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Click here to subscribeStutfield (Hugh E.M. and Collie, J. Norman). Climbs & Exploration in the Canadian Rockies, 1st ed., 1903, half-title present, frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, large folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo. Neate S177. ‘One of the classics of the Canadian Rockies’. (1)
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)
Whymper (Edward). The Ascent of the Matterhorn, 3rd ed., John Murray, 1880, half title, numerous wood engraved illusts, two litho. maps (one map folding with a few short splits), marbled endpapers and page edges, contemp. half calf, lower board near-detached, 8vo. Neate W65. An abridged edition of Whymper’s classic “Scrambles amongst the Alps”, first published in 1871. Edward Whymper (1840-1911) made the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn on 14 July 1865, though four climbers in his party were tragically killed on the descent. Ex-libris Sydney Courtauld (1840-1899, silk manufacturer) with his engraved armorial bookplate. (1)
Williams (W. Mattieu). Through Norway with Ladies, 1st ed., 1877, wood-engs., folding map and 36 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, some minor spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, together with Mockler-Ferryman (Major A.F.), In the Northman’s Land. Travel, Sport, and Folk-lore in the Hardanger Fjord and Fjeld, 1st ed., 1896, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, plus Oppenheim (E.C.), New Climbs in Norway. An Account of Some Ascents in the Sondmore District, 1st ed., 1898, photogravure frontis. (fore-edge a little frayed), numerous b & w illusts. from photos and drawings by A.D. McCormick, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt, large b & w photographic print to upper cover (badly rubbed), 8vo (Neate O12), and Lees (J.A.), Peaks and Pines, Another Norway Book, 1st ed., 1899, b & w illusts. from photos and illusts. by the author, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, all 8vo, and Gunneng (Asbjorn and Schlytter, Boye), Climbs in the Horungtinder, Norway, Edited Norsk Tindeklub, pub. Oslo, 1933, 23 pp., b & w illusts. from photos, folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. printed wrappers, a little dust soiled, (Neate Q863), with others of Norwegian interest including four climbing and holiday guides to Norway by Per Prag, and three by Tony Howard, plus a photograph album chronicling a Norwegian cruise in 1956, etc. (29)
Wundt (Theodor). Wanderungen in den Ampezzaner Dolomiten. Herausgegeben von der Sektion Berlin des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin, [1893], folding litho. map to rear, 37 full-page photo. plates, numerous illusts to text, decorated endpapers, a few leaves loose, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, some fraying to spine, folio (1)
Yeld (George). Scrambles in the Eastern Graians 1878-1897, 1st ed., 1900, photogravure frontis., folding map, illustrations, a few spots, t.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, spine faded with stains, 8vo. Neate Y07. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “Mrs Handford, with the author’s kind regards, July 1900”. (1)
Auldjo (John). Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827, 1st ed., 1828, half-title present, eighteen litho. plts., some on india paper, part-folding circular eng. map, hand-col. in outline, uncol. folding panorama, folding part-coloured geological and comparative table and single-page hand-col. table of the heights of the mountains (all correct as list), some minor scattered spotting, orig. grey boards, worn on spine and corners, upper cover detached, 4to. A wide-margined copy. Neate A75. ‘Auldjo made the nineteenth ascent of Mont Blanc. His book was the first to popularise Mont Blanc and its influence persisted until the 1850s and the ‘Golden Age’ of mountaineering. (1)
Hudson (Rev. Charles & Kennedy, Edward Shirley). Where there’s a Will there’s a Way: an Ascent of Mont Blanc by a New Route and Without Guides, 2nd ed., 1856, half title, litho. frontis., folding hand coloured map, 24 pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, a few gatherings shaken, orig. blue blindstamped cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems, 8vo. Neate H126. The 2nd editon with two additional accounts of Monte Rosa. (1)
Hudson (Rev. Charles & Kennedy, Edward Shirley). Where there’s a Will there’s a Way: an Ascent of Mont Blanc by a New Route and Without Guides, 1st ed., 1856, half title, litho. frontis., folding hand coloured map, 24 pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear, orig. blue blindstamped cloth gilt, fraying to spine, 8vo. Neate H126: “The Rev. Hudson was the leading amateur mountaineer of the day. He made the first ascent of the highest point of Monte Rosa and the first guideless ascent of Mont Blanc”. (1)
Alack (Frank). Guide Aspiring, 1st ed., Auckland, [1963], b & w photo. illusts, orig. cloth in VG dust-wrapper, (Neate A24), together with McClymont (W.G.), The Exploration of New Zealand, Wellington, 1940, maps and b & w illusts, orig. cloth in chipped dust-wrapper, and Graham (Peter), Mountain Guide: an autobiography, 1st ed., 1965, b & w photo. illusts, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, plus Dingle (Graeme), Two Against the Alps, 1st ed., Christchurch, 1972, b & w photo. illusts, folding map to rear, orig. cloth in chipped dust-wrapper, plus other New Zealand interest, all 8vo. (11)
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)
Harper (Arthur P.). Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand: A Record of the First Explorations of the Chief Glaciers and Ranges of the Southern Alps, 1st ed., 1896, folding map, b & w photo. plates, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed with partly peeled label to upper cover, together with Memories of Mountains and Men, 1st ed., 1946, b & w photo. illusts., orig. cloth, dust-wrapper worn and repaired, both 8vo. Neate H36 & H35 respectively. Greatly revered New Zealander who made several first ascents and did much important surveying in the 1890s. Swiss Alpine Club indelible ink stamps to endpapers and other ownership markings. (2)
Mannering (George Edward). With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps, 1st ed., 1891, folding map, numerous b & w plates, publisher’s catalogue to rear, orig. cloth gilt, chipped to upper corners, 8vo. Neate M40: “Memoirs of a New Zealand mountaineer who was responsible for much exploration and survey work in the Mount Cook area. Co-founder of the New Zealand Alpine Club with A.P. Harper”. (1)
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)
Firsoff (V.A.). Ski Track on the Battlefield, 1st ed., New York, 1943, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. soiled d.j. (d.j. with sl. loss at head of spine), together with Meredith (Brian), Escape on Skis, [1938], b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., plus Watson (Sir Norman and King, Edward J.), Round Mystery Mountain. A Ski Adventure, 1st ed., 1935, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, three sketch maps, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and frayed d.j., and Colonel Bilgeri’s Handbook on Mountain Ski-ing, Translated, with Notes, by Major Harold Holme, 1st ed., 1929, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j., and one other, all 8vo. (5)
Firsoff (V.A.). The Cairngorms on Foot and Ski, 1st ed., 1949, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos by the author, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j. (Neate F32), together with On Ski in the Cairngorms, by V.A. Firsoff, 1st ed., Edinburgh & London, 1965, b & w illusts. from photos, sketch maps, folding panorama at rear, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., plus Huber (Eddie and Rogers, Norman), The Complete Ski Manual. How to Begin, How to Improve, How to Excel, 1st ed., 1949, b & w illusts. from photos, illusts. and diags. to text, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j., plus Fedden (Robin), Alpine Ski Tour. An Account of the High Level Route, 1st ed., Putnam, 1956, b & w illusts. from photos, folding route map, orig. cloth in d.j., and Ski-ing in the Alps, by Robin Fedden, in Collaboration with Peter Waddell, 1st ed., 1958, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., and others, all in d.j., 8vo & 4to. (13)
Fulton (J.H.W.). With Ski in Norway & Lapland, Introduction by Herbert Fowler, 1st ed., 1911, numerous b & w illusts. from photos by the author and others, map endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, together with Spender (A. Edmund), Two Winters in Norway. Being an Account of Two Holidays Spent on Snow-Shoes, and in Sleigh-Driving, and Including an Expedition to the Lapps, 1st ed., 1902, b & w illusts. from photos, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn on spine, 8vo, plus Cadby (Will and Carine), Switzerland in Winter (Discursive Information for Visitors), 1st ed., 1914, author’s presentation copy to Sir Henry Robertson, inscribed on flyleaf, b & w illusts. from photos, some spotting, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, and Ice Sports, Isthmian Library series, edited D. Fletcher Robinson, 1901, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed (includes Tobogganing, Ski-ing, Ice-yachting, etc.), all 8vo, plus Winter Sports Annual, 1912-13, b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps, ads both front and rear (lacks both f.e.p. and r.e.p.), orig. cloth lettered in black, and Winter Sports, Cook’s Handbook, 1929-30 & 1936-7, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, ads both front and rear, orig. pict. wrappers, all small 8vo, and others of skiing interest (27)
Jay (John). Skiing the Americas, 1st ed., New York, 1947, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, together with Bowen (Ezra), The Book of American Skiing, 1st ed., Philadelphia & New York, 1963, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. two-tone cloth in sl. frayed d.j., folio, plus Burhenne (Hans Joachim), Sierra Spring Ski-Touring. Description of One-Day Tours to 28 Peaks, with Walt and Betsy, Norm, Dick and Mark, 1st ed., San Francisco, 1971, signed on half-title by the author, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers (old sellotape marks to front f.e.p.), orig. linen-backed glazed pict. boards, square 4to, plus Baldwin (Henry Ives), The Skiing Life, privately printed, New Hampshire, 1989, signed and titled by the author, b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, and Hazard (Joseph T.), Pacific Crest Trails from Alaska to Cape Horn, enlarged revised ed., Seattle, [1948], b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and others of American skiing interest (30)
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)
Lloyd (Janis M.). Skiing into History 1924-1984, Ski Club of Victoria, 1986, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Beatty (Bill), The White Roof of Australia, 1st ed., 1958, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in torn d.j., slim 4to, plus Bowen (Ezra), The Book of American Skiing, Philadelphia & New York, 1963, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. two-tone cloth in sl. frayed d.j., folio, and Jay (John), Skiing the Americas, New York, 1947, b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, and Clifford (Harvey), Rhythm on Skis, 1st ed., Wellington, NZ, 1953, 47 pp., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed boards in frayed and torn d.j., slim 8vo, and other miscellaneous books of skiing interest, mostly recent publications, both hardback and softback (3 shelves) This lot does not contain The Book of American Skiing by Ezra Bowen or Skiing the Americas by John Jay. They can now be found in lot 143.
Huber (Eddie and Rogers, Norman). The Complete Ski Manual. How to Begin, How to Improve, How to Excel, 1st ed., 1949, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in frayed and repaired d.j., 8vo, together with Riddell (James), The Ski Runs of Switzerland, Foreword by Sir Arnold Lunn, 1st ed., 1957, b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 8vo, plus The New National Austrian Ski System, Issued by the Austrian Association of Professional Ski Teachers, trans. Roland Palmedo, 1974, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in price-clipped d.j., slim 4to, and other miscellaneous books of skiing interest, mostly recent publications, both softback and hardback (3 shelves)
Abraham (Ashley P.). Rock-Climbing in Skye, 1st ed., 1908, thirty collotype plates and one other plate, nine b & w diagrams, folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed to head and foot of spine, 8vo. Neate A01: “Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy. The author was a mountain photographer who, with his brother George and O.G. Jones, was largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles.”. This copy is inscribed in ink from the author to Miss Nancy Ridyard (later Nancy Carpenter), one of the foremost women climbers of the 1930s. There is a further inscription to her, dated 1931, from her fiancee and fellow climber Tony Musgrave, the book being a gift from him. The folding map bears her name to the verso along with some neatly drawn and dated climbing routes taken between 1933 and 1936. (1)
Baker (Ernest A.). The British Highlands with Rope & Rucksack, 1st ed., 1933, inscribed on flyleaf ‘To Howard Baker with love from his grandfather’, b & w illusts. from photos, some spotting, orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., together with The Highlands with Rope & Rucksack, 1st ed., 1923, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, gilt-dec. spine, a little rubbed, plus Moors, Crags & Caves of the High Peak and the Neighbourhood, 1st ed., [1903], folding map, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. pict. cloth in clean and bright condition, all 8vo. Neate B09, B10 & B11. Baker was a contemporary of the Abraham Brothers with whom he climbed on occasions. He was also one of the party who made the first ascent on the Ben Nuis Chimney on Arran in 1901, a route not repeated for over fifty years. The third title in this group concerns Baker’s pioneer rock climbing on the outcrops of the Derbyshire Peak District and is his most important and sought-after book. (3)
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)
Cliffe (Charles Frederick). The Book of North Wales. Scenery, Antiquities, Highways and Byeways, Lakes, Streams, and Railways, 1st ed., 1850, engraved frontis., folding map, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, together with Halliwell (J.O.), Notes of Family Excursions in North Wales, taken chiefly from Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, and Bangor, printed for the author, 1860, inscribed by the author to title, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, and Cliffe (John Henry), Notes and Recollections of an Angler: Rambles among the Mountains, Valleys, and Solitudes of Wales, 1st ed., 1870, advertisement leaf to rear, orig. brown cloth gilt, rubbed to head and foot of spine, plus an identical copy bound in blue cloth, (Cliffe explored the high mountain cwms and summits pre-1870), plus Davies (R. Rice), The Cambrian Sketch-Book. Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales, 1st ed., [1875], wood engraved frontis., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, plus Ramsay (A.C.), The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales, 1st ed., 1860, folding map, wood engraved illusts, name excised to front endpaper, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems, plus Moore (J.L., ed.), A Practical Guide to North Wales, Manchester, [1889], folding map of North Wales, trade adverts to front and rear, orig. pictorial card wrappers, upper cover detached, plus Roberts (Askew), The Gossiping Guide to Wales, 1881, maps and plans including some folding, trade adverts front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, fraying to head and foot of spine, plus other Welsh interest including ‘Round about Snowdon’ by T. Huson, ‘Welsh Scenery’ by Elijah Walton (Neate W13), a typed manuscript by E. Kelvin Lawrence titled “Gwern-y-Gof-Isaf” containing many original photographs, and a folding map of Snowdonia (12)
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)
Jones (Trevor and Milburn, Geoff). Cumbrian Rock. 100 Years of Climbing in the Lake District, 1st ed., Pic Publications, Glossop, 1988, sixteen copies, col. and b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. laminated pict. boards, 8vo. All numbered copies of a special edition of 250 copies produced in memory of Ken Milburn who died on January 12 1988. All these copies signed by Joe Brown and Geoff Milburn. As new condition. (16)
Sansom (George S.). Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War. The Mountain Journal of an Edwardian Gentleman, pub. Castle Cary Press Ltd., Somerset, on September 14, 1982, the Seventieth Anniversary of the Pioneer Girdle Traverse of Scafell, sixty copies, line drawings and a map by A. Wainwright, twelve photographs, orig. cloth in d.j., royal 8vo. As new condition. George Samuel Samson (1988-1980), educated at Wellington College and University College London, where he was Derby scholar for Zoology in 1912. A pioneer in the use of colour photography and stereophotographs, he was also a skilled metal and woodworker. During WWI he served at the front with the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, later joining the Royal Flying Corps and awarded the MC and Distinguished Flying Cross. In the 1930s he flew regularly at Brooklands where he was known as ‘The Professor’. (60)
Styles (Showell). The Moated Mountain, 1st ed., 1955, colour frontis., b & w photo. plates, map endpapers, orig. cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper, (Neate S191), together with Rock and Rope, 1st ed., 1967, signed on title by the author, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, plus A Climber in Wales, Birmingham, [1948], b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth in slightly soiled dust-wrapper, (Neate S180) and Introduction to Mountaineering, 1st ed., [1954], b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, (Neate S187), plus Men and Mountaineering, 1st ed., 1968, signed on title by the author, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, (Neate S190) and others by Styles, all 8vo. (18)
West (Lionel F.). The Climber’s Pocket Book, Rock Climbing Accidents, With Hints on First Aid to the Injured. Some Uses of the Rope, Methods of Rescue, and Transport, 1st ed., Scientific Publishing Co., Manchester, [1907], 82 pp. including index and ads at rear, illusts. to text, bound without orig. printed wrappers in recent brown cloth, small 8vo, (Neate W43), together with Burgbacher (Kurt), White Hell. A Story of the Search and Rescue Service in the Alps, trans. Stella Humphries, 1st English ed., Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1961, b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. boards in sl. torn d.j., 8vo, plus Maslen-Jones (Bob), Countdown to Rescue, 3rd ed., 1993, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. blue cloth boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, 8vo (limited edition 8/125, this copy signed and inscribed on title by the author to Geoff Milburn), plus Card (Frank), Whensoever. 50 Years of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service 1943-1993, 1st ed., Ernest Press, 1993, signed and inscribed on title to Geoff ‘Bibliophile’ Milburn, b & w illusts. and maps, pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., and others on mountain medicine, search and rescue, avalanches and glaciers, etc., including many booklets and pamphlets (approx. 100)
Ball (John). Ball’s Alpine Guides: Bernese Alps including the Oberland, 1st ed., 1873, two folding maps, double-page map to front endpapers, orig. green cloth gilt, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, together with eight other first edition volumes from the same series comprising: Central Tyrol, East Switzerland, North Switzerland, North Tyrol, The Pass of St. Gothard, South Tyrol, South-Western Alps, Styrian Carnac & Julian Alps, all published in 1873, with all folding maps and plates present, one volume (East Switzerland) stengthened to inner hinge with old sellotape, all in orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed with some minor fraying to spine extrems, all 8vo. Neate B19-B31. Rare. (9)
Ball (John). The Alpine Guide: The Western Alps, new edition, reconstructed and revised on behalf of the Alpine Club by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1898, ten folding maps (some toning and fraying to protuding edges), orig. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, together with Hints and Notes Practical and Scientific for Travellers in the Alps, new edition prepared on behalf of the Alpine Club by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1899, pictorial trade adverts to front and rear, orig. printed boards, upper cover near-detached, and The Alpine Guide: The Central Alps, 2 vols, new ed., 1907-11, volume one complete with six folding maps, volume two containing one map only (of ten), orig. cloth, ink initials to upper cover of first vol., all 8vo. Neate B20; B32. (4)
Bunnell (J.F., Green Howards). Rock Climbing Guide to Hong Kong, 1st ed., pub. Hong Kong, 1959, 65 pp., author’s presentation copy, signed and inscribed on verso of frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, upper cover lettered in green, old sellotape marks to endpapers, (Neate Q816), together with Gardner (R.J.), Rock Climbing Guide to the West Darling, pub. The Barrier Rangers, P.O. Box 515, Broken Hill, 2880, [1971], 67 pp., six folding cylostyled maps, orig. printed stiff card upper cover, recent linen backstrip and replacement back board, both small 8vo (15.5 x 11cm), plus Heywood (G.S.P.), Rambles in Hong Kong, 2nd ed., pub. Hong Kong, 1951, 80 pp., b & w illusts. to text, map endpapers, orig. printed boards, a little chipped at head and foot of spine, slim 8vo, and Reeve (D.C.), A Guide to Rock Climbing in Hong Kong, 1st ed., 1968, col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. laminated pict. boards, a little rubbed on spine, 8vo. (4)
Conway & Coolidge’s Climbers’ Guides. A complete set, 15 vols, all 1st editions, plus The Bernese Oberland by G. Hasler [and others], 4 parts in 5 vols, 1902-1908, and The Central Alps of the Dauphiny by W.A.B. Coolidge [and others], 1892, with similarly bound companion map volume, plus The Chain of Mont Blanc by Louis Kurz, 1892, Climbers’ Guide to the Central Pennine Alps by William Martin Conway (one of only 400 copies printed), 1890, Climbers’ Guide to the Eastern Pennine Alps by William Martin Conway (one of only 400 copies printed), 1891, The Lepotine Alps by William Martin Conway and W.A.B. Coolidge, 1892, The Mountains of Cogne by George Yeld and W.A.B. Coolidge, 1893, The Range of the Todi by W.A.B. Coolidge, 1894, plus Maps of the Dauphiny Alps, issued by the S.A.C. Association of British Members, 1892, maps present where called for, all bound in original wallet-style cloth gilt with pencil holder to spines (only one pencil present), slightly rubbed and faded, a few volumes cracking at the inner hinges, small 8vo. Neate (in order) C110-C122. One volume with ownership markings of mountaineer Tom Longstaff (1875-1964) and a few pencil technical notes by him in pencil. (16)
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)
Harris (Walter B.). Tafilet: The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West Sahara, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1895, numerous b & w plates, folding map, orig. cloth, rubbed and marked, together with Thomson (Joseph), Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco, 1st US ed., New York, 1889, two folding maps, numerous b & w illusts, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, and Hooker (Joseph Dalton & Ball, John), Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas, 1st ed., 1878, b & w wood engraved plates including folding panoramic frontis. and cross section diagram (cleanly split along fold), folding map to rear with repaired tear, contemp. half roan, upper cover near-detached, all 8vo. Neate H43; T24 (UK edition); H109. (3)
Oliver (William Dudley). Crags and Craters. Rambles in the Island of Reunion, 1st ed., 1896, photogravure frontis., twenty-six b & w illusts. from photos by the author, folding map at rear, navy blue school prize binding by Bickers & Son, gilt-dec. spine with raised bands and contrasting title label, sl. rubbed, 8vo. Neate O10. Uncommon. Reunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 kilometres south west of Mauritius, the nearest island. Includes climbs on the Piton des Neiges, Salazes, etc. (1)
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)
Clementi (Mrs Cecil). Through British Guiana to the Summit of Roraima, 1st ed., 1920, folding map, numerous b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, (Neate C79), together with Earle (John), The Springs of Enchantment: Climbing and Exploration in Patagonia, 1st ed., 1981, b & w plates, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Kogan (Georges & Leininger, Nicole), The Ascent of Alpamayo: An Account of the Franco-Belgian Expedition to the Cordillera Blanca in the High Andes, 1st ed., 1954, b & w plates, orig. cloth in slightly chipped dust-wrapper, (Neate K40), plus Azema (M.A.), The Conquest of FitzRoy, 1st ed., 1957, b & w plates, orig. cloth in chipped and frayed dust-wrapper, (Neate A78), plus Snailham (Richard), Sangay Survived: The Story of the Ecuador Volcano Disaster, 1st ed., 1978, signed to title, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, plus other mountaineering books relating to South America, all 8vo. (15)
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)
Hutchings (J.M.). In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive..., 1st ed., 1886, numerous b&w plts. after photos, folding map, b&w illusts. to text, etc., orig. pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks to spine and edges, 8vo, (Neate H142), together with King (Clarence), Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, 6th ed., Boston, 1879, two folding colour maps, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, (Neate K21), plus Memoirs, The Helmet of Mambrino, 1st ed., 1904, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, and Farquhar (Francis P.), History of the Sierra Nevada, pub. University of California Press, 1965, b&w illusts., orig. blue cloth in rubbed and sl. chipped d.j., large 8vo, (Neate F03), plus others on the Sierra Nevada and Mountains in California, including Charles Francis Saunders, The Southern Sierras of California, 1st ed., 1933, Francis P. Farquhar, ed., Up and Down California in 1860-1864, The Journal of William H. Brewer, Newhaven, 1930, (Neate B156), William Harland Boyd, ed., A Climb Through History: From Caliente to Mount Whitney, in 1889, Havilah Press, 1973, A. H. Barnes, Our Greatest Mountain and Alpine Wonders, National Park Art Series, No. 2, 1921, etc. (21)
Karr (Heywood W. Seton). Shores and Alps of Alaska, 1st ed., London, 1887, half-title, wood-engs., four maps, including folding map at rear (partly split), 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end, several indelible ex-library stamps to text, orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, together with Schwatka (Frederick), A Summer in Alaska. A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition Along the Great Yukon River, from its Source to its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska, pub. St. Louis, 1893, port. frontis., wood-engs., orig. pict. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, both 8vo. Neate K03 & S30 respectively. Seton Karr was a British Naval Officer responsible for the first reconnaissance of Mount St. Elias. (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)
Wheeler (Arthur Oliver). The Selkirk Range, 2 vols including map box, 1st ed., Ottawa, 1905, fourteen folding maps, numerous b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, map volume a little worn with some splits to internal joints (not affecting maps), 4to, together with The Selkirk Mountains: A Guide for Mountain Climbers and Pilgrims, Winnipeg, 1912, two folding panoramas, six folding maps and tables, numerous b & w photo. illusts, loosely inserted accompanying letter from the Alpine Club of Canada, orig. printed wrappers retained in later cloth gilt, 8vo. Neate W47, Q851. Wheeler surveyed large tracts of Western Canada and was one of the founders, and first president of, the Alpine Club of Canada. (3)
Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vols. (inc.Supplementary Appendix), John Murray, 1891-92, numerous b & w plates and illusts, full-page map of Equador present, lacking the three folding maps (usually contained in separate volume), orig. quarter morocco, gilt-dec. spines, rubbed and a little faded, 8vo. Neate W66: “This book was the first of the few great classics of South American mountaineering literature...It remains essential reading for anyone visiting Equador”. Special Edition Subscribers copy, numbered 46, with Edward Whymper printed signature. (2)
Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vols. (including Supplementary Appendix), 1892-91, numerous wood-engs., full-page map of Ecuador, folding plan, two folding maps (one contained in rear pocket), all correct as list, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed and soiled, darkened on spines and some minor wear to extremities, 8vo. Neate W66. (2)
Williams (John H.). The Mountain that was ‘God’. Being a Little Book about the Great Peak Which the Indians Named ‘Tacoma’ but which is Officially Called ‘Rainier’, New York, London & Tacoma, 1911, together with The Guardians of the Columbia. Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens, Tacoma, 1912, and Yosemite and its High Sierra, Tacoma & San Francisco, 1914, col. plts., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, folding map to first and third titles, all orig. printed cloth with onlaid pict. panel to upper cover, a little rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, slim 8vo. The third volume signed and inscribed by the author on flyleaf. Neate W85, W84 and W86. (3)
Chapman (F. Spencer). Northern Lights. The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931, 1st ed., 1932, b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps, orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., tall 8vo, together with Watkins’ Last Expedition, by F. Spencer Chapman, 1st ed., 1934, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth in d.j. (d.j. restored at head and foot of spine and corners), 8vo, plus Sorge (Ernst), With Plane, Boat, & Camera in Greenland. An Account of the Universal Dr. Fanck Greenland Expedition, 1935, folding panoramic frontis. and numerous illusts. from photos all printed in blue tint, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, and First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition, 1933, by Air-Commodore P.F.M. Fellowes, [and others], 4th imp., December 1933, port. frontis. of Lady Houston, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps, 3D glasses contained in rear pocket, orig. cloth, faded on spine and some wear, 8vo, and Fuchs (Sir Vivian and Hilary, Sir Edmund), The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58, autograph label pasted to dedication leaf, signed by Fuchs, col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and others related (12)
Conway (William Martin). With Ski & Sledge over Arctic Glaciers, 1st US ed., NY, 1898, b & w plates and illusts, folding map of Spitsbergen, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little fraying at head of spine, 8vo. Neate C108 (UK edition). Sequel to The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. Ex-library copy with markings to title. (1)
Cook (Fredrick A.). To the Top of the Continent. Discovery, Exploration and Adventure in Sub-arctic Alaska. The First Ascent of Mt. McKinley, 1903-1906, 1st ed., 1909, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, sketch maps, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo, together with Griggs (Robert F.), The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, pub. National Geographic Society, Washington, 1922, folding panoramic frontis., numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, maps and diags., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little faded and rubbed on spine, tall 8vo, plus Hubbard (Bernard R.), Alaskan Odyssey, 1st ed., 1952, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. boards in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, and others (25)
Ahluwalia (Major H.P.S.). Eternal Himalaya, 1st ed., New Delhi, 1982, b & w plates, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, folio, together with Dias (Major John), The Everest Adventure: Story of the Second Indian Expedition, 1st ed., Delhi, 1965, colour and b & w illusts, inscribed by H.C. Sarin (President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation), orig. cloth, dust-wrapper with some edge fraying, folio, and Kummar (Major K.I.), Expedition Kinner Kailash, New Delhi, 1981, colour and b & w illusts, orig. cloth in VG dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Singh (Brigadier Gyan), Lure of Everest: Story of the First Indian Expedition, 1st ed., New Delhi, 1961, signed presentation copy from author to General Chowdrey, b & w illusts, orig. cloth in slightly creased dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Gurang (Harka), Annapurna to Dhaulagiri: A Decade of Mountaineering in Nepal Himalaya 1950-1960, 1st ed., Kathmandu, 1968, colour plates, folding map, loosely inserted slip bearing author’s signature, hardback leatherette gilt retaining orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, and Srichand (L. Radheylall), Mussoorie Views, Landour, [1931], twelve b & w photo. plates, each with patterned tissue-guard, numbered 1865 to title, orig. printed card wrappers, a litle spotted, folio, plus Kumar (Lt. Col. N., Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia, et al), Trisul Ski Expedition, 1st ed., Delhi, 1978, b & w photo plates, orig. cloth, dust-wrapper with one or two closed tears, 8vo, plus Kohli (Harish), Across the Frozen Himalaya: The Epic Winter Ski Traverse from Karakorum to Lipu Lekh, 1st ed., New Delhi, 2000, colour and b & w illusts, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, 8vo. Neate A19; D23; S77; G80; K54. (8)
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)
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