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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

Ɵ FITZGERALD, Edward Arthur. (1871 - 1931). Climbs in the New Zealand Alps Being an Account of Travel and Discovery. Presentation copy of H. G. Willink (illustrator), London: T. Fischer Unwin, 1896. single volume, first edition, Limited edition, number 26 of 60 SIGNED copies, 8vo., (250 x 180mm), original half red morocco and marbled boards, raised bands to spine, gilt top. foredge untrimmed, bookplate of Ernest Carrington Ouvry to front pastedown, INSCRIBED on verso of limitation leaf by the illustrator H.G. Willink, 'to E.C. Ouvry from H.G. Willink 18 June, 1898', frontispiece portrait of Fitzgerald, 46 photogravure plates from original drawings after Joseph Pennell, H.G. Willink, and A.D. McCormick, photo. illustrations after the author, folding colour map mounted on linen in lower cover pocket, with contributions by Sir Martin Conway, Professor T.G. Bonney and C.L. Barrow, 363pp. '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' (Neate F36). Henry George Willink (1851-1938) was a prominent Burghfield, Berkshire resident, a former vice-president of the Alpine Club, climbing in Switzerland in his early years, he married Mary Grace Ouvry in September, 1880. (1) Condition Report: some scuffing to corners, light marks to boards, spine also scuffed and bumped head/tail, a few light marks internally, foxing to the back of the linen-backing of map, o/w. clean and bright. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BRUCE, Charles Granville. (1866 -1939). Kulu and Lahoul, London: Edward Arnold, 1914. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's green cloth, silver vignette of 6 Gurkha Rifles Kukris to front, silver lettering to front and spine, edges untrimmed, half-title, photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, 35 half tones, key map, and folding colour printed map, publisher's 6pp. Spring Announcements, 1914 at end, 307pp., within removeable clear wrapper: 'In 1912 Bruce with his new guide, Heinrich Fuhrer, and a small party (including his wife), made notable ascents up to 19,000 ft., including a passage of the newly-discovered Muztagh Pass. Bruce's account includes detailed descriptions of the region between Garhwal and Kashmir, and between the Indus and Sutlej Rivers'. Neate B198. (1)     Condition Report: light marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges and throughout and to the key map, internal joints cracked, the folding colour map illustrating the journey of Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. C.G. Bruce toned at edges, clean edge tear at l.h. hinge (not affecting the map) Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ TURKESTAN: Two Works on Turkestan in English. 1913 - 1934. comprises: RICKMERS, W. Rickmer. (1873 - 1965). The Duab of Turkestan. A Physiographic Sketch and Account of some Travels. Cambridge: University Press, 1913. first edition, 4to., (282 x 205mm), publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, lacks dustwrapper, gilt top, half title, numerous b/w. illustrations throughout, and plans to text, folding panorama, 2 folding maps at end, 563pp: MAILLART, ELLA K. (1903 - 1997). Turkestan Solo. One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum. SIGNED. Putnam, London, 1934. first English edition, 8vo., (229 x162mm), publisher's rust cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, map illustrated e/ps., contemporary gift inscription to half-title, and further SIGNED by the author in red ink to title page, b/w. photographic plates throughout, translated from the original French by John Rodker, 307pp. (2)   Condition Report: 1. The Duab of Turkestan. - cloth faded to upper cover and spine, lower corners rubbed, spine bumped head/tail, light marks to edges, toning to leaf edges o/w. a clean copy. 2. Turkestan Solo - cloth marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine discoloured and bumped head/tail, front map illus e/ps. with small marks, toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean copy.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ McCORMICK, Arthur David. (1860 - 1943). An Artist in the Himalayas. Presentation copy. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., a 1p. manuscript note from the author pasted to front free e/p. with the printed address 58 Queens Road, St. John's Wood. N.W., 'My dear Vauderwell / Book herewith / hope it will / interest you / yours sincerely / AD McCormick', and further INSCRIBED by the author to half-title, 'AD McCormick / to Harry Vauderwell / with Regards', portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with over 100 sketches after the author, folding map of kingdom of Kashmir, 306pp. within removeable clear wrapper. A.D. McCormick was a British illustrator and painter. From 1892-1893 McCormick was the accompanying artist with Sir Martin Conway's expedition to the Karokaram subrange of the Himalayas, and later in 1895 the artist accompanying Clinton Dent's expedition to the Caucasus Mountains. (1)   Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, staining mostly to r.h. edge of the 1p. manuscript note, some toning mostly to leaf edges and tissue guard, joints split in places, the map clean . Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GIBBON, Edward. (1737 - 1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781-1788. six volumes, mixed editions, 4to., (292 x 240mm), full tree calf, gilt lettered red and black morocco labels to gilt tooled spine, decorative bookplate to front pastedowns in each volume, the first three volumes with ink inscriptions to front pastedowns, 'Aretas Akers Junior/ the gift of his father / Sept 21st. 1801 - ', with a further ink signature 'Aretas Akres'; comprises: volume one: a new edition as stated, 1782, 704pp; volume two: second edition as stated, 1781, half-title, folding map of the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire, folding map of the Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, 640pp, errata pp: volume three: second edition as stated, 1781, half-title, folding map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire, 640pp., errata pp; volume four: 1788, 620pp: volume five: 1788, 684pp; volume six: 1788, 646pp. Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall' is universally acknowledged as a historiographical work, which has been read by historians of Rome and Byzantium since publication. (6) Condition Report: boards generally clean with a few light marks, corners a little scuffed, volume 6 with a scuff to the centres of front and lower boards, light foxing throughout, a little heavier to a few pages, and to the endpapers of all volumes. blue silk ribbon bookmarks in a few vols., edges toned, leaf edges browned and marked. volume 1. - manuscript ink and pencil notes to lower pastedown headed 'Roman Empire, Dates of Power, Roman Emperors'. volume 2 - the two folding maps with light foxing and toning to margins, Eastern Part of the Roman Empire with foxing to verso, heavier foxing to pp. 400-407, pencil manuscript notes to lower pastedown. volume 3. - folding map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire slightly toned, with a small clean edge tear across 'Constantinople' just off the map in the margin. volume 4. - pp.vii - pp.26 top right hand corners of pages folded over.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BATES, Robert. and HUSTON, Charles. Four Works: SIGNED, first editions, 1939- 1994. comprises: BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). et al. Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition. SIGNED. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by three members of the 1938 American Expedition to title page, including Robert H. Bates, Charles Houston (expedition leader), and William P. House, frontispiece and 36 b/w. photo. illustrations after photographs taken by members of the expedition, folding temperature chart, appendices, 381pp: HOUSTON, Charles S. (1913 - 2009). and BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). K2 The Savage Mountain, SIGNED. McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York, Toronto, London, (1954). first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's two-tone red and black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Ronald Clyne, half-title, SIGNED by five members of the 1953 Third American Karakoram Expedition, including Robert H. Bates, Charles Houston, Robert W. Craig, Dee Molenaar and Tony Streather, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated after photographs taken by members of the expedition, maps and line drawings by Clarence Doore, 334pp. BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). Mystery, Beauty, and Danger. The Literature of the Mountains and Mountain Climbing Published in English Before 1946. SIGNED, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2000. first edition, 4to., (250 x 190mm), publisher's green gilt lettered cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, green marbled e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to the title page, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations including 3 unpublished 1924 Everest photographs after T. Howard Sommervell, originally taken on the same route, where three days later Mallory and Irvine disappeared in 1924, 229pp. an overview of important mountaineering authors: BATES, Robert H. (1911 - 2007). The Love of Mountains is Best. Climbs and Travels from K2 to Kathmandu. SIGNED. Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1994. first edition, 4to., (260 x 180mm), navy blue gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spine, brown paper protective wrappers, within dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrated e/ps. after Bradford Washburn, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 493pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (4) Condition Report: 1. Five Miles High - light marks to boards, spine faded and bumped head/tail, minor toning to illustrated map e/ps. and leaf edges. 2. K2 The Savage Mountain - minor marks, mostly to black section of cloth boards, spine marginally bumped head/tail, edges marked, dustwrapper edges worn, a tear to lower r.h. corner (with loss) 3. Mystery, Beauty, and Danger - a clean copy. 4. The Love of Mountains is Best - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MACAULAY, Kenneth. (1723 - 1779). The History of St. Kilda. T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, London, 1764. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (215 x 138mm), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, red label to spine lettered in gilt, complete, half-title, bookseller's catalogue description tipped onto front endpaper, bookplate of T. Norcliffe to front pastedown, with manuscript ink inscription 'C.B. Norcliffe 1881' added, 1 folding map, publisher's catalogue at end.   Rev. Kenneth Macaulay relays the history of St. Kilda, describing the residents and activities taking place on the Scottish island, with a particular focus on religious and pagan customs, past and present. (1) Condition Report: light foxing, some wear to corners, spine a little rubbed, small crack to tail of hinge. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). Two Works: SIGNED first editions, 1955-1999. comprises: High Adventure. SIGNED. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. first edition, 8vo., (210 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, pale blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary to title page, and further SIGNED to the author's preface by John Hunt, half-title, colour frontispiece, with maps after A. Spark, sketches after George Djurkouic, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations, 224pp. An account of Sir Edmund Hillary's 1951 Everest reconnaissance expedition and the British 1953 Everest expedition's first ascent, led by John Hunt. Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first confirmed climbers to have reached the summit on 29 May, 1953. HILLARY, Edmund. View from the Summit. SIGNED. Doubleday, London, 1999. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED and dated June 1999 by the author to title page, half-title, map illustrated e/ps., colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 5 full-page maps, 310pp. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. (2) Condition Report: 1. High Adventure - minor marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper chipped with loss to head/tail of spine, and lower r.h. edge, some toning internally. 2. View from the Summit - spine bumped head/tail, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, with Supplementary Appendix. London: John Murray, 1891 - 1892. two volumes, first editions, 8vo., (230 x 170mm), comprises: first volume: publisher's olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, chocolate e/ps. half-title, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p. 'with the compliments of the author', 20 full-page plates, numerous in-text illustrations, four maps (including folding route map in rear cover pocket), 456pp; second volume: Supplementary Appendix, olive green gilt illustrated decorative cloth, chocolate e/ps., half-title, 14 plates, numerous in-text illustrations, 147pp., both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. An account of Edward Whymper's expedition to Ecuador, primarily organised by the author in order to collect data for the study of mountain sickness and of the physical effects of high altitude. (2) Condition Report: light wear and marks to boards, corners bumped, spine bumped head/tail, endpapers foxed, hinges splitting in places, some toning internally o/w. clean text, plates and maps. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WALLACE, Alfred Russel. (1823 - 1913). A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro with an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. Ward, Lock and Co. London, New York, and Melbourne, 1889. single volume, second edition as stated, 8vo. (193 x 140mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, edited by G.T. Bettany, contemporary inscription dated August 25, 1938 to front free e/p., 16 full-page plates including portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, diagrams and a map of the River Amazon, 363pp., plus 4pp. publisher's adverts. at end: This second edition was initiated and produced as part of Ward's Minerva Library of Famous Books. Ward employed Bettany's scientific and literary knowledge to revise proof sheets of the original work. Bettany confirmed Wallace as the 'co -discoverer' with Charles Darwin of the principal of natural selection as the main agent in the evolution of species. (1)               2                             Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, small tear in the cloth at the head of upper hinge, foxing to edges, e/ps., and further sporadic foxing throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HUNT, John. (1910 - 1998). The Ascent of Everest. [Fiftieth Anniversary Edition] SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. single volume, Limited edition of 1000 copies, 8vo., (240 x 165mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by W. Heaton Cooper, produced by the Mount Everest Foundation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by the British 1953 expedition, includes facsimile signatures of the team, and is SIGNED to front free e/p. by George Lowe and George Band in blue and black ink, illustrated half-title, foreward by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, patron of the British 1953 expedition, preface to the 1993 edition by the author, 7 colour photographs, 15 monochrome photographs, in-text illustrations and map, 280pp. within removeable clear wrapper, and contained within original light blue slipcase. (1) Condition Report: a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MATTHEWS, Charles Edward. (1834 - 1905). The Annals of Mont Blanc. A Monograph. Presentation copy. London: T Fisher Unwin, 1898. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's black gilt decorated cloth with a view of Mont Blanc, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'To Clarissa Branston / from / C.E. Matthews', half-title, 37 b/w. plates, folding coloured map at end, 368pp. C.E. Matthews, one of the original members of the Alpine Club, serving as president 1869-71, and a pioneer of Alpine exploration: MOORE, Adolphus Warburton. (1841 - 1887). The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal. [Privately printed] London: Vickers and Harrington, 1867. first edition, one of 100 copies, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), original green patterned decorative cloth, gilt-lettered decorative spine, foredge untrimmed, ownership signature of Charles Pilkington to front e/ps., 10 maps, 360pp. One of the classics of Alpine mountaineering literature: BROWN, T. Graham. (1882 - 1965). and DE BEER, Gavin Sir. (1899 - 1972). The First Ascent of Mont Blanc. with a foreward by Sir John Hunt. SIGNED. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm) publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by John Hunt, portrait frontispiece, half-title, monochrome plates, double-page map, 460pp. a definitive history of the early ascents of Mont Blanc. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3)       Condition Report: 1. The Annals of Mont Blanc - boards marked and a little worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps., frontispiece, and coloured map, with further light foxing and toning throughout. 2. The Alps in 1864 - boards bright, corners scuffed, spine creased and bumped head/tail, e/ps. marked, hinges weak and split in places, some foxing and toning. 3. The First Ascent of Mont Blanc - cloth bright lightly marked, spine bumped head / tail, clean dustwrapper.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BOLINGBROKE, Henry. (1785 - 1855). A Voyage to the Demerary, containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There, and of those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana. London: Richard Phillips. (1807). single volume, first edition, 4to., (268 x 220mm), rebound half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered labels to gilt decorated spine with raised bands, new e/ps., nautical illustrated bookplate of John Montagu Ratner to front pastedown (lacking folding engraved map), 400pp. (1)       Condition Report: minor marks to clean boards, corners a little scuffed, heavier foxing to first few pages and further sporadic light foxing throughout, edges browned with a few marks, leaf edges toned and a little marked in places. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MURRAY, William Hutchinson. (1913 - 1952). Three Works: SIGNED first editions. comprises: The Story of Everest. SIGNED. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1953. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, frontispiece and photo. illustrations, 14 maps and diagrams after Robert Anderson, 193pp: Undiscovered Scotland. Climbs on Rock, Snow, and Ice. SIGNED. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1951. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., SIGNED by the author to title page, frontispiece and photo. illustrations, 14 maps and diagrams after Robert Anderson, 232pp: Mountaineering in Scotland. SIGNED. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1947. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by the author to title page, 32 photo. illustrations, 5 maps/diagrams, 252pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. William Hutchinson Murray was a prominent Scottish mountaineer and writer, accomplishing many new routes in the 1930s. (3) Condition Report: 1. The Story of Everest - bright, clean cloth, dustwrapper marked with nicks to top of spine, some minor foxing edges, new e/ps. 2. Undiscovered Scotland - bright, clean cloth, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with edge nicks, a clean edge tear lower front and loss to lower spine, some foxing to inner flaps, minor foxing to e/ps., edges, and first few leaves. 3. Mountaineering in Scotland - cloth faded with light marks, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps. some toning internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, [with Supplementary Appendix and Atlas of maps], and one related work. London: John Murray, 1892 - 1891. comprises: four volumes, first editions, 8vo, (230 x 175mm), uniform brown gilt morocco backed cloth; first volume: Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. Special Edition, Subscriber's copy, No. 77 of 100 copies, inscribed by the author to fly-leaf, decorative gilt lettered spine, publisher's name to lower spine, gilt top, edges untrimmed, marbled e/ps., 2 half-titles, 20 full-page plates (including frontispiece), 118 in-text illustrations, a full-page General map of Ecuador, 456pp, with the 4pp. list of subscribers loosely inserted: second volume: Supplementary Appendix. gilt lettering to spine, publisher's name to lower spine, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., half-title, introduction by H.W. Bates, 14 plates, 42 in-text illustrations, 147pp. Neate 899: 'Supplementary volume of scientific material was published before the main volume'. third volume. Maps to Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. 8vo., gilt lettering to spine, lacks title, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., contains linen-backed folding Route Map of Chimborazo from Observations made by Edward Whymper in 1879-80, folding linen-backed Plan of Quito by J.B. Menton, 1875, and folding linen-backed facsimile of the central portion of the map of the Province of Quito by Don Pedro Maldonaldo, 1780: fourth volume: WHYMPER, Edward. How to Use the Aneroid Barometer. London: John Murray, 1891. gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, small white printed label 'Ex Libris Alfred Paul Bay' to front marbled pastedown, marbled e/ps., 61pp. all contained within a red velour slipcase. An account of Edward Whymper's expedition to Ecuador, primarily organised by the author in order to collect data for the study of mountain sickness and of the physical effects of high altitude. During 1880 Whymper twice ascended the previously unclimbed Chimborazo. (4)                     Condition Report: first volume: travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator - cloth boards marked and stained to front, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 4pp. List of Subscribers, toning mostly to leaf edges, very small chip (with loss) to top centre of each leaf. Supplementary Appendix - cloth boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, minor toning internally, a clean copy. atlas of maps, boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and a little scuffed at head/tail, some marks to verso of linen backs, o/w. clean maps and plan. How to Use the Aneroid Barometer - cloth boards marked, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, some toning to leaf edges o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 - 1911). Three Works: first editions, two volumes SIGNED by the author. 1896, 1897, 1880. comprises: The Ascent of the Matterhorn, John Murray, 1880. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 180mm), publisher's blue pictorial gilt cloth, bevelled corners, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, 14 full-page engraved plates, numerous in-text illustrations, 2 folding maps at end, 325pp: Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide. INSCRIBED. London: John Murray, 1896. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), half leather over marbled boards, bevelled corners, gilt lettered decorated spine, new e/ps., original illustrated green paper wrappers bound in, INSCRIBED, 'with the compliments of the author', adverts, folding plan, folding plate, numerous plates and illustrations, folding map of Mont Blanc from the Brevent at end, 192pp. Whymper's Guide was published annually until 1911, includes climbing accidents, summit attempts and a survey of early history: The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn. A Guide. INSCRIBED. London: John Murray, 1897. first edition, 8vo. (200 x 140mm), half leather over marbled boards, bevelled corners, gilt lettered decorated spine, raised bands, new e/ps., original illustrated green paper wrappers bound in, INSCRIBED 'with the compliments of the author' above title, 2 folding maps, one folding panorama plate, numerous illustrations, 212pp. published following the success of the author's guide to Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, includes train timetables, first ascents of the principal peaks, and adverts. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. The Ascent of the Matterhorn - cloth worn, corners rubbed, spine bumped head/tail, inner joints weak, some marks, stains and foxing internally, maps generally clean. 2. Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide. - clean binding, minor foxing to a few pages. 3. The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn. A Guide. - clean binding, Zermatt map with clean edge tear (with loss), approx. 3cm. to lower l.h. margin, some foxing to the Matterhorn map. folding plate of the glacier foxed and marked in the margins, original green illustrated front paper wrapper marked, and outline of a removed label. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HILLARY, Edmund. & HILLARY. Peter. three SIGNED, first editions. 1975-1984. comprises: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). Nothing Venture, Nothing Win. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton. 1975. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt signature of author to front, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design George Crichard, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 17 maps and diagrams, 319pp. Sir Edmund Hillary's first autobiography: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). From the Ocean to the Sky. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. first edition, 8vo. (240 x 170mm), publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jefferson Godwin, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to the title page, colour and b/w. photo. illustrated, 9 maps and drawings, 272pp: HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). and HILLARY, Peter. (b. 1954). Two Generations. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's blue cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, pictorial e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by Edmund Hillary to title page, colour photo. illustrations throughout after Peter Hillary, 4 maps, 223pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. The personal account of three decades of high-altitude climbing and aid development in Nepal by Edmund Hillary and his son Peter. (3)   Condition Report: 1. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win - a clean copy, residue from a removed price sticker to inside front flap of the unclipped dustwrapper. 2. From the Ocean to the Sky - corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper torn (with loss) lower l.h., discolouring to front e/p., o/w. a clean copy. 3. Two Generations - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BRUCE, Charles Granville. (1866 - 1939). Twenty Years in the Himalaya. London: Edward Arnold, 1910. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's dark green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, inscription to front pastedown, 'J.W.W. for W.H.S., 1910', portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map, folding plate, 59 b/w. photographic plates, 336pp. plus 20pp. author's catalogue at end, within removeable clear wrapper. An account of the author's explorations in the Himalayan districts, Bruce travelled extensively in the Himalayas accompanying William Conway, and later led the early Mount Everest 1922 and 1924 Expeditions. (1) Condition Report: boards with light wear, corners bumped, spine bumped head/tail, foxing throughout, folded panoramic photographic plate and folded sketch map clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ THORN, William. (1780 - 1843). Memoir of the Conquest of Java. T. Egerton, London, 1815. single volume, first edition, 4to., (308 x 257mm), modern quarter black leather over marbled boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, complete, half-title, errata, 17 engraved maps (13 folding), 18 aquatint plates (4 folding), plate number 1, 'Map of Java' facing title page bound as 2 large folding sheets in present volume, some light offsetting throughout, occasional contemporary marginalia pencil marks and underlining throughout, most noticeably on list of plates page, and pages 14, 35, 51, and 100, plate no. 33 hand-coloured, plate no. 34 some contemporary pencil annotations and markings on map, plates no. 27 and 28 bound in reverse order according to the list of plates.   First edition of William Thorn's important memoir of the 1811 conquest of Java, when possession of the island passed from the Dutch to the British Empire. Major Thorn, a Deputy Quarter Master General of the British Army at the time, describes the military expedition, as well as giving a general history and geographic survey of the island. Thorn's text contains the first depiction of the Taman Sari (Water Castle), a renowned architectural wonder built in 1758 by the Sultan of Jokjakarta. Many of the remaining aquatints show coastal towns of Java, as well as Batavia, one time capital of the Dutch East Indies that was taken over when power shifted to the British Empire. These engravings have been described to be in the style of Dutch artist Johannes Rach and his school. (1) Condition Report: clean and bright binding, 3.5 inch tear at hinge of plate 20, some foxing to maps, occasional spotting to text. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MOUNTAINEERING & RELATED: a group of Five Works: two volumes SIGNED. 1912- 1945. comprises: HERZOG, Maurice. (1919 - 2012). Annapurna Conquest of the First 8000-metre Peak. SIGNED. Jonathan Cape, 1952. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, introduction by Eric Shipton, translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adan Smith, half-title, SIGNED and dated 17 July 2000 by the author to title page, 27 illustrations, 9 maps, folding panorama at end, 288pp: BRUCE, Charles Granville. (1866 - 1939). Himalayan Wanderer. London: Alexander Maclehouse & Co., 1934. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 160mm), publisher's black lettered cloth, portrait frontispiece, 22 photo. illustrations, 309pp: ABRAHAM, Ashley Perry. (1876 - 1951). Some Portraits of the Lake Poets and their Homes. Presentation copy. G.P. Abraham, Keswick, 1913. hardback edition, brown illustrated paper covered boards, black lettering to front, INSCRIBED and dated by the author to front e/p., 'To Mrs. Collins / with kindest regards / from / Ashley P. Abraham / April 1915', 29 full-page monogravure illustrations, publisher's leaf at end, 55pp: MALLORY, George. ( 1886 - 1924). Boswell the Biographer. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. first edition, 8vo., 210 x 150mm), publisher's black lettered green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, publisher's advert at end, 337pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: NOYCE, C.W.F. and others. A Climber's Guide to Sonamarg Kashmir. Frontier Exchange Press Ltd., the Himalayan Club. n.d. (1945). first edition, 8vo., (230 x 140mm), 5pp. introduction with articles by J.A. Jackson, C.W.F. Noyce, and T.H. Tilly, previous ownership inscription to front pastedown, 12 illustrations including frontispiece, folding map at end, 51pp. (5) Condition Report: 1. Annapurna -corners scuffed, spine a little faded and bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with wear at edges and foxing to inside flaps, toning to leaf edges and a few minor marks internally. 2. Himalayan Wanderer - clean boards, corners scuffed, dustwrapper marked, with chips and small edge tear (with loss) to top of spine, foxing to edges and e/ps., some toning to a few pages. 3. Some Portraits of the Lake Poets - boards with light marks, lower corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and torn to top of spine, foxing to edges, front free e/p. toned and foxed with further sporadic foxing to some pages. 4. Boswell the Biographer - clean boards, front corner scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, and further sporadic foxing to some pages. 5. A Climber's Guide to Sonamarg Kashmir - boards marked, lacking front e/p., foxing to edges, and further sporadic light foxing to some pages, map clean.     Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRESHFIELD, Douglas W. (1845 - 1934). Two Works: a Presentation copy with author's 4pp. ALS, 1920; and one other volume, 1903. comprises: The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure, author's Presentation copy. London: Edward Arnold, 1920. first edition, 8vo., (245 x 170mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, map illustrated e/ps., INSCRIBED and dated by the author to half-title, 'Dorothy Hutchinson / from an old affectionate friend / Douglas W. Freshfield / April 1925', portrait frontispiece, numerous b/w. plates, route map of Mont Blanc, with a loosely inserted 4pp. manuscript letter, SIGNED and dated from the author to Mrs. Dorothy Hutchinson, 47 lines, the author's printed address Whych Cross Place, Forest Row, Sussex, and dated 23 February, 1925, 'Here is my heavy production . . . probably read the first chapter, be amused by the second and tolerate the third and fourth. There you had better stop . . . in fact most of the volume has been as much of a failure here . . . most of the {? in French) has been burnt at the publishers - the wretched Mumms!'; the author suggests that Dorothy might be interested in reading The Portrait of Zelide, and after reading this, 'look up the inevitable letter by Boswell (in Vol 1 of his newly published correspondence) proposing marriage to the damn lady -' , Freshfield also makes reference to having put back an offer from Trenton - New Jersey; loosely inserted is an accompanying typed receipt for the purchase of this volume in 1951, from Thomas J. Gaston booksellers, 190 Strand, London priced three guineas. Neate F67. 'This book gained Freshfield an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Geneva. A delightful study of early mountaineering and life in eighteenth century Geneva.': FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W. Round Kangchenjunga. A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration. London: Edward Arnold, 1903. London: Edward Arnold, 1903. first edition, 8vo., (260 x 170mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt vignette to cover, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed, half-title, 41 photographic plates including frontispiece with tissue guard, after Vittorio Sella and others, folding panorama of the Kangchen Glacier, in-text map of Sarat Chandra Das's route map, folding colour sketch map of the Glaciers of Kangchenjunga constructed by Edmund J. Garwood at end, 373pp. 'This dangerous and exhausting circuit of Kanchenjunga is a classic of mountain exploration; his second most important work', Neate F69; both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. Douglas Freshfield was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, particularly noted for his work in the Caucasus. He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880 and was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, serving as president of both organizations. (4)                               Condition Report: 1. The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure - boards bright with minor marks, spine marked and bumped at tail, cloth split and bumped at head of spine, toning mostly to leaf edges, some lower corners of pages creased, joints of upper and lower boards a little weak. 2. Author's 4pp. manuscript note to Mrs. Hutchinson - foxing mostly to the first page with some minor foxing to the last page. 3. Thomas Gaston bookseller's receipt - minor foxing, toning to leaf edges. 4. Round Kangchenjunga. - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, the top r.h. corner dented, foxing throughout, some creasing mostly to the margins of the folding panorama with two tape repairs to lower l.h. margin edge, the map clean.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WHYMPER, Edward. (1840 -1911). A Letter Addressed to the Members of the Alpine Club. [Printed for Private Circulation by the author]. London, 1900. a 16pp. booklet, original green paper wrappers, lettered in black to front, 8vo., (220 x 153mm), engraved frontispiece after the author, depicting the 'disputed leap' made by the guide Christian Almer during the first ascent of the Western Arete of the Pointe des Ecrins in June 1864; Whymper's detailed letters and witness statements were sent to Club members in response to an accusation made against him by American mountaineer, William Coolidge. Whymper happened upon the accusation in a foot-note of an obituary notice for the late guide, Christian Almer. The article was signed by William Coolidge and published in the Jahrbuch of the Swiss Alpine Club for 1898-1899. Coolidge disputed the 7-8 feet jump did not take place, and was never made by Almer in 1864, (later described in Chapter ix. of Whymper's book, 'Scrambles amongst the Alps'). Coolidge queries 'I find it remarkable that the very detailed report of Mr. Moore on that same expedition did not mention anything about such a jump'. ('The Alps in 1864'). An extraordinary meeting of the Club was held, Rev. William Coolidge removed his name from the list of members, and the Editor of the Jahrbuch, Dr. H. Dubi, admitted his duty should have led him to check if the footnote or any part of it had contained an affront against Mr. Whymper: within removeable clear plastic wrapper: ASCENT OF THE AIGUILLE VERTE [near Mont Blanc]. n.d., (c. 1866). modern green card wrappers. lettered in black to front, chromolithographed plate of the summit, wood-engraved plate, in-text route map, pp. 520-524, Edward Whymper's article originally published in the Leisure Hour, a Victorian monthly, pre-dating the author's work 'The Ascent of the Matterhorn'; Edward Whymper, Christian Almer and Franz Biner first climbed the Aiguille verte on 29 June, 1865, a fortnight before the fateful first ascent of the Matterhorn. Whymper was unable to climb with his usual guide, Michel Croz, who had to wait for a client in Chamonix. As a result, Whymper hired the services of Christian Almer, who had been with Alfred Wills on the Wetterhorn in 1854. (2)   Condition Report: 1. A Letter to the Alpine Club - toning to cover edges and spine, edges marked, joints weak and pages loosening (but all attached), a clean copy. 2. Ascent of the Aiguille Verte - some fading and minor marks to green card wrappers, the colour plate of the summit with marks to the margins and edge nicks to r.h. margin, a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HIMALAYAS: a group of Three SIGNED French editions, 1951 - 1954. comprises: HERZOG, Maurice. (1919 - 2012 ). and ICHAC, Marcel. (1906 - 1994). Regards vers L'Annapurna. SIGNED. B. Arthaud, Paris & Grenoble, (1951). second edition, 8vo., (255 x 200mm), rebound half vellum, silk patterned boards, gilt-lettered calf label to spine, gilt patterned e/ps., original colour pictorial wrappers bound in, SIGNED to half-title by Maurice Herzog in blue ink, French text, preface by Lucien Devies, numerous heliogravures, colour illustrations and photographs after Herzog, Ichac, and others, sketch map of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri bound in, blue silk ribbon book mark, 96pp. An account of the 1950 French expedition in the Himalayas of Nepal: HUNT, General Sir John. (1910 - 1998). Victoire sur L'Everest. [The Ascent of Everest]. Presentation copy, Amoit Dumont, 1953. Library of Mountaineering, Limited edition, number 1 of 1000 copies, 4to., (215 x 160mm), cream paper wrappers, red and black lettering to front, black lettered illustrated spine, dustwrapper unclipped, edges untrimmed, a Presentation copy to Sir Charles Matthews, SIGNED to front free e/p. by John Hunt, George Lowe, George Band, Alfred Gregory, E.P. Hillary, and Maurice Herzog, French text, b/w. photo. illustrated throughout, translated from English by Bernard Pierre, drawings after Charles Evans, preface by Maurice Herzog., 350pp: MAKALU. French Expeditions to the Himalayas 1954-1955, SIGNED, Federation Francaise de la Montagne, 1954. 4to. (280 x 210mm), photo. illustrated soft wrappers, French text, SIGNED on the Foca cameras advertisement page by six members of the French 1955 Makalu Expedition team, Guido Magnone, Jean Franco, (expedition leader), Pierre Leroux, Jean Couzy, Andre Vialette, and Jean Bouvier, photo. illustrated throughout, adverts., 44pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. Regards vers L'Annapurna - light marks to the half vellum and lower silk patterned board, foxing to front free e/ps., some toning to the map's page edges, blue silk ribbon book mark faded, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Victoire sur L'Everest - some wear to boards and spine, toning to leaf edges, a clean copy. 3. Makalu - French Expeditions to the Himalayas 1954-1955 - boards worn at edges and to spine, clean bright copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Rare WW1 Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force Sidcot Flying Suit, the heavy padded canvas flight suite more knowingly worn during WW2 but was brought into service in the late stages of 1917 and early 1918. The khaki suit has buttoned front and the large angled map pocket. Large lower knee pockets and the ankles are buttoned. Fur lined interior of the suit and sheep’s wool collar. The suit shows some service wear but overall is an excellent example of a very rare item of WW1 flying clothing. These suits were introduced to replace the brown leather flight jackets which were used in the early part of WW1.

1915 Dated German Map Case, brown leather map case with leather straps to the top of the reverse, securing strap to the front with buckle fitting. Under the flap is stamped with makers details and clear 1915 date. Remains of a ink marking for “B.A. IX 1915”. Remains in good condition overall.

A mixed lot to include a 19th century map of Southampton by C & I Greenwood, boxed glassware, canteens of cutlery and mixed LP records

A mahogany serving table together with a pair of Edwardian mahogany inlaid occasional chairs and mixed prints to include a map of Buckinghamshire, 18th/19th century soldiers and others, Location ROS/CF/BWR

After Cary. A map of Norfolk from the best authorities, later coloured (AF), 42cm x 54cm, and another map of Lincolnshire.

An Oriental silk picture depicting figures, buildings, etc., another similar with birds and a Jardines printed map of Taiwan. (3)

A route map for the touring club of Switzerland dated 1903, a map of the Environs De Paris and a guide book for the Palace of Versi. (3)

The Autocar map for motorists, 146cm high and 117cm wide Condition Report: Available upon request

'Mills's Map' - showing proposed route of the Hill of Howth Tram and connections with GNRI branch line to Howth and the Clontarf to Howth Tram. Extends from City Centre to Howth. Signed by Mills, 1896 (G missing). Howth end 'slightly chewed. Stamped with G.N.R.I. frank. Composite, number of different sheets (6"/1 mile)

Map of the City of Dublin and the Township of Rathmines, 1864. Showing existing Railways and the Proposed Dublin Trunk railway, the Dublin, Rathmines and Rathcoole Railway, as approved by the Select Committee of the House of Commons, June 1864.

MIDLANDS INTEREST - 'British Illustrated Business Review (Selected Towns in Midland and Neighbouring Counties), Descriptive Sketches of Prominent Business Concerns, Interesting Historical Notes, Numerous Illustrations, features many Birmingham districts as well as Penkridge, Uttoxeter, Crewe Nantwich etc., published by J. G. Phelps & Co,, together with Robert K. Dent & Joseph Hill - 'Historic Staffordshire' 1896 and a booklet of photographs of Nantwich together with 'OFFICIAL RAILWAY MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES', drawn and engraved by J. & W. Emslie, Railway Clearing House 1906, sectioned and mounted on linen, together with a 'Diagram of Hertfordshire' OS map 2 miles to the in

A REPRODUCTION RAILWAY MAP POSTER - London & North Western Railway, 119 x 91 cm