Atkins (1818-1842) made the twenty-fourth ascent of Mont Blanc, describing the experience in a letter to his brother. The letter was well received back in England, and Atkins’ uncle, J. G. Cooke, “decided to print a few copies for private circulation only” (‘Introduction’, which is initialled J. G. C.). Atkins himself was still abroad and unable to revise the work, but it seems likely that on his return he was able to supply illustrations which furnished the plates for this subsequent issue and later versions of his narrative. This copy is arguably the latest version of Atkins’s narrative: The title-page prints the publishers’ names (Calkin and Budd, probably responsible for the previous issue of the same year, without illustrations), and the verso for the first time gives the printer’s name. The text has occasionally been reset. The lithographic plates - excepting the frontispiece - bear the initials “H.M.A.” at the lower left corner. This copy bears an association inscription from a relative of Atkins, and the rear fixed endpaper bears a printed obituary for him.