. Letter from the author. - JOANNE (Adolphe): Itinéraire général de la France. Les Pyrénées. Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1882. Publisher's navy percaline, gilt title on spine and cover, minor discoloration.