Peck (Annie S.). A Search for the Apex of America. High Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia Including the Conquest of Huascaran, with some Observations on the Country and People Below, 1st ed., New York, 1911, portrait frontispiece, folding map, half-tone illustrations, light toning, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, by Edward Whymper 2 vols. including Supplement 1891-92, folding map contained in vol. I rear pocket, illustrations, presentation inscription, bookplates, original green cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Le Roy Jeffers’ The Call of the Mountains. Rambles Among the Mountains and Canyons of the United States and Canada, 1923. First book Neate P36. The author was a founder member of the American Alpine Club. (4)
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Drummond (D.T.K.). Scenes and Impressions in Switzerland and the North of Italy... 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1853, tinted lithographed frontis., title vignette and two plates, ad. leaf at end, a few spots, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, chips and tears to spine, 8vo, together with Rambles in Germany, France, Italy and Russia, by the Hon. Ferdinand St. John, c. 1853, four hand-coloured lithographed plates, pubs. ads. at end, light spotting, previous owner signature, a.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, edges rubbed, 8vo, with five others including Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland and Italy, 1871 and Swiss Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil, new ed., 1891 (7)
Ferguson (Robert). Swiss Men and Swiss Mountains, 1st ed., 1862, half calf over marbled boards with gilt dec. spine, rubbed with a little peeling, 8vo, together with Chambers (William), A Tour in Switzerland in 1841, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1842, without covers, 8vo, and Cooper (J. Fenimore), Excursions in Switzerland, 1st ed., Paris, 1836, light foxing, contemp. half calf, 8vo, plus Walter (Rev. Wheeler), Letters from the Continent, 1st ed., 1828, contemp. half calf, 8vo, and Malleson (Colonel G.B.), Captain Musafir’s Rambles in Alpine Lands, 1st ed., 1884, b & w illusts, inner hinges starting to crack, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus others related (15)
Freshfield (Douglas W.). Hannibal Once More, 1st ed., 1914, three folding maps, illustrations, light spots, original cloth, spine faded at foot, 8vo, together with Round Kangchenjunga. A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration, 1st ed., 1903, folding map and panorama (lacking Geological map of Sikhim), tears along folds, map repaired to verso, b & w plates, occasional marginal water stains and library inkstamps, modern half calf, 8vo, with two others by Freshfield: Unto the Hills, 1914 and Below the Snow Line, 1923. Neate F65; F69; F72; F63. (4)
Freshfield (Jane, Mrs Henry). Alpine Byways or Light Leaves gathered in 1859 and 1860, 1st ed., 1861, seven tinted lithos only (of eight), four maps, some spotting and marks, orig. cloth gilt, fraying to head of spine, together with A Summer Tour in The Grisons and Italian Valleys of the Bernina,1st ed., 1862, two folding maps, four tinted litho. plates, marble edges and endpapers, late 19th century full calf gilt decorated prize binding from Trent College, sl. rubbed and darkened, both 8vo. Neate F73, Classic travel book; tours through the Bernese and Pennine Alps by the Freshfield family; F74, This account of a then little known area sent the first wave of English summer visitors to the Engadine. (2)
George (Hereford Brooke). The Oberland and its Glaciers: Explored and Illustrated with Ice-axe and Camera, 1st ed., Alfred. W. Bennett, 1866, 28 mounted albumen photographs by Ernest Edwards, double-page litho. map, lacking front blank, light scattered spotting, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems, 4to. Neate G13: “Ernest Edwards was considered to be the best of the early amateur Alpine photograpers”. (1)
Gilbert (Josiah & Churchill, G.C.). The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions Through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli, in 1861, 1862 & 1963, 1st ed., 1864, half-title present, six chromos., two folding maps, wood-engs. to text, some light dampstaining, recent half calf gilt, 8vo. Neate G18. An alpine travel classic. (1)
Le Blond (Elizabeth Alice Frances). Adventures on the Roof of the World, 1st ed., 1904, b & w photo. plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, light spotting, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems, together with Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun, 1st ed., 1908, b & w photo. plates, folding map, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, plus Day in, Day Out, 1st ed., 1928, b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth, dust-wrapper with a little edge fraying, plus three others by Mrs Le Blond including an early reprint of ‘True Tales of Mountain Adventure’ (1903) and two copies of ‘My Home in the Alps’ (1892), all 8vo. Neate L19, L24, L20 & L26. Elizabeth Le Blond (1860-1934) was married three times and also wrote under the name Mrs Main. She spent most of her time in the Swiss Alps, ostensibly for health reasons, where she indulged her passions for mountaineering and photography, writing books on both subjects. (6)
Mummery (A.F.). My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, 1st ed., Fisher Unwin, 1895, eleven full-page plates including eight photogravures, b & w illusts to text, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, light scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo. Neate M181: “Mummery was an expert rock-climber and alpinist who made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He led an 1895 expedition to Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the World, with Collie and Bruce, and disappeared whilst reconnoitring”. (1)
Slingsby (William Cecil). Norway, the Northern Playground. Sketches of Climbing in the Mountain Exploration in Norway Between 1872 and 1903, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1904, thirty-two full-page plts., mostly from photographs, b & w illusts. to text, nine maps, all complete as list, orig. light green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo. Neate S83. The classic, indispensable work on the region. (1)
Talfourd (T.N.). Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps, in August and September 1841, printed for private circulation, [1841], occasional small inkstamps and light spotting, p.ix with marginal repaired tear, endpapers renewed, original blindstamped cloth, modern reback, some fading, 12mo (not in Neate), together with Sir T.N. Talfourd’s Vacation Rambles. Comprising the Recollections of three Continental Tours, in the Vacations of 1841, 1842 and 1843, 3rd ed., 1851 and Supplement to “Vacation Rambles”, 1854. Neate T01. (3)
Tissot (Victor). Unknown Switzerland, Reminiscences of Travel, 1st ed., New York, 1900, b & w photogravure plts., folding map at rear, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. pict. cloth in bright condition, 8vo, together with Sennett (A.R.), Across the Great St. Bernard, The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man, 1st ed., 1904, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Worsfold (W. Basil), The Valley of Light, Studies with Pen and Pencil in the Vaudois Valleys of Piedmont, 1st ed., pub. Macmillan, 1899, folding map frontis., b & w illusts. to text, some spotting throughout, orig. blue cloth gilt, 8vo, and other early to mid 20th-c. publications on Switzerland and the Alps, including Constance Leigh Clare, The Brenner Pass, 1st ed., 1912, Harold Spender, In Praise of Switzerland, 1st ed., 1912, Reginald A. Malby, With Camera and Rucksack in the Oberland and Valais, n.d., c. 1910, Edmund B. D’Auvergne, Switzerland in Sunshine & Snow, n.d., c. 1910, Amy Oakley, Cloud-Lands of France, 1st ed., 1927, W.E. Durham, Summer Holidays in the Alps, 1898-1914, 1st ed., 1916, etc., mostly orig. cloth, some in d.j.s, mainly 8vo. (approx. 50)
Wilson (H. Schutz). Alpine Ascents and Adventures; Or, Rock and Snow Sketches, 2nd ed., 1878, b & w wood-eng. illusts., 32 pp. pubs cat. at rear, some light spotting to endpapers, orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and spine dulled, with minor fraying to extreme head and foot, 8vo, together with Havergal (Frances Ridley), Life Chords Comprising ‘Zenith,’ ‘Loyal Responses,’ and Other Poems, 1st ed., 1880, Swiss Letters and Alpine Poems, ed. J. Miriam Crane, 1st ed., 1882, twelve full-page chromo. illustrations of alpine scenery to each vol., a.e.g., both orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus The Peasants of Chamouni. Containing an Attempt to Reach the Summit of Mont Blanc, and a Delineation of the Scenery Among the Alps, 2nd ed., Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1826, b & w eng. frontis., wood-eng. vign. to title, adverts at rear, modern half calf gilt, 12mo, and other similar 19th-c. publications relating to Switzerland and the Alps, including Silas K. Hocking, Up the Rhine and Over the Alps, n.d., c. 1860s, Lee Meriwether, A Tramp Trip, New York, n.d., c 1870s, W.A. Baillie Grohman, Tyrol and the Tyrolese, 2nd ed., 1877, Mrs Newman Hall, Through the Tyrol to Venice, 1860, J. Sowerby, The Forest Cantons of Switzerland, 1892, etc., mostly orig. cloth (one or two leather-bound), mainly 8vo. (28)
Moore (A.W.). The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal, ed. Alex. B.W. Kennedy, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1902, portrait frontispiece, maps and b & w illustrations, a few spots, t.e.g., original green cloth, spine a little toned, a few light stains, 8vo. Neate M137. “The Alpine Club hold his later unpublished diaries, parts of which were incorporated into the 1902 edition, including his account of the first ascent of the famous Brenva ice-ridge on Mont Blanc.” (1)
Fitzgerald (E.A.). Climbs in the New Zealand Alps. Being an Account of Travel and Discovery, 1st ed., 1896, 50 b & w plates, folding map contained in rear pocket, frontisp. loosening, t.e.g., original cloth, calf labels to spine (rubbed and chipped), 8vo. Neate F36. 1000 copies printed. “Fitzgerald made a number of good climbs after losing the first ascent of Mount Cook to local climbers. Both he and his book were unpopular with New Zealand mountaineers. His light-hearted style of writing also met with critical disapproval.” (1)
Green (William Spotswood). The High Alps of New Zealand, or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook, 1st ed., 1883, wood-engraved frontispiece, folding map, pubs. lists at end, a few spots, endpapers renewed, bookplate, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, a few stains, 8vo, together with Among the Selkirk Glaciers. Being the Account of a Rough Survey in the Rocky Mountain Regions of British Columbia, 1st ed., 1890, folding map, illustrations, occasional light soiling, original cloth, some dampstains, slight lean, 8vo. Neate G51 & G50. (2)
Alpine Ski Club Guides. Lunn (Arnold H.M.), The Bernese Oberland, part I, Horace Marshall, c.1911, together with another copy with some library markings, and The Bernese Oberland, part II, King & Hutchings, 1920, plus Swan (H.N.), Valais and Haute Savoie: Morgins and Champery, 1932, folding map at rear, and Hoek (Henry), The Parsenn: A Ski-ing Guide and some Notes, 1933, numerous b & w illusts, all bound in matching light-brown cloth, 8vo. Scarce. (5)
Richardson (E.C., editor). Ski-Running, by D.M.M. Crichton Somerville, W.R. Rickmers, and E.C. Richardson, 2nd ed., 2nd imp., 1907, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, commercial ads at front and rear (lacks f.e.p.), orig. pict. cloth, somewhat soiled and worn on spine, together with The Ski-Runner, by E.C. Richardson, 1st ed., [1909], numerous illusts. from photos, some printed in blue tint, 16 pp. commercial ads at rear, orig. light blue pict. cloth, a little rubbed and some minor soiling, with a 3rd ed. of the same work, 1924, orig. olive green cloth, lettered and blocked in black, rubbed and minor wear to head and foot of spine (ex-lib. classification number partly erased at foot of spine), plus Caulfeild (Vivian), How to Ski and How Not To, 3rd ed., revised, 1913, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, plus Furse (Katherine), Ski-Running, 1st ed., 1924, single-page map and four b & w illusts. from photos (correct as list), orig. boards in torn and repaired d.j. (with some loss), 8vo, and Ski-ing Turns, 2nd ed., revised, April, 1924, diags. to text and four (of 8) instructional cards contained in rear pocket, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed on spine, with a third impression of the same work, December, 1926, with a full complement of eight cards contained in rear pocket, orig. pict. cloth in frayed and chipped d.j., and two others related, all 8vo. (8)
* Skis. A pair of early 20th-century light pine skis designed by Marius Eriksen, each 208 cm (81.75 ins) stamped at fore-end ‘Marius Eriksen Patents’ additionally stamped ‘210 3781’, the steel boot bracket stamped ‘Thorleif Haugs Patent Sinning Made in Norway’ the composite foot plate stamped ‘Marius-Ski’, with a pair of bamboo ski poles, each with steel spike and baboo star, stitched leather grips with loops, 139 cm (54.75 ins) overall. Marius Eriksen (1922-2009) was a Norwegian skier, fighter pilot, model and actor. Born in Oslo, he served with the RAF during WWII, and is credited with nine kills, making him one of Norway’s top fighter aces. He was shot down in 1943 and taken to Stalag Luft III POW Camp, where he remained until Liberation in 1945. After the war he became the Norwegian Alpine skiing champion in both 1947 and 1948. Thorleif Haug (1894-1934) was considered the world’s best skier in the 1920s, winning three gold medals in his first Winter Olympic Games. (4)
Barnes (Phil). “Trespassers Will be Prosecuted”: Views of the Forbidden Moorlands of the Peak District, Sheffield, 1934, b & w photo. illusts, orig. printed card wrappers with mounted photographic plate to upper cover, 4to, together with Kinder Scout. The Footpaths and Bridle-Roads About Hayfield, &c., by a Member of the Hayfield and Kinder Scout Ancient Footpaths Association, [Luke Garside], 4th ed., 1882, 54 pp., wood-engs. to text, folding map (old sellotape repairs to folds), orig. red cloth, blocked in black and lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, small 8vo, and Kinder Scout Public Footpath Opened May 29th 1897, 28 pp. including twelve b & w illusts. from photos, plus folding map, orig. printed wrappers, dust soiled, retained in recent light brown mock morocco, upper cover lettered in gilt, oblong 8vo,’and four others related, with a photocolour postcard ‘Kinder in Winter’, issued 24 April 1982, to commemorate the mass trespass onto the Kinder Scout, 24 April 1932, signed by Benny Rothman. Published to raise money for the “Surprise View” appeal fund, formed to save 245 acres near Hathersage from development. Since long ages past gamekeepers representing the landed gentry, who own vast tracts of mountain and moorland for grouse shooting, have preserved their fiefdom using both cudgels and guns as and when necessary. Only one footpath from Hayfield up Williams Clough brought ramblers close to the forbidden Kinder Scout. After the 1932 Mass Kinder Trespass, Benny Rothman and friends were sentenced to prison after being found guilty by a Jury comprising two brigadier-generals, three colonels, two majors, three captains and two aldermen. Not until 1958 was access obtained to Bleaklow and Kinder. Phil Barnes book ‘Trespassers will be Prosecuted’ was produced to highlight some of the forbidden Peak District areas for the frustrated working class people of Sheffield and Manchester. Produced in small numbers most have been lost and only very rarely does a fine copy come to light. (8)
Fiction. Lefebure (Molly), Scratch and Co. The Great Cat Expedition, 1st ed., Gollancz, 1968, map frontis. and illusts. to text by A. Wainwright, ex-lib. circular inkstamp to flyleaf, verso of title and verso of final blank, orig. boards with non-price clipped d.j., sl. surface damage to spine of d.j. and classification number sellotaped to foot of spine, together with the American 1st ed. of the same work, Meredith Press, New York, 1969, orig. light blue printed boards in matching d.j., chipped and rubbed, plus Coxhead (Elizabeth), One Green Bottle, 2nd imp., 1951, and Smythe (Frank S.), Secret Mission, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, 1942, map front endpaper, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, all 8vo, and other mountaineering fiction (approx. 30)
Fiction. Bowman (W.E.), The Ascent of Rum Doodle, 1st ed., Max Parrish, 1956, sixteen half-tone plts., previous owner inscription on flyleaf, publisher’s flyer/order form loosely inserted, orig. boards in price-clipped d.j. (light crease to lower edge of d.j. and a couple of minor marks), 8vo. Neate X39. An English comic classic. The sublime account of the successful expedition to ascend the 40,000-foot Rum Doodle, lead by Totter and despite the worst that the expedition cook, Pong, could do to prevent it. A very good, unrestored copy. (1)
[Symington, Noel Howard]. The Night Climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith, 2nd revised edition, 1937, inscribed by the author to George Phelps (mentioned on p.141) and also signed “Whipplesnaith” to title, b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth in chipped dust-wrapper, together with [Young ,Geoffrey Winthrop], Wall and Roof Climbing, 1st ed., Eton College, 1905, half title, some light dampstaining, later cloth gilt, together with [Young, Geoffrey Winthrop & Hurst, John], Roof Climber’s Guide to Trinity, 2nd ed., 1930, inscribed by John Hurst, b & w illusts, orig. printed paper wrappers retained in later blue leatherette, and [Young, Geoffrey Winthrop & Williams, Richard], The Night Climber’s Guide to Trinity, 3rd ed., 1960, b & w illusts, orig. printed card wrappers retained in later cloth gilt, plus “Hederatus”, Cambridge Nightclimbing, 1st ed., 1970, b & w photo. illusts, orig. cloth in excellent dust-wrapper, all 8vo. Neate W54; Y23; Q70; Q69. (5)
Lunn (Rev. Henry S.). The Grindelwald Conference, 1894. A Holiday in the Bernese Oberland, with Extensions to Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and St. Gothard, the Italian Lakes, the Engadine, and the Falls of the Rhine, [pub. 1894], port. frontis., half-tone plts. and maps (including five folding), commercial ads both front and rear, orig. red. cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, spine somewhat creased, 8vo, together with Muddock (J.E., editor), The ‘J.E.N.’ Guide to Switzerland. The Alps and How to See Them, 3rd ed., improved and revised, 1883, folding maps and plans, folding panorama of the Rigi-Kulm, orig. cloth, lettered in silver, rubbed on spine, small thick 8vo, plus Brooke (Margaret L. and Winifred M.A.), Winter Light in Switzerland. Its Sports and Health Resorts, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged by A. Eichenberger, pub. Zurich & London, [1913], tipped-in col. frontis., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, commercial ads both front and rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and four others similar (7)
Dutton (E.A.T.). Kenya Mountain, with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc, new ed., 1930, b&w plts. after photos, folding maps at end (loose), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, 4to, together with Stuart-Watt (Eva), Africa’s Dome of Mystery: Comprising the first descriptive history of the Wachagga People of Kilimanjaro ..., 1st ed., [1930], colour frontis., b&w plts., folding map at end, some spotting to first and last few leaves, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, plus Kingsley (Mary H.), Travels in West Africa, Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons, 2nd ed., abridged, 1897, b&w plts. after photos, orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and Wollaston (A. F. R.), From Ruwenzori to the Congo, A Naturalist’s Journey across Africa, 1st ed., 1908, b&w plts. after photos, folding map at end, one or two plts. loose, ex-library copy, with some light markings, t.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to upper joint and extrems., 8vo, plus Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1933, b&w plts., orig. blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and other African travel and mountaineering, including W. J. W. Roome, Tramping Through Africa, 1st ed., 1930, Carveth Wells, Light on the Dark Continent, 1st ed., 1933, Walter B. Harris, Tafilet, The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West Sahara, 1st ed., 1895 (ex-library copy bound in library cloth), In Coldest Africa, 1st US ed., 1931 & Kapoot, The Narrative of a Journey from Leningrad to Mount Arrarat, 1st ed., 1934, Jose Burman, A Peak to Climb, The Story of South African Mountaineering, 1st ed., Capetown, 1966 (ex-library copy), etc., mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s., including some large format, 8vo/4to. (approx. 70)
Adams (Ansel). Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, Photographs by Ansel Adams, 1st ed., 1948, b&w plts., orig. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Ansel Adams, Letters and Images, 1916-1984, ed. Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman, 1st ed., 1988, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., spine sunned, 4to, plus Rowell (Galen A., ed.), Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, 1st ed., 1986, numerous colour illusts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, and other photographic publications on American mountain scenery, all 20th century publications, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to/folio (approx. 50)
Browne (Belmore). The Conquest of Mount McKinley. The Story of Three Expeditions through the Alaskan Wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America’s Highest and Most Inaccessible Mountain, 1st ed., New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1913, colour frontis., b&w plts. after photos, folding map at end, final few leaves of main text with a little insect damage to upper inner margin, with sl. loss (not affecting text), orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little fraying to extrems., some light discolouration, 8vo. Neate B191. (1)
Chamberlain (Allen). The Annals of the Grand Monadnock, 1st ed., Concord, 1936, folding maps, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. green cloth, some surface marks, together with Alley (Felix E.), Random Thoughts and the Musings of a Mountaineer, 1st ed., 1941, b&w plts., signed by the author to front endpaper, orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some light dampmarking to fore-edges, plus Yard (Robert Sterling), The Book of the National Parks, 1st ed., New York, 1919, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, and Jeffers (Le Roy), The Call of the Mountains, Rambles Among the Mountains and Canyons of the United States and Canada, 1st ed., 1923, colour frontis., b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth, rubbed, plus other early to mid 20th century publications on American mountaineering, including Laura Thornborough, The Great Smoky Mountains, 2nd impression, 1937, b&w plts. and illusts., (author’s signed presentation inscription to half-title), C. E. Rusk, Tales of a Western Mountaineer, 1st ed., 1924, Margaret W. Morley, The Carolina Mountains, 1st ed., 1913, Roderick Peattie, The Incurable Romantic, 1st ed., 1941, and other works by Peattie, etc., all orig. cloth, 8vo. (21)
Coleman (A. P.). The Canadian Rockies, New and Old Trails, 1st ed., Toronto, 1912, b&w plts., some spotting to fore-edges, t.e.g., orig. pictorial blue cloth, sl. rubbed, (Neate C90), together with Outram (James), In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies, 1st ed., New York, 1923, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, (Neate O20), plus White (Stewart Edward), The Mountains, 1st ed., Toronto, 1904, colour frontis., b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. pictorial cloth, rubbed and spine sunned, and Wilcox (Walter Dwight), The Rockies of Canada, 3rd ed., New York, 1909, b&w plts. after photos, t.e.g., orig. cloth, rubbed and some light soiling, plus others on the Rocky Mountains, including Hornaday & Phillips, Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies, 1st ed., 1906, (Neate H111), Enos A. Mills, The Spell of the Rockies/Wildlife on the Rockies/The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, 1911/1909/1915 respec., Hildegarde Hawthorne and Esther Burnell Mills, Enos Mills of the Rockies, 1st ed., Boston, 1935, etc., including several signed, mostly orig. cloth, some in d.j.s., mostly 8vo. (30)
Cumming (C.F. Gordon). Granite Crags, 1st ed., pub. William Blackwood and Sons, 1884, eight b&w plts., and folding map at end, some marks to frontis. and prelims., light spotting to final few leaves, contemp. brown cloth gilt, rubbed, together with Chapin (Frederick H.), Moutaineering in Colorado, The Peaks about Estes Park, 2nd ed., pub. Sampson Low, 1890, b&w photogravure frontis. and plts., b&w photo illusts. to text, t.e.g., orig. pictorial green cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, 8vo, (Neate C26), plus Bowles (Samuel), The Switzerland of America, A Summer Vacation in the Parks and Mountains of Colorado, Springfield, Mass., etc., 1869, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, small 8vo, and France (L.B.) Mountain Trails and Parks in Colorado, 1st ed., Denver, 1887, b & w wood eng. vignette illusts. to text, orig. brown cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, plus four others viz. Edwin Swift Balch, Mountain Exploration, Bulletin of the Geographical Club of Philadelphia, January 1893, with author’s presentation inscription, John Bigelow, Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont, New York, 1856, James Richardson, ed., Wonders of the Yellowstone Region in the Rocky Mountains, 1874 & Ernest Ingersoll, The Crest of the Continent: A Record of a Summers Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond, 36th ed., Chicago, 1889, all orig. cloth (except first title rebound in later cloth), rubbed and some marks with a little fraying to extrems., 8vo. (8)
Drake (Samuel Adams). The Heart of the White Mountains. Their Legend and Scenery, 1st ed., 1882, wood-engraved illustrations, three maps, a few light spots, a.e.g., original pictorial cloth, edges rubbed, 4to, together with Chronicles of the White Mountains, by Frederick W. Kilbourne, 1st ed., Boston & New York, 1916, b & w illustrations, map endpapers, front free endpaper browned, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with four others related including Thomas Starr King’s The White Hills. Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry, 1887 and John Anderson and Stears Morse’s The Book of the White Mountains, 1930. Neate D48. (6)
Larden (Walter). Argentine Plains and Andine Glaciers, Life on an Estancia, and an Exhibition into the Andes, 1st ed., pub. T. Fisher Unwin, 1911, b&w plts. after photos, some light spotting to fore-edges, orig. maroon cloth, spine sunned, (Neate L10), together with Bryce (James), South America, Observations and Impressions, new ed. corrected and revised, New York, 1914, orig. maroon cloth gilt, a little rubbed, plus Cressy-Marcks (Violet O.), Up the Amazon and Over the Andes, 1st ed., 1932, b&w plts. after photos, lacks front endpaper, orig. cloth, rubbed and some light soiling, and Bowman (Isaiah), The Andes of Southern Peru, Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian, pub. American Geographical Society, 1916, folding maps and diagrams, etc., b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth, soiled and frayed at extrems., some damp cockling to front cover, plus others on mountains and mountaineering in South America, including Margaret Griffin, Tiquimani, 1st ed., 1965, with presentation inscription by the author, (Neate G73), Hans Kinzl & Erwin Schneider, Cordillera Blanca (Peru), 1950, (Neate K28), etc., mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo & 4to. (approx. 40)
Rowell (Gallen A.). The Vertical World of Yosemite. A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite, 1974, (Neate R85); In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods, 1977 (Neate R82); High and Wild. A Mountaineer’s World, 1979 (Neate R81); Many People Come, Looking, Looking, 1980 (Neate R83); Mountains of the Middle Kingdom. Exploring the High Peaks of China and Tibet, 1985 (Neate R84); Mountain Light. In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, 1986; Alaska, Images of the Country, 1986 (Neate R80); The Art of Adventure, 1989; My Tibet. The Dalai Lama, 1990; Poles Apart. Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic, 1995, together 10 vols., num. col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j., VG condition, 4to. (10)
Stuck (Hudson). The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley), A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America, 1st English ed., pub. Bickers & Son, 1914, b&w photogravure plates, some pencil underlining, early ownership signature to title and front pastedown, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and faded to spine and some edges, 8vo, (Neate S176), together with Steel (W. G.), The Mountains of Oregon, 1st ed., Portland, 1890, b&w plts., orig. decorative cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some light soiling, 8vo, (Neate S160), plus Hanly (J. Frank), A Day in the Siskiyous. An Oregon Extravaganza, 1st ed., 1916, colour plts., orig. pictorial dark green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 4to, and others related, including Dallas Lore Sharp, Where Rolls the Oregon, 1st ed., 1914 (with author’s presentation inscription to front endpaper), F. W. Schmoe, Our Greatest Mountain, A Handbook for Mount Rainier National Park, 1st ed., 1925, (Neate S19), Edmond S. Meany, Mount Rainier, A Record of Exploration, 1st ed., 1916 [but later], (Neate M77), etc., some in d.j.s, mostly 8vo. (10)
Thorington (J. Monroe). The Glittering Mountains of Canada. A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies 1914-1924, Philadelphia, 1925, four folding panoramas, six maps, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, original blue cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, limited edition, 240/1500 signed by the author, together with Kain (Conrad), Where the Clouds Can Go, Edited with Additional Chapters by J. Monroe Thorington, 1st ed., American Alpine Club, New York, 1935, b & w illustrations, bookplates of J. Monroe Thorington and the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club, original blue cloth, spine faded, 8vo. Neate T26 & K01. (2)
Walkinshaw (Robert). On Puget Sound, 1st ed., New York, 1929, b & w illustrations by Jeanie Walter Walkinshaw, a few spots, original green cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to Gertrude Gringrich from the author and illustrator, with a 2 pp. autograph letter to Gringrich from Walkinshaw thanking her for a letter (envelope sellotaped to front pastedown), together with Old Yukon. Tales-Trails-and Trials, by Hon. James Wickersham, 1st ed., Washington, 1938, map frontispiece, b & w illustrations, light toning, original blue cloth, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo (Neate W69) (2)
Filippi (Filippo de). The Ascent of Mount St. Elias, by H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duke of the Abruzzi... illustrated by Vittorio Sella and Translated by Signora Linda Villari with the Author’s Supervision, 1st ed., 1900, six folding panoramas and maps at rear, including two in colour, many full-page photogravure plates, b&w illusts. after photos, t.e.g., endpapers renewed, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some light overall soiling, large 8vo. (1)
British Everest Expedition 1953. “Some Thoughts on the Production and Delivery of Oxygen Equipment to Everest” by A.W. Bridge, August 1953, original typescript, on rectos only over 18 leaves, followed by 9 further leaves each bearing an original mounted b & w photograph of oxygen equipment, most leaves initialled by Bridge, the text preceeded by a signed introductory letter by Bridge on expedition headed-paper, with a folding 1953 edition one inch to 8 miles War Office map of Nepal attached to rear pastedown, later full cloth, 33 x 20cm. In this short dissertation Alfred Bridge (1902-71) describes chronologically the series of meetings held by the Everest Expedition to determine the oxygen supply, beginning on 29 August 1952. It was decided to keep to the basic design recommended by R.A.E. Farnborough, with the Admiralty agreeing to assist in supplying light alloy cylinders, on order from Reynolds Tube Co., while Normalair and Siebe, Gorman & Co. agreed to provide the oxygen equipment. Bridge records the initial stalling of progress and his own subsequent appointment, at the request of the expedition leader Sir John Hunt, to “work in the speeding up of the production and assembly of the oxygen equipment”. Bridge finally sees the last flight carrying equipment depart from RAF Lyneham on 21 March 1953 bound for Nepal, and pays great tribute to all involved in what was obviously a greatly time-pressured process. The text includes tables of statistical data and appendices describing the responsibilities of all the parties involved in oxygen supply for the expedition, plus a sheet of erratum. Hunt pays tribute to Alfred Bridge in ‘The Ascent of Everest’ (1953): “I had secured the part-time services of Alfred Bridge, an old climbing companion of myself and some other members of the party. To those of us who knew this fine old-stager, the addition of Bridge to our helpers was a great event in the history of the expedition. His enthusiasm, his immense energy and fixity of purpose even more, his power of inspiring others to join in any enterprise in which he is engaged are quite exceptional. I knew that Alf Bridge would never rest until our oxygen consignment was on its way. From the time he joined the active ranks of our supporters, we had no need to worry about the oxygen.” (1)
Cumming (Constance F. Gordon). From the Hebrides to the Himalayas. A Sketch of Eighteen Months’ Wanderings in Western Isles and Eastern Highlands, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1876, wood-engraved illustrations, scattered light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, together with In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release, 1st one-volume ed., 1899, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, occasional spotting, prize label, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, plus Lhasa and its Mysteries. With a Record of the Expedition of 1903-1904, by L. Austine Waddell, 1st ed., 1905, folding map, three colour plates, half-tone illustrations, library stamps at front, modern cloth, slight soiling, 8vo, with others related including Andrew Wilson’s The Abode of Snow. Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya, 1875 and Edmund Candler’s On the Edge of the World, 1919 (12)
Filippi (Filippo de). Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abbruzzi, 1st ed., 2 vols. (text/plates), 1912, frontis. (light waterstaining) and 25 photogravure plates, illusts. to text, 18 folding panoramas on 17 sheets, three folding maps and list of illustrations booklet (each with Aberystwyth University Geography Dept. ink stamp), matched set bound in orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to spine with small hole at foot, Atlas bound in orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 4to. Neate F26. (2)
Freshfield (Douglas W.). Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan Including Visits to Ararat and Tabreez and Ascents of Kasbek and Elbruz, 1st ed., 1869, half title, chromo. frontis., three folding maps, four b & w plates, scattered light spots, contemporary calf gilt, lightly rubbed, one or two stains, 8vo. Neate F71. (1)
Herrligkoffer (Karl M.). Nanga Parbat. Incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953, Translated and Additional Material Supplied by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig, Forward by Brig. Sir John Hunt, 1st ed., 1954, colour and b & w illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., one or two short tears, 8vo, (Neate H73) together with The Seige of Nanga Parbat 1856-1953, by Paul Bauer, Translated from the German by R.W. Rickmers, 1st ed., 1956, illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., light edge wear, 8vo, (Neate B63) plus Himalayan Conquest. The German Expeditions to Siniolchum and Nanga Parbat, ed. Paul Bauer, Translated from the German by E.G. Hall, 1938, b & w illustrations, original cloth, d.j., a few chips and tears, 4to, with others related including Elizabeth Knowlton’s The Naked Mountain, 1933 (Neate K36) and Hermann Buhl’s Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage, 1956 (30)
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WHITE ABBOTT (1763-1851) A view from a river bank looking towards a castle with an arched bridge and figures, pen, ink and wash in sepia, within painted borders, 8.5" x 11"Provenance: Purchased from the Simon Carter Gallery, Suffolk, 14.08.84Slight fading to the sepia tones overall. Some light surface yellowing to the paper consistent with age. No other damage or restoration visible. Please note this condition report has been prepared with the painting under a mount and behind glass.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19th century A bust-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a dark coat with light undergarments, a red ground beyond, oil on canvas, 30" x 25", in a gilt frameA significant tear in the canvas, lower left, and also a small puncture and area of surface loss near the figure`s chin. Also several other areas of minor surface loss around the edges. Surface wear and dirt. Several losses to the surface around the edges of the frame.
PHILIP L. POOLE, early 20th century A study of the ship "Lord Shaftesbury" under full sail off the coastline, signed lower right and dated 1924, and also inscribed "Ship Lord Shaftesbury Philip L. Poole (mate) London to Australia 81 days", oil on board, 15" x 20", in a burrwood frameSlight bowing to the board. surface craquelure and light dirt.
GEORGE WILLIAM JOY (1844-1925) `The Kelpie (girl seated on rock in stream)`, signed lower left, old Stacy-Marks label verso, oil on canvas, 15" x 19"This work is sold with a book `The Work of George W. Joy` by the artist, limited edition 227 of 1,000, in which this work is illustrated. This painting has been re-lined. The painted surface appears in good condition with light surface wear and dirt. Possible occasional re-touching and minor surface losses.
LIONEL PERCY SMYTHE (1839-1918) Haymaking, signed lower left and dated 1909, oil on canvas.Provenance: Private collection, North Dorset.Overall condition appears quite good with light surface dirt. There is good depth to the painted surface. There are a few very small puncture marks around the edges which may have been caused by a pin. The work is glazed and has not been inspected out of the frame.
FRIEDRICH KONIG (1857-1941) A pair of Austrian alpine landscape scenes, one with buildings amongst trees, the other of a distant vista, oil on canvas board, Rudolph Bauer of Vienna labels verso, 10.5" x 10.5" (2)Both works are framed and glazed and have not been inspected out of the frames, but appear to be in quite good condition with light surface wear and dirt. One of the frames has a crack in the panel and both frames have some scratches.
FOLLOWER OF JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT (1796-1875) `Le Matin dans la Foret de Fontainebleu`, signed lower left, oil on board, 11.5" x 15", in a giltwood and gesso frameProvenance: Mrs E.G. Redmond (1901-2013), and thence by descent.The painted surface is quite dirty but appears in overall quite good condition with light surface dirt. There are minor scuffs and a few small losses around the edges of the board. The board has also bowed slightly. There are also a few minor losses to the gesso surface of the frame.
ERNEST WALLCOUSINS (1883-1976) A three-quarter portrait of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), wearing a bow tie and standing before a table displaying St. George slaying the Dragon, oil on canvas, 54" x 35"The model of St George and The Dragon appears to have been added to this work sometime after its initial creation. It`s presence has several possible layers of symbolic meaning. Firstly, it may represent the Allied victory of good over evil during World War II. In addition, as St George is the patron saint of Moscow, it may be emblematic of the alliance between Britain and Russian at the time. It may also have been added to celebrate Elizabeth II`s Coronation in 1953. Finally, the presence of St George and The Dragon could allude to the Great George insignia given by Queen Anne to John Churchill, Ist Duke of Marlborough, to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Blenheim. Sir Winston Churchill wore this very insignia at the Coronation of Elizabeth II. This portrait is illustrated opposite page 1 of The Victory Book, published by Odhams Press Ltd to commemorate the Allied victory in World War II. A copy of this publication is included with this lot. Ernest Wallcousins (1883-1976) was appointed as the official illustrator for all Royal occasions between 1935 and 1963.Provenance: Private collection, London. THE VENDOR WISHES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO BE ADDED:A PORTRAIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL CELEBRATING VICTORY, 1945, FEATURING ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON BY C.E. WALLCOUSINS THE ILLUSTRATOR FOR ALL ROYAL OCCASIONS 1935-1963.The portrait shows Churchill in a book lined room, thought to be a representation of the Cabinet Room and of hist literacy and rhetoric genius, standing behind a table with his hand on a Mercator`s map of the world which symbolises his role as the great strategist globally of the Second World War.St George slaying the Dragon in front of Churchill was added later, perhaps alluding to the Marlborough Great George insignia of his forbear, John Churchill. Winston Churchill wore this insignia on the event of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June, 1953, the 60th anniversary of which is this year. Overall condition of this painting appears quite good with light surface dirt and discolouration. There is a small patch visible on the reverse corresponding with the position of the St. George`s and The Dragon, which were later additions. There are also minor surface losses to the gilt frame.
A THREE STONE PINK SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING CIRCA 1940. Central claw set oval cut sapphire with a single claw set old cut diamonds on either side (each estimated to weigh 0.75cts). See illustration Shank tests as platinum . Sapphire of deep pink colour and loks amazingunder electric light. . Inclusions. Signs of heavy bruising. Each stone colour I/J, Vs clarity.
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