BOOKS OF HIMALAYA 5599 Tony Astill MOUNT EVEREST : The Reconnaissance 1935. 'The Forgotten Adventure' leader Eric Shipton Published by the Author. December 2005 1st. 128 photographic illustrations. 10 new maps. [3 fold.] foreword by John Hunt, introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. pp 380. hardback [235 x 185] Michael Spender photogrametric survey of the North Face of Everest on the unique 'double' dw. New. £30 Euros 50 131 G. Band ROAD TO RAKAPOSHI. T.B.C. c1955 47 illus. 4 maps. pp192. SIGNED by George BAND and Mike BANKS. dw. Very Good. £75 Euros 120.00 204 M. Banks HIGH ARCTIC. J.M. Dent. 1957 1st. 16pp. of photographs. cold. frontis. maps. pp276. SIGNED by Mike BANKS. dw. Near Fine. £45 Euros 72.00 4183 M. Banks RAKAPOSHI. A.S. Barnes. 1960 1st. U.S. frontis. 35 illus. 3 maps. pp238. SIGNED by Mike BANKS and George Band. dw. Fine -. £58 Euros 92.80 7261 R. Barker THE LAST BLUE MOUNTAIN. With a foreword by Sir John Hunt. Chatto & Windus. 1959 1st. 22 illus. 3 maps & diagrams. pp212. SIGNED by Ralph BARKER, Tony STREATHER and John HUNT. chipped dw. Near Fine -. £180 Euros 288.00 7231 M. Barnes THE MOUNTAIN WORLD. George Allen & Unwin. 1953 - 69 10 volumes complete with all maps and illus. from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. last 4 in dw. Very Good. 212 P. Bauer KANCHENJUNGA CHALLENGE. William Kimber. 1955 Proof copy. not illus. 2 maps. pp202. proof copy. dw. Very Good. £40 Euros 64.00 207 F. Bechtold DEUTSCHE AM NANGA PARBAT. Der Angriff 1934. F. Bruckmann. 1935 1st. 80 plates. 3 maps. pp70. dw. Very Good -. £15 Euros 24.00 3682 F. Bechtold NANGA PARBAT ADVENTURE. A Himalayan Expedition. John Murray. 1935 1st. 80 plates. 3 maps. pp93. Very Good. £25 Euros 40.00 4317 Dr. K.C. Bhanja DARJEELING AT A GLANCE. Oxford Book & Stationery Co. 1942 2nd. 12 illus. pp153. orig. printed paper wrappers. Very Good. £28 Euros 44.80 225 P. Boardman THE SHINING MOUNTAIN. Two men on Changabang's West Wall. Leisure Circle. 1978 12 cold. & 15 b/w illus. 2 diagrams. pp192. SIGNED by Chris BONINGTON. dw. Near Fine. £45 Euros 72.00 5877 C. Bonington ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE EXPEDITION 1970 - Commemorative Cover Postcard from Base Camp. signed Chris Bonington, Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Mick Burke, Martin Boysen, Kelvin Kent, Nick Estcourt, Tom Frost, Mike Thompson and Ian Clough (who was tragically killed by an avalanche). 1970 1st. photo. illus. of Annapurna South Face. Red 'annapurna south face expedition BASE CAMP' cache Nepal 75rs stamp and Kathmandu postmark. Sent to Captain G.F.V. Cowell, RAOC, R.M.A. Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey, England. Near Fine. 3 C. Bonington ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE. Cassell. 1971 1st. 60 cold. illus. panorama. 2 maps. pp334. SIGNED by Chris BONINGTON. dw. Very Good. £55 Euros 88.00 5666 C. et al. Bonington CHANGABANG. Heinemann. 1975 1st. cold. and b/w illus. pp118. SIGNED by Chris Bonington. stain on front of dw. Very Good. £55 Euros 88.00 C. Bonington EVEREST THE HARD WAY. Foreword by Lord Hunt. Hodder & Stoughton. 1976 1st. 85 cold. illus. 13 maps and diagrams. pp239. SIGNED by Chris BONINGTON, Michael WARD, Charles WYLIE, George BAND. dw. Fine. 797 C. Bonington I CHOSE TO CLIMB. Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1969 3rd. frontis. 43 illus. pp207. SIGNED by Chris BONINGTON. tatty dw. Very Good. £55 Euros 88.00 225 C. Bonington KONGUR. China's Elusive Summit. Hodder & Stoughton. 1982 1st. very many cold. & b/w plates. etc. pp224. SIGNED by Chis BONINGTON and Michael WARD. dw. Fine. £95 Euros 152.00 3528 C. Bonington MOUNTAINEER. Thirty Years of Climbing on the World's Great Peaks. Diadem. 1990 rpt. many cold. illus. pp192. dw. Very Good. £18 Euros 28.80 6798 C. Bonington THE EVEREST YEARS. A Climber's Life. Hodder & Stoughton. 1986 1st. many cold. and b/w plates. maps and profiles. pp256. SIGNED by the Author. dw. Fine. £40 Euros 64.00 4937 C. Bonington THE NEXT HORIZON. Autobiography II. Victor Gollancz. 1973 1st. cold. & many b/w plates. maps & diagrams. pp304. dw. Fine. £30 Euros 48.00 6799 C. Bonington C. & Clark EVEREST. The Unclimbed Ridge. Hodder & Stoughton. 1983 1st. many cold. and b/w plates. pp132. ex-lib. r.s.m. dw. Very Good -. £10 Euros 16.00 808 J. Bourdillon VISIT TO THE SHERPAS. Collins. 1956 1st. frontis. 11 illus. pp256. sp. faded. inscribed by the AUTHOR to Colonel Viney. dw. Near Fine -. £45 Euros 72.00 1483 W.E. Bowman THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE. Max Parrish. 1956 1st. 16 illus. in photogravure. pp141. dw. Near Fine. £80 Euros 128.00 6796 C. Bremer-Kamp LIVING ON THE EDGE. David & Charles. 1987 1st. cold. illus. maps. diagrams. pp213. signed presentation copy from the author to Valerie Singleton - of Blue Peter! dw. Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 6786 L. Brontman ON TOP OF THE WORLD. The Soviet Expedition to the North Pole 1937. Victor Gollancz. 1938 1st. frontis. 60 illus. fold. map. pp420. orig. cloth gilt. Very Good. £16 Euros 25.60 3566 Capt. C.J. Brook Northey, Maj. W. and Morris THE GURKHAS. Their Manners, Customs and Country. John Lane. 1928 1st. with many illus. from photographs and a map [fold.] pp282. orig. cloth gilt. uncut. Fine. £95 Euros 152.00 2339 P. Brown PICTURESQUE NEPAL. Adam and Charles Black. 1912 1st. 2 cold. plates. 40 full page photo illus. map. pp205. orig. dec. cloth. f.e.p. missing. Very Good -. £45 Euros 72.00 6782 J. Brown THE HARD YEARS. An Autobiography. Gollancz. 1969 3rd. frontis. 42 illus. pp256. SIGNED by Tony Streather. dw. Very Good. £65 Euros 104.00 4322 P. Brown TOURS IN SIKHIM AND THE DARJEELING DISTRICT. W. Newman & Co. Ltd. 1944 4th. rev. and ed. with additions by Joan Townend. frontis. contours & map. pp188. orig. printed paper wrappers. Very Good. £35 Euros 56.00 5295 B. Browne THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT McKINLEY. The Story of Three Expeditions through the Alaskan Wilderness...... G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913 1st. 100 illus. from drawings and photgraphs. cold. frontis. maps. mostly with r.s.m. pp381. ex-public library. orig. gilt dec. cloth. t.e.g. Very Good -. £175 Euros 280.00 7394 C.G. Bruce Brig.-Gen. Hon. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922. Edward Arnold & Co. 1923 1st. frontis. 35 plates and 2 maps [fold.] pp339. orig. red cloth gilt. sp. faded. uncut. signed by George Lowe and Mike Westmacott.in cold. laser copy dw. Near Fine -. 7090 C.G. Bruce Maj. the Hon. TWENTY YEARS IN THE HIMALAYA. Edward Arnold. 1910 1st. with 60 illus. (1 fold. panorama) and fold. map. pp331. orig. cloth gilt dec. worn and rubbed. r.s.m. of BAMSAC. A rare book. Good. 6875 P. Brunton A HERMIT IN THE HIMALAYAS. Leonard & Co. 1st. tailpiece engravings. pp322. orig. cloth a bit nicked and faded. rare. Very Good -. £65 Euros 104.00 6500 H. Buhl LONELY CHALLENGE. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1956 1st. U.S. illus. with photographs and maps. pp318. black cloth silver title. dw. Fine -. £95 Euros 152.00 6542 H. Buhl NANGA PARBAT PILGRIMAGE. A Mountainer's Autobigraphy. Hodder & Stoughton. 1956 1st. illus. frontis. port. 3 maps. pp360. green cloth. dw. Fine -. £125 Euros 200.00 216 R.L. Burdsall MEN AGAINST THE CLOUDS. The Conquest of Minya Konka. John Lane. 1935 1st. frontis. 46 illus. 8 maps and charts. pp272. Near Fine -. £80 Euros 128.00 4608 J. Burlington Smith a group of 11 original photograpic copyright prints [24 x 29 cms.] of Kangchenjunga (8) and Everest (3), by the famed photographer of Darjeeling from his negatives and apparently inscribed with titles, in his hand, on verso. Darjeeling studio. c1910 rare and Good 5817 D. Busk THE FOUNTAIN OF THE SUN. Unfinished Journeys in Ethiopia and the Ruwenzori. Max Parrish. 1957 1st. cold. frontis. 24 cold. illus., 20 b.w., 4 maps. pp240. dw. Near Fine. £28 Euros 44.80 5137 I. Cameron MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS. Century Publishing. 1984 1st. with many b.w. and cold. illus. maps, diagrams. pp248. dw. Fine. £24 Euros 38.40 6517 E. Candler ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. Cassell and Co. 1919 1st. frontis. 35 illus. map. pp278. orig. pict. cloth. Very Good -. £55 Euros 88.00 4072 V. Case R.O. & LAST MOUNTAINS. The Story of the Cascades. Binford & Mort, Portland Or. 1945 1st. 16 pages of photographs. pp236. dw. Near Fine. £15 Euros 24.00 4073 C.W. Casewit THE MOUNTAIN WORLD. Random House. U.S. 1976 1st. very many cold. and b/w illus. pp251. dw. Very Good. £10 Euros 16.00 4785 F.S. Chapman MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAINEER. Helvellyn to Himalaya & Lhasa: The Holy City. Chatto & Windus. 1951 rpt. illus. fold. map. pp446. dw. Very Good. £8 Euros 12.80 4734 F.S. Chapman NORTHERN LIGHTS. British Arctic Air-Route Expedition. Chatto & Windus. 1932 1st. with maps and 64 pages of plates. pp304. orig. cloth gilt. sp. faded and label nicked.. Very Good -. £45 Euros 72.00 3328 R.W. Clark A PICTURE HISTORY OF MOUNTAINEERING. Hulton Press. 1956 1st. over 350 photo illus. dw. Near Fine. £45 Euros 72.00 1511 R.W. Clark GREAT MOMENTS IN MOUNTAINEERING. Phoenix House. 1956 1st. 18 text illus. by Thomas K. Beck. pp128. includes 'The First Men Up Mont Blanc'. dw. Very Good -. £20 Euros 32.00 2231 S. Clark THE PUMA'S CLAW. The Cambridge Andean Expedition. Adventurers Club. 1959 cold. frontis. illus. 4 maps. pp223. SIGNED by Simon Clark, Kim Meldrum & John HUNT. dw. Fine. £85 Euros 136.00 231 R.W. Clark THE TRUE BOOK ABOUT MOUNTAINEERING. Frederick Muller. 1957 1st. frontis. and 12 illus. by F. Stocks May. pp143. ex-lib. label. dw. Very Good -. £14 Euros 22.40 1033 J. Cleare THE WORLD GUIDE TO MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINEERING. Collins. 1979 1st. many maps and colour & b/w photos. pp208. SIGNED by John CLEARE. dw. Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 2577 N. Clinch A WALK IN THE SKY. Climbing Hidden Peak Mountaineers. 1982 1st. cold. and b/w illus. pp214. SIGNED by Nick Clinch. dw. Fine. 5979 Sir Martin. Conway THE BOLIVIAN ANDES. A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera Real in the Years 1898 and 1900. Harper & Brothers Publishers, London and New York. 1901 1st. frontis. and many illus. pp252. orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g., but small nos. in gilt at bottom of sp. and ex-lib. labels. Very Good -. £165 Euros 264.00 6724 A. Desio LA CONQUISTA DEL K2. Seconda Cima Del Mondo. Garzanti. 1956 2nd. Italian. folding frontis. 97 photographs in colour and b/w and 14 maps and sketches. (1 fold.) in the text with the appendix. pp358. SIGNED by Achille Compagnoni, Pino Gallotti and Ugo Angelino. dw Very Good. £185 Euros 296.00 7120 R. Desmaison 342 HEURES DANS LES GRANDES JORASSES. Flammarion. 1973 1st. b/w illus. pp202. SIGNED by Rene DESMAISON. pict. cold. wrappers. Fine. £65 Euros 104.00 6671 R. Desmaison LES ANDES VERTIGINEUSES. 1980 1st. cold. illus. and advertisements. pp16. SIGNED by Rene Desmaison. cold. illus. magazine wrappers. Fine. £75 Euros 120.00 5957 L. Devies HIMALAYA 1950. Legrand et Fils. c1950? 1st. illus. magazine style. some st. pp20. pict. covers. SIGNED by Marcel ICHAC. Very Good. 3586 L. Devies HIMALAYA 1950. Legrand et Fils. c1950? 1st. illus. magazine style. pp20. pict. covers. Near Fine. £25 Euros 40.00 5958 L. Devies LE PILIER OUEST DU MAKALU. C.A.F. ? 1971 1st. illus. magazine style with a printed notice for the film to be shown in Paris. pp12. Rare in original printed card covers. SIGNED by Yannick SEIGNEUR. Very Good. £75 Euros 120.00 203 K. Diemburger SUMMITS & SECRETS. Allen & Unwin. 1971 1st. 78 illus. 8 maps & sketches. pp344. with bookplate of Anders Bolinder. dw. Fine -. £125 Euros 200.00 4194 G. Dingle WALL OF SHADOWS The New Zealand Jannu Adventure. H & S. 1976 1st. photographs. e.p. maps pp177. dw. Near Fine. £30 Euros 48.00 203 J.S. Douglas SUMMITS OF ADVENTURE. The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers. Fred. Muller Ltd. 1955 1st. 16 photographic illus. pp227. dw. Very Good. £14 Euros 22.40 5983 Freda. Du Faur THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT COOK AND OTHER CLIMBS. An Account of Four Seasons' Mountaineering on the Southern Alps of New Zealand. George Allen & Unwin. 1915 1st. frontis. and 48 illus. pp250. orig. cloth, gilt spine labels. t.e.g. uncut, but small nos. at base of sp. Very Good -. £185 Euros 296.00 5590 E.A.T. Dutton KENYA MOUNTAIN. Jonathan Cape. 1930 new edn. with 56 full-page illustrations reproduced in collotype. 3 sketch maps and 1 cold. fold. pp218. re-cased in orig. buckram cloth, gilt which is rather grubby. Very Good -. £145 Euros 232.00 6880 G.O. Dyhrenfurth TO THE THIRD POLE The History of the High Himalaya Werner Laurie. 1955 1st. 47 plates, map diagrams. pp233. dw. Near Fine -. £65 Euros 104.00 4997 H. de. Escarra J. & Segnone HIMALAYAN ASSAULT. The French Himalayan Expedition 1936. Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1938 1st. 48 gravure plates and 3 maps. pp203. orig. brown cloth gilt. a rare title. Fine -. £120 Euros 192.00 682 C. Evans KANGCHENJUNGA THE UNTRODDEN PEAK. Hodder & Stoughton. 1956 1st. 5 cold. 32 mono plates. 2 maps. 5 diagrams. pp187. SIGNED by the first four summiteers, George BAND, Joe BROWN, Norman HARDIE (tipped in)*, Tony STREATHER and by John (Lord) HUNT and John JACKSON. dw. Near Fine -. 7135 C. Evans KANGCHENJUNGA THE UNTRODDEN PEAK. Hodder & Stoughton. 1956 1st. 5 cold. 32 mono plates. 2 maps. 5 diagrams. pp187. SIGNED by the first summiteers, George BAND, Norman HARDIE (tipped in)* and Tony STREATHER. Fine -. £120 Euros 192.00 427 C. Evans ON CLIMBING. Countryman Press. 1956 1st. U.S. 32 plates. 6 maps. pp191. dw. Near Fine -. £25 Euros 40.00 2783 G. Evans C. & Band KANGCHENJUNGA CLIMBED. The Geographical Journal. R.G.S. 1956 March. 8 illus. 2 maps. pp1 -12. SIGNED by the first four summiteers, George Band, Joe Brown, Tony Streather, Norman Hardie and by John Hunt and John Jackson. Very Good. 1139 R. Farrer THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. Edward Arnold. 1922 2nd. frontis. 15 illus. fold. map. pp383. orig. cloth gilt. uncut. Very Good. £95 Euros 152.00 7122 G. Ferlet R. & Poulet ACONCAGUA FACE SUD. 1955 1st. illus. programme in French. pp8. orig. printed wrappers. signed by Adrien Dagory, one of the team members. Fine -. £65 Euros 104.00 5997 F. de. Filippi RUWENZORI. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy Constable & Co. 1908 1st. many plates, photos by Vittorio Sella. 3 cold. fold. maps. pp408. ex-lib. blue buckram with sp. nos. Very Good -. 5998 F. de. Filippi THE ASCENT OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS [ALASKA] By H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. Archibald Constable. 1900 1st. frontis., photogravures, illus., panoramic views by Vittorio Sella and maps. pp241. fine half green calf gilt, 5 raised bands, t.e.g. uncut. ex-lib. r.s.m. on verso of title page and blind impresssions in corners of gravure plates. o/w Near Fine -. 6762 H. Fisher FROM A TRAMP'S WALLET. A Life of Douglas William Freshfield. The Erskine Press. 2001 1st. photo. illus. sketch maps. engravings. pp307. dw. New. £25 Euros 40.00 5994 E.A. Fitz Gerald THE HIGHEST ANDES A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua... Methuen & Co. 1899 1st. 51 illus. panorama. 2 maps pp390. orig. cloth gilt, small nos. at bottom of sp. Near Fine -. £165 Euros 264.00 218 W. Fortescue MOUNTAIN MADNESS. Blackwood. 1943 1st. frontis. 15 illus. pp176. dw. Near Fine. £14 Euros 22.40 5422 J. Franco LA CONQUETE DU MONT JANNU. Legrand et Fils. 1962 1st. many illus. pp32 + XVIII orig. pict. wrappers. SIGNED by Rene DESMAISON. Near Fine. £95 Euros 152.00 7118 J Franco MAKALU. Arthaud. 1955 1st. 30 cold. and b/w illus. 5 maps. pp215. orig. wrappers. uncut. SIGNED pres. copy 'A Mme Humbert membre du C.A.F. en Hommage. signed by Guido Magnone dw. Fine -. £125 Euros 200.00 6768 J. & L. Franco & Terray AT GRIPS WITH JANNU. Gollancz. 1967 1st. many illus. 4 maps. panoramic sketch. pp192. dw. Near Fine. £75 Euros 120.00 7117 L. Franco J. & Terray BATAILLE POUR LE JANNU. Gallimard. 1965 1st. French illus. in b/w with maps and diagrams. pp293. cold. printed covers. SIGNED pres. copy from both the authors Jean Franco and Lionel Terray. Near Fine. £150 Euros 240.00 4390 D.W. Freshfield ROUND KANGCHENJUNGA. A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration. Edward Arnold. 1903 1st. frontispiece and panorama by Vittorio Sella. 40 plates. 3 maps, cold. fold. pp373. re-cased in orig. red dec. cloth gilt. rare. Near Fine. 3716 D.W. Freshfield THE EXPLORATION OF THE CAUCASUS. Edward Arnold. 1896 1st. 2 vols. 76 full page illus. by Vittorio Sella. fold. maps. panoramas. text illus. pp278 & 290. orig. dec. cloth gilt. t.e.g. uncut. both vols. recased with new spine cloth and original title blocks laid down. Near Fine -. 5977 D.W. Freshfield TRAVELS IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS AND BASHAN. including visits to Ararat and Tabreez and Ascents of Kazbek and Elbruz. Longmans, Green and Co. 1869 1st. chromolitho. frontis.3 maps. 3 full page illus. 2 panoramas. woodcuts. pp509. fine new half calf, raised bands, cloth boards. Near Fine. 3458 V. & E. Fuchs & Hillary THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-8 Cassell & Co. 1958 1st. many cold. and b/w plates. 9 maps. pp338. SIGNED by Ed Hillary & George Lowe. dw. Very Good. £85 Euros 136.00 1088 P. Gervis THIS IS KASHMIR. Cassell. 1954 1st. 2 cold. plates and 24pp. of photos. pp330. dw. Near Fine. £24 Euros 38.40 7123 P. Ghiglione HIMALAYA KARAKORAM. Le Grandi Montagne. Instituto Geografica De Agostini. 1946 1st. 40 plates after Sella, Ghiglione and Ponti photographs. printed photo illus. with K2 on the front wrapper. Very Good. £90 Euros 144.00 4329 M. Gill MOUNTAIN MIDSUMMER. Climbing In Four Continents. Hodder & Stoughton. 1969 1st. illus. 10 maps. pp220. ex-lib. r.s.m. dw. Good. £10 Euros 16.00 6838 S.M. Goswami EVEREST IS IT CONQUERED? By the Author. Calcutta. 1954 1st. frontis. and 1 plate. pp xvii+122. orig. printed paper wrappers, a bit browned. Extremely Rare. Very Good -. 7296 W.W. Graham TRAVEL AND ASCENTS IN THE HIMALAYA. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. 1884 1st pp429 - 448 extract from No. VIII Aug. 1884. loose in card covers. Very Good. £65 Euros 104.00 544 A. Greig KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge. Hutchinson. 1986 1st. cold. illus. pp249. dw. Fine. £14 Euros 22.40 86 A. Guibaut TIBETAN VENTURE. In the Country of the Ngolo-Setas. John Murray. 1947 1st. 23 illus. 2 maps. pp206. uncut. dw. Near Fine. £20 Euros 32.00 1199 P. Habeler EVEREST IMPOSSIBLE VICTORY. conquering Everest without oxygen. Arlington. 1979 1st. many illus. 23 in colour. pp223. SIGNED by Chris BONINGTON. dw. Fine. £60 Euros 96.00 4267 T. Hagen NEPAL. The Kingdom in the Himalayas. Kummerly & Frey. Berne. 1961 1st. many cold. & b/w illus. pp116 + 64. dw. Near Fine. £45 Euros 72.00 7105 N. Hardie IN HIGHEST NEPAL. Our Life Among the Sherpas. George Allen & Unwin. 1957 1st. cold. frontis. 16 plates. pp191. sp. faded. signature of Norman Hardie tipped in. Very Good -. £45 Euros 72.00 605 H. Harrer I COME FROM THE STONE AGE. Hart-Davis. 1964 1st. 38 cold. and b/w illus. 5 text maps. pp256. dw. Near Fine. £30 Euros 48.00 6903 H. Harrer SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. Hart-Davis. 1953 1st. cold. frontis. 25 plates. map. pp288. Very Good -. £8 Euros 12.80 1427 D. Haston IN HIGH PLACES. Cassell. 1972 1st. 17 illus. pp168. SIGNED by Joe BROWN. dw. Very Good. £125 Euros 200.00 5080 D.R. Heath, D. and Williams MAN AT HIGH ALTITUDE. Churchill Livingstone. 1977 1st. text figs. pp292. dw. Near Fine. £18 Euros 28.80 3606 A. Heim, A. and Gansser THE THRONE OF THE GODS. An Account of the First Swiss Expedition to the Himalayas. Macmillan and Co. 1939 1st. 220 plates in photogravure. 18 text sketches. 11 musical items. 2 panoramas. 1 map. pp233. with some ex-library r.s.m. on title page. Very Good -. £80 Euros 128.00 1062 K. Herrligkoffer NANGA PARBAT. Official Report of the Expedition of 1953. Elek Books. 1954 1st. 8 cold. plates & frontis. illus. maps. pp254. Foreword and SIGNED by John HUNT. dw. Fine. £80 Euros 128.00 2694 M. Herzog ANNAPURNA PREMIER 8000. Arthaud. 1953 rpt. 33 illus. cold. fold. map. pp293. SIGNED by Maurice Herzog. Very Good. £45 Euros 72.00 203 M. Herzog ANNAPURNA. Conquest of the First 8000-metre Peak. Jonathan Cape. 1952 1st. cold. frontis. 27 illus. 9 maps. panorama. pp288. SIGNED by Maurice Herzog & Chris Bonington. cloth spotted. dw. Near Fine. £80 Euros 128.00 7133 M. Herzog M. & Ichac REGARDS VERS L'ANNAPURNA. B. Arthaud. 1951 1st. 84 cold. & b/w illus. fold. map. pp96. original cold. pict. printed wrappers. SIGNED by Maurice HERZOG, Lionel TERRAY and Marcel ICHAC. dw. Near Fine. £175 Euros 280.00 6412 Sir Edmund Hillary HIMALAYAN 50th. ANNIVERSARY CALENDER The Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust UK. 2002 1st. with 13 colour photographs by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, Charles Wylie, George Band, Michael Westmacott, John Jackson, Rebecca Stephens, Tashi Tenzing, Sir Chrisian Bonington, Colin Monteath and Peter Hillary. ring bound, this calender can be used to record special birthdays and anniversaries from year to year. All proceeds from the sale of this calender go directly to this fine charity. ORDER QUICKLY BEFORE IT IS OUT OF PRINT! New. £10 Euros 16.00 5926 E. Hillary NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. Hodder & Stoughton. 1975 1st. cold. and b.w. illus., maps & diagrams. pp318. dw. Near Fine. £14 Euros 22.40 6784 Sir E. Hillary SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE CLOUDS. Hodder & Stoughton. 1964 1st. cold. illus. e.p. maps. pp180. dw. Near Fine. £18 Euros 28.80 1063 E. Hillary THE BOY'S BOOK OF EXPLORATION. Cassell & Co. 1962 3rd. frontis. port. 12 pages of illus. pp196. SIGNED by John Hunt and George Lowe. dw. Near Fine. £65 Euros 104.00 5932 E. & D. Hillary & Doig HIGH IN THE THIN COLD AIR. Hodder & Stoughton. 1963 1st. frontis. many illus. e.p. maps. pp287. SIGNED by George LOWE, Michael WARD and tipped in signature of Norman HARDIE. Heaton Cooper designed the dw. Near Fine. £125 Euros 200.00 5786 G.S Holland THE MOUNT EVEREST REGION. Royal Geographical Society. 1971 1st. 1:100,000 scale map. 75 x 80 cms. flat. New. £15 Euros 24.00 4431 P. Holmes MOUNTAINS AND A MONASTERY. Geoffrey Bles. 1958 1st. illus. 2 maps. pp183. dw. Very Good. £24 Euros 38.40 5990 J. Hooker J.D. and Ball JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN MAROCCO AND THE GREAT ATLAS. Macmillan and Co. 1878 1st. full page and text wood engravings. fold. map. pp489. newly rebound in tan half calf gilt with raised bands. rare. Near Fine. T.F. Hornbein EVEREST THE WEST RIDGE. Sierra Club. 1965 1st. many fine coloured photographic plates. map. pp200. SIGNED by Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Mike Westmacott. dw. Near Fine. 4758 R. Houston C. & Bates K2 THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN. Collins. 1955 1st. 22 illus. map. pp192. SIGNED by Tony STREATHER with bookplate of K2 designed by Dee Molenaar. dw. Very Good. £145 Euros 232.00 3386 C. Hunt Sir J. & Brasher THE RED SNOWS. An account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958 Hutchinson. 1960 1st. cold. frontis. 25 illus. sketch map. pp176. Dedicated copy to Bernard Pierre from (Lord) John Hunt. SIGNED by George BAND. dw. Fine. £120 Euros 192.00 8887 A. Huxley STANDARD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD'S MOUNTAINS. Weidenfeld. 1962 1st. 16 cold. plates. over 100 illus. cold. maps. pp383. ex-lib. r.s.m. dw. Very Good -. £14 Euros 22.40 5012 R.L.G. Irving TEN GREAT MOUNTAINS. J.M. Dent. 1940 1st. frontis. 14 illus. 10 diagrams. pp213. Very Good. £12 Euros 19.20 62 R. Izzard THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN ADVENTURE. Hodder & Stoughton. 1955 1st. frontis. many illus. e.p. maps. pp298. SIGNED by John JACKSON who was on this expedition. dw. Near Fine. 203 R. Izzard THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN ADVENTURE. Hodder & Stoughton. 1955 1st. frontis. many illus. e.p. maps. pp298. SIGNED by John JACKSON who was on this expedition. Very Good -. £28 Euros 44.80 1295 R. Izzard THE INNOCENT ON EVEREST. Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st. frontis. many illus. pp256. Very Good. £15 Euros 24.00 4706 J. Jackson MORE THAN MOUNTAINS. George C. Harrap. 1955 1st. cold. frontis. 48 illus. 6 drawings and maps. pp213. SIGNED by the Author John JACKSON. some chipping and small piece missing at top of sp. of dw. Very Good -. £35 Euros 56.00 4209 M. Jackson THE TURKISH TIME MACHINE. Hodder & Stoughton. 1966 1st. 17 illus. e.p. maps. pp159. dw. Near Fine. £25 Euros 40.00 4761 E. Jackson M. and Stark TENTS IN THE CLOUDS. The First Women's Himalayan Expedition. Collins. 1956 1st. illus. 5 maps. pp255. dw. Near Fine. £24 Euros 38.40 6513 C. Kain WHERE THE CLOUDS CAN GO. Edited, with additional chapters by J.Monroe Thorington. Charles T. Branford Co. Boston. 1954 rpt. frontis and 28, mostly half page illus. pp456. Very Good. £60 Euros 96.00 6815 Karl M. Herrligkoffer HERRLIGKOFFER - EXPEDITION TO KANCHENJUNGA (8598m) 1980 postcard with 2 stamps. Near Fine. £55 Euros 88.00 3127 W.L. Kauffman A.J. and Putnam THE GUIDING SPIRIT. Footprint. 1986 1st. illus. pp256. dw. New. £10 Euros 16.00 2430 R. Kaulback SALWEEN. Hodder & Stoughton. 1938 1st. frontis. 28 illus. 3 maps. pp331. but bound in T.B.C. cloth. Very Good. £30 Euros 48.00 6464 The Shramana Ekai. Kawaguchi THREE YEARS IN TIBET. Theosophical Publishing Society, Madras. 1909 1st. frontispiece and 10 plates. 63 text illus. fold. map at end repaired. pp719. Finely rebound in half leather, dec. gilt compartments, 5 raised bands and retaining original printed wrappers. Very Good -. 5038 M. Keaney MOUNTAINS OF HEAVEN. Travel in the Tian Shan Mountains, 1913. by Charles Howard-Bury. Hodder & Stoughton. 1990 1st. 19 illus. 2 maps. pp176. dw. New. £12 Euros 19.20 6814 Kim Young Do KOREAN EVEREST EXPEDITION 77 ASCENTED ON 15th. Sept. 1977. issued by The Nepal Philatelic Society. 1977 Expedition postcard SIGNED by the leader and 2 summiteers Sang Don Po and Pemba Norbu. pictorial cold. postcard with Mt. Everest 25p stamp. Rare Very Good. £90 Euros 144.00 5266 F. Kingdon-Ward PLANT HUNTER'S PARADISE. Jonathan Cape. 1937 rare Proof copy. not illustrated. pp347. orig. printed wrappers. Very Good -. £80 Euros 128.00 6655 F. Kingdon-Ward PLANT HUNTING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. Victor Gollancz. 1930 1st. frontis. 14 illus. pp383. spine faded. Very Good -. £145 Euros 232.00 7116 N. Kogan G. & Leininger CORDILLERIE BLANCHE. B. Arthaud. 1952 1st. French cold. frontis. 34 illus. pp155. uncut. pict. cold. SIGNED by Claude Kogan. dw. Very Good. 2189 N. Kogan G. & Leininger THE ASCENT OF ALPAMAYO. French-Belgian Expedition to the Cordillera Blanca George C. Harrap. 1954 1st. cold. frontis. many illus. 6 maps. pp134. dw. Near Fine. £16 Euros 25.60 6650 M.S. Kohli LAST OF THE ANNAPURNAS. Minsitry of Education. Dehli. 1962 1st. cold. & b/w illus. diagrams, maps. pp143. illus. rare. dw. Fine -. £85 Euros 136.00 2184 F. Kolb HIMALAYA VENTURE. Lutterworth Press. 1959 1st. 15 plates. 3 maps. pp146. dw. Very Good -. £18 Euros 28.80 4281 M. Kurz THE MOUNTAIN WORLD. Allen & Unwin. 1953 1st. many illus. 12 maps and sketches. pp220. Very Good. £12 Euros 19.20 471 T. Lakeman OF HILLS. Chapman & Hall. 1948 1st. 32 photographs. dw. Very Good. £9 Euros 14.40 1519 C. Lambert R. & Kogan WHITE FURY. Gaurisankar and Cho Oyu. Hurst & Blackett. 1956 1st. 21 photos. sketch map. pp176. Very Good -. £24 Euros 38.40 210 J -J. Languepin HIMALAYA PASSION CRUELLE. Expedition francaise a la Nanda Devi 1951 Flammarion. 1955 1st. illus. sketches. pp234. printed wrappers. uncut. Very Good. £16 Euros 25.60 1499 Lenser G. GERMAN AMERICAN EVEREST EXPEDITION 1983. carried by runner from Everest Base Camp 17,800 ft. 1983 SIGNED by the leader. with 3 caches. pictorial cold. postcard 'Sunset on Mount.Everest' with R1 Pakistan stamp. Near Fine. £50 Euros 80.00 7355 Linzbichler H. OSTERR.ALPIN-WISSENSCHAFTLICHE KARKAORAM-EXPEDITION 1974. Kampire Dior 7143m. 1974 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 6 team members. with 4 Pakistan stamps. Very Good. £65 Euros 104.00 6627 T. Longstaff THIS MY VOYAGE. John Murray. 1951 May rpt. frontis. 22 illus. 15 maps. pp324. Very Good -. 6239 T. Longstaff THIS MY VOYAGE. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1950 1st. U.S. frontis. 22 illus. 15 maps. pp324. uncut. Very Good. £30 Euros 48.00 6649 M. Majrani HIMALAYAS. Swan Hill Press. 1994 1st. many fine full page coloured illus. pp144. dw. Near Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 476 F. Maraini WHERE FOUR WORLDS MEET. Hindu Kush, 1959. Hamish Hamilton. 1965 2nd. 163 cold. & mono illus. e.p. and 4 maps. pp290. dw. Near Fine. £32 Euros 51.20 7091 A.D. McCormick AN ARTIST IN THE HIMALAYAS T. Fisher Unwin. 1895 1st. illus. by over 100 original sketches made on the journey. fold. map of the Kingdom of Kashmir. pp306. orig. pict. cloth gilt. sp. darkened. t.e.g. uncut. label and r.s.m. of ABM of S.A.C. A rare book. Very Good -. 3338 A. Mehta HIMALAYA. Encounters with Eternity. Thames and Hudson. 1985 1st. 77 colour photographs. introduction by Maurice Herzog. dw. Fine. £30 Euros 48.00 5254 H. Mehta S. and Kapadia EXPLORING THE HIDDEN HIMALAYA. Hodder & Stoughton. 1990 1st. many illus. in colour and b/w. pp182. New. £25 Euros 40.00 R. Messner EVEREST. Expedition to the Ultimate. Kaye & Ward. 1979 1st. cold. & b/w photos. diagrams. pp254. dw. Very Good -. £25 Euros 40.00 4130 A. Migot TIBETAN MARCHES. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1955 3rd. illus. and maps. pp288. dw. Near Fine. £18 Euros 28.80 2639 G. Millburn (ed.) THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS of the British Mountaineering Council. B.M.C. 1997 1st. illus. pp321. 'pledged' copy SIGNED by Lord Hunt, (Sir) Chris Bonington, the legendary British climber Joe Brown and George Band (Everest 1953) who both made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. dw. New. £100 Euros 160.00 4288 G. Miller CONTINENTS IN COLLISION. The International Karakoram Project. George Philip. 1982 1st. 16 figs. inc. maps, many cold. illus. pp212. Foreword by Lord Hunt. dw. Near Fine. £14 Euros 22.40 3563 J. Morris A WINTER IN NEPAL. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1963 1st. frontis. 45 illus. map. pp232. dw. Very Good. £16 Euros 25.60 1684 J. Morris HIRED TO KILL. Hart-Davis. 1960 1st. 3 maps pp272. Very Good -. £14 Euros 22.40 2581 L.C.J. Moules THREE MILES HIGH. Northward to Tibet. Christian Lit. Crus. 1951 3rd. frontis. 8 b/w photo illus. maps. pp117. coloured pictorial dw. Very Good. £10 Euros 16.00 4767 P. Mulgrew NO PLACE FOR MEN. Nicholas Vane. 1965 rpt. illus. diagrams. pp199. b/plate on e.p. Near Fine. £10 Euros 16.00 6590 A. Naess TIRICH MIR The Norwegian Himalayan Expedition Hodder & Stoughton. 1952 1st. frontis. 56 illus. 3 maps pp192. signed by Tony Streather Near Fine -. £75 Euros 120.00 226 F. Navarra THE FORBIDDEN MOUNTAIN. MacDonald. 1956 1st. frontis. 18 illus. maps. pp176. dw. Near Fine. £26 Euros 41.60 6548 W.R. Neate MOUNTAINEERING AND ITS LITERATURE. A descriptive bibliography of selected works published in the English language, 1744-1976. Cicerone Press. 1978 1st. frontis. illus. maps. pp165. now scarce. dw. Fine. £65 Euros 104.00 203 E.F. Neve A CRUSADER IN KASHMIR. Being the Life of Dr. Arthur Neve. Seeley Service. 1928 9 illus. pp218. Very Good -. £24 Euros 38.40 3262 rev. by Dr. E.F. Neve. Neve, Major Arthur (Ed.) THE TOURIST'S GUIDE TO KASHMIR, LADAKH, SKARDO, &c. Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. 1933 15th. 2 cold. fold. maps. pp234. orig. boards. Very Good. £40 Euros 64.00 167 W. Noyce MOUNTAINS AND MEN. Geoffrey Bles. 1954 2nd. frontis. 16 plates. 4 maps. pp160. SIGNED by Joe BROWN and Charles WYLIE (Everest 1953). dw. Near Fine. £135 Euros 216.00 6665 W. Noyce SCHOLAR MOUNTAINEERS. Dennis Dobson. 1950 1st. wood engravings by R. Taylor pp164. Presentation copy signed by Wilfred Noyce to B. Arthaud (The French Publisher?) avec les souvenirs reonnaissants de Rosemary & Wilfred Noyce. Fine -. £150 Euros 240.00 1001 W. Noyce THE SPRINGS OF ADVENTURE. World Pub. 1958 1st. U.S. 21 illus. pp256. SIGNED by (Lord) John Hunt, Joe Brown, George Band, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott and George Lowe. dw. Very Good. 2318 W. Noyce TO THE UNKNOWN MOUNTAIN. Ascent of an Unexplored 25,000er in the Karakoram. Heinemann. 1962 1st. 19 photos. 3 maps. with an appendix by Don Whillans. pp183. SIGNED by Sandy Cavenagh, the Expedition Doctor. dw. Fine -. £45 Euros 72.00 4712 H. Nunlist SPITSBERGEN. The Story of the 1962 Swiss-Spitsbergen Expedition Nicholas Kaye. 1966 1st. 48 illus. 5 maps. pp191. dw. Near Fine. £16 Euros 25.60 9000 Capt. Oliver ON THE HIMALAYAS. and C. E. Mathews THE LYSKAMM FROM GRESSONAY. Articles in The Alpine Journal 1868 no.22 original printed wrappers. Very Good. £30 Euros 48.00 6601 'On Top of the World' Everest 50th Anniversary Everest Conquered.... a triumph for SMITHS de luxe 'EVEREST' Wristwatches. 1953 One of the original watches which were the official selection of the gallant Everest team and produced in limited numbers to commemorate the Ascent of Everest in 1953. these are advertised in 'The Times Mount Everest Supplement July 1953' 5445 E. Orme MOUNTAIN MAGIC. Rich & Cowan. nd 1st. illus. e.p. route map. pp80. Very Good -. £12 Euros 19.20 3681 M. Pallis PEAKS AND LAMAS. Cassell. 1940 2nd. cold. plate, 95 photogravure illus. 3 maps. pp428. Very Good -. £40 Euros 64.00 1691 B. Pierre A MOUNTAIN CALLED NUN KUN. Hodder & Stoughton. 1955 1st. 20 illus. 5 maps and diagrams. pp189. dw. Near Fine. £18 Euros 28.80 7114 B. Pierre UNE MONTAGNE NOMMEE NUN-KUN. Amiot * Dumont. 1955 1st. illus. maps. pp199. long inscribed pres. copy SIGNED by B. Pierre . dw. Near Fine. £85 Euros 136.00 7104 D. Pye GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY. O.U.P. 1927 1st. 6 illus. pp183. orig. cloth worn. spare label. insc. 'W.R. Neate 7/7/77' from the library of Bill Neate. signed by Mike Westmacott and Charles Wylie. Very Good. 5081 L.H. Robbins MOUNTAINS AND MEN. Dodd, Mead and Co. 1931 1st. frontis. illus. maps. pp324. dw. Very Good. £12 Euros 19.20 7358 J. Roberts INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 1971. Mount Everest Direttissima. 1971 Expedition postcard SIGNED 'J. Roberts. P.O. Box 170 Kathmandu to Gaston's Alpine Books. Col. James Roberts was the joint leader with Dhyrenfurth. with 1 Nepal stamp. Very Good. £80 Euros 128.00 6043 Roberts J. ASCENT OF MACHHAPUCHHARE 1957. signed Christmas Card from Jimmy Roberts 'Best wishes to Fell and Rock'.. a photograph of Annapurna I and Machhapuchhare from Pokhara. In an 'By Sea Mail' envelope with India stamp to 'R.G. Plint MM' inthe hand of Jimmy Roberts. Very Good. £175 Euros 280.00 6450 A. Roch EVEREST 1952. Jeheber. 1952 1st. many cold. and b/w plates. cold. photo wrappers. pp110. SIGNED 'Hommage de l'Editeur et des participants' and by the expedition members Wyss-Dunant. Asper. Aubert. Hofstetter. Dittert. Flory. and a signed photo of Lambert. dw. Near Fine. 3744 M. Romm THE ASCENT OF MOUNT STALIN. Lawrence and Wishart. 1936 1st. frontis. and 30 illus. fold. map. pp270. orig. blue cloth a little dull. Near Fine -. £95 Euros 152.00 J. Roskelly NANDA DEVI. The Tragic Expedition. Stackpole Books. 1987 1st. illus. 2 maps. pp240. dw. New. £15 Euros 24.00 6848 J. Lincoln Rowe KANGCHENJUNGA Yalung Face from Octang. A Limited Edition Fine Art Print [17" x 21"] from the original coloured pastel field study. Les Alpes Livres Fine Art. 1997 Ltd. Edition of 100 copies. numbered and signed by the artist and signed by the first summiteers, George Band, Joe Brown, Norman Hardie and Tony Streather. A fine souvenir to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent. New. £150 Euros 240.00 7241 G. Rowell MANY PEOPLE COME, LOOKING, LOOKING. George Allen & Uwin. 1980 1st. many cold. plates and maps. pp164. from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. dw. Near Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 4304 G. Rowell MOUNTAINS OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. Exploring the High Peaks of China and Tibet. Century Publishing. 1985 1st. more than 80 colour photos and 48 b/w. map. pp192. dw. Near Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 2426 Royal Geographical Society Journals 1894 - various articles by Shipton, Tilman, Kingdon-Ward etc. please ask 4217 J. Sack THE BUTCHER. The Ascent of Yerupaja. Herbert Jenkins. 1954 1st. map. 17 photos. pp191. dw. Near Fine. £25 Euros 40.00 4705 J. Scarr FOUR MILES HIGH. Gollancz. 1966 1st. frontis. 45 illus. pp188. Near Fine. £22 Euros 35.20 1498 Schmatz G. SWABIAN MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION 1979. issued by The Nepal Philatelic Society. 1979 SIGNED by the leader. with printed synopsis. pictorial envelope with summit red cache and Mt. Everest 25r stamp. and 2 pages of narrative. Near Fine. £55 Euros 88.00 6183 R.C.F. Schomberg UNKNOWN KARAKORAM. Martin Hopkinson Ltd. 1936 1st. frontis. 23 illus. fold. cold. map in e.p. pp244. orig. cloth gilt with sl. darkening of spine, but a scarce book. Very Good. £135 Euros 216.00 5414 V. Sella IMAGES DE L'HIMALAYA. Alpina. 1942 1st. 40 photo illus. by Vittorio Sella, introduction by Jean Escarra. loose portfolio as published in orig. photo illus. wrappers. rare. Near Fine -. £120 Euros 192.00 6725 V. Sella K2 Instituto Di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella". No.24 Biella Limited Edition print from the original negative of 1909. size 39.5 x 30 cms. with 12 signatures of the team members, Graziosi, Marussi, Zanettin, Lombardi, Abram, Angelino, Floreanini, Gallotti, Rey, Solda, Bonatti, Compagnoni, Kacedelli, Viotti, Pagani, Fantin.but not those of Desio or Puchoz. Very Good 6851 E. Shipton BLANK ON THE MAP. Hodder & Stoughton. 1938 1st. frontis. 49 illus. 3 maps [1 fold.] Bip Pares illus. head and tail pieces. pp280. orig. cloth. laser copy d/w. Near Fine. 5794 E. Shipton MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY. Hodder & Stoughton. [1950] 1st. frontis. 28 photos by the author. e.p. maps. pp224. sp. faded. Very Good -. £24 Euros 38.40 1038 E. Shipton NANDA DEVI. Hodder & Stoughton. 1936 1st. frontis. 26 plates. text drawings and e.p. map diagram by Bip Pares. pp310. finely bound in half morocco, raised bands, marbled boards. Signed by Charles Warren, who, with Shipton, found the body of Maurice Wilson on Everest in 1935. Fine -. 6611 E. Shipton THAT UNTRAVELLED WORLD. An Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. 1969 1st. 27 illus. 9 maps. pp286. dw. Near Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 1437 E. Shipton THE MT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951. Hodder & Stoughton. 1952 1st. many b/w photo illus. pp128. SIGNED by Michael Ward, George Lowe, Charles Wylie and Michael Westmacott. in cold. lasercopy dw. Very Good -. 3883 E. Shipton TIERRA DEL FUEGO: The Fatal Lodestone. R.U. 1974 16 illus. map. pp175. dw. Fine. £12 Euros 19.20 5232 E. Shipton UPON THAT MOUNTAIN. Hodder & Stoughton. 1944 3rd. frontis. 30 illus. 4 maps. pp222. dw. Near Fine. £25 Euros 40.00 4313 Y. Shirakawa HIMALAYAS. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. N.Y. 1977 71 full page colour, 8 b/w and 6 maps. pp128. some foxing. dw. Near Fine -. £30 Euros 48.00 7020 J. Simpson DARK SHADOWS FALLING. Jonathan Cape. 1997 1st. illus. e.p.'s. frontis. 26 col. illus. pp207. dw. New. £25 Euros 40.00 1742 M. Smeeton A TASTE OF THE HILLS. Hart-Davis. 1961 1st. illus. and 5 maps. pp207. dw. Very Good. £15 Euros 24.00 6874 F.S. Smythe KAMET CONQUERED. Victor Gollancz. 1932 1st. frontis. 60 illus. fold. map. pp420. orig. cloth gilt. chipped and poor dw. Very Good -. £40 Euros 64.00 1002 F.S. Smythe KAMET CONQUERED. H & S. Uniform Edition. 1947 Proof copy. frontis. 34 illus. map pp365. from the library of FRANK SMYTHE. paper wrappers with printed label. Near Fine. £65 Euros 104.00 4766 F.S. Smythe THE ADVENTURES OF A MOUNTAINEER. J.M. Dent. 1944 3rd. 17 photographs. pp228. Near Fine. £25 Euros 40.00 2110 F.S. Smythe THE KANGCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. Gollancz. 1930 1st. frontis. 47 illus. pp464. pres. copy from H.G. Willink to Charles Pilkington. SIGNED by George BAND, Joe BROWN, Tony STREATHER and tipped in signature of Norman Hardie. These four made the first ascents in 1955. Very Good -. 4731 F.S. Smythe THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. Hodder & Stoughton. 1938 1st. 16 cold. photographic plates. 2 maps [1 fold.]. pp306. lacks f.e.p. Near Fine -. £42 Euros 67.20 3765 P. Steele ERIC SHIPTON. Everest and Beyond. Constable. 1998 rpt. illus. 21 maps drawn by the author. pp290. winner of the Boardman Tasker prize for Mountaineering Literature 1998. signed by 1953 Everest team members George Band, George Lowe, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Mike Westmacott. dw. New. 5212 P. Steele ERIC SHIPTON. Everest and Beyond. Constable. 1998 1st. illus. 21 maps drawn by the author. pp290. winner of the Boardman Tasker prize for Mountaineering Literature 1998. signed by Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Mike Westmacott. dw. New. 7204 P. Steele EXPEDITION TRAVEL AND YOUR HEALTH. by the Author. 1974 1st. pp18. orig, printed wrappers. rare. Very Good -. 659 S. Styles ON TOP OF THE WORLD. An Illustrated History of Mountaineering. Hamilton. 1967 1st. 158 b/w & 32 cold. plates. 12 diagrams. pp278. dw. Near Fine. £30 Euros 48.00 1444 S. Styles THE MOATED MOUNTAIN. Hurst & Blackett. 1955 1st. cold. frontis. 32 illus. 13 text diagrams. pp255. SIGNED by the AUTHOR Very Good. £35 Euros 56.00 2618 T.R. Swinburne A HOLIDAY IN THE HAPPY VALLEY. With Pen and Pencil. Smith, Elder. 1907 1st. with 24 cold. illus. and cold. fold. map. pp342. orig. red cloth gilt, pict. sl. marked. Very Good -. £55 Euros 88.00 7255 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research. THE FIRST TEN YEARS. Amstutz and Herdeg. 1951 1st. illus. fold. map. pp48. limited to 750 copies. printed dw. Very Good -. £35 Euros 56.00 5485 K. Tarbuck NYLON ROPE AND CLIMBING SAFETY. British Ropes Ltd. Edinburgh. 1954 1st. 9 figs. pp35. cold. printed covers. rare. Very Good. £20 Euros 32.00 203 P. Taylor COOPERS CREEK TO LANGTANG II. Angus & Robertson. 1965 1st. 38 illus. e.p. maps. pp239. ex-lib label. dw. Very Good. £24 Euros 38.40 5620 O. Tchernine THE SNOWMAN AND COMPANY. Robert Hale. 1961 1st. 12 illus. and with 2 maps. pp174. dw. Near Fine. £24 Euros 38.40 4172 P. Temple NAWOK! The New Zealand Expedition to New Guinea's Highest Mountains. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1962 1st. cold. frontis. b/w photos, maps. pp189. dw. Very Good. £28 Euros 44.80 5812 L. Terray CONQUISTADORS OF THE USELESS. From the Alps to Annapurna. Gollancz. 1963 1st. 80 photos. sketch maps. pp351. sp. faded o.w. dw. Near Fine. £65 Euros 104.00 7102 H.W. Tilman MISCHIEF AMONG THE PENGUINS. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1961 1st. frontis. 19 illus. 4 maps and diagrams. pp192. dw. Very Good -. £55 Euros 88.00 12 H.W. Tilman SNOW ON THE EQUATOR. G. Bell & Sons Ltd. 1937 1st. 20 photo. plates. 4 maps. text decorations by Bip Pares. pp265. finely bound in red half morocco, raised bands, marbled boards. Fine. £150 Euros 240.00 2209 H.W. Tilman THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. C.U.P. 1937 1st. frontis. 34 illus. 2 maps. tipped in signature of Peter Lloyd who was on this expedition. pp235. finely bound in half morocco, raised bands, marbled boards. Near Fine. £185 Euros 296.00 6408 H.W. Tilman TWO MOUNTAINS AND A RIVER. C.U.P. 1949 1st. frontis. 82 photos. 6 maps. pp233. dw. Near Fine -. £85 Euros 136.00 5577 H.W. Tilman WHEN MEN & MOUNTAINS MEET. C.U.P. 1947 rpt. 54 photos by the Author. 6 maps. pp232. Near Fine -. £38 Euros 60.80 2616 J. Tucker KANCHENJUNGA. foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt. Abelard-Schuman Ltd. 1956 1st. U.S. illus. and sketch maps. pp224. SIGNED by the first four summiteers, George Band, Joe Brown, Tony Streather and Norman Hardie (tipped in) and by John Hunt who wrote the foreword. dw. Near Fine. 7136 J. Tucker KANCHENJUNGA. foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt. Elek Books. 1955 1st. frontis. map. 35 other illus. inc. sketch maps. pp224. SIGNED by George Band (first ascent with Joe Brown), and Norman Hardie (tipped in) and Tony Streather who made the second ascent of the third highest mountain in the World. dw. Fine. £185 Euros 296.00 220 S. Turner MY CLIMBING ADVENTURES IN FOUR CONTINENTS. T. Fisher Unwin. 1911 1st. 74 illus. pp283. ex-R.C. Library buckram with labels. Very Good -. £38 Euros 60.80 3578 S. Turner SIBERIA. A Record of Travel, Climbing, and Exploration. T. Fisher Unwin. 1905 1st. frontis. many illus. 2 maps. pp420. orig. red. dec. cloth gilt. t.e.g. Near Fine. £185 Euros 296.00 3490 C.E. Tyndale Biscoe. KASHMIR IN SUNLIGHT & SHADE. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1925 2nd. frontis and 17 illus. fold. map. pp315. orig. cloth, sp. split. sl. worn. Very Good -. £24 Euros 38.40 3384 J. Waller THE EVERLASTING HILLS. Blackwood. 1939 1st. 64 illus. 4 maps. pp190. pres. copy to Bernard Pierre from (Lord) John Hunt. Near Fine. £175 Euros 280.00 6775 M. Ward EVEREST A THOUSAND YEARS OF EXPLORATION. A Record of Mountaineering, Geographical Exploration, Medical Research and Mapping. The Ernest Press. 2003 1st. (only 500 copies printed) cold. frontis.(in the correct place.) 25 plates. 62 maps, diagrams & drawings including an 8 page map by Ted Hatch and illus. e.p.'s. pp350. SIGNED by the author Michael Ward. dw. New. £50 Euros 80.00 6906 M. Ward THE MOUNTAINEER'S COMPANION. E & S. 1966 1st. cold. & b/w plates. text drawings. 3 maps. pp598. SIGNED by Michael WARD. dw. Near Fine. £40 Euros 64.00 6260 Warth Dr. H. INTERNATIONAL MAKALU EXPEDITION 1978. issued by The Nepal Philatelic Society. 1978 SIGNED by the leader. pictorial envelope with Makalu 75p. stamp. Near Fine. £35 Euros 56.00 6813 Warth Dr. H. SWABIAN HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION TO MT. LHOTSE 1977. issued by The Nepal Philatelic Society. 1977 Expedition postcard SIGNED by the leader. pictorial envelope with Mt. Lhotse 8511M. cache and Mt. Everest 25r stamp and synopsis card. Near Fine. £55 Euros 88.00 2955 T. Weir EAST OF KATMANDU. Oliver & Boyd. 1955 1st. 91 plates, 2 cold. by the Author and Douglas Scott. 2 maps. pp138. Very Good. £16 Euros 25.60 5992 W. Weston MOUNTAINEERING AND EXPLORATION IN THE JAPANESE ALPS. John Murray. 1896 1st. with maps and 35 illustrations. pp346. orig. cold dec. cloth, gilt. a little bumped and faded as usual. r.s.m. on verso of title page. uncut. Very scarce. Very Good -. 5301 E.L. Wilson MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. The Out of Door Library. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1897 1st. frontis. and 80 illus. pp358. orig. cloth gilt, but grubby. fr. hinge weak. t.e.g. uncut. Very Good -. £40 Euros 64.00 4004 F.B. & W.H. Workman ICE-BOUND HEIGHTS OF THE MUSTAGH. An Account of the two seasons of Pioneer Exploration and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya. Constable and Co. Ltd. 1908 1st. 2 maps and 170 illus. pp444. recased on orig. cold. pict. cloth. t.e.g. Very Good -. 5904 F.Bullock. Workman IN THE ICE WORLD OF THE HIMALAYA. . . . Among the Peaks and Passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suru, and Baltistan. T. Fisher Unwin. 1900 1st. with 3 maps (cold. fold.) and 67 illustrations. pp204. bound in a plain, blue cloth with gilt title, possibly original. Very Good -. 6580 F.B. Workman PEAKS AND GLACIERS OF NUN KUN. A Record of Pioneer-Exploration and Mountaineering in the Punjab Himalaya. Constable and Co. Ltd. 1909 1st. with map and 92 illustrations. pp204. re-cased in orig. pict. cloth. gilt. 3 ex-lib. rsm. t.e.g. Very Good -. 203 F.Bullock. Workman TWO SUMMERS IN THE ICE-WILDS OF EASTERN KARAKORAM. The exploration of 1900 sq. miles of mountain and glacier T. Fisher Unwin. 1917 1st. 141 illus., 3 maps. [lacks 3 panoramas & 2 maps.] pp296. ex-lib. binding Good. £145 Euros 232.00 6944 Col. H. Yule THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO, The Venetian. Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. John Murray. 1871 1st. with maps and other illus. some fold. pp409 + 525 2 volumes in orig. green cloth gilt, sl. st. vol.II board and book warped. Good. £120 Euros 192.00 6190 Zawada A. POLISH First Mt. Everest Winter Expedition 1979-80 issued by The Nepal Philatelic Society. 1980 Expedition postcard SIGNED by the leader and 2 summiteers, Cichy and ? pictorial envelope with summit red cache and Mt. Everest 25r stamp. and 2 pages of narrative. Very Good. £40 Euros 64.00 7093 M. Zurbriggen FROM THE ALPS TO THE ANDES. Being The Autobiography of a Mountain Guide. T. Fisher Unwin. 1899 1st. frontis. 54 illus., some by A.D. McCormick. pp269. orig. red cloth gilt. dec. recased with sp. relaid. t.e.g. uncut. a rare book. Very Good. 7350 der 22 HERLIGKOFFER-EXPEDITION von der Mt. EVEREST-Ostwand (Tibet) 1986 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 11 team members. 2 Pakistan stamps, 1 of NangaParbat. Very Good. £95 Euros 152.00 7352 DEUTSCH-OSTERREICHISCHE TIBET EXPEDITION 2004. Kailash/Gurla Mandata 7.694 m 2004 Expedition postcard SIGNED by team member Roland Maruna. with 1 Nepal stamp. Very Good. £20 Euros 32.00 7336 Die OSTERREICHISCHE HIMALAYA-EXPEDITION 1969. 1969 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 4 team members. 2 Nepal stamps. Very Good. £45 Euros 72.00 7344 Die OSTERREICHISCHE JUBEX 77 HIMALAYAEXPEDITION 1977. Chogolisa 7652m. 1975 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 6 team members. with 3 Pakistan stamps. Very Good. £55 Euros 88.00 7341 Die OSTERREICHISCHE KARAKORUM-EXPEDITION 1970. Khiangyang - Kish 7852m. 1970 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 9 team members. with 1 Pakistan stamp. Very Good. £80 Euros 128.00 7349 Die Teilnehmer der OSTERREICHISCHE TIBET-EXPEDITION '80. Shisha Pangma (8012m) 1980 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 8 team members. 1 Chinese stamp with Lhasa postmark. Very Good. £65 Euros 104.00 7346 Die Teilnehmer der OSTERREICHISCHEN HIMALAYA - DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION 1959. Blick vom Lager III auf 6000m (Dhaulagiri, 8172m) auf den Franzosenpas (5280m) 1959 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 8 team members inc. Fritz Moravec and Erich Vanis. no stamps. Very Good. £80 Euros 128.00 7345 Die Teilnehmer der OSTERREICHISCHEN HIMALAYA - DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION 1959. Zelt im Lager III auf 6000m (Dhaulagiri, 8172m) 1959 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 8 team members inc. Fritz Moravec and Erich Vanis. with 4 India stamps. Very Good. £80 Euros 128.00 7348 Die Teilnehmer der OSTERREICHISCHEN HIMALAYA - DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION 1963. Dhaula-Himal. Dhaulagiri II, 7750m Dhaulagiri III 7703m 1963 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 8 team members. 2 Nepal stamps. a different view. Very Good. £75 Euros 120.00 7342 HERRLICH GRUPEN DIE TEILNEHMER DER HIMALAYA JUBILAUMSKUNDFAHRT der Bergsteigerschule Wilder Kaiser. 1976 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 2 team members. with 1 Nepal Coronation stamp. Very Good. £45 Euros 72.00 7353 INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 1971. Mount Everest Direttissima. 1971 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 23 team members inc. Dougal Haston, Norman Dhyrenfurth, Tony Hiebeler, Peter Steele, from Base Camp. with 1 Nepal stamp. Very Good. 6817 JAPAN-WINTER-EVEREST EXPEDITION 1983-84 KATHMANDU. 1984 Expedition postcard SIGNED by the leader. Nepal stamped envelope with Golden Anniversary Mt. Nuptse 25p. and postmark. Near Fine. £55 Euros 88.00 7339 KAUKASUSEXPEDITION der Alpinistengilde. Abmarsch vom Duch=su=Lager 1930 rare Very Good. £45 Euros 72.00 6818 MAKALU EXPEDITION 1979 SWISS/GERMAN TEAM. 1979 envelope with Makalu 75p. stamp. Very Good. £25 Euros 40.00 6223 OSTERR. ALASKA EXPED. 1976. Mt. McKinley. 1976 Expedition postcard SIGNED by the leader and 5 team members. with 2 U.S.A. stamps. Very Good. £45 Euros 72.00 6816 SPANISH DHAULAGIRI EXPEDITION 79 NEPAL. 1979 Expedition postcard SIGNED by 12 members. pictorial postcard coloured. 1 Nepal 4 paisa Everest stamp and postmark. Near Fine. £55 Euros 88.00 |