MOUNTAINEERING - EVERESTBRUCE (CHARLES GRANVILLE) The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM ARTHUR WAKEFIELD, A MEMBER OF THE EXPEDITION, inscribed to 'Isabel, with very much love & all best wishes from Madge [Wakefield's wife] & Arthur, Xmas 1923' on the front free endpaper, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, 35 photographic illustrations on 34 plates, 2 folding maps, publisher's list of books (including 'The Assault') loosely inserted, publisher's red cloth gilt (some fading to spine, rubbed at extremities), with upper pictorial wrapper (with small losses) of dust-jacket loosely inserted, 4to, Edward Arnold, 1923--EVEREST LECTURE ADVERTISEMENT. Central Hall, Westminster... The First Public Lectures on Climbing Mount Everest 1922 Will Be Given on Behalf of the Mount Everest Committee, on Friday, October 20th [... by Mallory and Finch], one sheet, 3 photographic illustrations (Mount Everest, Climbers of May 21 and 27), central fold, one tear touching letters, 270 x 190mm., [1922]--ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXPEDITION, signed 'Arthur W. Wakefield 1922' on final leaf, with presentation inscription 'Isabel, with very much love from Madge & Arthur, Xmas 1924' on opening leaf, 10 mounted gelatin silver prints (c.120 x 160mm.) by John Noel ?and Wakefield, each mounted one per page recto only with ink caption by Wakefield, tied as presented with no binding, oblong 4to, [?1922-24] (3)Footnotes:The first published account about, and an album of photographs relating to, the first expedition undertaken with the sole aim of the ascent of Everest, inscribed by Arthur Wakefield, a key figure in the expedition who reached a height of 23,000ft as a mountaineer, and was an important part of the medical team.Arthur Wakefield (1846-1949) 'was a Westmorland man, who had performed wonderful climbing feats in the Lake District in his younger days, and now held a medical practice in Canada. He was bursting with enthusiasm to join the expedition, and gave up his practice for the purpose' (The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922, p.7). The 'Madge' of the inscription was Arthur's wife Marjorie. For a fuller assessment of the role played by Wakefield during the Expedition see Ronald Bayne, 'Arthur Wakefield on Everest 1922: no 'passenger'', Alpine Journal, 2004.The photographs in the album, all captioned by Wakefield, were probably all taken by the expedition's official photographer John B. Noel, but it is possible that a few are by Wakefield. They include two ('Members of the 1922 Mt. Everest Expedition' [including Wakefield of course], and 'Finch & Bruce descending to the N. Col after their second climb') which are published in the the book. The others are captioned 'The Base Camp (15,500ft)'; 'Mt. Everest from Camp 3 (21,000ft.)'; 'Looking up the N.E. Ridge from the Ra Pee La [Rapiu La]'; 'The N. Col & N. Peak from the E. Rongbuk Glacier near Camp 3'; 'The Camp on the N. Col (23,000ft) & the Peak'; 'View from the N. Col'; 'View W. from the N. Col'; 'Mt. Everest & the N. Peak from the main Rongbuk Glacier'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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