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A three-stone diamond ring; the graduated single cut diamonds obliquely set to scrolling shoulders, the shank stamped 9ct and PLAT, ring size O, boxed

TONI ZUCCHERI Produzione Venini, Italia 1970 ca. Lampada a sospensione o da parete, di forma quadrata in vetro trasparente con un decoro centrale azzurro, struttura in metallo verniciato bianco, due perni a vite in metallo brunito. cm 43 x 41 Alt. cm 14.

WW2 Multiple signed Lancaster Bomber in flight 10 x 8 photo 15 RAF autographs. Wg Cdr Jim Flint DFC DFM GM 49 sqn he gained the unique distinction of receiving two gallantry awards for separate actions during the same operation. Dambuster Flt Sgt Ray Grayston 617 sqn, W.O Roy Briggs 576 sqn, Flt Sgt John Chapman DFM 15 sqn, Flt Lt Eric Clarke MID 49 Sqn, W/O Eric Evans 463 sqn, W/O Jeff Hildreth 170 sqn, W/O Ken Johnson 9 sqn, Flt Sgt Ron Needle 106 sqn, W/O Harry Parkins 630 sqn, F/O Phil Tetlow 9 sqn, Flt Sgt Eric Varney 207 sqn, W/O Colin Wood 106 sqn, F/O Ray Worrall 44 sqn, Wg Cdr Jim Wright DFC. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2 Multiple signed Lancaster Bomber crewing up 10 x 8 photo 12 RAF autographs. Flt lt Eric Clarke MID 49 sqn, P/O Dennis Field 90 sqn, Sqn Ldr Tony Iveson 617 sqn, Flt Sgt Ken Jenkinson 617 sqn, W/O Bob Kendall 15 sqn, W/O Ken OBrien DFC 101 Sqn, W/O Ron Smith DFC, Flt Lt Ken Thomas DFC 622 sqn, W/O Frank Tilley 617 sqn, W/O Sam Thompson 9 sqn, W/O Tony Winsor 626 sqn, F/O Ray Worrall 44 sqn. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Battle Over Britain book signed by 350 RAF WW2 BOB pilots Full list available. DEFINITIVE updated revised and best analysis of the Battle of Britain published to commemorate the 50th anniversary 1940-1990. Contains 354 signatures of top aces, air gunners and observers all who have rightly gone down in history known as the Legendary Few. Of special interest complete list of RAF and Luftwaffe losses as they occurred day by day and Appendix G the list of awards of the Victoria Cross and George Cross gained during the battle and the blitz (with 3 signatures). Signatures On Bookplate, 11 Author: Francis K Mason, Wg Cdr P Barthropp DFC AFC, 602, Wg Cdr E Barwell DFC, 264, 616-312, Grp Capt Tom Gleave 253, Wg Cdr R Havercroft AFC, 92, AVM F D Hughes CB DSO DFC AFC 264, Grp Capt C B. F Kingcombe DSO DFC 92, Air Cdre J A Leathart CB DSO, 54, ACM Sir Denis Smallwood GBE KCB DSO DFC, Signatures throughout the book including Flt Lt H Lusk, Sqn Ldr T P M Cooper-Slipper DFC 605, Flt Lt B. M Bush DFC 504, Grp Capt R Oxspring DFC AFC, 66, FO A Gear DFC 32, AVM F Scott-Malden DSO DFC, 61-603, Flt Lt E Cranwell DFC, 610, Cdre R Hay DSO DSC 808, Sqn Ldr R Stillwell DFC 65, FO A Burdekin 600, Sqn Ldr E Spurdle DFC, 74, Air Cdre J Farmer DFC 302, PO E Edmunds 245, Grp Capt G Edge DFC, 605, Grp Capt J Kayll DSO DFC 615, Sqn Ldr P McGregor, 46, Sqn Ldr J Freeborn DFC 74, Wg Cdr M F Anderson DFC 604, Grp Capt I Bayles, Grp Capt C Gray DSO DFC 54, Sqn Ldr H Heron AFC 266, Wg Cdr P Parrott DFC AFC 145, Flt Lt A Aslett 235, Flt Lt N Kemp DFC 85, Flt Lt A Cook 604, Flt Lt N Ramsey DFC 610, Sqn Ldr R Young 23, Sqn Ldr T Pickering 32, Flt Lt M Appleby 609, Sqn Ldr L Dixon DFC 600, Flt Lt G Bailey 234, Flt Lt R Kellow 213, AVM E Crew DSO DFC 604, Grp Capt P O'Brien DFC 52, AVM H Hogan DFC, 501, Wg Cdr E Holden DFC 501, Sqn Ldr D Stones DFC 79, Grp Capt A Wright DFC AFC 92, Grp Capt A Ingle DFC AFC, 605, Sergeant P Else 610, Wg Cdr W S Krol DFC 302, AVM H Bird-Wilson DSO DFC AFC 17, Sqn Ldr I Hutchinson 222, Flt Lt J Greenwood 253, Air Cdre E Morris DSO DFC 79, Wg Cdr F Smith DFC 72, Sqn Ldr J Gibson DSO DFC 501, Wg Cdr A Forster DFC 607, Flt Lt H Hoyle, 32, Sqn Ldr R Dalton RFM 604, Flt Lt R Hall 152, Flt Lt L Martel 72, Wg Cdr N Hancock DFC 1, Wg Cdr R Norris, 1, Flight Lt A Austin, 29, Flt Lt R Johnson 222, Sqn Ldr J Young DFC 234, Wg Cdr C Currant DSO DFC 605, Wg Cdre S Skalski DSO DFC 302-501, Grp Capt J Cunningham DSO DFC 604, Sqn Ldr A Page DSO DFC 56, Grp Capt D Gillam DSO DFC AFC 616, Sqn Ldr A Bartley DFC 92, Sqn Ldr K Geddes DFC, 604. Grp Capt D R S Bader DSO DFC 222-242, Sqn Ldr C Saunders DFC, 92, Wg Cdr J Sing DFC 213, Flt Lt G Holder 236, Flt Lt A Beechey DFC 141. Wg Cdr R Stanford-Tuck DSO DFC 92-257. Wg Cdr R Doe DSO DFC 234-238, Wg Cdr C Overton DFC 609. Wg Cdr D Kingaby DSO AFC DFM 266-92. Wg Cdr B Jennings DFM, 19, Grp Capt M Stephens DSO DFC 3-232, Grp Capt E Wells DSO DFC 266, Flt Lt F Barker DFM 264, FO J Pickford DFM 604, Sqn Ldr R Innes 253, Grp Capt G Manton 56, Sqn Ldr G Pittman 17, Wg Cdr E Shipman AFC, 41, Sqn Ldr V Simmonds, 238, Air Cdre P Jameson DSO DFC 266, Flt Lt R Dibnah 1-242, Flt Lt W Gnys 302, Sqn Ldr P Morfill DFM 501, Flt Lt J Milne 605, Sqn Ldr P Olver DFC 603, Flt Lt R Candy 25, Flt Lt W McConnell DFC 245, Wg Cdr E Graham 72, Flt Lt A Thompson DFC 85 249, Sqn Ldr W Johnson DFC 85, Grp Capt J White 3 FIU, Flt Lt F Lanning DFC 141, Lt Cdr B Paterson DFC 804, Sqn Ldr E Smith DFC 610, Sqn Ldr D Scott DFC 73, Wg Cdr R Fumerton DFC AFC 32, Wg Cdr G Gilroy DSO DFC 603, Grp Capt J Ellis DFC, 610, Wg Cdr M Robinson CB AFC, 616, Sergeant N Harding 29, Sqn Ldr A Whitby DFM, 79. Wg Cdr J R Gardner 141, Wg Cdr G Nelson-Edwards DFC 79, Flt Lt N Norfolk DFC 72, Sqn Ldr D Jack 602, Flt Lt R Carr-Lewty AFC 41, Flt Lt M Croskell 213, Flt Lt R James DFM 29, Air Cdre R Leigh 66, Grp Capt P O'Brian DFC 152, Flt Lt M Mounsdon 56, Grp Capt S Gunn DFC 236, Flt Lt G Holder 236, Grp Capt N Odbert 64, FO John W Pye, 25, Flt Lt Hone 615, Wg Cdr P Pitcher 1, Sqn Ldr E Seabourne DFC 238, Wg Cdr G Saunders DFC 65, Wg Cdr J Bisdee DFC 609, Wg Cdr R Milne DFC 151, Wg Cdr K Holden DFC 616, Wg Cdr J O'Neill DFC 601 238, Sqn Ldr O Kucera DFC 111, Flt Lt L Batt 238, Wg Cdr G Howitt DFC 245 615, Flt Lt F Gash DFM, 264, Sqn Ldr J Unwin-Mann DSO DFC 238, Grp Capt T Dalton-Morgan DSO DFC 43, Air Cdre D Roberts AFC 609, Sqn Ldr G Pushman DFC 23, Sqn Ldr J Stokoe DFC 603, FO J Quill AFC 65, Air Cdre R Chisholm DSO DFC 604, Wg Cdr M H Constable-Maxwell DSO DFC 56, Wg Cdr D Honor DFC 145, Wg Cdr R C Wilkinson DFM, 3, Sqn Ldr M T Wainwright AFC 64, Sqn Ldr R McGowan 46, FO L Bowman DFM 141, Lt Cdr A McLeod Mackinnon 804, PO A Vrana 312, Grp Capt I Smith DFC 151, Mjr A E Marsh RM 804, Flt Lt D Mansfield 236, Flt Lt D Smythe DFC 264, ACM Sir F Rosier DSO 229, Sqn Ldr H Wakefield DFC 235, Flt Lt G Palliser DFC 43-249, Sqn Ldr D Hunt, 66, Flt Lt W Hornby 234, Sqn Ldr G Welford 607, Flt Lt K Edwards 600, Wg Cdr R Beamont DSO DFC 87, Flt Lt E Szaposnikow VM 303, Grp Capt F Sutton DFC 56, MRAF Lord N Cameron DSO DFC 1-17, Sqn Ldr P Wells DSO 249, FO C Hampshire 85, W/O R Stretch 235, Wg Cdr G Sinclair DFC 310, Wg Cdr T Vigors DFC 222, Sqn Ldr M Brown AFC 611 41, Sqn Ldr J Bentley-Beard AFC DFM 249, Sqn Ldr S Stephenson 85, Sqn Ldr N Langham-Hobart 73, Flt Lt R Holmes 504, Flt Lt W Green 501, Flt Lt W Walker 616, Flt Lt N Hancock DFC 65-152, Wg Cdr R Foster DFC 605, Sqn Ldr P Beake DFC 64, Grp Capt B Drake DSO DFC 421, Wg Cdr T Neil DFC AFC 249, Sqn Ldr P Farnes DFM 501, Sqn Ldr K Lee DFC 501, W/O G Stevens 151, Flt Lt D Parker 616-66, Flt Lt L Harvey, 54-245, W/O C Hilken 74, Flt Lt J Kemp 54, Flt Lt G Hewett 607, Flt Lt H Evans 236, W/O J Gadd 611, Flt Lt G Draper 610-41 , Wg Cdr J Lingard DFC 25-219, Sqn Ldr B Little 609, W/O K Jones 85-605, Flt Lt J F R Jones 25, 25, Flt Lt H Aitken 54, Flt Lt D Anderson 29, Flt Lt J Duart 219, Flt Lt S Cooper AFC 253, Gp Captain P Townsend DSO DFC 87, Sqn Ldr K Carver DFC, 29-229, Wg Cdr I Westmacott 56, Wg Cdr S Norris DFC 610, W/O E Adams, 236, W/O H Bowen-Morris, Sqn Ldr J Hayter DFC, 615-605, Feldwebel Helmut Pohl 111 Luftwaffe, First POW AVM A Johnstone CB DFC 602, Sqn Ldr D Yapp DFC 245-253, Sqn Ldr J Pattison DSO DFC 266-92, Sqn Ldr A Glegg DFC, 600, Flt Lt J Down 64, Flt Lt A MacGregor 266-19, ACM Sir H Broadhurst DSO DFC AFC, 1, Grp Capt D MacDonald DSO DFC, 213, Wg Cdr A Miller DFC, FIU-17, Flt Lt D Gibbons, 54-222, Flt Lt A Russell 43, Sqn Ldr B. D Russel DSO DFC 1, Grp Capt J Hill 222, Wg Cdr R MacDougall DFC, 141, Sqn Ldr H Newton AFC 111, Sqn Ldr J Mackenzie DFC 41, Flt Lt P Hairs MBE 501, Sqn Ldr P McDown 56, W/O R Gretton DFC 266-222, Flt Lt R Llewellyn DFM 213, Sqn Ldr F Usmar 41, Flt Lt R Sellers AFC 111-46, Sqn Ldr W Blackadder DSO 600, Wg Cdr R Thomson 72, Wg Cdr E Cassidy DFC AFC 25-249, Flt Lt R Ford, 41, Sqn Ldr B Bowring, 600 111, Flt Lt L Collingridge 66, Flt Lt R Puda, 310-605, Wg Cdr T Thomson 615, 607, 213, Flt Lt A Blayney AFC 609, Flt Lt N Barron, 236, Flt Lt R Jones 605, Lt Cdr R Gardner DSC 242, Flt Lt R Smith 151, Wg Cdr G Swanwick 54, Wg Cdr J Storrar DFC 145-73-421, Wg Cdr J Kilmartin DFC 43, Flt Lt A Harker DFM 234, Sqn Ldr H Szczesny DFC VM, 74, Flt Lt R Tongue, 504, Flt Lt R Kings, 238, W/O G Garside, 236, Grp Capt G Westlake DSO DFC 43-213, Flt Lt C Gibbons, 236, Flt Lt D Cooper 235, Flt Lt D Isherwood 29, Sqn Ldr I Cosby DFC 610, 72 222, Flt Lt A Lauder 264, Sqn Ldr C Haw DFC DFM 504, Sqn Ldr J Millard 1-242, W/O G Benn 219, AVM G Chamberlain CB , FIU, W/O R Mowat 248, Lt Cdr R Walsh, 111, Flt Lt H Cordell, 64-616, Flt Lt W Skinner DFM 74, Author Francis K Mason acknowledges during the Battle of Brittan, the 4 awards of the Victoria Cross, and the 34 awards of the George Cross, signatures of 3 of the recipients can be found on pages 505-506. Wg Cdr R Learoyd VC, Colonel B. S T Archer GC Royal Engineers Harry Errington GC Auxiliary Fireman TOTAL 356 (approx). Good condition Est.

A Victorian unmarked gold and turquoise horseshoe bombe panel ring, setting height 16.9mm, size O, 2.3gRing has been re-purposed from a brooch/stickpin head with an added shank, all stones present, some slightly discoloured, settings lightly abraded, unmarked

A late 20th century 18ct gold ruby and diamond cluster flowerhead ring, set with round cut stones, setting height 10.9mm, size O, 4gNo damage or repair, all stones present, rubies have abraded facet edges, settings are worn, particularly on the back of the shank, mark slightly rubbed, engraved 18CT.

An 18ct gold 0.35ct solitaire diamond ring, colour approx I/J, clarity approx SI1/SI2, diamond weight calculated from measurements 4.60mm x 2.66mm, size O, 2.3gNo damage or repairs, diamond is slightly cloudy and grey with a couple of small internal feathers and 1 chip on pavilion facets underneath a claw, settings lightly abraded, mark rubbed, stamped 18ct

A modern 9ct gold amethyst dress ring, openwork settings with oval mixed-cut amethyst, setting height 18.7mm, size O, 3.5gNo damage, amethyst has slightly rubbed facet edges, settings quite worn particularly on back of shank where there is an old join mark, marks rubbed, engraved 375

A late 20th century 9ct gold opal cluster ring, set with oval and round cabochon opals, hallmarks London 1986, setting height 11.8mm, size O, 2.8gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, opals have a good play of colour with mostly greens and blues, settings lightly abraded, hallmarks clear, stamped 375

An unmarked gold diamond cluster flowerhead ring, set with old and modern brilliant-cut diamonds, total diamond content approx 0.35ct, setting height 7.2mm, size O, 1.4gNo damage, all stones present, diamonds bright but slightly yellow, settings are very worn and shank is slightly bent out of shape, unmarked

A late 20th century 18ct gold diamond cluster ring, setting height 12.6mm, size O, 5.2gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, settings are quite worn, marks rubbed, engraved 18ct

3 gold band rings, comprising 1 x 22ct ring, size O, 1.8g, 1 x 18ct ring, size N, 1.7g, and 1 x 9ct ring, size N, 3.4g (3)The 22ct and 18ct examples are quite worn and slightly bent out of shape, all rings have general surface abrasions, marks clear

A large late 20th century 9ct gold peridot and split-pearl cluster flowerhead ring, set with oval mixed-cut peridot, hallmarks London 1974, setting height 18.8mm, size O, 5.4gNo damage, all stones present, settings lightly abraded with 1 small join mark on back of shank, hallmarks slightly rubbed, stamped 375

A large late 20th century 9ct gold opal and paste half hoop ring, set with oval cabochon opals and round-cut paste, hallmarks Birmingham 1974, setting height 9.7mm, size O, 4.6gNo damage, all stones present, all have rubbed and abraded surfaces, settings also slightly worn with a join mark on back of shank, hallmarks clear, stamped 375

A late 20th century 9ct gold sapphire and diamond cluster ring, setting height 15mm, size O, 4.2gNo damage, all stones present, sapphires are a very dark blue, settings lightly abraded and shank is dented on back with 1 very faint join mark, hallmarks clear, stamped 375

A modern peridot and diamond dress ring, unmarked white metal settings with oval mixed-cut peridot, setting height 10mm, size O, 2.5gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, diamonds quite included, settings lightly abraded, unmarked but tests as gold

A modern 18ct gold diamond cluster ring, set with single-cut diamonds, total diamond content approx 0.25ct, setting height 6.4mm, size O, 4.3gNo damage, all stones present, diamonds slightly included, settings are quite worn and bent on back of shank, hallmarks clear, stamped 750

A modern handmade sterling silver gem set organic ring, gemstones include sapphire ruby and diopside, setting height 21mm, size O, 17.5gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, settings lightly abraded, hallmarks clear, laser engraved 925

A Georgian garnet dress ring, unmarked yellow metal settings with foil-backed flat-top oval-cut garnet, with floral shank, setting height 11.4mm, size O, 3.7gSome tarnishing to foil backing, settings lightly abraded and 1 small flake on inside of shank, unmarked

A modern 9ct gold diamond triple-row cluster ring, set with baguette-cut diamonds, total diamond content approx 0.5ct, setting height 5.8mm, size O, 2.7gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, diamonds quite included, settings nicely polished, hallmarks clear, stamped 375

A Vintage Continental 18ct gold coral ring, setting height 15.8mm, size O, 1.8gRing has probably been re-purposed from a stickpin/brooch head with an added ring shank as there are signs of solder on both shoulders, settings quite worn, mark clear, engraved 750

A large modern sterling silver tanzanite and emerald marquise cluster ring, set with pear-cut emeralds and tanzanites, setting height 30.3mm, size N/O, 7gNew and unworn

A modern sterling silver diamond cluster flowerhead ring, set with modern round brilliant-cut diamonds, setting height 20.4mm, size O, 5.6gNew and unworn

A modern 9ct gold diamond cluster dress ring, set with single and baguette-cut diamonds, setting height 7.9mm, size O, 1.8gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, diamonds slightly included, settings lightly abraded, hallmarks clear, stamped 375

2 x Finnish sterling silver cubic zirconia rings, including example by Salovaara, hallmarks 1973 and 1977, sizes M and O, 7.9g total (2)No damage or repairs, all stones present with slightly rubbed facet edges, settings lightly abraded, hallmarks clear, stamped 925

STEN & LAINE - a Finnish sterling silver and cubic zirconia demi-parure, comprising pendant necklace, bracelet, ring and pair of earrings, pendant height 46.8mm, chain length 58cm, bracelet length 19cm, ring size O, 39g total (4)No damage or repairs, all stones present, settings lightly abraded, fittings working, marks clear

STEN & LAINE - 3 x Vintage Finnish sterling silver cubic zirconia pendants, and 3 x similar rings, largest pendant height 37.1mm, ring sizes M, O and T, 32g total (6)No damage or repairs, all stones present with rubbed facet edges, 1 ring has a slightly bent out of shape shank, settings lightly abraded, marks clear

Various Vintage Danish stylised silver and amber jewellery, comprising 3 x rings, 3 x pendants and 1 x brooch, ring sizes L x 2, and O, brooch length 66.2mm, 45g total (7)No major damage, amber stones have rubbed and abraded facets, settings also lightly abraded, fittings working

**DESCRIPTION CHANGE** JULIE TUCKER WILSON - 3 x pieces of handmade silver jewellery, comprising charm bangle, and 2 x rings, and another similar unnamed ring, bangle internal diameter 6cm, rings sizes L, O and R, 54.7g total (4)

An 18ct gold wedding ring, size O, together with a partial ring shank weight together 4.9gms Condition Report: Available upon request

An 18ct gold wedding ring size O, together with an 18ct gold purple glass pendant, weight together 7.7gms Condition Report: Available upon request

A sapphire and cz ring size O, together with a diamond and blue gem ring size Q1/2, weight combined 7gms Condition Report: Available upon request

One volume "Sport in Europe" edited by F G Aflalo, illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, E Caldwell, E F T Bennett, etc., published Sands & Co.1901, tooled and gilded cloth board bound, together with CAPTAIN LIONEL DAWSON RN "Sport in War", illustrated by Lionel Edwards, published Collins 1936, tooled and gilded cloth board bound and FRANK ALGERNON STEWART "Cross Country with Hounds", published Collins London 1936, tooled and silvered cloth board bound with dust jacket (poor condition) and JAMES GREENWOOD "Wild Sports of the World: A Boys Book of Natural History and Adventure", published S O Beeton London 1862, marbled board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine

A Steinway model 'O' grand piano in ebonised polyester case, serial number 501516 (1987) on square section tapering legs, spade feet, castors, approximately 178cm overall; together with a height adjustable stool (2) Sold together with copy of purchase invoice from Steinway Hall dated 17 Dec 1987 The lot is sold together with an A10 licence number 601937/01 Also sold with copy of Steinway Certificate

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 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 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 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 EPHEMERA: MOUNT EVEREST: a group of eight commemorative publications, 1933-1993. includes a Lecture Programme SIGNED by John Hunt, and a Times colour supplement SIGNED by Jan Morris. comprises: The Times Everest Colour Supplement, 1953. SIGNED by Jan Morris. London: The Times Publishing Company Limited, September 1953. a colour supplement issue commemorating the ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on Friday, May 29, 1953, (380 x 255mm), SIGNED by Jan Morris in black ink to the front cover, price 3s. 6d., b/w. and colour photo. illustrated throughout, advertisements relating to the Expedition, 24pp. James Humphrey Morris (1926-2020) accompanied the 1953 Everest Expedition as a correspondent for the Times, his coded communique to the London newspaper paper announcing Hillary and Norgay had reached the summit arrived just in time for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 1, 1953: LECTURE PROGRAMME: Ascent of Everest 1953. SIGNED by John Hunt. Vail & Co. Ltd., London, n.d. (c.1953). a programme for an Illustrated lecture given by John Hunt (leader of the 1953 Everest Expedition), at the Floral Hall Winter Garden Eastbourne, East Sussex, photo. illustrated, stapled covers, (277 x 250mm), SIGNED by John Hunt to the front cover in black ink, congratulatory note from the expedition patron, Prince Philip, introduction by Sir Edwin Herbert, President of the Alpine Club and J.M. Wordie, President of the Royal Geographical Society, a list of the members of the expedition with a brief biography for each, b/w. photo. illustrated, advertisements, 16pp., with a photo. illustrated flyer for the event loosely inserted, (220 x 258mm): The Geographical Journal [Off print from]. vol. 158, No. 1. Everest, 1951: cartographic and photographic evidence of a new route from Nepal, M.P. Ward and P.K. Clark. a paper accepted for publication in October 1991. Royal Geographical Society, March, 1992. a 10pp. stapled pamphlet, (240 x 175mm), SIGNED by Edmund Hillary and Michael Ward to the front cover, pp. 47-56: together with three folded Times newspaper articles, Illustrated special Everest sections titled 'Amazing Cliffs of Black Rock and Terrific Ice Slopes', 'First Pictures of the Houston Mount Everest Flight, April 24, 1933' and 'Flying to the Summit' photographs taken on the second Everest flight, May 8, 1933, 4pp: with two other commemorative publications, WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED. Conquest of Everest, July 4th, 1953. b/w. and colour illustrated: THE GUARDIAN WEEKEND. March 13, 1993. Everest 1953. the 6pp. article includes a biography of each of the climbers. (8) Condition Report: 1. The Times Everest Colour Supplement. September 1953, SIGNED by Jan Morris - covers with light marks overall, and rust marks from the staples internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. LECTURE PROGRAMME. Ascent of Everest 1953 - the programme covers marked and a little creased, rust marks from the staples, further minor marks and light creases internally. The flyer - a clean copy. 3. The Geographical Journal, March 1992 SIGNED by Edmund Hillary and Michael Ward - a clean copy. 4 - 6. Three folded Times newspaper articles, Illustrated special Everest sections, some edge nicks and toning to newspaper sheet edges. 7. WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED. Conquest of Everest, July 4th, 1953. - some toning to leaf edges and margins, and rust marks around the staples. 8. THE GUARDIAN WEEKEND. March 13, 1993. Everest 1953. - pages with some toning, 4 clean edge tears (approx. 11cm each) across the back cover page. 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 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 GREGORY, Alfred. (1913 - 2010). Three Works: SIGNED first editions, 1954-1993. comprises: The Picture of Everest. SIGNED. Joint Himalayan Committee of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club. Hodder and Stoughton. 1954. first edition, Deluxe issue, 4to., (280 x 225mm), publisher's original gilt decorated white paper over boards, gilt lettered decorated spine, navy blue textured, gilt titled dustwrapper, unclipped, a chart of the ascent to rear e/p., SIGNED by Alfred Gregory to title page, and further SIGNED by John Hunt at the end of the foreward, 43 full-page colour photographs after original photographs taken by members of the British Mount Everest Expedition 1953, 92pp: Alfred Gregory's Everest. SIGNED. Constable. London, 1993. first edition, 4to., (280 x 200mm), publisher's black cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, foreward by Jan Morris, SIGNED to the half-title by Alfred Gregory, John Hunt, George Lowe, Edmund Hillary, ('Ed Hillary'), and Times correspondent, Jan Morris, (James Morris), b/w. photo. illustrations, 183pp. published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest. both volumes within glassine wrappers: Alfred Gregory's Photographic Portrait. Blackpool. A Celebration of the '60s. SIGNED. Constable, London, 1993. first edition, square 8vo., (222 x 197mm), photo. illustrated soft wrappers, half-title, SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, foreward by Thora Hird, b/w. photo. illustrations after Alfred Gregory throughout, 175pp. Alfred Gregory was a British mountaineer, explorer and professional photographer. He was stills photographer and a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition led by John Hunt, reaching 28,000 feet (8,500 m) in support of the successful first ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. (3)   Condition Report: 1. The Picture of Everest - light marks to cream gilt paper covered boards, foxing to top edge, some scuffs and marks to navy blue dustwrapper, some sporadic foxing internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Alfred Gregory's Everest - a clean copy. 3. Alfrded Gregory's Blackpool - a clean copy.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ NOYCE, Wifrid. (1917 - 1962). Five Works: first editions, four volumes SIGNED by the author. 1950-1958. (5) comprises: Scholar Mountaineers: pioneers of Parnassus. SIGNED. London: Dennis Dobson Ltd., 1950. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's buff cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by the author to front free, wood engravings by R. Taylor, 164pp: Michael Angelo. A Poem in twelve parts, with Epilogue. SIGNED. William Heinemann Ltd., 1953. first edition, 12mo., (190 x 130mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to front free, illustrated by R. Taylor, 71pp: South Col. One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953. Presentation copy. William Heinemann Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated e/ps., dustwrapper clipped, John Johnson's black, gilt label to front pastedown, foreward by John Hunt, half-title, SIGNED to the title page by John Hunt, and further INSCRIBED and dated by Wifrid Noyce 'Good Wishes / Wifrid Noyce / 19.7.55'. b/w. and colour photographic plates, line drawings, 5 maps, 303pp: The Springs of Adventure. SIGNED. John Murray, London, 1958. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on black to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Maurice Bartlett, SIGNED by the author to front free e/p., b/w. photo. illustrations, 240pp: Climbing the Fish's Tail. Heinemann, 1958. first edition, unsigned, 8vo., (200 x 140mm) publisher's navy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 24 b/w. photographic plates, 2 maps, 150pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Wifrid Noyce was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Everest Expedition. 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. (5)   Condition Report: 1. Scholar Mountaineers. - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with light marks and small tear (with loss) to top of spine, some toning internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Michael Angelo - a few minor marks to boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper moderately marked, some wear to edges especially to the spine, some foxing to first few pages. 3. South Col. - light marks to boards, spine faded and bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with toning and creasing to inside flaps o/w. clean, first few pages including title page foxed, some toning to leaf edges. 4. The Springs of Adventure - clean bright boards, lower front corner bumped, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clean, chipped (with some loss) to head/tail of spine. 5. Climbing the Fish's Tail - unsigned, clean bright boards, lower front corner bumped, dustwrapper clean, some foxing to edges running into leaf edges, toning to most pages. 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 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 EVEREST: FILM PRESS BOOK, INSCRIBED by Captain John Noel, (c.1924) and a FILM PROGRAMME, 1922. comprises: FILM PRESS BOOK: 'The Epic of Everest'. INSCRIBED by Captain John Noel, n.d. (c. 1924). a Press Book for a screening of Captain John Noel's film 'The Epic of Everest' (1924), 4to., (255 x 185mm), the Film Record of the Great British Expedition to ascend the Highest Mountain in the World. Under the personal presentation of Captain Noel, F.R.G.S., photographer with Mt. Everest Expeditions, the laboratory work of the photography by Arthur Pereira; colour pictorial paper wrappers, INSCRIBED in blue ink to the title page by the filmmaker and mountaineer Captain John Noel, 'Captain J. Noel / Mt. Everest / Expedition / 1924', b/w. photo. illustrations, a diagrammatic view of the glaciers of the Rongbuk and Mount Everest with the sites of the camps, 14pp. John Baptist Lucius Noel (1890-1989) was a British mountaineer and filmmaker. He joined the 1924 Everest expedition as its official photographer and filmmaker. Noel formed a private company in 1924 which paid for the photographic rights of that year's Everest expedition. Captain Noel reached the North Col and used a specially adapted camera to film the ascent of the peak. The disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine added drama to the film (a note from George Mallory to Noel was the last contact with the lost explorer before his body was discovered in 1999). Noel brought a group of Tibetan monks to London which performed before the screenings of the film, but the performances of the dancing lamas offended Tibetan religious sensibilities and caused a ten year breakdown in diplomatic relations between Britain and Tibet, known as the 'Affair of the Dancing Lamas': FILM PROGRAMME: 'Climbing Mt. Everest'. Under the Auspices of the Mount Everest Committee. The Cinematograph Record of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922. Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1922). a programme for a screening of Captain John Noel's film 'Climbing Mount Everest' (1922), 4to., (253 x 185mm), pictorial paper wrappers, b/w. photo. illustrated, 2 diagrammatic views, price sixpence, 12pp. John Noel produced this 1922 film, the first film of an Everest Expedition, and the earliest documentary filmed in Tibet. The footage documented the journey to Everest and the ascent, and scenes of Tibetan monastic life. The film was shown for eight weeks at the Philharmonic Hall in London after the group's return from the Himalayas: (2)   Condition Report: 1. FILM PROGRAMME - 'Climbing Mt. Everest' - light marks to covers and toning to edges, staples a little rusty, some light marks and foxing internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. FILM PRESS BOOK: 'The Epic of Everest' - edge nicks to paper wrappers, neat tape repairs to inside front and lower wrapper joints, pp.3-14 loosened from lower staples, some light marks and toning internally, o/w. a clean copy. 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 THESIGER, Wilfred. (1910 - 2003). Eight Works, and one related: five volumes SIGNED by the author. London, 1959-2001. comprises: Arabian Sands. SIGNED. Longmans, 1959. first edition, SIGNED by the author, with a loose signed note from the author's brother, Gerald Thesiger on notepaper headed with a Chelsea address, dated 1950, dustwrapper clipped: The Marsh Arabs. SIGNED. Longmans, 1964. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper clipped: Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad. Collins, 1979. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: The Life of My Choice. Collins, 1987. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: My Kenya Days. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1994. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: The Danakil Diary. Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-34. Harper Collins, 1996. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1998. SIGNED by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: A Vanished World. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 2001. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2001 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped : ASHER, Michael. Thesiger, a Biography. Viking, 1994. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped. Provenance: from the collection of a personal friend of Wilfred Thesiger, who knew the author towards the end of his life. (9) Condition Report: 1. Arabian Sands - SIGNED, publisher's cream cloth, clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clipped, with light foxing to flaps and heavier foxing to inside of dustwrapper, light foxing to edges and first few pages, o/w. clean internally, the loose note from the author's brother with a small square mark to the Chelsea address, o/w. clean and bright. 2. The Marsh Arabs - SIGNED, publisher's green cloth, clean and bright, corners a little scuffed, spine also a little bumped head/tail, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper worn with two tears to top of upper cover, one of which has been repaired with tape, a small mark to front endpaper, o/w. clean internally. 3. Desert, Marsh and Mountain - publisher's brown cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 4. The Life of My Choice - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 5. My Kenya Days - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 6. The Danakil Diary - publisher's plum cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 7. Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 8. A Vanished World - SIGNED, publisher's grey cloth, clean and bright, bright silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 9. Thesiger A Biography - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. 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 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 FRESHFIELD, Douglas. (1845 - 1934). Four Works: first editions, one being a Presentation copy, 1865-1923. comprises: Hannibal Once More. London: Edward Arnold, 1914. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 145mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, b/w. photo. illustrations, 3 folding maps, publisher's catalogue at end, 120pp: Italian Alps. Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, The Trentino, and Venetia. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875. first edition, 8vo., (205 x 145mm), publisher's green decorative cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, dark green e/ps., circular, pictorial label John Murray, Newstead, Wimbledon Park, to front pastedown, half-title, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations including frontispiece, 5 folding maps (all folding), errata tipped-in, advertisement leaf at end, 385pp: Across Country from Thonon to Trent: Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and The Tyrol. London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1865. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), brown cloth, circular decorative blindstamp to lower board, gilt lettering to front and spine, The Alpine Club bookplate to front pastedown, half-title, errata, 135pp: Below the Snowline, Presentation copy, Constable and Company Ltd., 1923. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 155mm) publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, INSCRIBED by the author on verso of front free e/p., 'E.M.R. / from D.W.F. / Xmas 1928', foredge and lower edges untrimmed, 9 maps, 269pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Douglas William 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. Freshfield was the first president of the Geographical Association from 1897-1911, the longest serving President in the history of the Association. (4) Condition Report: 1. Hannibal Once More - boards marked and scuffed, foxing to half title, title page, leaf edges and some further throughout. 2. Italian Alps . . . - clean binding, marginally bumped head/tail, creasing to hinges pp.194-195, pp.206-207, toning and light marks internally o/w. clean text and maps. 3. Across Country from Thonon to Trent . . . - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, marks to e/ps. some toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean text. 4. Below the Snowline, Presentation copy - light wear to boards, spine bumped head/tail, spotting to leaf edges and occasionally throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BONATTI, Walter (1930 - 2011). Magie du Mont Blanc. SIGNED. Denoel Editions, 1988. single volume, folio., (345 x 250mm), publisher's grey cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrated e/ps., SIGNED by the author to title page, French text, translated from the original Italian by Felix Germain, preface by Pierre Mazeaud, colour photo. illustrations throughout, 208pp., contained within a photo. illustrated, titled slipcase. Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, explorer and journalist, he pioneered difficult and little unknown climbs in the Himalayas, Alps and Pategonia. He was one of three survivors of the disasters on the Central Pillar of Frêney in 1961. (1) Condition Report: some light marks to the slipcase, 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