The Wonderful World of Mountains: The Austrian Alps
Author(s):
Uitz, Martin, ed.
Copyright: 2002, Federal Press Service, Vienna
Specifications: 1st, oblong 4to, pp.148, photo ep, 94 color & 9 bw photos, color fig, 2 graphs, 3 tables, 2 color maps, pictorial cloth
Condition: inscribed, issued w/o dj, cloth fine
A nice celebration of the Austrian Alps produced as a contribution to the International Year of Mountains 2002. Chapters cover tourism, structural history, glaciers, plants, fauna, living, agriculture, caves, and more. There is also a nice chapter devoted to Austrian mountaineers on the world’s highest mountains.