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Click here to subscribeSTEN & 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
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
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 BONATTI, Walter (1930 - 2011). Four Works: first English editions, three volumes SIGNED. 1964-2001. comprises: On the Heights, SIGNED. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrations, translated from the Italian by Lovett F. Edwards, 248pp: The Great Days. SIGNED. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1974. 8vo. (220 x 145mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, luminous yellow e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, b/w. photo. illustrations, translated by Geoffrey Sutton, 189pp: The Mountains of My Life. SIGNED. The Modern Library, New York, 2001. paperback, 8vo., (230 x 130mm), SIGNED by Walter Bonatti and Robert Marshall to title page, 442pp: Magic of Mont Blanc. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1985. folio., (350 x 255mm), publisher's grey cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, b/w. and colour photo. illustrations throughout, translated by Geoffrey Byrne-Sutton, 208pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, explorer and journalist, who pioneered difficult and little known climbs in the Himalayas, Alps and Patagonia. He was one of three survivors of the disasters on the Central Pillar of Frêney in 1961. (4) Condition Report: 1. On the Heights - some toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Great Days - boards marked, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a clean copy. 3. The Mountains of My Life - a clean copy. 4. Magic of Mont Blanc - (unsigned) dustwrapper with some crinkling, o/w. a clean copy. 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 HILLARY, Edmund. (1919 - 2008). and LOWE, George. (1924 - 2013). East of Everest. An Account of the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition to the Baran Valley in 1954. SIGNED. Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. single volume, first UK. edition, 4to., (250 x 190mm), publisher's blue gilt ruled cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, SIGNED by both authors to title page, 2 sketch-maps, 70pp. plus 48pp. photogravure illustrations. within removeable plastic wrapper. (1) Condition Report: clean boards, spine bumped at tail of spine, dustwrapper with some edge chips o/w. clean, new e/ps., some toning to leaf edges, 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 THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL. 1891-1967, Edinburgh: The Darien Press, with Index to Volume I to X. Edinburgh: The Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1911, and Index to Volumes 21-30, 1936-1975, n.d. (c.1894). with The Scottish Council for National Parks, Meeting Minutes, Jan, 1943. comprises: 29 bound volumes, and one booklet. Volume I. No. 1. Jan 1890 - Volume XXVIII. No. 158. May, 1967, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), half calf over marbled boards, red leather gilt-lettered labels to spine, gilt lettering and decorative bands to spine, marbled e/ps., marbled edges, half-titles, full-page b/w. photo. illustrations, folding panoramas and maps, in-text diagrams and sketches, Volume XIII. No. 73. Feb, 1914 - No. 78. Oct, 1915, with 3 full-page colour photo. illustrations, editors include Joseph Gibson Stott, William Douglas, F.S. Goggs, Eric P. Buchanan, G.B. Green, George Sang, Jack McRobert; with the Index to Volume 1 to X, (bound as above), compiled by William Garden and James A. Parker, 1911, 288pp; and the Index to Volumes 21-30, 1936-1975, Scottish Mountaineering Club, n.d. (c. 1984). beige illustrated card covers, lettered in black, foreward by W.D. Brooker dated February, 1984, largely the work of the late Robert M. Gall Inglis. 30pp; together with a 4pp. typed minutes of a meeting of The Scottish Council of National Parks, held in the Lower Galtshore Hall, Edinburgh, Saturday 23rd January, 1943; those present included Lord Keith (in the Chair), Major R.F. Brebner (National Trust for Scotland), Lt. Colonel J.W. Balfour (Boy Scouts Association), Mr. R.A. Storrock (Royal Scottish Academy), Dr. Catherine Snodgrass (Saltire Society), several representatives from the Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland, and other prominent Scottish organisations, the minutes recorded discussions on Hydro-Electric development in Scotland, creating areas within the parks as sanctuaries for birds, animals, and interesting plants, the commission's right of compulsory purchase of land which they consider necessary to acquire for National Park purposes (whatever authority Parliament may determine). Condition Report: Volume. XIV, and Volumes. XXI - XXVIII, uniformly rebound with new e/ps., a few volumes with scuffs to corners, and spines bumped head/tail, o/w. mostly clean copies. meeting minutes, folded, and stapled, with some foxing mostly to leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ ROCHE, Andre. (1906 - 2002). Everest 1952. SIGNED by Tenzing Norgay and two other members of the 1952 Swiss Expedition Team. Editions Jeheber, 1952. single volume, 4to., (270 x 210mm), cream paper wrappers, navy blue text to front and spine, colour photo. illustrated dustwrapper, and further within removeable clear wrapper, SIGNED in green ink to half-title by three members of the 1952 Swiss Everest Expedition team, including Tenzing Norgay, Lambert Raymond and Flory Leon, a further inscription in blue ink, dated 1971 to title page, French text, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated, 110pp. within clear wrapper. An account of the 1952 Swiss expedition led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant. Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who set a new climbing altitude record on the south-east ridge of approx. 8595m (28,199 ft.), this experience proving invaluable for Tenzing Norgay, later joining the British 1953 Everest expedition, during which he reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary. (1) Condition Report: clean cream covers, dustwrapper clean, with minor wear and chips to edges and spine, joint splitting slightly to half-title page, o/w. a clean copy. 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 EVANS, Charles. (1918 - 1995). Three Works: two first editions SIGNED by the author, and a related SIGNED volume. 1956. comprises: On Climbing. SIGNED. Museum Press Limited, London, 1956. first edition, 8vo., (237 x 165mm), publisher's blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 32 plates, numerous in-text drawings, 6 maps, 191pp: Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak. SIGNED. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 155mm), publisher's black, gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by the author, half-title, SIGNED by Charles Evans (leader of the expedition) to title page, and further SIGNED to the dedication page by six members of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga Expedition, including Norman Hardie, George Band, John Jackson, Joe Brown Tony Streathers and John Clegg, 5 colour and 32 monochrome plates, 5 diagrams, 2 maps, 187pp: together with The Geographical Journal, Kangchenjunga Climbed, A Lecture delivered by Charles Evans and George Band. SIGNED. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), March, 1956. Vol. CXXII, Part 1, black card wrappers, white titled label to front, SIGNED to the first page by George Band and further SIGNED to the last page by five members of the 1955 British Expedition including Norman Hardie, Tony Streather, John Jackson, Joe Brown, and John Clegg, b/w.photo. illustrated, 18pp: Sir Robert Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon. The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the 8,586m Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for the first time. George Band and Joe Brown reached the summit on 25 May 1955, and were followed the next day by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather. The expedition was led by Charles Evans who had been deputy leader on the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. (3) Condition Report: 1, On Climbing - light marks to boards, top edge and spine faded, spine bumped head/tail, some marks mainly to verso of dustwrapper and a few edge nicks, toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak - minor marks to bright clean boards, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper torn at top r.h. corner and top of spine (with loss) with toning to inside flaps, foxing to e/ps., toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy. 3. The Geographical Journal, Kangchenjunga Climbed, A Lecture delivered by Charles Evans and George Band - some toning to pages, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
Ɵ FILIPPI, Filippo de. (1869 - 1938). Karakoram and Western Himalaya,1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. Duke of the Abruzzi. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1912. 2 volumes, Text and Atlas, 4to., (270 x 220mm), publisher's uniform quarter vellum, gilt lettering to spines, gilt top, others untrimmed, translated into English by Caroline de Filippi and H.T. Porter, Text: half-title, photogravure frontispiece, 25 photogravure plates, all with printed tissue guards, 5 double-page photographic panoramas, numerous in-text photographic illustrations after photographs by Vittorio Sella (a member of the expedition), 2 coloured photographic plates of geographical specimens, 469pp. Atlas: 18 folding photographic panoramas on 17 sheets after Sella, 3 folding coloured maps, and a booklet with list of plates and index loose, as issued in the portfolio atlas. Filippo de Fillipi was an Italian surgeon, scientist, and mountaineer. He accompanied and recorded the Duke of Abruzzi's 1909 expedition to the western Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, during which a 24,600 foot peak was scaled in the vicinity of K2. In 1913-1914 de Filippi organized and led a large and highly successful scientific expedition to Central Asia: Baltistan, Ladakh and Xinjiang. (2) Condition Report: some wear to cloth and spines darkened to both volumes. Text: lower untrimmed edges stained, Henry Southeran Ltd. London, bookseller's printed label to front pastedown, toning to tissue guards, e/ps., half-title, and title page, o/w. clean text and plates. Atlas: foxing to inside flap of the portfolio, and to the maps and index label, maps clean and bright, the plates with some toning to margins. 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 EVANS, Charles. (1918 - 1995). Eye on Everest. A Sketch Book from the Great Everest Expedition. SIGNED. London: Dennis Dobson, 1955. single volume, first edition, 4to., (257 x 195mm), blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED to front free e/p. by five members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, including John Hunt (leader of the expedition), George Lowe, Edmund Hillary, Michael Ward, and George Band, half-title, numerous illustrations after the author, many from the author's original diary of the expedition, 122pp: Sir Robert Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon. He was leader of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition and deputy leader of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, (1) Condition Report: light marks to boards (especially to board edges), corners scuffed, spine bumped and marked head/tail, dustwrapper marked with 4 clean edge tears, approx. 40mm each, and chipped head/tail of spine, foxing to inside of the wrapper cover, edges marked, some toning and a small crease throughout to top l.h. corner of pages, o/w. 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
Ɵ TILMAN, Harold William. (1898 - 1977). Mount Everest 1938. Noel Odell Presentation copy. Cambridge: University Press, 1948. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), brown crested cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by John Hockham, half-title, INSCRIBED to front free by the English geologist and mountaineer Noel Odell, 'Ethel / With much love / from Noel', 35 photo. illustrations including frontispiece, 4 maps, 160pp. An account of the fifth Everest Expedition, led by Bill Tilman, with Eric Shipman, and Frank Smythe among others in the party. Noel Odell (1890-1987) was an oxygen officer on the 1924 Everest Expedition, later climbing Nanda Devi with Bill Tilman in 1936, at the time the highest mountain climbed. within removeable clear wrapper. (1) Condition Report: small mark to lower cover, o/w. clean boards, dustwrapper with slight wear top of spine and toning to inside flap, minor foxing to e/ps. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Scarce Great War and second World War Medal Group of Five to a Member of the Civil Hospital Reserve, consisting 1914 Star (with copy bar) “MISS E. BRAY CIV:HOSP:RES”, British War medal and Victory medal “SISTER E. BRAY”, 1939-45 Star and War medal engraved “SISTER E BRAY M.N.”. Group mounted as worn with matching group of miniature medals and pin back enamelled badge ‘HMHS NEVASA 1916’. Copy 1914 bar loose. Ethel Bray was born on 19th May 1878 in St. Leonards on Sea in Sussex and worked as a nurse at the North West London Hospital between 1904 and 1912. She arrived in France on 8th August 1914 as a member of the Civil Hospital Reserve working at No.2 General Hospital and eventually became a Sister in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. During the Great War she served on the HMHS Asturias from Dec 1914. She later served in the Dardanelles on HMHS Nevasa. Her service record indicates ‘Recommended for exceptionally good service and devotion to duty while serving in HMHS Nevasa MEF at Gallipoli from Aug to Dec 1915’ signed by RN Hunt, Major RAMC, O/C HM Hospital Ship Nevasa, Oct 12th 1916. Post war she spent time the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe, Folkestone and during the 1930’s spent several years working as a Nursing Sister on the P&O liner Narkunda. The award of the two WW2 campaign medals to Ethel Bray is confirmed on the Merchant Navy medal cards.
An Interesting Medal Group of Five Awarded to a Resident of Jersey Who Served as a VAD Nurse During the Great War and Served in India During the Second World War, group consists Kaisar-I-Hind medal GVI in bronze in case of issue, Serving Sister of St John 2nd Type on ribbon bow, reverse engraved OLGA A SACHS, JAN 2ND 1940, QUETTA, British Red Cross Society Medal For War Service, unnamed as issued, Defence medal and War medal 1939-45. Lot includes a St. Johns pinback cap badge, and identity bracelet O A SACHS 225155 C OF E and an enamel British Red Cross Society, Jersey, Channel Islands badge engraved to the reverse OLGA LE CHASSEUR. Also includes several photographs. Olga Alice LeChasseur was born in 1892 in St. Helier on the island of Jersey. During the Great war she served in the VAD commencing her service on 13/1/1916 and was still serving in June 1919 at Chiseldon Camp Military Hospital, Swindon. Her record card indicates she was mentioned in despatches 17/4/1919 but this has not been located in the London Gazette. Post war she continued her Nursing training at Kings College Hospital London becoming a Registered Nurse in June 1923 and being gazetted as a Staff Nurse in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 7th November 1924. On the 8th December she married the Physician Albert Sachs (CB (1955), CBE (1952) BA Dubl (1926) MB ChB BAO (1926) MSc (1935) MRCP (1953) FRCP (1964) FRCPath (1964)) in Jubbulpore, India. Gazetted as a Serving Sister of the Order of St John on 2nd January 1940 and in the LG of 4th June 1943 she is listed as a Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. In 1948 she was awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind for services to the W.V.S. in India. Olga Sachs died on 23rd December 1979 in Crawley, West Sussex.
Brass Regimental Duty / Bed Plates of South Wales Borderers and Royal Welch Fusiliers Interest, being an example with regimental badge and impressed “24TH REGT 10429 W. MOODY” and example with Welsh Dragon above RWF impressed “4188908 SGT GRIFFITHS O ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS” this example engraved with the various places he visited. (2 items)Ex Jerry Withers collection
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