Autograph Letter Signed to [J.W.H. Thorp], Macclesfield silk manufacturer and mountaineer.

William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (1850-1926), mountaineer, writer on mountaineering and climbing history, sometime editor of the "Alpine Journal". Two-pages, 8vo, some marking but text clear. "Many thanks for your lists. I fear you have been anticipated in your ascent of the Stecknedelhorn from the Nadelhorn by Herr Eckenstein. I have his notes (now in type) before me & it appears . . . " He goes into detail, including Eckerstein's times for the various stages. He cannot therefore publish Thorp's note. WITH: note in Thorp's hand (referred to by Coolidge above), one page, 4to, giving details of his climb, starting "Stecknedelhorn (Saasgrat)(4235 metres.) First ascent from Saas . . ." Both items have been extensively and informatively annotated in pencil by another hand. Two items,