Travels and voyages. BAIKIE (William Balfour) Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue, (commonly known as the Niger and the Tsadda) in 1854. London: John Murray, 1856, 1st edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, folding plan (partial tear to a fold), frontispiece, contemporary half calf, repaired; [SCOTT (Michael)] The Cruise of the Midge, 1st edition, 2 vols. 1836, 12mo, half titles, lightly toned, plain original cloth; BURNEY (William) The British Neptune ... Achievements of the Royal Navy, London 1807, small 8vo, folding map and 8 plates as called for, all rather age stained, map reinforced and soiled, morocco, recased and rebacked; ALCOCK (A) A Naturalist in Indian Seas, London: John Murray, 1902, 8vo, folding map (foxed), plates, sporadic spotting, original cloth; few others early 20th century, cloth (22)
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BURTON (Richard F) Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London 1870, 8vo, illustrated by Ernest Griset, half title, frontispiece and plates, original green cloth gilt; The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798. John Murray 1873, 8vo, large folding coloured map, original blue cloth, gitl lettered spine; A Sketch of the Career of ---, by A B Richards, A Wilson and St Clair Baddeley, 1886, small 8vo; WRIGHT (T) Life of Burton, 2 vols. 1906, cloth, (rather shaken): The Jew, the Gypsy and El Islam, 1898, cloth (rubbed); STISTED (Georgiana) The True Life of Captain Sir R F Burton, 1896, 8vo, original cloth (7)
HOARE (Richard Colt) The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, A.D. MCLXXXVIII, by Giraldus De Barri, 2 vols., London: W. Miller 1806, 4to, large folding hand coloured map, plates as called for, uncut, slight foxing and offsetting, boards (rubbed); DONOVAN (E) Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, 2 vols., 1805, 8vo, half calf; WILLIS (Browne) A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Landaff, 1719, 8vo, folding plan and plate, contemporary sprinkled calf; BRIDGEMAN (G T O) History of the Prines of South Wales, 1876, author's letter pasted in, front hinge broken, cloth; 3 others (9)
Travel including Asia and Americas. BURNABY (F) A Ride to Khiva, 9th edition 1877, 8vo, 3 folding maps, original cloth (stained); THURSTON (Edgar) Ethnographic Notes in Southern India. Madras 1906, 8vo, plates, original cloth, a little faded; COCKBURN (John) A Journey over Land.., London 1735, 8vo, lacking folding map, some light foxing, calf, rebacked; PATON (A A) Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic, in 2 vols. 1849, folding map, plates, light foxing, faded original cloth; WHYMPER (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 1892, 8vo, with 'Special Edition Subscriber's copy No. 16 Edward Whymper' leaf to face half title, numerous illustrations but lacking the accompanying separate map vol. ; Supplementary Index vol. of natural history specimens, 1891, both vols. in calf backed boards (scuffed); various others (20)
PROCLUS (Diadochus) De sphaera; CLEOMEDES, libri I & II; ARATI; DIONYSII; HONTERI; Basel: per Henricum Petri, 1561, small 8vo, circa 154 x 107mm, text in Latin and Greek, De Sphaera with wood engravings of Proclus teaching and an armillary sphere, and 12 further spherical diagrams; Honteri Cosmography section with 10 double page maps and 10 single page maps only, including World map, Britain, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, India and Africa, (pp.933-940 missing), final soiled leaf with printer' device; some damp and age staining, damaged binding with 1 board only; incomplete. Sold not subject to return.
VERGILIUS MARO (P) Opera, Leiden: Elzevir 1636, 12mo, with engraved title and folding map, red ruled throughout, contemporary red morocco gilt, rubbed; [De LAET (Joannes)] Portugallia sive Regis, Elzevir: Leiden, 1641, 16mo, engraved title, damp-stain mark to first few leaves, contemporary binding; and two others - poetry, early 19th century, calf, rubbed (4)
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A pair of gilt framed and glazed (later) hand-coloured map engravings; 'The Continuation of the Extended Road from Oakham in Rutland to Richmond Com Ebor', together with companion engraving 'The Road from Ferrybridge to Borough Bridge continued to Barnard Castle In Com Ebor' (the slightly larger 36.5cm x 45cm) (2)
Ɵ NOYCE, Wifrid. (1917 - 1962). Six Works: first editions, four SIGNED by the author, includes two presentation copies, 1947-1962. comprises: Mountains and Men. Presentation copy. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, INSCRIBED by the author to Geoffrey L. Bartman on front free e/p., frontispiece, 14 b/w. photographic plates, 4 maps, 160pp: The Gods are Angry. SIGNED. Heinemann, 1957. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Richard Taylor, previous ownership name to map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED by the author to title page, 198pp: Poems. Presentation copy. Heinemann. 1960. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'To Alf Bridge / great mountaineer and / great friend / that courage of mine / bring to friends courage to, as they brought it to me', further SIGNED to the half-title by fellow mountaineer Alf Bridge, 98pp: To the Unknown Mountain. Ascent of an Unexplored Twenty-Five Thousander in the Karakoram. SIGNED. Heinemann, 1962. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Graham Bishop, SIGNED by the author to front free e/p., half-title, 20 b/w. photographic plates, 3 maps, 183pp: an account of the Anglo-American 1960 Expedition led by the author, containing D. Whillan's Solo by Motor-Bicycle from Rawlpindi to Lancashire as Appendix A: The Alps: With Descriptive Essays by Karl Lukan. London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. first edition, large 4to. (290 x 240mm), publisher's grey gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, peach e/ps., 230 b/w. photo. illustrations, 6 maps, 312pp: They Survived: A Study of the Will to Live. Heinemann. 1962. first edition, 8vo., publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Sheila Perry, 18 b/w. photo. illustrations, 5 maps and plans, 202pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Wifrid Noyce was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Everest expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest. Noyce and Sherpa Annullu (the younger brother of Da Tensing) were the first members of the expedition to reach Everest's South Col on 21 May, 1953. Wilfrid Noyce climbed up to the South Col a second time on 29 May, (the day of the successful first ascent) when he, Sherpa Pasang Phutar, and George Lowe met the successful summit team of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay at the Col, giving the tired climbers drinks and congratulations. (6) Condition Report: 1. Mountains and Men - light marks to boards and faded to lower edges, spine faded and bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with edge chips and small tears (with loss) to top edge, and top and lower spine, e/ps. stained and toned, toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean text, plates and maps. 2. The Gods are Angry - clean boards, dustwrapper with some toning to inside edges of dustwrapper flaps, lower wrapper marked, and with edge nicks to corners and spine, toning internally. 3. Poems - boards with light marks and faded at edges, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, some foxing to dustwrapper, further heavier foxing to e/ps. and through to page six, some light marks affecting pages.20 - 21. 4. To the Unknown Mountain - light marks to boards, spine marked and bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn at edges and corners with small tears (with loss) top and lower spine, e/ps. creased, some toning internally o/w. clean plates and maps. 5.The Alps: With Descriptive Essays . . . - unsigned, , clean boards, dustwrapper with some edge chips to corners, a clean copy. 6. They Survived - unsigned, bright clean boards, dustwrapper slightly toned, some creasing to edges. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SMYTHE, F.S. (1900 - 1949). Fourteen Works: one volume SIGNED by the author, and two related volumes, 1929 - 2013. comprises: The Valley of Flowers, SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Limited edition of 250 copies, this copy numbered 241, 8vo., (206 x 107mm), publisher's white buckram, gilt lettering to front and spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title, SIGNED by the author to the limitation page, 16 tipped-in colour photographs, including frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards, 2 maps, (including 1 folding sketch map at end after Lieut. R.A. Gardiner), contained in a grey cloth clamshell box, gilt lettered to front and spine: British Mountaineers. William Collins, 1942. first edition, 8vo., teal blue illustrated boards lettered in white, dustwrapper unclipped, 18 b/w. photo. illustrations, 8 colour plates, 48pp: Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. William Blackwood & Sons, 1929. first edition, 8vo., publisher's blue gilt lettered cloth, b/w. illustrations from photographs, folding panorama of Mont Blanc, 307pp: An Alpine Journey, London: Victor Gollanz, 1934. first edition, 8vo.,publisher's black cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrated, folding map at end, 351pp: Secret Mission, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942. first edition, 12mo., publisher's blue cloth, black lettering to spine, d/wrapper unclipped, sketch map illustrated front e/ps. by Bip Pares, 256pp: The Mountain Top. An Anthology from the Prose and Pictures of Frank S. Smythe, The St. Hugh's Press Limited, London: 1947. first edition, square format, paper boards, dustwrapper clipped, photo. illustrated: Together with Adam & Charles Black: The Mountain Scene, 1937: Peaks and Valleys, 1938: A Camera in the Hills, 1939: Over Welsh Hills, 1941: Alpine Ways, 1942: Rocky Mountains, 1948: Swiss Winter, 1948: Mountains In Colour, London: Max Parish & Co. Ltd (1949) 4to., publisher's cloth, within illustrated dustwrappers: Together with The Geographical Journal. The Royal Geographical Society, 1932. vol. LXXIX, No. 1, January, 1932, Explorations in Garhwal Around Kamet: A paper read at the Evening Meeting of the Society on 2 November 1931, by F.S. Smythe, 16pp. pamphlet, black paper wrappers, printed title on white label to front, 6 b/w. photo. illustrations, 2 maps, and a sketch map after Captain E. St. J. Birnie: each volume within removeable clear wrapper: and SMYTHE, Tony (b. 1934 -). My Father Frank. Unresting Spirit of Everest. SIGNED, Baton Wicks, 2013. first edition, blue cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, foreward by Doug Scott, SIGNED by Tony Smythe and Doug Scott to title page, 324pp: FRANK SMYTHE was an English mountaineer, author, photographer and botanist. Smythe climbed extensively in the Alps and Himalayas, where he identified a region that he named the 'Valley of Flowers', now a protected park. In 1930 he joined an international expedition to Kangchenjunga, led by Gunther Dyhrenfurth. Smythe led his own Himalayan expedition in 1931 to the Garhwal region of India north of Delhi. His team, which included Eric Shipton, made the first ascent of 7756m Kamet. Frank Smythe was a member of three expeditions to Everest in 1933, 1936 and 1938. During the first of these he reached a record altitude of 8565m while climbing alone after his partner Shipton was forced to turn back. (16) Condition Report: 1. The Valley of Flowers - a clean copy, some toning to leaf edges, clamshell box clean, (208 x 200 x 60mm) 2. British Mountaineers - dustwrapper unclipped, foxing to e/ps. 3. Climbs and Ski Runs - foxing to edges. 4.An Alpine Journey - dustwrapper unclipped, folded map at end. 5. Secret Mission - publisher's blue cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, 6. The Mountain Top. An Anthology from the Prose and Pictures - dustwrapper clipped and marked. 7. The Mountain Scene - dustwrapper unclipped, 8. Peaks and Valleys - dustwrapper clipped, 9. A Camera in the Hills - dustwrapper unclipped, 10. Over Welsh Hills - dustwrapper clipped, 11. Alpine Ways - light marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, some tears (with loss) e/ps. stained and marked, some foxing to edges, and toning internally. 12. Rocky Mountains - dustwrapper unclipped, 13. Swiss Winter - dustwrapper clipped. 14. Mountains in Colour - dustwrapper unclipped 15. The Geographical Journal - a clean copy 16. My Father Frank Unresting Spirit of Everest - publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1984). Ansel Adams Presentation copies, two first editions, 1950 - 1977. comprises: AUSTIN, Mary Hunter. (1868 - 1934). The Land of Little Rain. Presentation copy. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1950. first edition, 4to., (260 x 210mm), publisher's yellow cloth, orange lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., INSCRIBED and dated by Ansel Adams to half-title, 'for / Bardura Beach Thompson / Ansel Adams / Nov. 1950', introduction by Carl Van Doren, text by Mary Austin, 48 photographic illustrations after Ansel Adams, 133pp: ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1974). and SZARKOWSKI, John. (1925 - 2007). The Portfolios of Ansel Adams. Seven Portfolios from 1948. Ansel Adams Presentation copy. New York Graphic Society, Boston, (1977). first edition, 4to., (290 x 240mm), first printing as stated, publisher's light grey cloth, black lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, black e/ps., INSCRIBED and dated by Ansel Adams to half title, 'Inscribed For / Del Zogg / Greetings! / Ansel Adams / Carmel / 11-10-77.', introduction by John Szarkowski, 12 full-page b/w. photographic illustrations, each a limited edition of ten-sixteen prints, text from the original portfolios, including a memorable essay by Beaumont and Nancy Newhall in Portfolio VI., 124pp: both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. (2) Condition Report: 1. The Land of Little Rain - minor marks to boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with wear (mostly to corners) o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Portfolios of Ansel Adams. Seven Portfolios from 1948 - some light marks to board edges, foxing to edges, toning to cream dustwrapper, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ CONWAY, William Martin. (1856 - 1937). Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. [Including Scientific Reports and portfolio of Maps]. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. four volumes, first edition, Limited Deluxe SIGNED edition, number 52 of 150 copies, 8vo., (260mm x 190mm), original buckram, gilt-lettered burgundy morocco labels to spine, gilt tops, others untrimmed, marbled e/ps., half-titles, three hundred illustrations after A.D. McCormick, plus duplicates and proofs on Japon with gilt captioned tissue guards, volume one SIGNED by the author to limitation page, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 360pp., volume two single advertisement leaf at end, 361-709pp., with the two supplementary volumes of Scientific Reports and Maps, comprising 3 folding maps (2 colour-printed and one route map) on linen, loose in case as issued, each volume within removeable clear wrapper: An account of the first major climbing expedition to the Himalayas led by Conway in 1892, sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society. The first climb and exploration of the Hispar, Biafro and Baltoro Glaciers. (4) Condition Report: marks to buckram boards, foxing to untrimmed edges and e/ps. of volumes 1, 2, and Scientific Reports, o/w. clean text and illustrations; the maps with light marks and creasing, some foxing to back of linen. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ MOUNTAINEERING: America and Canada. Five Works: four first editions, 1903-1948. comprises: STUTFIELD, Hugh. (1858 - 1929). and COLLIE, J. Norman. (1859 - 1942). Climbs & Explorations in the Canadian Rockies. Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, half-title, 52 plates, 2 sketch maps, (including folding coloured map at end), 343pp. 'One of the classics of the Canadian Rockies.' Neate S177: LANGFORD, Nathaniel Pitt. (1832 - 1911). Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870. (St. Paul, Minnesota: J. E. Haynes, 1905). first edition, 8vo., (210 x 150mm), publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, bevelled edges, gilt top, lacks publisher's credit page, frontispiece portrait, illustrations throughout text, 122pp. with three leaves of original sketch reproductions at end, a small coloured map of Niagara Falls loosely inserted. Nathaniel Pitt Langford was an American explorer, businessman, bureaucrat, vigilante and historian who played an important role in the early years of the Montana gold fields and the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Langford was a member of the 1870 Washburn, Langford, Doane Expedition which explored the region soon to became the Yellowstone National Park. Mount Langford, in the Absaroka Range, 7.5 miles east of Yellowstone Lake was scaled by Langford and Doane during the expedition and named after him: ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1984). and ADAMS, Virginia. (1904 - 2000). Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley. H.S. Croker Co., Inc., San Francisco, California, 1940. first edition as stated, 8vo., (210 x 160mm), spiral-bound, soft blue illustrated wrappers,b/w. photo. illustrations, 2 colour maps, 128pp: ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1984). and MUIR, John. (1838 - 1914). Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. edited by Charlotte E. Mauk. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1948. first edition, 8vo., (270 x 210mm), publisher's brown cloth, brown lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half title, 64 photo. illustrations after selections from the works of John Muir, 132pp: with a reprint of The Geographical Journal, vol. CXI. nos. 4-6, April - June, 1948. Frank Smythe, An Expedition to the Lloyd George Mountains, North East British Columbia, Evening Meeting of the Society, 15 December, 1947. 8vo., (240 x 160mm), blue paper wrappers lettered in black, b/w. photo. illustrated, 2 full-page maps, pp. 160-171, within a patterned cloth, paper boards folder, a previous ownership name to inside flap. each volume within removeable clear wrappers. (5) Condition Report: 1. Climbs & Explorations in the Canadian Rockies - clean boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps., previous ink ownership to front pastedown, some toning to leaf edges and a few pages. 2. Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870 - lacks publisher's credit page, and thus without publisher's imprint of J.E. Haynes noting first issue, a few marks to the clean, bright boards, minor scuffing to corners and spine, some minor foxing to edges and toning mostly to leaf edges. 3. Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley - light wear and minor marks to covers, some minor foxing to title page, a few marks and stains internally. 4. Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, wear to dustwrapper and some tears (with loss) to top r.h. front corner and head/tail of spine, toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 5. The Geographical Journal, vol. CXI. nos. 4-6, April - June, 1948. minor marks to blue paper wrappers, leaf edges a little marked and toned, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ WORKMAN, Fanny Bullock. (1859 - 1925). and WORKMAN, William Hunter. (1847 - 1937). Two Works: 1904 & 1908. comprises: Ice-Bound Heights of Mustagh. An Account of Two Seasons of Pioneer Exploration and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya. London: Constable & Co., 1908. 4to., (240 x 180mm), publisher's olive green decorated cloth, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, 170 illustrations, including colour frontispiece with tissue guard, , 2 folding maps at end (one colour), 421pp: WORKMAN, William Hunter and WORKMAN, Fanny Bullock. Through Town and Jungle. Fourteen Thousand Miles A-Wheel Among the Temples and People of the Indian Plain. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. first edition, 4to., (280 x 180mm), publisher's red gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, ownership signature of Rachel Workman McRobert to front free e/p., and the bookplate of the McRobert Trust, half title, author's advert., 202 b/w. full-page and in-text photo. illustrations, folding route map, 380pp. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. The Workmans travelled with Mattias Zurbriggen as guides during their second Himalayan expedition in 1902-1903. Fanny Bullock Workman was an American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer, notably in the Himalayas. She was one of the first female professional mountaineers, setting several women's altitude records and championed women's rights and women's suffrage. The McRobert Trust, a charity supporting the RAF. and other institutions was created by Lady McRobert (nee Workman), the eldest daughter of Fanny and William. (2) Condition Report: 1. Ice Bound Heights - boards clean, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, gilt lettering on spine faded, foxing to untrimmed edges, some toning to tissue guards and leaf edges, clean maps, text and plates. 2. Through Town & Jungle - bright boards with a few marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, clean maps and text. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford. (1781 - 1826). The History of Java. London: Black, Parbury and Allen, and John Murray, 1817. two volumes, first edition, 4to., (290 x 232mm), modern quarter black leather over marbled boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, modern marbled e/ps., lacking half-titles, 65 of 66 plates (2 of these as frontispieces), including 1 hand-coloured folding map engraved by J. Walker at end of volume I, one line of pencil annotation in contemporary hand along top edge of p.107 in volume II, lacking 2 leaves of adverts at end of volume II. First edition of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' paramount text extensively documenting the history, customs, language, architecture, as well as the geography and natural history of the island. Although today he is best known for founding modern Singapore and British Malaya, Raffles led the British invasion of Java in 1811, and succeeded in taking the island away from Dutch control. Following this, he was appointed lieutenant governor of the Dutch East Indies, a role he held until 1816, during which time he secured and extended British control of the area and reorganised the colonial system put in place under Dutch rule. The text has been held up as important and seminal in recording the history of the area and population, with the first print run of 900 copies quickly selling out. (1) Condition Report: clean and bright binding, lacking half-titles and 2 leaves of adverts at end of volume II, small amount of soiling to frontispiece of volume I, 1.25 inch tear at edge of p.336 in volume I, folding map at end of volume I has three repaired closed tears with margins remaining intact, mild spotting to some pages throughout text, some spotting around edges of some plates. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SHIPTON, Eric. (1907 - 1977). Four Works, first editions; two volumes SIGNED by Eric Shipton, one volume SIGNED by Bradford Washburn, with a related volume. comprises: The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951. SIGNED. London: Hodder and Stoughton, on behalf of the Joint Himalayan Committee of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club, 1952. first edition, 4to., ( 270 x 220mm), publisher's cloth, blue lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by Eric Shipton to title page, b/w. photogravure illustrated throughout, full-page map of the approach to Mt. Everest from Jogbani and the route taken in the exploratory journeys, in-text maps, 128pp: Mountain Conquest. [Consultant, Bradford Washington], SIGNED by Bradford Washington. A Horizon Caravel Book, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. New York, (1966). first edition, small 4to., (260 x 185mm), publisher's illustrated cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, colour and b/w. illustrated e/ps., bookplate of Raymond Greene to front pastedown, SIGNED and dated 2002 by Bradford Washburn to title page, colour photo. illustrated, in-text maps, 153pp: Land of Tempest. Travels in Patagonia 1958-62. Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 145mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, frontispiece and 24 photo. illustrations, 3 maps, 224pp: Tierra del Fuego: The Fatal Lodestone. SIGNED by Eric Shipton. Charles Knight & Co., Ltd., London & Tonbridge, 1973. first edition, 8vo., (235 x 160mm), publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by Eric Shipton to title page, 16 photographic plates, a map of the tip of South America, 175pp: each volume within removeable clear wrapper: together with: Eric Shipton. Everest: The 1951 Reconnaissance of the Southern Route. The Geographical Journal, June 1952. [part] Vol. CXVIII, Part 2. 8vo., (248 x 160mm), within modern black card wrappers, pp.117-140 are from the original separated article, pp.141 is a facsimile copy, b/w. photo. illustrated, 2 maps, 32pp. Eric Earle Shipton was an accomplished English mountaineer, achieving a great number of first ascents throughout the world, and involved with most of the Mount Everest expeditions during the 1930s. Shipton led the 1951 Reconnaissance Expedition on Mount Everest climbing for the first time from Nepal with a young Edmund Hillary. (5) Condition Report: 1. The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951. - boards stained, marked and faded, cloth split head of spine, dustwrapper clean, a small tear (with loss) affecting head of spine and top l.h of front cover. 2. Mountain Conquest - a clean copy. corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, minor wear and toning to dustwrapper. 3. Land of Tempest. Travels in Patagonia - clean bright boards, minor scuffing to corners and head/tail of spine, some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 4. Tierra del Fuego: The Fatal Lodestone - clean bright boards, spine bumped head/tail, a clean copy. 5. Eric Shipton. Everest: The 1951 Reconnaissance of the Southern Route. The Geographical Journal, 1952 - some toning to original pages, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ THE ANDES: Three Works: FITZGERALD, E. The Highest Andes, Limited edition, 1899; and two related. 1892, 1901. comprises: FITZ GERALD, Edward Arthur. (1871 - 1931). The Highest Andes. A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys. Methuen & Co., 1899. Special edition limited to 60 copies, this being number 31, folio, (300 x 240mm), blue half buckram over paper boards, gilt device to front, edges untrimmed, half-title, photogravure frontispiece after A.E. Lightbody with tissue guard, 45 plates including folding-panorama, from photographs after the author, A.E. Lightbody, and Stuart Vines, 4 full-page illustrations, in-text illustrations, 2 folding maps at end: (Neate: Mountaineering Literature, 273). An account of the first successful ascent of the 6960m Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas and outside of Asia, along with reports of the surrounding topography, geology and natural history, to which other members of the expedition contribute, Neate: Mountaineering Literature, 273; CONWAY, Sir Martin. (1856 - 1936). Climbing and Exploration in the Bolivian Andes. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 155mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w. photographic illustrations throughout. an account of the first major expedition to the area, led by Conway: WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London: John Murray, 1892. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (235 x 175mm), publisher's olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, chocolate e/ps., half-title, 20 full-page illustrations, numerous in-text illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), manuscript notes in pencil to lower free e/p., and further within a few margins. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. The Highest Andes - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and cloth split at head of spine, browning to untrimmed edges, upper and lower boards joints weak, and to pp. 192-193, toning to leaf edges and to the second folding map at end. 2. Climbing & Exploration in the Bolivian Andes - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a damp stain to lower centre edge of leaves, toning to leaf edges. 3. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped and rubbed head/tail, toning and sporadic foxing throughout, folded map at end 'Central Portion of the Province of Quito' with clean edge tear (with loss, approx. 9cm.) to centre l.h. fold crease. Condition Report Disclaimer
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Ɵ HIMALAYAS: Annapurna and K2: Four Works: SIGNED. [French text]. 1951-1954. comprises: HERZOG, Maurice. (1919 - 2012). Annapurna Premier 8.000. SIGNED. B. Athaud, Paris and Grenoble, (1951). Collection Sempervivum 16., 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's illustrated black cloth, design by Claude Arthaud, gilt lettering to spine, patterned e/ps., SiGNED by the author to half-title, preface by Lucien Devies (president of the French Alpine Club), French text, 32 heliogravure plates after Marcel Ichac, sketches, 3 maps (including folding map at end), 293pp: An account of the 1950 French Expedition conquest of Annapurna led by the author, Herzog reached the summit with Louis Lachenal: HERZOG, Maurice. (1919 -2012). and ICHAC, Marcel. (1906 - 1994). Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED. B. Arthaud, Paris and Grenoble, (1951). 4to., (250 x 200mm), publisher's cream card covers, black lettering to front, photo. illustrated dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by Maurice Herzog to half-title, ink stamped 'Neptune' top r.h corner of title page, preface by Lucien Devies, French text, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated after Marcel Ichac, Gaston Rebuffat, Maurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal, Jacques Oudot and Marcel Schatz, double-page map loosely inserted, 96pp; with a duplicate copy Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED. B. Arthaud, (1951). second edition as stated, half leather and cloth, gilt lettering to spine, French text, SIGNED to half-title by Maurice Herzog, double-page map at end, 96pp: with HOUSTON, Charles S. (1913 - 2009) and BATES, R.H. (1911 - 2007) and BELL, G.I. (1926 - 2000) K2 8611M. SIGNED. Arthaud, Paris. (1954). first edition, 4to., (250 x 200mm), publisher's cream card covers, lettered in black to front and spine, French text, photo. illustrated dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED to the title page by six members of the 1953 Third American Karokaram Expedition, including Charles Houston, Robert H. Bates, Dee Molenaar, Peter Schoening, Robert Craig and Tony Streather, photo. illustrations after members of the expedition, lacks loosely inserted map, 100pp., each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (4) Condition Report: Annapurna Premier 8.000. SIGNED: Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED and duplicate copy Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED. second edition - minor wear to dustwrappers and toning to leaf edges. K2 8611M - lacks the loosely inserted map, ink stamp Jean-Marc Mattlet, Profondeville, to verso of title page, some light marks to cream covers. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SHIPTON, Eric. (1907 - 1977). Four Works: first editions. Hodder & Stoughton 1936 - 1951. comprises: Nanda Devi. 1936. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 160mm), publisher's black cloth, light blue lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Bip Pares, map illustrated e/ps., illustrated half-title, full-page plates with captioned tissue guards, in-text drawings, 310pp: The author's account of his expedition with H.W. Tilman into the Rishi Gorge to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in 1934: Blank on the Map. 1938. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 105mm), publisher's black cloth, red lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Bip Pares, foreward by T.G. Longstaff, half-title, frontispiece, 49 illustrations, 3 maps, (one folding at end), 299pp: An account of the five month expedition led by Shipton to the Shaksgam area, a section of the Karakoram range north of Kashmir in 1937: Upon That Mountain. 1943. first edition, 8vo., (201 x 140mm), black publisher's cloth, pale blue lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Bip Pares, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, foreward by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, 31 plates, 4 maps, 222pp: Mountains of Tartary. 1951. first edition, 8vo. (203 x 150mm), dustwrapper unclipped, green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, map illustrated e/ps., numerous photographic plates after the author, 224pp., each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (4) Condition Report: 1. Nanda Devi - covers worn and marked, dustwrapper with wear to corners and head/tail of spine, discolouring to inside flaps, edges and verso, some toning to tissue guards and a few pages of text. 2. Blank on the Map - light marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, toning to edges, minor foxing and toned internally. 3. Upon That Mountain - boards rubbed at corners, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked, worn at spine and top r.h. corner, some light marks and toning internally. 4. Mountains of Tartary - clean boards, corners slightly rubbed, spine bumped head/tail of spine, dustwrapper with light marks to verso o/w. clean, some foxing to illustrated map endpapers. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HOWARD-BURY, Lieut.-Col. C.K. (1881 - 1963). Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. Large paper edition, no. 43 of 200 copies, single volume, folio., (325 x 250mm), publisher's vellum-backed burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, previous ownership name and dated 1922 in pencil to front free e/p., half-title, photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, 32 photo. illustrations, plus the 14 extra plates not included in the trade edition, comprising 12 photogravure plates with tissue guards and 2 folding panoramas, 3 folding maps and errata at end. 356pp. within removeable clear wrapper. The account of the first Everest Expedition. Charles Howard-Bury was a British soldier, explorer, botanist, and Conservative politician. In 1921 he led the Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, financed by the Mount Everest Committee, (a joint body of the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society). Howard-Bury was awarded the 1922 Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his leadership of the expedition. Condition Report: clean cloth boards, vellum spine marked and bumped head/tail, toning to e/ps., some minor sporadic foxing throughout, mostly to the first few pages, foxing also to the 2 folding panoramas, folding maps clean, Map 1. Preliminary Map to illustrate the route of the Mount Everest Expedition 1921 creased along lower centre fold. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HARGREAVES, Alison. (1962 - 1995). A Hard Day's Summer. Six Classic North Faces Solo. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 160mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, colour photo. illustrated, maps and drawings, 158pp: Alison Hargreaves' account of climbing all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season, (the first climber to achieve this). The series of climbs here included summiting the famously difficult north face of the Eiger, which she accomplished while pregnant with her first child Tom: BALLARD, James. (b. 1947). One and Two Halves to K2. The Journey of Alison Hargreaves' Family to K2. SIGNED. BBC Books, 1996. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 165mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED to the front free e/p., by James Ballard, Kate and Tom, (Alison Hargreaves and James Ballard's two children), colour photo. illustrations, a double-page map titled 'Alison's Map for Kate and Tom sent from K2 Base Camp on 2 July 1995', 208pp: an account of James Ballard's trip to Pakistan, made shortly after the tragic death of his wife, British mountaineer, Alison Hargreaves; James Ballard, wanted to share with their two children Kate (aged 4), and Tom (aged 6), some of Alison's experiences in the last days of her life, and show them 'Mum's last mountain'. In 1995 Hargreaves was the first woman to scale Mount Everest solo without supplementary oxygen. She also climbed Ama Dablam in Nepal. Alison Hargreaves died in 1995 while descending from the peak of K2 in violent weather. Tom Ballard went on to become the first person to solo climb all of the six great north faces of the Alps in a single winter. He died in 2019 while ascending Nanga Parbat. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. (2) Condition Report: clean copies. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ WASHBURN, Bradford. (1910 - 2007). Four Works: first editions, SIGNED by the author, 1927-1930. comprises: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Knickerbocker Press, New York, London. Among the Alps with Bradford, 1927. 8vo., (200 x 145mm), publisher's orange cloth, black lettering to front and spine, pale blue map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED and dated 2002 by the author to title page, 44 b/w. photo. illustrations (including frontispiece), publisher's catalogue at end, 160pp: Bradford on Mount Washington, 1928. 8vo., (200 x 145mm), publisher's purple cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED and dated 2002 by the author to front map illustrated e/p. half-title, 31 photo. illustrations (including frontispiece), sketches, publisher's catalogue at end, 123pp: a duplicate copy of Bradford on Mount Washington. 1928. 8vo., publisher's purple cloth, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED and dated 2002 by the author to front map illustrated e/p., 123pp: Bradford on Mt. Fairweather. 1930. 8vo., (200 x 145mm), publisher's blue cloth, half-title, photo. illustrated e/ps., SIGNED and dated 2002 by the author to front e/p., 31 b/w. photo. illustrations (including frontispiece), 3 maps, publisher's catalogue at end, 127pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Bradford Washburn was one of America's foremost mountaineers. He led many first ascents and established new routes on several Alaskan peaks, often climbing with his wife Barbara who was a pioneer among female mountaineers. (4) Condition Report: 1. Among the Alps - cloth bright, foxing to edges, first free e/ps, title page, and pp.143 - 160. 2. Bradford on Mount Washington. 1928 - purple boards worn, spine faded and bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clean with chips to spine and corners, toning throughout with light foxing to a few pages. 3. Bradford on Mount Fairweather. duplicate copy. 1928. ( purple cloth, lacks dustwrapper) - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, frontispiece present but detached, toning throughout. 4. Bradford on Mt. Fairweather (blue publisher's cloth) - light marks to boards, spine faded, toning throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008) & HILLARY, Louise. (1953 - 1975). Four SIGNED first editions. 1964-1968. comprises: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). School House in the Clouds. SIGNED. Garden City, NY., Doubleday & Company Inc., 1964. first American edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm) black publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., design Raphael Palacios, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 180pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). editor: Challenge of the Unknown. SIGNED. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. New York, 1958. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's grey cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, design Joseph Kemmer, SIGNED by the author to title page, 221pp: HILLARY, Louise. (1953 - 1975). Keep Calm If You Can. Round the World with the Hillary Family. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author and her husband, Edmund Hillary to title page, b/w. photo. illustrated, 159pp: HILLARY, Louise. A Yak for Christmas. The Story of a Himalayan Holiday. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), navy blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrated, 208pp., together with two loosely inserted Christmas cards from the Hillary family, one photo. illustrated, a 5 line manuscript note to verso from Louise to New Zealand botanist Dr. Lucy Cranwell Smith, a friend of the Hillary family, and two newspaper clippings, one relating to the untimely death of Sir Edmund Hillary's wife Louise, and teenage daughter Belinda, in a plane crash in 1975. Provenance: this copy from the Library of botanist Dr. Lucy Cranwell Smith. (4) Condition Report: 1. School House in the Clouds - clean copy, slight loss to lower spine of dustwrapper. 2. Challenge of the Unknown - light marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with a few edge nicks to top and lower spine, some toning to leaf edges. o/w. a clean copy. 3. Keep Calm If You Can - clean, bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, some foxing to inside flaps of dustwrapper, e/ps. title page and further sporadic foxing internally. 4. A Yak for Christmas - clean, bright boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper repaired top centre with wear to corners and top of spine, stain to top r.h. corner of front map illustrated e/p., minor marks internally, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SMYTHE, Francis Sydney. (1900 - 1949). Two Works: INSCRIBED. 1930-1932. comprises: Kamet Conquered, Presentation copy to the author's mother. London: Victor Gollanz Ltd., 1932. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 150mm), publisher's black cloth , dustwrapper unclipped, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'To Mother / with Frank's love / July 28th 1932', half-title, 48 b/w. photographic plates including frontispiece, colour folding map at end, with a 10 line manuscript note written by the author's son, Tony Smythe, tipped in, 'This copy of 'Kamet Conquered' by my father, dedicated to his mother, Florence, came to me eventually after the disposal of his estate, to me it has always been a heartening tale of how a small happy group succeeded on a high and by no means easy peak, against the odds. Tony Smythe, October, 1999', 420pp: : The Kangchenjunga Adventure, INSCRIBED. London: Victor Gollanz Ltd., 1930. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 165mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, INSCRIBED and dated by the author to title page, 'In memory of some chums / FS Smythe / December 13th 1930', frontispiece with tissue guard, 48 b/w. photographic plates, including frontispiece with tissue guard, 464pp. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. Frank Smythe was an English mountaineer, author, photographer, and botanist. Smythe climbed extensively in the Alps and Himalayas. In 1930 he joined an international expedition to Kangchenjunga, led by Gunther Dyhrenfurth. Frank Smythe led his own Himalayan expedition in 1931 to the Garhwal region of India north of Delhi. His team, which included Eric Shipton, made the first ascent of 7756m Kamet. Smythe was a member of three expeditions to Everest in 1933, 1936 and 1938. (2) Condition Report: 1. Kamet Conquered - bright boards, some light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped, with wear to corners and top of spine, foxing to edges running into some leaf edges, toning and sporadic foxing internally, (heavier to Index pages at end), clean plates, the map clean with toning mostly to margins. 2. The Kangchenjunga Adventure - boards with minor marks, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges running into a few leaf edges, toning internally o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1984). Books By and About: Seven Works: Two volumes SIGNED by Ansel Adams. 1958-1996. comprises: Ansel Adams Images 1923 - 1974. SIGNED. Boston: New York Graphic Society, (1974). first trade, special edition prepared for Time-Life Books subscribers, with the signature of the photographer, oblong folio. (360 x 440mm), publisher's olive green cloth, silver lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrated e/ps., SIGNED by Ansel Adams, foreward by Wallace Stegner, 115 extended range b/w. photolithographic reproductions, 127pp. within glassine wrapper and contained in original brown card slipcase: ADAMS, Ansell. (1902 - 1984). and NEWHALL, Nancy. (1908 - 1974). This is the American Earth. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1960. first edition, folio, (350 x 270mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, numerous b/w. photographic illustrations after Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, Edward Weston et al., 89pp: JOESTING, Edward. (1925 - 1986). The Islands of Hawaii. SIGNED. Bishop National Bank of Hawaii. (1958). first edition, oblong folio., (280 x 360mm), cream card wrappers, original rice paper dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by Ansel Adams to title page, 105 b/w. photographs after Ansel Adams, text by Edward Joesting: ADAMS, Ansel. (1902 - 1984). Yosemite and the Range of Light. New York Graphic Society, Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1979. oblong folio.,(310 x 390mm) publisher's grey, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, introduction by Paul Brooks, 28pp. plus numerous photographic illustrations: BOHN, Dave. Glacier Bay. The Land and the Silence. Sierra Club, San Francisco (1967). Exhibit Format Series, first edition, 4to., (350 x 270mm), fawn cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, blue map illustrated e.ps., b/w. and colour photo. illustrated and text by Dave Bohn, edited by David Brower, 165pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: SHIRAKAWA, Yoshikazu (b.1935). Himalayas. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1971. first US. Deluxe edition, elephant folio., (420 x 310mm), original white faux morocco, red and black lettering to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Ishibumi Mizuno, black e/ps., full and double-page colour photographs by Yoshikazu Shirakawa. 6 large folding panoramas, 2 folding maps at end, foreword by Arnold Toynbee, introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary, and a testimony by Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, king of Nepal, with an accompanying 34pp. pamphlet, 'Notes to the Photographer', all contained within a black cloth folding slipcase, stamped in red and white, paper title label, and bone tie: ALINDER, Mary Street. (b. 1946). Ansel Adams. A Biography. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996. first edition, black cloth over grey paper boards, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, b/w. photo. illustrated throughout, 489pp. (7) Condition Report: 1. Ansel Adams Images 1923 - 1974 - a clean copy, the signature page detached and loosely inserted, slipcase worn, stained and a little scuffed. 2. This is the American Earth - clean copy. 3. The Island of Hawaii - foxing to card wrappers, part of front dustwrapper, and e/ps., clean internally. 4. Yosemite and the Range of Light - some marks and toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 5. The Land and the Silence - a few marks to dustwrapper, o/w. a clean copy. 6. Himalayas - a clean copy. slipcase stained and a little scuffed, signature page detached and loosely inserted. 7. Ansel Adams. A Biography - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ FLEMING, Peter. (1907 - 1971). News from Tartary. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir. Presentation copy. Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, the author's surname in gilt Chinese characters to front, gilt lettering to spine, lower edge untrimmed, INSCRIBED and dated by the author to front free e/p. 'With best wishes- / Peter Fleming / Tokyo 1936', half-title, 56 b/w. photographic plates, including frontispiece titled 'The Roof of the World', folding part-coloured map, 384pp. (1) Condition Report: lacks dustwrapper, boards marked, spine marginally bumped head/tail, some toning to pages, map clean, small printed sticker of W.H. Everett & Son Ltd., London to rear pastedown. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). et al. Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition. SIGNED. Robert Hale Ltd., 1940. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED on the title page by two members of the American expedition, Charles Houston (expedition leader) and Robert Bates, plates illustrated from photographs after members of the expedition, line drawings, folding temperature chart, 319pp. An account of the 1938, first American Expedition ascent of K2: HOUSTON, Charles S. (1913 - 2009). and BATES, R. (1911 - 2002). K2 The Savage Mountain. Presentation copy. Collins, 1955. first UK. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, INSCRIBED and SIGNED to front free by six members of the 1953 American Karakoram Expedition, signatures include Charles Houston (expedition leader), Robert H. Bates, Tony Streather, and Peter Schoening, the two inscriptions read 'To Barbara and John David / all good wishes and the hope / that your future 'new life' will / take you to the Himalayas, but / not to climb only to seek / Bob Craig', and further inscribed, 'and bring a sketch pad! / - Dee Molenaar -', half title, dedication to Art Gilkey (fellow team member), 22 illustrations, map, 192pp., both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. one of the American classic books of American Himalayan mountaineering. (2) Condition Report: 1. Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition - boards with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with edge nicks head and tail of spine, foxing to inside wrapper cover flaps, edges foxed spilling over to some leaf edges. 2. K2 The Savage Mountain - clean boards, lower corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with light marks to lower cover, some toning to pages. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SMYTHE, Frank S. (1900 - 1942). Twelve Works: three author's Presentation copies, and two SIGNED volumes, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935 - 1950. comprises: The Spirit of the Hills. 1935. INSCRIBED by the author to front free, dustwrapper unclipped, 308pp: Over the Tyrolese Hills, 1936. Presentation copy, INSCRIBED by the author to front free, 'Mother with Frank's love July 26th 1936', with a 9 line manuscript note loosely inserted, written by the author's son Tony Smythe ' . . . the accompanying copy . . . presented by my father, the author, to his mother, Florence . . .' , dustwrapper unclipped, folding map at end, 292pp; Camp Six. 1937. Presentation copy from the author and his wife, INSCRIBED by the author to title page, with an 11 line manuscript note written by Tony Smythe loosely inserted, ' . . . of all his books, this was the one that really gripped me when I read it as a boy - so near and yet so far', dustwrapper unclipped, 307pp: Mountaineering Holiday. 1940. dustwrapper unclipped, 229pp; Edward Whymper. 1940, dustwrapper clipped, folding map at end, 330pp: The Mountain Vision. 1941. dustwrapper unclipped, 308pp: Again Switzerland, 1947. dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., 248pp; Climbs in the Canadian Rockies, 1950. dustwrapper unclipped, 253pp; 8vo. (230 x 160mm), publisher's cloth, numerous photogravure plates after the author: together with London: Adam and Charles Black, A Camera in the Hills. 1939: Alpine Ways. Presentation copy. 1942. INSCRIBED by the author to title page 'To Lt. Col. Dickson, Yours very Sincerely Frank Smythe', pencil ownership name Captain Dickson to front free e/p., 8vo, (280 x 210mm): Snow on the Hills. INSCRIBED, 1946. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to title page, 'Yours very Sincerely / Frank Smythe / 13.12.46'; all publisher's cloth, dustwrappers unclipped: Behold the Mountains, Chanticleer Press, New York, 1949. first US. edition, large 4to., (330 x 270mm) dustwrapper unclipped, 155pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (12) Condition Report: most volumes with light marks to boards, spines bumped head/tail, dustwrappers marked with edge nicks, some volumes with foxing to e/ps. edges and leaf edges, and toning internally, o/w. clean text and maps. Spirit of the Hills - brown staple mark to lower r.h. corner of front free e/p. and the first nine pages: Again Switzerland, some light foxing to the map illustrated e/ps. and leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ MOUNT McKINLEY: Two Works: first editions, 1913 - 1914. comprises: BROWNE, Belmore. (1880 - 1954). 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. G.P Putman's Sons, New York, 1913. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 170mm), publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettered decorative spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, map illustrated e/ps., previous ownership signature to front free, colour frontispiece from a painting after Belmore Browne, numerous colour and b/w. plates, folding part-coloured map at end, appendix by Herschel C. Parker, 381pp. plus 4pp. publisher's adverts. at end. Belmore Browne was a painter who accompanied many expeditions, including three attempts to reach Mount McKinley's peak, he was instrumental in disproving Dr. Cook's claim to have climbed the peak: STUCK, Hudson (1863 - 1920). The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley). A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's green illustrated cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, half-title, frontispiece, photographic plates, folding map at end, 188pp. Hudson Stuck was a British native, episcopal priest, and mountaineer in the United States, who co-led with Harry P. Karstens, the first expedition to successfully climb Denali (Mount McKinley) in June 1913; both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. (2) Condition Report: 1. The Conquest of Mount McKinley - clean boards, bumped to tail of spine, some toning to leaf edges, the map clean. 2. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) - boards clean save a few light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, front e/ps. with clean tear at hinge, a few leaf edges with edge chips, map clean. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ SINIGAGLIA, Leone. (1868 - 1944). Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites. SIGNED. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. single volume, first edition in English, 8vo., (250 x 180mm), number 21 of 30 copies on Japan paper, SiGNED by the publisher, half green morocco, gilt lettered decorated spine with raised bands, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, translated by Mary Alice Vialls, 39 plates including frontispiece with tissue guard after photographs by Vittorio Sella and others, folding coloured map, 224pp., within removeable clear wrapper: Leone Sinigaglia, composer and mountaineer, one of the first Italian climbers in the Dolomites, his two most renown ascents being Croda da Largo and Monte Cristallo. (1) Condition Report: clean binding, untrimmed foredge marked, some minor toning to leaf edges, clean text and map. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ URING, Capt. Nathaniel. A History of the Voyages and Travels of Captain Nathaniel Uring, With A New Draught of the Bay of Honduras. Very useful for Masters of Ships that use the Leeward island Trade, or Jamaica. Printed for John Clarke, under the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, 1749. single volume, third edition, 8vo., (200 x 130mm), rebound full calf, gilt title and date to decorative spine with raised bands, new e/ps., the nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner to front pastedown, folding Topographical Map of France and folding New Draught of the Bay of Honduras by Capt. Nathaniel Uring, 384pp. Uring's adventures were by no means confined to the Spanish Main, and the History includes chapters on Virginia, the Baltic, West Africa, the Azores etc. as well as descriptions of his many voyages to and from North America. Sabin, 98126. (1) Condition Report: a few minor scratches to boards, o/w. a clean binding, browning to edges and leaf edges, some chips to a few of the final pages (with small loss), sporadic light foxing throughout, slightly heavier to first few pages, the two folding maps browned and brittle, (quite fragile), A New Draught of the Bay of Honduras with approx. 7 clean edge tears affecting the margins, and chips to edges (some with loss), with a clean edge tear, approx. 7cm along lower centre fold. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ ROCK CLIMBING: ABRAHAM, G. & A. and JONES, Owen Glynne. Four Works: 1900-1908. comprises: ABRAHAM, George. (1871 - 1965). Mountain Adventures at Home and Abroad, SIGNED. Methuen & Co., 1910. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, SIGNED and dated March. 2. 1910 in pencil by the author to the front e/p., the bookplate of John Wigham Richardson over a previous bookplate (unknown) to front pastedown, half-title, frontispiece, 35 full-page b/w. plates from photographs, 308pp., plus 31pp. publisher's catalogue at end: ABRAHAM, George. (1871 - 1965). and ABRAHAM, Ashley. (1876 - 1951). Rock-Climbing in North Wales, G.P. Abraham, Keswick, Cumberland, 1906. first edition, 8vo., (235 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, black e/ps., half-title, 30 full-page monogravure illustrations, 10 pen and ink sketches, 11 outline drawings of routes, including frontispiece with tissue guard, publisher's catalogue at end, 349pp: ABRAHAM, Ashley. (1876 - 1951). Rock-Climbing in Skye. Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. first edition, 8vo., (235 x 165mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, edges untrimmed, dark green e/ps., half-title, 30 full-page illustrations in collotype, 9 diagrams of routes, folding map in rear pocket, adverts at end, 330pp: JONES, Owen Glynne. (1867 - 1899). Rock Climbing in the English Lake District, G.P. Abraham & Sons, 1900. second edition, 8vo., (235 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dark green e/ps., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 31 full-page illustrations in collotype, 9 outline drawings of routes, appendix by George and Ashley Abraham. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Ashley and George Abraham were often known as 'the Keswick-Brothers' and were climbers, authors, and photographers, together with Owen Glynne Jones they were largely responsible for the popularization of rock-climbing in the British Isles. (4) Condition Report: 1. Mountain Adventures at Home and Abroad - boards marked and corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, with foxing throughout. 2. Rock-Climbing in North Wales - boards clean with minor marks, front board hinge splitting, edges foxed and further foxing to front free, title and a few pages of text, some toning, o/w. a clean copy. 3. Rock-Climbing in Skye - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, map creased lower l.h, mostly affecting the margin, foxing throughout. 4. Rock-Climbing in the English Lake District - boards marked and scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, e/ps. creased, frontis, tissue guard, and title page foxed, toning mostly to leaf edges, with further light foxing internally. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ FUCHS, Vivian. (1908 - 1999). and HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition, 1955-58. SIGNED, Cassell, 1958. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED to the half-title by Edmund Hillary and George Lowe, further SIGNED by Vivian Fuchs to printed label pasted to the dedication page, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated, 9 in-text maps, 338pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919- 2008) and DOIG, Desmond. (1921 - 1983). High in the Thin Cold Air. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), grey publisher's cloth, red lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, design by W. Heaton Cooper, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED to the title page by Edmund Hillary, Desmond Doig and George Lowe, b/w. photo. illustrated, 287pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008) No Latitude for Error. SIGNED. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. first edition, second impression, 8vo., (230 x 150mm) black publisher's cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Michael Ross, new e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary and George Lowe to title page, b/w. photo. illustrated, 2 diagrams, 6 maps, 255pp: each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. The Crossing of Antarctica - cloth with speckled marks, spine bumped head/tail, some light marks to front of dustwrapper and a few chips to head and tail of dustwrapper spine, foxing to leaf edges o/w. a clean copy. 2. High In the Thin Cold Air - boards marked, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper lightly marked and edge chips top of spine, photo. illustrated frontispiece splitting from title page at lower end, some foxing to edges, index pages with foxing and some staining, toning to leaf edges. 3. No Latitude for Error - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with light marks and toning, and edge chips to top and lower spine, a very faint inscription present on front free e/p., some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ LIVINGSTONE, David. (1813 - 1873). and Charles. (1821 - 1873). Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1866. single volume, first American edition, 8vo., (240 x 159mm), modern quarter green leather over marbled boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, contemporary ink ownership inscription on title page, complete, plates and illustrations throughout, 1 folding map, six leaf publisher's booklist at the end of text. (1) Condition Report: clean and bright binding, very minimal spotting, one repaired tear along fold of map. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis. (1863 - 1942). The Heart of a Continent. A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, The Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894. London: John Murray, 1896. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's decorated olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, patterned e/ps., previous ownership signature, frontispiece, 17 photographic plates, 4 folding maps, (one folding in pocket at end), 410pp., within removeable clear wrapper: an account of Younghusband's ten year exploration of Central Asia, including his race against Colonel M.S. Bell from Peking to Kashmir. (1) Condition Report: boards with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, the folded map in pocket at end with small pin hole to top l.h., toning to edges of margins and verso, o/w. clean. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ PARK, Mungo. (1771 - 1806). The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805. John Murray, London. 1815. single volume, second edition, 4to., (269 x 220mm), modern quarter black leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and raised bands bordered in gilt to spine, seemingly complete, half-title, advertisement to the second edition, 'African words' list, appendix, 1 folding hand-coloured map. This second edition, revised and corrected with additions, was printed in the same year as the first edition. It appears to be an enlarged second edition with a variant of the same title found in Oxford Bodleian Library (CC 121 Art. Seld.), with a pagination of only 219 pages, whereas the present volume includes 373 pages. Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa, and this text records his travels of the upper Niger in 1805. Following a previous exploration in 1796 he published a text in which he theorised that the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, a theory which was later disproved. Park was regarded as an enemy of many of the tribes who lived along the route on which he travelled, he drowned whilst trying to escape attacks from local natives. His observations are striking for lacking in emotion, and this set a standard that future travel writers would follow. (1) Condition Report: clean and bright binding, first and last few leaves lightly foxed. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ CONWAY, William Martin. (1856 - 1937). Four Works: first editions. 1894-1904. comprises: The Alps described by W. Martin Conway. Painted by A.D. McCormick. Adam and Charles Black, 1904. 4to., (280 x 225mm), Limited edition, number 227 of 300 copies, SIGNED by the publishers to limitation page, publisher's cream green ruled decorative cloth, bevelled corners, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half title, frontispiece, 69 colour plates after A.D. McCormick, with captioned tissue guards, 249pp: The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. being an account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey . . . London: J.M. Dent & co., 1897. first edition, 4to., (245 x 190mm), publisher's mustard gilt cloth, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 8 colour plates after H.E. Conway, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations, 2 folding colour maps, 371pp: Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. first edition, 8vo., (250 x 190mm), publisher's red cloth lettered in black, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., half title, 300 illustrations after A.D. McCormick, folding route map, 709pp: The Alps from End to End. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1895. first edition, 8vo. (250 x 180mm), publisher's quarter brown gilt cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 98 plates after drawings by A.D. McCormick, 397pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Baron Conway of Allington was one of the great English explorers of the late 19th century. He took part in important expeditions to Karakoram, South America and Spitzbergen. (4) Condition Report: 1. The Alps described - boards and spine lightly marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning throughout and intermittent foxing to some pages. 2. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen - boards lightly marked and creased, bevelled corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller's small label to front pastedown, foxing to untrimmed edges and further foxing and toning internally. 3. Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges, map with neat tape repair to r.h. edge of the first fold, small clean edge tear top top l.h edge and creasing to top r.h corner. 4. The Alps from End to End - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, lower hinge cracked, foxing to leaf edges, further foxing and toning internally. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ FRERE, Sir Bartle. (1815 - 1884). Eastern Africa as a Field for Missionary Labour. four letters to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Presentation copy. London: John Murray, 1874. single volume, first edition, small 8vo., (195 x 133mm), original cloth, gilt lettering to front, brown e/ps., Presentation copy, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'With the Author's / Compliments / Jany 4th 1884 - ', folding map, advertisement leaf at end, 122pp. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine chipped and bumped head/tail, e/ps. splitting at hinges, upper joint a little weak, some toning to leaf edges, map clean. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ HUNT, John. (1910 - 1998). Four Works: three volumes SIGNED by the author, with a related SIGNED volume, 1954-1978. comprises: Our Everest Adventure. The Pictorial History from Kathmandu to the summit. SIGNED. Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1954. first edition, 8vo., (250 x 190mm), map illustrated blue and white cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED to the title page by the author, George Lowe, and George Band, numerous photo. illustrations, 128pp: HUNT, John. The Ascent of Everest. SIGNED, University of London Press Ltd., 1954. edited and abridged edition for schools, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), rebound gilt illustrated titled leather, new e/ps., SIGNED and dated 15 October 1962 by the author to half-title, 160pp. HUNT, John. Life is a Meeting. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, SIGNED by the author to title page, 286pp: together with: HUNT, Ethel Helen. (b. 1884). A Rainbow of Memories. SIGNED. [privately printed] circa. 1973. first edition, Limited to 100 copies, this being number 100, blue cloth, silver lettering to front, SIGNED by Ethel Hunt to the limitation leaf, b/w. photo. illustrated, 58pp. with a loosely inserted 1pp., 30 lines, typed note about the author's husband, Captain Cecil Edwin Hunt M.C. (1880-1914), who was reported missing in action 19 December 1914, near Givenchy, France, with a newspaper clipping featuring an article about Mrs. Hunt and her published book. Ethel Helen Hunt (nee Crookshank), was the wife of Captain Cecil Edwin Hunt MC, and mother of Brigadier Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, PC, CBE, DSO, British Army officer and leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. each volume within removable clear wrapper. (4) Condition Report: 1. Our Everest Adventure - some foxing to dustwrapper, toning internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Ascent of Everest - minor marks to boards, spine with slight wear head/tail, blue ink blob lower r.h. margin pp48, some minor marks internally. 3. Life is a Meeting - a clean copy. 4.. A Rainbow of Memories - boards marked and stained, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, stained to front pastedown, o/w. clean internally. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ MOUNTAINEERING: a group of seven first editions, 3 SIGNED by the authors, 1929 - 2010. comprises: HUNT, Sir John. (1928 - 2003). & BRASHER, Christopher. (1928 - 2003). The Red Snows. An Account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958. SIGNED. Hutchinson of London, 1960. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 145mm), publisher's red cloth, dustwrapper clipped, SIGNED by both authors to the title page, photo. illustrated throughout, in-text map pp. 72-73, 176pp: SMYTHE, F.S. (1900 - 1949). Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. INSCRIBED. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., London and Edinburgh, 1929. first edition, 8vo., (224 x 152mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, facsimile dustwrapper, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'Yours Sincerely / F.S. Smythe', half-title, b/w. photo. illustrations, 307pp: MARCEL, Kurz. editor. (1887 - 1967). The Mountain World 1954. George Allen Unwin Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (245 x 80mm), publisher's brown cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrations, 12 maps and sketches, 224pp: together with four others, 8vo., publisher's cloth, MALLORY, George Leigh. Climbing Everest. Gibson Square, 2010. dustwrapper unclipped, 256pp: HOWARD-BURY, Charles. Mountains of Heaven. Travels in the Tian Shan Mountains 1913. Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. dustwrapper unclipped, 176pp: HOWARD-BURY, Charles. and MALLORY, George Leigh. Everest Reconnaissance. The First Expedition of 1921. Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. dustwrapper unclipped, 254pp: RODWAY, George. (editor). George Ingle Finch's Struggle for Everest. SIGNED. Carreg Ltd. 2008. dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by George Rodway to half-title, 232pp. each volume within a removeable clear wrapper. (7) Condition Report: 1. The Red Snows - clean boards, minor scuffing to corners, dustwrapper chipped head/tail of spine. 2. Climbs and Ski Runs - clean boards, minor scuffing to corners, foxing to edges, and further sporadic foxing internally. 3. The Mountain World 1954 - clean boards, lower spine faded, dustwrapper with wear to corners and spine, toning to edges and leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 4. Climbing Everest - a clean copy. 5. Mountains of Heaven. Travels in the Tian Shan Mountains 1913 - a clean copy, pp. 175-176 clean tear right across the lower page. 6. Everest Reconnaissance - a clean copy. 7. George Ingle Finch's The Struggle for Everest - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ TILMAN, Harold William. (1898 - 1977). Seven Works: first editions, two volumes SIGNED by the author, and one volume signed by Charles Houston, 1937 - 1974. comprises: Snow on the Equator. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. 1937. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, silver and red lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 24 plates, 4 maps, errata tipped-in, 265pp: Mount Everest 1938. SIGNED by the author. Cambridge University Press, 1948. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page in red ink, 48 plates, 4 maps, 160pp: When Men & Mountains Meet. Cambridge University Press, 1946. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, 54 illustrations from photographs, 6 maps, 232pp: Two Mountains and a River. Cambridge University Press, 1949. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 82 illustrations from photographs, 6 maps (one folding), 233pp: China to Chitral. Cambridge University Press, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 160mm), publisher's pink cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 69 illustrations from photographs, 4 maps, 124pp: Nepal Himalaya. SIGNED by Charles Houston. Cambridge University Press, 1952. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by Charles Houston to title page, 61 illustrations from photographs, 7 maps, 272pp: Ice With Everything. SIGNED by the author. Nautical Publishing Company Limited, 1974. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 19 illustrations from photographs, 2 text-maps (and endpapers) 142pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Major Harold William Tilman was an English mountaineer and explorer, participating in the 1935 Reconnaissance Expedition, and as leader of the 1938 expedition, Tilman reached 27,200 feet without oxygen. He penetrated the Nanda Devi sanctuary with Eric Shipton in 1934, and in 1936 he led an Anglo-American expedition to Nanda Devi. The support team which included Peter Lloyd and H. Adams Carter, Tilman and Noel Odell succeeded in making the first ascent of the 7,816m mountain, which remained the highest summit climbed by man until 1950. (7) Condition Report: 1. Snow on the Equator - boards faded at edges, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped, toning to leaf edges. 2. Mount Everest 1938- light marks to boards, corners scuffed, foxing to e/ps. 3. When Men & Mountains Meet - light marks to boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn at edges and spine (with loss) foxing to inside flaps, e/ps. foxed and toning to leaf edges. 4. Two Mountains and a River - clean bright boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with light marks and chipped (with loss) head and tail of spine, some foxing to edges and first few pages, folding map clean. 5. China to Chitral - clean bright boards, a small dent to the top centre of front cover, corners scuffed, dustwrapper with a few marks and chipped (with loss) head and tail of spine, e/ps. marked, small label of Henry Southeran Booksellers to front pastedown. 6. Nepal Himalaya - boards worn at edges, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped mostly to head and tail of spine (with loss) foxing to edges and first few pages, some toning to leaf edges. 7. Ice with Everything - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clean. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ MUMM, Arnold, Louis. (1859 - 1927). Five Months in the Himalaya. A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir. London: Edward Arnold, 1909. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (260 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, 29 photographic plates (4 folding), 47 photographic illustrations mounted in-text, 2 folding colour maps at end, errata slip, within removeable clear wrapper: Includes the account of the ascent of Trisul with T.L. Longstaff, the first climb over 7,000m. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners rubbed, spine bumped head/tail, hinge split to front board, some foxing and toning internally. clean edge tear approx. 30mm to lower l.h. margin of Garhwal Himalaya map and another, approx. 90mm to the adjoining l.h. page Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ MOORE, Benjamin Burges. (1878 - 1934). From Moscow to the Persian Gulf being a Journal of a Disenchanted Traveller in Turkestan and Persia. G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York and London, 1915. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (208 x 153mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, complete with errata slip tipped-in at illustration list, 161 plates, including frontispiece, folding map, some pencil underlining and marginalia to foreword, pencil marginalia to pp. 11, 18, and 30, Brentano's, New York bookseller's small blue label to lower pastedown, 450pp. (1) Condition Report: boards slightly worn, gilt bright, corners a little scuffed, spine frayed head/tail with slight loss, with a straight split to the cloth along the full length of the spine, toning mostly to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
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