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Wodehouse (P.G.) The Little Nugget, first edition, half-title, 39pp. advertisements at end, a little very light spotting to a few ff., pp.16-17 rubbed where previously stuck together with loss of a few words, hinges weak, original red cloth, gilt spine, rubbed and soiled, spine faded, [McIlvaine A16a], 8vo, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913.
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Wodehouse (P.G.) Meet Mr. Mulliner, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, lacks front free endpaper, some foxing, original cloth, slightly rubbed, a little light soiling, 1927; Lord Emsworth and Others, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, a little light foxing to first and last few ff., original variant orange cloth, later issue dust-jacket, worn, 1937; and 3 others, Wodehouse, 8vo (5).
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Wodehouse (P.G.) Thank You, Jeeves, first edition, 8pp. advertisements at end, light foxing to first and last few ff., original grey cloth, light soiling, lacking spine, 1934; Doctor Sally, first edition, 8pp. advertisements, some very light foxing, original blue cloth, 1932; and 3 others, Wodehouse, 8vo (5).
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Wodehouse (P.G.) Ice In The Bedroom, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, a few small chips, 1961; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 1968; The World of Blandings, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, a couple of small tears, 1976, 8vo (3).
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'Dolls and Dolls Houses' by Jacobs and Fourholt, published by Charles E Tuttle Company Inc, First edition, cardboard slipcase, 'A History of Doll's Houses' by Flora Gill Jacobs, published by Cassell & Co Ltd, 1954, 'Antique Miniature Furniture in Great Britain and America' by Jane Toller, published by G Bell & Sons, Ltd
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Anderson (Eustace) Chamouni and Mont Blanc, first edition, folding chromolithograph frontispiece and 1 plate, from the Alpine Club library with a few ink stamps and bookplate of the Ladies' Alpine Club, slight surface abrasion with loss to imprint on title, original cloth, gilt, spine ends chipped, corners rubbed, [Meckly 3; Neate A47; Perret 103], 8vo, 1856.
![[Atkins (Henry Martin)] Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837, second edition, lithograp](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/945426/4-10-1574_468x382.jpg)
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[Atkins (Henry Martin)] Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837, second edition, lithograph frontispiece and 5 plates, slightly foxed, first gathering reinforced at inner margin, hinges reinforced, original cloth, partially faded, [Meckly 5b; Neate A72; Perret 161], 8vo, "Not Published", Calkin & Budd, 1838. *** The first edition does not mention the publishers Calkin & Budd. This copy does not however include the obituary to Atkins at the end, so is likely to be made up from sheets of the first edition with the later title-page and leaf of introduction inserted.
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Auldjo (John) Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, lithograph plates, some on India paper, one torn, folding map with outline hand-colouring, facsimile of certificate of ascent, 2 other folding plates with hand-colouring, occasional foxing, light water-stain to upper margin of first few ff., uncut in original boards, rebacked, original paper spine label preserved, [Meckly 8; Perret 183 "tres rare"; Neate A75], 4to, 1828. *** An important and influential work which did much to popularise Mont Blanc and the sport of mountaineering.
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Barry (Martin) Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, first issue, 2 lithograph plates on India paper, slightly foxed and water-stained, presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, upper hinge weak, original drab boards, rebacked rubbed, [Meckly 14b with "SEPTR." on title in upper case; Neate B49; Perret 275], 8vo, [Privately Printed], 1835. *** Although no priority is given it is clear this constitutes the earlier of the two states. On page 33, line 11, "dicovering" is corrected in the later state to "discovering" and an offset "t" in the footnote is correctly positioned. There are also several differences in the first few lines on p.32.
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Bauer (Paul, editor) Himalayan Quest: The German Expeditions to Siniolchum and Nanga Parbat, first English edition, foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband, translated by E.G.Hall, plates, broken, original cloth, worn dust-jacket, [Neate B61; Perret 311; Yakushi B173b], 4to, 1938. *** This copy has many caustic pencil annotations to the forewords by Geoffrey Winthrop Young. He calls Francis Younghusband " ... a most muddle-headed old gentleman at this date" and of Hall he says "Not the right man to 'explain mountaineering'!".
![[Berthoud van Berchem (Jacob Pierre)] Itineraire de la Vallee de Chamonix, d'une Partie du Bas-Vallais et des Montagnes Avoi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/945426/19-10-1574_468x382.jpg)
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[Berthoud van Berchem (Jacob Pierre)] Itineraire de la Vallee de Chamonix, d'une Partie du Bas-Vallais et des Montagnes Avoisinantes, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map and folding plate, some light marginal water-staining, uncut in original drab wrappers, spine ends chipped, an excellent copy, [Meckly 20; Perret 433], 12mo, Lausanne, 1790; *** The first detailed guide book of the Mont Blanc region according to Coolidge, p.27.
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Browne (Mary Ann) Mont Blanc, and other Poems, first edition, half-title, occasional foxing, hinges weak, lacking front free endpaper, pencil inscription from Charles Warren on front pastedown, original cloth, rather worn, [Meckly 37], 8vo, 1827. *** Written, according to the title-page, when the author was 15 years old. Mont Blanc, the opening poem, comprises pp.3-10.
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Bruce (Brigadier-General Hon. C.G.) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, first edition, half-title, plates, ink presentation stamp on title, Charles Warren's copy with his name and some notes on the book in pencil on front free endpaper, some foxing, original cloth, [Neate B196; Perret 738], 8vo, 1923.
![[Bulwer (James Redford)] Extracts from my Journal, first edition, 4 etched plates, foxed to margins, original cloth, reback](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/945426/29-10-1574_468x382.jpg)
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Burpee (Lawrence Johnston) Among the Canadian Alps, first edition, half-title, plates, some colour, maps at end, new front endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering on spine faded, [Neate B219], New York etc., 1914 ~ Smythe (Frank S.) Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, first edition, plates, some colour, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Neate S116], 1950, 8vo (2).
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Clissold (Frederick) Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, slightly foxed and browned, engraved view of Mont Blanc from another work mounted as frontispiece, contemporary half calf, worn, [Meckly 49; Neate C82; Perret 1021], 8vo, 1823. *** Probably the author's own copy. The author's bookplate on front pastedown, presentation inscription "Lavinia Clissold to E.A.Clissold" and Edwin Augustus Clissold's bookplate on rear pastedown.
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C[lowes] (G[eorge]) Forty-Six Days in Switzerland and the North of Italy, first edition, folding engraved map, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and 3 folding panoramic plates, lacking half-title, occasional spotting, original cloth, slightly soiled, [Meckly 50], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1856.
![[Cole (Mrs. H.W.)] A Lady's Tour round Monte Rosa, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured title-vignette, 4 chromolithogr](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/945426/36-10-1574_468x382.jpg)
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[Cole (Mrs. H.W.)] A Lady's Tour round Monte Rosa, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured title-vignette, 4 chromolithograph plates with slight marginal water-stain, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth, gilt, worn, [Meckly 51; Neate C88; Perret 1049], 8vo, 1859.
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[Cole (Mrs. H.W.)] A Lady's Tour round Monte Rosa, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured title-vignette, 4 chromolithograph plates with slight marginal water-stain, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, without the 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original green cloth, spine gilt, recased, [Meckly 51; Neate C88; Perret 1049], 8vo, 1859.
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[Croly (Rev. George)] Tales of the Great St. Bernard, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol.2 and 3 as issued, 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.3, uncut in original cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine labels, spines a little rubbed and faded, corners bruised, [Sadleir 662; Wolff 1634], 8vo, 1828. *** The seven "tales" are told by travellers snowed-in at an Alpine convent at the foot of the Great St. Bernard.
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Edwards (Amelia B.) Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys. A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites, first edition, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed, lower cover joint tearing, [Neate E9; Perret 1483], 1890; and a second edition of the same title, 8vo (2).
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Ellis (Robert) An Enquiry into the Ancient Routes between Italy and Gaul; with an Examination of the Theory of Hannibal's Passage of the Alps by the Little St.Bernard, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, 12pp. advertisements and addendum leaf at end, original cloth, spine faded and rubbed at foot, 8vo, Cambridge & London, 1867. *** T.G.Bonney's copy with ink signature on front free endpaper.
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Fellows (Sir Charles, traveller and archaeologist, 1799-1860) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, [one of 50 copies], the author's own copy with his extra-illustrations, lithographed vignette titles, facsimile and 21 plates (1 engraved, the rest lithographed), with the lithographed titles and plates in two states (1 title and 10 plates hand-coloured), extra-illustrated by the insertion of an autograph manuscript title with a vignette in pencil, 11 original watercolours and 1 pencil drawing for the plates (1 watercolour not used), 1 watercolour of geological specimens and a rough pencil sketch (by Fellows?) for the watercolour (also present), partly heightened with white, of Fellows' triumphant planting of a baton at the summit of Mont Blanc by W.S. Hastings, 1 hand-coloured aquatint of De Saussure's ascent of Mont Blanc in 1787, with the original document certifying Fellows and Hawes as the thirteenth party to reach the summit of Mont Blanc, signed by Paijou Jean Francois, Sindic, Simon Goudett, guide chef, J. Barrier & all the guides on verso, 6 autograph manuscripts bound in: including: List of Ascents continued [&] Expences attending the Ascent, by Charles Fellows, 2pp., n.d., and commendations and observations on Fellows and the ascent of Mont Blanc signed by Edmund John Clark, 1p., 7th June 1828; Frederick Clissold, 1p., 11th April 1828; John Auldjo (geologist and Alpinist, 1805-86), 1p., 20th June 1828; William Hawes (ascended the summit of Mont Blanc with Fellows), 1p., 16th July 1828; David Wilkie, 1p., 3rd September 1828, very small stain to lower margins at end not affecting text or illustrations, Fellows' bookplate on front pastedown, watered silk rose doublures, sumptuously bound in near contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, title on upper cover "Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827", g.e., skilfully rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Meckly 71, Meckly lists the above as copy 1 in his Appendix, Census of Copies of Fellows' "Narrative" ... with Coloured Plates; Neate F18], 4to, [Privately Printed], 1827. *** A unique copy. Arguably the most desirable work on Alpine mountaineering to be offered for sale in recent years.
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Forbes (James D.) Travels through the Alps, first edition, 13 lithograph plates, a few tinted, 2 maps, one folding and with small repairs, illustrations, some foxing and light staining, frontispiece loose, old cloth, corners rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, [Neate F45; Perret 1707], 8vo, Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, 1843. *** With good 3 1/2 pp. A.L.s. by the author to Professor [William] Wallace.
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Forbes (James D.) Norway and its Glaciers Visited in 1851, first edition, half-title, 2 maps, 1 folding the other bound upside down, 10 chromolithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional foxing and some marginal water-staining, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Neate F44; Perret 1708], 4to, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1853. *** Includes chapters on the Alps and Mont Blanc.
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Freshfield (Mrs Henry) A Summer Tour in the Grisons and Italian Valleys of the Bernina, first edition, half-title, 2 folding maps, one with short tear, 4 tinted lithograph plates, crease to one leaf and slight brown stain to inner margin of a couple of others, original cloth, gilt, [Neate F74; Perret 1765], 8vo, 1862. *** A fine copy. With a printed slip bound in after the first map reading "This book is sold for the benefit of the Building Fund for the proposed English Church at St.Moritz."
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Freshfield (Douglas W.) Round Kanchenjunga, first edition, half-title, plates, folding panorama, 3 maps, 2 folding, 2pp. advertisements at end, foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed, edges uncut, [Neate F69; Perret 1760; Yakushi F204a], 8vo, 1903. *** A very good copy of this classic work.
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Gilbert (Josiah) and George Cheetham Churchill. The Dolomite Mountains, first edition, half-title, 6 chromolithograph plates, 2 folding maps, 1 hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Whymper, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, [Neate G18; Perret 1930 "superbement illustre"], 8vo, 1864.
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Hardy (Joseph) A Picturesque and Descriptive Tour in the Mountains of the High Pyrenees, first edition, engraved map, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, mounted as issued, later blue half morocco, gilt by Sotheran, t.e.g., a fine copy, [Perret 2156 "Rare et tres recherche"; Abbey, Travel 210], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1825.
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Hawes (Benjamin) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, lithograph frontispiece depicting heights of mountains, folding facsimile of certificate of ascent, extra-illustrated by the insertion of one hand-coloured aquatint plate by Salathe after G.Lory, later calf-backed boards, rubbed, lacking backstrip, [Meckly 89; Neate H55; Perret 2186], 4to, for Benjamin Hawes, junior, 1828. *** Copies seem to vary as to the inclusion/absence of plates. The "extra" plate in this copy is a fine view of Mont Blanc and the Valley of Chamonix.
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[Hayward (Abraham)] Some Account of a Journey Across the Alps, in a Letter to a Friend, first edition, presentation copy to Lady Dalrymple initialled by the author on title, light spotting, original cloth, slightly rubbed, rebacked, [Perret 2188 "Tres rare"], 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, [1834].
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Heim (Arnold) and August Gansser. The Throne of the Gods: An Account of the First Swiss Expedition to the Himalayas, first English edition, folding map in pocket at end, 2 folding panoramas, plates and illustrations, foxing, new front free endpaper, original cloth, t.e.g., chipped and soiled dust-jacket, [Neate H69 "Superbly illustrated account ... "; Perret 2208], 8vo, 1939. *** Scarce in dust-jacket. The expedition explored the area around Kailas in Tibet.
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Hinchliff (Thomas Woodbine) Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte Rosa, first edition, half-title, 3 folding maps, 4 chromolithograph plates, bookplates and ownership stamps, some foxing at beginning, original cloth, recased, slightly rubbed, [Meckly 92; Neate H96 "a classic of the 'Golden Age'"; Perret 2266], 8vo, 1857.
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