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Lot 153
RAFFLES THOMAS STAMFORD. The History of Java. 2 vols. Fldg. eng. map, hand col. in outline. Coloured aquatint costume plates. Other plates as called for except lacking a plate of Musical Instruments & 2 plates of Subjects in Stone. Well worn lib. bdgs. Some damp stng. (considerable to vol. 2). 1817.
Lot 368
Little (Archibald John). Mount Omi and Beyond. A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, 1st ed., 1901, portrait frontispiece, folding map, half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting, original pictorial cloth, corners bent, a little grubby, 8vo. Neate L43. “Account of journeys in 1892-97. The author passed close by vast snow-covered ranges which remained practically unexplored by Europeans. Omi-shan is a sacred mountain in north-west Szechuan.” (1)
Lot 369
Mazuchelli (Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah). The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them. Being a Narrative of Two Years’ Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months’ Tour into the Interior, by a Lady Pioneer, 1st ed., 1876, half-title present, ten chromolithographs, folding map, wood-engs. to text, some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, soiled and worn (upper cover almost detached), royal 8vo. Neate M74. A binding copy? (1)
Lot 370
Merzbacher (Gottfried). The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903, 1st ed., John Murray, 1905, b & w photo. plates, folding map (closed tear with sellotape repair), spotting to endpapers, orig. dark-blue cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo. Neate M85: “Mountain exploration on the Sino-Russian frontier. The author was a German climber and explorer, active in the Dolomites, Caucasus and ranges of central Asia”. This copy is inscribed by Percy Cunningham Mather (1882-1933), a pioneer British Protestant missionary based for most of his life in Xinjiang province in China. (1)
Lot 375
Parrot (Dr. Friedrich). Journey to Ararat, trans. W.D. Cooley, 1st English ed., 1845, folding eng. map laid down on linen, a few wood-engs. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, inner joints weak, 8vo. Neate P13. The first ascent of Ararat. One of Monte Rosa’s summits bears his name. Mount Ararat in Judeo-Christian tradition is associated with the “Mountains of Ararat” where, according to the book of Genesis, Noah’s ark came to rest. (1)
Lot 377
Parrot (Dr. Friedrich). Journey to Ararat, trans. W.D. Cooley, 1st English ed., [1845], folding eng. map, a few wood-engs. to text, near-contemp. red polished calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt-dec. spine with raised bands and contrasting title label, a little rubbed and upper joint tender (with Eton leaving inscription dated 1865), 8vo. (1)
Lot 383
Shipton (Eric). Nanda Devi, 1st ed., 1936, b & w photo. plates, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth, dust-wrapper with a few minor nicks and marks, 8vo, together with Blank on the Map, 1st ed., 1938, b & w plates and illusts, folding map to rear, cracking to inner hinges, orig. black cloth lettered in red, rubbed and marked, and Upon that Mountain, 1st ed., 1943, b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth in torn and frayed dust-wrapper, plus Mountains of Tartary, 1st ed., [1951], b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper, plus others by and about Eric Shipton, all 8vo. Neate S63; S58; S68; S62. (8)
Lot 387
Smythe (F.S.). The Kangchenjunga Adventure, 1st ed., 1930, signed on title by the author, b & w illusts. from photos, some fore-edge spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, short closed tear at head, (Neate S119), together with Kamet Conquered, 1st ed., 1932, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth in frayed and chipped d.j., (Neate S118), plus Camp Six. An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition, 1st ed., 1937, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, (Neate S114), and Edward Whymper, 1st ed., 1940, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. chipped d.j., (Neate S117) and others by Frank S. Smythe, all 8vo. (14)
Lot 394
Tucci (Giuseppe & Ghersi, E.). Secrets of Tibet. Being the Chronicle of the Tucci Scientific Expedition to Western Tibet (1933), Translated from the Italian edition by Mary A. Johnstone, 1st UK ed., 1935, two folding maps, b & w illustrations, one or two spots, original cloth, a little dust-stained, 8vo, together with In the World’s Attic, by Henrietta Sands Merrick, 1st ed., 1931, colour frontis., folding map, illustrations, previous owner stamps, original red cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Serie Orientale Roma XII. The Amnye Ma-Chhen Range and Adjacent Regions. A Monographic Study, by J.F. Rock, Rome, 1956, five folding maps contained in rear pocket, illustrations, original boards, 8vo, (Neate R60), with others related including Giotto Dainelli’s Buddhists and Glaciers of Western Tibet, 1933, Marco Pallis’s Peaks and Lamas, 1939 (Neate P03) and F. Spencer Chapman’s Lhasa. The Holy City, 1938 (Neate C28) (18)
Lot 399
Whistler (Hugh). In the High Himalayas. Sport and Travel in the Rhotang and Baralacha, with some Notes on the Natural History of that Area, 1st ed., 1924, map and half-tone illustrations (one loose), occasional spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth, 8vo, together with The Fire Ox and Other Years, by Suydam Cutting, 1st UK ed., 1947, colour frontispiece, maps and illustrations, original cloth, d.j., sellotape residue and a few spots, 8vo, plus Through Deep Defiles to Tibetan Uplands. The Travels of a Naturalist from the Irrawaddy to the Yangtse, by Herbert Stevens, 1st ed., 1934, folding map, illustrations, one or two spots, original cloth, 8vo, with three others related (6)
Lot 401
Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter). Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun. A Record of Pioneer-Exploration and Mountaineering in the Punjab Himalaya, 1st ed., 1909, half-title present, col. frontis., numerous illusts. from photos, printed in sepia or blue tint, folding map and single ad leaf at rear, some spotting, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, inner joints cracked, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 8vo. Neate W125. (1)
Lot 402
Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter). Ice-Bound Heights of the Mustagh. An Account of Two Seasons of Pioneer Exploration and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya, 1st ed., 1908, half-title present, col. frontis. and plts., photogravures, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, ex-lib. copy, upper margin of many leaves stamped in blind ‘Bradford Library and Literary Society’, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, recased, preserving orig. spine, corners bumped, 8vo. Neate W123. (1)
Lot 408
Younghusband (Captain Frank E.). The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894, 1st ed., 1896, four folding maps, b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, later half morocco gilt, upper joint cracked, (Neate Y29), together with The Heart of a Continent. Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Journey from Peking to India by way of the Gobi Desert and Chinese Turkestan, and Across the Himalaya by the Mustagh Pass, revised, with additional material, 1937, port. frontis., three half-tone plts., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, plus The Heart of Nature, or the Quest for Natural Beauty, 1st ed., 1921, contemp. red half morocco gilt, rubbed on spine, and others by/about Younghusband (10)
Lot 423
Bourrit (Marc-Theodore). Description des Alpes Pennines et Rhetiennes; Dediee a S. M. Tres-Chretienne Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre, 2 vols., in one, Geneva, 1781, folding engraved map (with marginal repair), eight engraved plates, a few light spots, contemporary mottled calf, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo. (1)
Lot 424
Brockedon (William). Journals of Excursions in the Alps: The Pennine, Graian, Cottian, Rhetian, Lepontian, and Bernese, 1st ed., 1833, folding map, a few spots, contemporary previous owner signature to title, bookplate, contemporary half calf, loss at foot of spine, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, by Edward Whymper, 2nd ed., 1871, folding maps, illustrations, one or two loose, occasional spotting, a.e.g., contemporary green morocco gilt, spine rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Excursions in Switzerland, by James Fenimore Cooper, Paris, Baudry’s European Library, 1836, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, tear at head of spine, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with others related including Sir William Martin Conway’s The Alps from End to End, 1900 and W.A.B. Coolidge’s Alpine Studies, 1912 (24)
Lot 440
Mannering (George Edward). With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps, 1st ed., 1891, folding map, b & w plates, pubs. 24 pp. list at end, previous owner stamps, a few spots, original burgundy cloth gilt, spine faded, light dampstains, 8vo, together with Ross (Malcolm), A Climber in New Zealand, 1st ed., 1914, half tone plates (one loose), 8 pp. ads at end, one leaf torn from rough opening at end, a few spots, previous owner isncription, original green cloth, joints slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Turner (Samuel), The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps, 1st ed., 1922, portrait frontispiece, map & half-tone plates, a couple of leaves loose, a few spots, original blue cloth, 8vo. (3)
Lot 443
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)
Lot 3
Beattie (William). Switzerland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for thie Work by W.H. Bartlett, 2 vols., 1836, additional vign. title to each, 104 (of 106) steel-engs. (lacks eng. of Tell’s Chapel, Lake Uri at p. 151 in vol. 1 and eng. of The Pass of the Ghemmi, with Monte Rosa and the Cervin, at p. 128 in vol. 2), folding eng. map at rear of vol. 2, some scattered spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt-dec. spine with contrasting labels, rubbed, 4to, together with bRoscoe (Thomas), The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy, 1830, twenty-five steel-eng. views after drawings by Samuel Prout, correct as list, a.e.g., orig. olive green morocco gilt, rubbed, chipped at foot of spine, 8vo. (3)
Lot 4
Bellows (William). Zermatt and The Matterhorn, Privately Printed for the Entertainment of Friends, 1925, author’s presentation copy, inscribed on flyleaf ‘With kindest remembrances from ‘W.B.’ Gloucester 3.10.25’, 19 p., four b & w illusts. from photos, some scattered spotting, orig. stiff wrappers retained in recent green cloth, together with Coolidge (W.A.B.), Walks and Excursions in the Valley of Grindelwald, 2nd ed., pub. Grindelwald, 1935, 64 p., b & w illusts. to text, folding map and single ad leaf at rear, orig. printed wrappers retained in recent green cloth, both slim 8vo, plus Wood (Edith Elmer), An Oberland Chalet, 1st ed., [1911], twelve b & w illusts. from photos, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, and Lyall (Alan), The First Descent of the Matterhorn. A Bibliographical Guide to the 1865 Accident & its Aftermath, 1st ed., 1997, half-tone plts. and illusts. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., royal 8vo, and others related (17)
Lot 6
Boner (Charles). Guide for Travellers in the Plain and on the Mountain, 2nd ed., pub. Hardwicke and Bogue, 1876, half-title, b & w wood-eng. illusts., pubs. ad leaf at rear, orig. green cloth gilt, small 8vo, together with Ball (John), A Guide to the Western Alps/Eastern Alps, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1863/new ed., 1869 respec., folding col. maps etc., one or two short closed tears, orig. cloth gilt, modern reback, rubbed to edges, 8vo, plus Caviezel (M.), Tourist’s Guide to the Upper Engadine, Translated from the German... by A.M.H., pub. Edward Stanford, 1877, folding col. map frontis., ads at rear, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed, and other similar guidebooks to Switzerland, including Switzerland Through the Stereoscope, pub. Underwood and Underwood, n.d., c. 1900, Murray’s Hand-Book for Travellers in Switzerland, 5th ed., 1852, with folding wood-eng. panorama of Mont Blanc, Cook’s Tourist’s Handbook for Switzerland, 1908, etc., all orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo. (15)
Lot 9
Brockedon (William). Journals of Excursions in the Alps: The Pennine, Graian, Cottian, Rhetian, Lepontian, and Bernese, 1st ed., 1833, half-title present, folding eng. map, 8 pp. publisher’s ads at rear, orig. cloth with paper label to spine, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, 8vo, (Neate B171), together with Latrobe (Charles Joseph), The Alpenstock; Or, Sketches of Swiss Scenery and Manners, MDCCCXXV-MDCCCXXVI, 1st ed., 1829, half-title, vign. title and three wood-eng. plts., spotted and somewhat browned (as often), later cloth gilt, minor wear to spine, plus The Pedestrian: A Summer’s Ramble in the Tyrol, and Some of the Adjacent Provinces, MDCCCXXX, by Charles Joseph Latrobe, 1st ed., 1832, map frontis., some spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo, and Weld (Charles Richard), Auvergne, Piedmont, and Savoy: A Summer Ramble, 1st ed., 1850, ex-lib. ink stamp to verso of title, 8 pp. publisher’s ads at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, recased, corners bumped (new endpapers), and three others similar (7)
![[Clowes, G.]. Forty-Six Days in Switzerland and the North of Italy, by G.C., Junr., privately printed, 1856, half-title prese](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879612/14-201332218738_468x382.jpg)
Lot 14
[Clowes, G.]. Forty-Six Days in Switzerland and the North of Italy, by G.C., Junr., privately printed, 1856, half-title present (upper corner excised), folding map, wood-eng. frontis. and three folding panoramas (correct as list), a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, soiled and some wear, slim 8vo. Rare. Not in Neate. (1)
![[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick]. A Lady’s Tour round Monte Rosa; with Visits to the Italian Valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Ca](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879612/15-201332218746_468x382.jpg)
Lot 15
[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick]. A Lady’s Tour round Monte Rosa; with Visits to the Italian Valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Camasco, Sesia, Lys, Challant, Aosta, and Cogne. In a Series of Excursions in the Years 1850-56-58, 1st ed., 1859, half title, hand coloured “sub rosa” device to title, four chromo. plates after Geoge Barnard, folding litho. map, wood engraved illusts to text, 24 pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, orig. blindstamped pink cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with a little fraying to extrems, 8vo. Neate C88. Written by the wife and travelling companion of Alpine Club member Henry Warwick Cole. This is the personal copy of geologist Rev. Samuel William King (1821-1868) who, also along with his wife, is referred to occasionally in the text. King has added many marginal notes and underlingings in pencil throughout the text, usually mildly critical of some of Mrs Cole’s more colourful observations. King was an enthusiastic climber who travelled frequently in continental Europe usually with his wife, recording an 1855 expedition in his only book ‘The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps’ (1858). (1)
Lot 27
Ebel (J.G.). The Traveller’s Guide Through Switzerland, new ed., Arranged and Improved by Daniel Wall, Printed for Samuel Leigh, 1820, b & w eng. frontis., orig. morocco gilt, rubbed and some minor wear, 12mo, together with Inglis (H.D.), Switzerland, The South of France, and the Pyrenees, in MDCCCXXX, 2 vols. bound in 1, 1835, folding map, additional vign. title to each part, contemp. calf gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo, plus Ball (John, ed.), Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, 5th ed., 1860, folding maps, b & w illusts., contemp. half calf, rubbed and marked, small 8vo, and Tennant (Charles), A Tour Through Parts of the Netherlands, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France, in the Year 1821-2, 2 vols., 1824, contemp. calf, worn with covers near or part-detached, 8vo, plus others similar on Switzerland and the Alps including William Coxe, Travels in Switzerland, 3 vols., 1789 (lacking two maps), L. Simond, Travels in Switzerland, 1817, 1818, and 1819, printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1822, etc., mostly leather-bound, 8vo. (22)
Lot 29
Edwards (Amelia B.). Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites, 1st ed., 1873, b & w wood-eng. illusts., folding map, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying, large 8vo, together with Paterfamilias’s Diary of Everybody’s Tour: Belgium and the Rhine, Munich, Switzerland, Milan, Geneva and Paris, pub. Thomas Hatchard, 1856, tinted litho. frontis., orig. blind-stamped blue cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, small 8vo, plus Alpine Climbing. Narratives of Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, and Other Lofty Summits of the Alps, pub. T. Nelson and Sons, 1882, numerous b & w wood-eng. illusts., orig. pict. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed (generally in bright condition), small 8vo, and Knight (Francis A.), The Rambles of a Dominie, 1891, b & w photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. to text, orig. pict. green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly Victorian publications relating to the Alps, including Miss R.H. Busk, The Valleys of Tirol, 1874, Mrs Harriet Beecher Stow, Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, 1854, Frederic Zurcher, Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World, 1869, Henry Frith, Ascents and Adventures, 1884, Glimpses of the Wonderful, Third Series, 1847, etc., all orig. cloth, rubbed, mostly 8vo. (22)
Lot 31
Forbes (John). A Physician’s Holiday or A Month in Switzerland in the Summer of 1848, 1st ed., John Murray, 1849, four tinted lithos. including title, folding map, orig. reeded cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems, together with Sight-Seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the Autumn of 1855, 1st ed., 1856, tinted litho. frontis., folding map (short tear), 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, recased with original backstrip relaid, both 8vo. The first volume inscribed by the author to half title. Sir John Forbes (1787-1861) a Scottish physician and medical writer, produced several continental travel books, initially inspired by a Swiss holiday. (2)
Lot 32
Forbes (James D.). Travels Through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine Chain with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1843, tinted litho. frontis., eight uncol. litho. plts., single-page map, wood-engs. to text but lacks the folding map of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni, 4 pp. publisher’s ads at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, somewhat rubbed and corners bumped, together with Rendu (Le Chanoine), Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy, trans. Alfred Wills, To Which are Added the Original Memoir; and Supplementary Articles, by P.G. Tait, and John Ruskin, Edited, with Introductory Remarks, by George Forbes, 1874, half-title present, single-page map, three or four indelible ink stamps, 65 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. frayed at head and foot of spine, together with Hobbs (William Herbert), Characteristics of Existing Glaciers, New York, 1922, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, sketch maps and diags. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, plus Tutton (A.E.H.), The Natural History of Ice and Snow Illustrated from the Alps, 1st ed., 1927, presentation copy from the author’s wife, signed and inscribed on flyleaf, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, all 8vo, and others related (16)
Lot 33
Forbes (James D.). Travels Through the Alps, new edition, revised and annotated, by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1900, port. frontis., numerous wood-engs. to text, six folding maps (map of The Pennine Alps supplied in facsimile), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, minor wear to head and foot, together with Coolidge (W.A.B.), The Alps in Nature and History, 1st ed., 1908, b & w illusts. from photos, seven folding diags. but without the general map of the Alps, 40 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, some spotting, orig. cloth, gilt-dec. spine, a little rubbed, plus Alpine Studies, by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1st ed., 1912, b & w illusts. from photos, some minor fore-edge spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, all 8vo. Neate F45, C127, C126. (3)
Lot 34
Forbes (James D.). Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851; followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1853, half title, two printed maps (one map folding with a few short tears), ten colour litho. plates, a few brown spots, wood engraved illusts to text, marbled edges, modern half calf, 8vo. Neate F44. (1)
Lot 35
Forbes (Charles S.). Iceland; its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers, 1st ed., 1860, folding map at end, wood-engraved illustrations, a few spots, endpapers renewed, modern cloth with original covers and spine relaid, some fading and spotting, 8vo, together with Across Iceland. The Land of Frost and Fire, by Olive Murray Chapman, 1st ed., 1930, colour frontis. (detached), map and half-tone illustrations (one loose), occasional spotting, presentation inscription, original cloth in repaired d.j., 8vo, with others on Iceland including Ida Pfeiffer’s Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North, 2nd ed., 1853, and Pliny Miles’ Nordufari; Or Rambles in Iceland, Traveller’s Library, parts I & II, 1854. Neate F43. (9)
Lot 36
Freshfield (Douglas W.). The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure, 1st ed., 1920, portrait frontispiece, b & w illustrations, one or two spots, map endpaper at front, original burgundy cloth, edges lightly rubbed, corners a little bumbed, 8vo. Neate F67. “This book gained Freshfield an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Geneva. A delightful study of early mountaineering and life in eighteenth century Geneva.” (1)
Lot 38
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)
Lot 40
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)
Lot 43
Grove (F.C.). ‘The Frosty Caucasus’. An Account of a Walk Through Part of the Range and of an Ascent of Elbruze in the Summer of 1874, 1st ed., 1875, wood-engs., folding map and single ad leaf at rear, errata slip inserted before p. 1, label for “Willenhall Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society” pasted to f.e.p., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, together with Bryce (James), Transcaucasia and Ararat: Being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876, 1st ed., 1877, wood-eng. frontis., double-page map, 36 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to joints, both 8vo. Neate G75 & B203. (2)
Lot 53
Law (William John). The Alps of Hannibal, 2 parts in one, 1st ed., 1866, two folding maps (one with orig. hand colouring), orig. blindstamped cloth, rebacked with new endpapers, together with [Cramer, John Anthony], A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps, Oxford, 1820, folding map (with single fold tear), two engraved plans and one other plate, modern half calf, plus Ellis (Robert), A Treatise on Hannibal’s Passage of the Alps, in which his Route is Traced over the Little Mont Cenis, Cambridge, 1853, six engraved maps and plates (including three folding), advertisement endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, some edge fraying, plus other books relating to Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps by Gavin de Beer, John Hoyte, Bernard Levin, etc., all 8vo. (9)
Lot 54
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)
Lot 56
Longman (William and Henry Trover). Journal of Six Weeks’ Adventures in Switzerland, Piedmont, and on the Italian Lakes. By W.L. and H.T. June, July, August, 1856, 1st ed., 1856, half title, hand coloured folding map, modern black half crushed-morocco by Lloyd’s of Knighton, 8vo. Neate L46: “Longman’s first Alpine tour. Although his climbing career was undistinguished he rose to become president of the Alpine Club (1872-4)”. (1)
Lot 66
Roth (Abraham). The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau. Ascended for the First Time, 1st ed., Karl Baedeker, Coblenz, 1863, eleven colour litho. plates (including one double-page), folding map and two plain plates, wood engraved illusts to text, marble endpapers, contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. Neate R77 :”This finely illustrated book includes accounts of earlier attempts”. (1)
Lot 67
Sinigaglia (Leone). Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites, with an Introduction by Edmund J. Garwood, Translated by Mary Alice Vialls, 1896, photogravure frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed (new endpapers), 8vo. Neate S78. Leone Sinigaglia (1868-1944), Italian mountaineer, was by profession a musician and composer. He died of a heart attack on the eve of being sent as slave labour to Nazi Germany. (1)
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