They were produced jointly by the German (DAV), Austrian (ÖAV) and South Tyrol Alpine Clubs (AVS).
On the Rother-Bergverlag website, only 2 Alpine club and area guides are listed as available, the series will no longer be continued.
The descriptions are factual and dry, with few illustrations and despite introductory sections require general Alpine knowledge and experience.
For some of the available AV guides,[1] a PDF file of an older edition can be downloaded free of charge, see.
[3] A number of the out-of-print Alpine Club guides can be downloaded free of charge as PDF files, see.