[White Mountains]. [Appleton, Winthrop, et al. An Account of Travels into the Interior of New Hampshire. 1906

[WHITE MOUNTAINS]

FRANCIS R. APPLETON, EGERTON L. WINTHROP, JR., WINTHROP ASTOR CHANLER, AND AMOS TUCK FRENCH. AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE YEAR 1906, INCLUDING CURSORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WHITE HILLS … SKETCHES OF THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL CHARACTERS OF THE VARIOUS TRIBES INHABITING SAID HILLS. NEW YORK: PRINTED AND SOLD AT THE SIGN OF THE TWO-BOTTLELEERS, OVER AGAINST THE SHOP OF THE BUSY BEAVERS IN MANHATTAN, 1906 

8vo (9 x 6 in.; 228 x 152 mm). 8 photographic plates, folding map. Original red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, covers gilt-ruled, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; minor wear and soiling.

The first book on auto travel in the White Mountains. Privately printed for family and friends of the authors.

This early auto tour through the White Mountains was undertaken by the authors in two chauffeured luxury touring cars. The jaunt involved walking up steep hills while the 35 HP Rainier towed the 25 HP Pope-Toledo up the steep inclines, fixing a broken spring at a village blacksmith, and remarkably few flat tires. The authors were prominent New York and Newport clubmen and sportsmen of the Gilded Age, all Harvard graduates and Porcellian Club-mates. The "Two-Botteleers" of the imprint were Chanler and French.

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