Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu: Tom III Góry Europy [The Great Encyclopedia of Mountains and Mountaineering: Vol III Europe’s Mountains]
Author(s):
Kiełkowski, Jan, Małgorzaty Kiełkowski, et al.
Copyright: 2007, Stapis, Katowice
Specifications: 1st, thick 8vo, pp.xiii, 847, 146 color & 354 bw photos, 139 illus, 221 maps, photo eps, blue cloth
Condition: dj & cloth bumped from shipping, else new
Kielkowski has spent 20 years overseeing a tour-de-force, seven volume encyclopedia devoted to the mountains of the world. This third volume consists of over 3900 entries on European mountain ranges, major massifs, peaks, valleys, glaciers, geographic and topographic characteristics, rock climbing areas, major mountain rivers, lakes, towns, and much, much more. This monumental work is chock-full of illustrations. The remaining six volumes cover Introduction, Asia, America, Africa/Antarctica/Australia/Oceana, Mountain People, and a Supplement. In Polish, no English translation.