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Ɵ TYNDALL, John. (1820 - 1893). Mountaineering in 1861 A Vacation Tour. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. first edition, 8vo., (210 x 150mm), rebound half morocco, gilt bands and gilt lettering to spine, new brown e/ps., half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece depicting the Weisshorn, and one plate depicting the Matterhorn, lacks 8pp. of adverts. at end, 105pp. John Tyndall was a physicist and mountaineer who led one of the earliest teams to reach the summit of the Matterhorn in 1868: STEPHEN, Leslie. (1832 - 1904). The Playground of Europe. Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. reissued in The Silver Library. January 1899. new impression, 8vo., (109 x 104mm), publisher's maroon gilt ruled cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial swan illustrated e/ps., foredge untrimmed, 4 wood-engraved illustrations including frontispiece with tissue-guard and title vignette, 339pp., plus 32pp. adverts at end. both volumes within removeable clear wrapper. Sir Stephen Leslie was an English author, historian, and mountaineer, one of the earliest presidents of the Alpine Club, and father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. (2) Condition Report: 1. Mountaineering in 1861 - new e/ps., foxing mostly to e/ps. and half-title, further sporadic foxing to some pages, including to the Matterhorn plate opposite pp.82 2. The Playground of Europe - boards lightly marked, spine faded, intermittent foxing internally, and to leaf edges. 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 STEPHEN, Leslie. (1832 - 1904). The Playground of Europe. Laura Makepeace Stephen association copy. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1871. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (190 x 135mm), half green morocco, gilt-lettered red label and raised bands to spine, half-title, manuscript signature 'Laura Makepeace Stephen, 8.3.71' in black ink to half-title, vignette title page, 4 wood-engraved plates, 321pp., within a removeable clear wrapper. Laura Makepeace Stephen (1870-1945) was the first child born to Leslie Stephen and Harriet Marion 'Minnie' Thackeray (daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray). Laura was the half-sister to Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Thoby Stephen and Adrian Stephen. Laura was admitted to Earlswood Asylum, Surrey aged 23, later moving to the private care of professionals until her death in 1945. (1) Condition Report: boards with light wear, occasional foxing and toning throughout, foxing heavier to e/ps., front free e/p, half-title and title page. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ GILBERT, Josiah. (1814 - 1892) and CHURCHILL, George Cheetham. (1822 - 1906). The Dolomite Mountains, Excursions Through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863. SIGNED. London: Longman, Green, et al. 1864. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), half green morocco, gilt lettered decorated spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown, SIGNED by G.C. Churchill in black ink to half-title, 6 chromolithographed plates, in-text illustrations, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 576pp. within removeable clear wrapper. (1)     Condition Report: marks to boards, some foxing and toning internally including margins of the maps. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MOUNT EVEREST: Three Works: first editions, 1902-1937. comprises: COLLIE, J. Norman. (1856 - 1942). Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, 18 tissue guarded plates including frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 315pp: RUTTLEDGE, Hugh. (1884 - 1961). Everest 1933. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934. first edition, 8vo., (260 x 190mm), publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, 59 plates, 4 diagrams, 4 maps (3 folding), 390pp. An account of the fourth expedition to Everest led by Ruttledge. RUTTLEDGE, Hugh. (1884 - 1961). Everest: The Unfinished Adventure. Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. first edition, 8vo., (260 x 190mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, half-title, pencil sketches after P. Oliver depicting members of the expedition, 63 photographic illustrations, 2 folding maps. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3) Condition Report: 1. Climbing on the Himalaya . . . boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps. and early pages, some marks to margins of maps. 2. Everest 1933 - clean boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with wear to edges and corners and loss to top of spine, front e/ps. stained, toning to leaf edges. 3. Everest: The Unfinished Adventure - clean bright boards, lower corners scuffed, foxing to edges, dustwrapper marked, a clean edge tear and edge nicks with loss to r.h. corner, sporadic foxing internally, b/w. photographic plates clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ LIVINGSTONE, David. (1813 - 1873). and Charles. (1821 - 1873). Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1866. single volume, first American edition, 8vo., (240 x 159mm), modern quarter green leather over marbled boards, spine with raised bands bordered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, contemporary ink ownership inscription on title page, complete, plates and illustrations throughout, 1 folding map, six leaf publisher's booklist at the end of text. (1)   Condition Report: clean and bright binding, very minimal spotting, one repaired tear along fold of map. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis. (1863 - 1942). The Heart of a Continent. A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas, The Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894. London: John Murray, 1896. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's decorated olive green gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, patterned e/ps., previous ownership signature, frontispiece, 17 photographic plates, 4 folding maps, (one folding in pocket at end), 410pp., within removeable clear wrapper: an account of Younghusband's ten year exploration of Central Asia, including his race against Colonel M.S. Bell from Peking to Kashmir. (1) Condition Report: boards with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, the folded map in pocket at end with small pin hole to top l.h., toning to edges of margins and verso, o/w. clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HUNT, John (1910 - 1998). The Ascent of Everest. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by W. Heaton Cooper, SIGNED by the author (expedition leader) to the title page, and further SIGNED by nine members of the 1953 British Expedition team, including George Lowe, George Band, Hamish McInnes, Mike Westmacott, Alfred Gregory, Edmund Hillary, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward, and correspondent from The Times, James Morris, who accompanied the expedition, 8 colour photo. illustrations including frontispiece, 48 half-tone plates and numerous in-text illustrations, 300pp., within removeable clear wrapper. (1) Condition Report: clean, bright cloth with minor marks, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with some nicks, a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ PARK, Mungo. (1771 - 1806). The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the Year 1805. John Murray, London. 1815. single volume, second edition, 4to., (269 x 220mm), modern quarter black leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and raised bands bordered in gilt to spine, seemingly complete, half-title, advertisement to the second edition, 'African words' list, appendix, 1 folding hand-coloured map. This second edition, revised and corrected with additions, was printed in the same year as the first edition. It appears to be an enlarged second edition with a variant of the same title found in Oxford Bodleian Library (CC 121 Art. Seld.), with a pagination of only 219 pages, whereas the present volume includes 373 pages. Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa, and this text records his travels of the upper Niger in 1805. Following a previous exploration in 1796 he published a text in which he theorised that the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, a theory which was later disproved. Park was regarded as an enemy of many of the tribes who lived along the route on which he travelled, he drowned whilst trying to escape attacks from local natives. His observations are striking for lacking in emotion, and this set a standard that future travel writers would follow. (1) Condition Report: clean and bright binding, first and last few leaves lightly foxed. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CONWAY, William Martin. (1856 - 1937). Four Works: first editions. 1894-1904. comprises: The Alps described by W. Martin Conway. Painted by A.D. McCormick. Adam and Charles Black, 1904. 4to., (280 x 225mm), Limited edition, number 227 of 300 copies, SIGNED by the publishers to limitation page, publisher's cream green ruled decorative cloth, bevelled corners, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half title, frontispiece, 69 colour plates after A.D. McCormick, with captioned tissue guards, 249pp: The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. being an account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey . . . London: J.M. Dent & co., 1897. first edition, 4to., (245 x 190mm), publisher's mustard gilt cloth, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 8 colour plates after H.E. Conway, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations, 2 folding colour maps, 371pp: Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. first edition, 8vo., (250 x 190mm), publisher's red cloth lettered in black, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., half title, 300 illustrations after A.D. McCormick, folding route map, 709pp: The Alps from End to End. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1895. first edition, 8vo. (250 x 180mm), publisher's quarter brown gilt cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 98 plates after drawings by A.D. McCormick, 397pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Baron Conway of Allington was one of the great English explorers of the late 19th century. He took part in important expeditions to Karakoram, South America and Spitzbergen. (4)   Condition Report: 1. The Alps described - boards and spine lightly marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning throughout and intermittent foxing to some pages. 2. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen - boards lightly marked and creased, bevelled corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller's small label to front pastedown, foxing to untrimmed edges and further foxing and toning internally. 3. Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges, map with neat tape repair to r.h. edge of the first fold, small clean edge tear top top l.h edge and creasing to top r.h corner. 4. The Alps from End to End - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, lower hinge cracked, foxing to leaf edges, further foxing and toning internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRERE, Sir Bartle. (1815 - 1884). Eastern Africa as a Field for Missionary Labour. four letters to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Presentation copy. London: John Murray, 1874. single volume, first edition, small 8vo., (195 x 133mm), original cloth, gilt lettering to front, brown e/ps., Presentation copy, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'With the Author's / Compliments / Jany 4th 1884 - ', folding map, advertisement leaf at end, 122pp. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine chipped and bumped head/tail, e/ps. splitting at hinges, upper joint a little weak, some toning to leaf edges, map clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HUNT, John. (1910 - 1998). Four Works: three volumes SIGNED by the author, with a related SIGNED volume, 1954-1978. comprises: Our Everest Adventure. The Pictorial History from Kathmandu to the summit. SIGNED. Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1954. first edition, 8vo., (250 x 190mm), map illustrated blue and white cloth, white lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED to the title page by the author, George Lowe, and George Band, numerous photo. illustrations, 128pp: HUNT, John. The Ascent of Everest. SIGNED, University of London Press Ltd., 1954. edited and abridged edition for schools, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), rebound gilt illustrated titled leather, new e/ps., SIGNED and dated 15 October 1962 by the author to half-title, 160pp. HUNT, John. Life is a Meeting. SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, SIGNED by the author to title page, 286pp: together with: HUNT, Ethel Helen. (b. 1884). A Rainbow of Memories. SIGNED. [privately printed] circa. 1973. first edition, Limited to 100 copies, this being number 100, blue cloth, silver lettering to front, SIGNED by Ethel Hunt to the limitation leaf, b/w. photo. illustrated, 58pp. with a loosely inserted 1pp., 30 lines, typed note about the author's husband, Captain Cecil Edwin Hunt M.C. (1880-1914), who was reported missing in action 19 December 1914, near Givenchy, France, with a newspaper clipping featuring an article about Mrs. Hunt and her published book. Ethel Helen Hunt (nee Crookshank), was the wife of Captain Cecil Edwin Hunt MC, and mother of Brigadier Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, PC, CBE, DSO, British Army officer and leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. each volume within removable clear wrapper. (4) Condition Report: 1. Our Everest Adventure - some foxing to dustwrapper, toning internally, o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Ascent of Everest - minor marks to boards, spine with slight wear head/tail, blue ink blob lower r.h. margin pp48, some minor marks internally. 3. Life is a Meeting - a clean copy. 4.. A Rainbow of Memories - boards marked and stained, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, stained to front pastedown, o/w. clean internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ HUNT, John. (1910 - 1998). The Ascent of Everest. 40th Anniversary Edition, SIGNED. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. single volume, 8vo., (240 x 170mm), first Limited edition, number 142 of 500 copies, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the First Ascent on 29th May, 1953, publisher's blue half morocco, gilt-blacked illustration on upper cover, silver lettering to spine, gilt top, marbled e/ps., foreward by John Hunt, SIGNED by ten surviving members of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, including John Hunt, Charles Evans, Griffith Pugh, George Band, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Michael Westmacott, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward and Edmund Hillary, b/w. and colour photographic plates, 280pp. contained within a blue cloth slipcase. (1)           Condition Report: both the volume and slipcase clean condition. 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 TILMAN, Harold William. (1898 - 1977). Seven Works: first editions, two volumes SIGNED by the author, and one volume signed by Charles Houston, 1937 - 1974. comprises: Snow on the Equator. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. 1937. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, silver and red lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 24 plates, 4 maps, errata tipped-in, 265pp: Mount Everest 1938. SIGNED by the author. Cambridge University Press, 1948. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page in red ink, 48 plates, 4 maps, 160pp: When Men & Mountains Meet. Cambridge University Press, 1946. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper clipped, half-title, 54 illustrations from photographs, 6 maps, 232pp: Two Mountains and a River. Cambridge University Press, 1949. first edition, 8vo. (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 82 illustrations from photographs, 6 maps (one folding), 233pp: China to Chitral. Cambridge University Press, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (240 x 160mm), publisher's pink cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 69 illustrations from photographs, 4 maps, 124pp: Nepal Himalaya. SIGNED by Charles Houston. Cambridge University Press, 1952. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, SIGNED by Charles Houston to title page, 61 illustrations from photographs, 7 maps, 272pp: Ice With Everything. SIGNED by the author. Nautical Publishing Company Limited, 1974. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 140mm), blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, map illustrated e/ps., half-title, SIGNED by the author to title page, 19 illustrations from photographs, 2 text-maps (and endpapers) 142pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Major Harold William Tilman was an English mountaineer and explorer, participating in the 1935 Reconnaissance Expedition, and as leader of the 1938 expedition, Tilman reached 27,200 feet without oxygen. He penetrated the Nanda Devi sanctuary with Eric Shipton in 1934, and in 1936 he led an Anglo-American expedition to Nanda Devi. The support team which included Peter Lloyd and H. Adams Carter, Tilman and Noel Odell succeeded in making the first ascent of the 7,816m mountain, which remained the highest summit climbed by man until 1950. (7)     Condition Report: 1. Snow on the Equator - boards faded at edges, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped, toning to leaf edges. 2. Mount Everest 1938- light marks to boards, corners scuffed, foxing to e/ps. 3. When Men & Mountains Meet - light marks to boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn at edges and spine (with loss) foxing to inside flaps, e/ps. foxed and toning to leaf edges. 4. Two Mountains and a River - clean bright boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with light marks and chipped (with loss) head and tail of spine, some foxing to edges and first few pages, folding map clean. 5. China to Chitral - clean bright boards, a small dent to the top centre of front cover, corners scuffed, dustwrapper with a few marks and chipped (with loss) head and tail of spine, e/ps. marked, small label of Henry Southeran Booksellers to front pastedown. 6. Nepal Himalaya - boards worn at edges, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and chipped mostly to head and tail of spine (with loss) foxing to edges and first few pages, some toning to leaf edges. 7. Ice with Everything - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clean. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ LARDEN, Walter. (1855 - 1910). Recollections of an Old Mountaineer, author's copy. INSCRIBED and ANNOTATED. London: Edward Arnold, 1910. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, edges untrimmed, half-title, SIGNED and dated Sept. 1917 by the author, and further annotated with a 4 line list headed 'Private copies', and a 14 line list headed 'I have given copies to', half-title, photogravure frontispiece after a photograph by Alfred Holmes, 16 b/w. illustrations from photographs, the author's corrections, crossings out, and annotations written in red and black ink within some margins of the original printed text, Larden notes at the bottom of pp.153, 'When in 1910, I wrote this book, my former companions Corry and Brant, would hardly let me mention this accident, they did not want their families to hear about it . . . ' and to pp.157, referencing the accident on the Petit Dru, the author notes 'This was a far more dramatic accident even than that on the Combin spoken of on p.153, and well worth describing in detail. But again a veto was set up on my saying much about it'; 320pp., within removeable clear wrapper. The climbing memoirs of the British alpinist who references a very 'close shave', being a crevasse-accident on the Corbassier glacier, involving a young, over confident guide and Walter Larden's fellow climbers Robert Corry (1866-1941) and R.W. Brandt. (1852 -1934) (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine faded and a little bumped head/tail. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MUMM, Arnold, Louis. (1859 - 1927). Five Months in the Himalaya. A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir. London: Edward Arnold, 1909. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (260 x 170mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, 29 photographic plates (4 folding), 47 photographic illustrations mounted in-text, 2 folding colour maps at end, errata slip, within removeable clear wrapper: Includes the account of the ascent of Trisul with T.L. Longstaff, the first climb over 7,000m. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners rubbed, spine bumped head/tail, hinge split to front board, some foxing and toning internally. clean edge tear approx. 30mm to lower l.h. margin of Garhwal Himalaya map and another, approx. 90mm to the adjoining l.h. page Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MOORE, Benjamin Burges. (1878 - 1934). From Moscow to the Persian Gulf being a Journal of a Disenchanted Traveller in Turkestan and Persia. G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York and London, 1915. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (208 x 153mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, complete with errata slip tipped-in at illustration list, 161 plates, including frontispiece, folding map, some pencil underlining and marginalia to foreword, pencil marginalia to pp. 11, 18, and 30, Brentano's, New York bookseller's small blue label to lower pastedown, 450pp. (1) Condition Report: boards slightly worn, gilt bright, corners a little scuffed, spine frayed head/tail with slight loss, with a straight split to the cloth along the full length of the spine, toning mostly to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ɵ HUNT, John. (1910 - 1998). The Ascent of Everest, SIGNED by the author and eleven members of the 1953 Expedition Team. Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. , single volume, first edition, 8vo., (230 x 160mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated dustwrapper unclipped, design by W. Heaton Cooper, previous ownership inscription, 'Christmas 1953, Hapton Hall, Norwich', half-title with the twelve signatures of John Hunt (expedition leader), George Lowe, Charles Wylie, George Band, Michael Ward, Tom Bourdillon, Griffith Pugh, Edmund Hillary, Wilfrid Noyce, Michael Westmacott and Tom Stobart, 8 colour photographic plates, 48 half tone plates, numerous in-text illustrations after pen and ink sketches, 290pp., within removeable clear wrapper. An account of the 1953 British Everest expedition led by British Army officer John Hunt, 'The Ascent of Everest' was written by Sir John Hunt in one month such was the demand for the story of the British Team's success. Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on May 29 1953. (1) Condition Report: clean boards, light rubbing to corners, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper light creasing, with two clean edge tears to front, and signs of wear to corners and spine, edges foxed and some further sporadic foxing and marks internally. 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 REDOUTE, Pierre, Joseph. (1759 - 1840). and THORY, Claude Antoine. (1759 - 1827). Les Roses, peintes par P.J. Redoute, decrites et classees selon leur, ordre naturel. Paris: P. Dufart, St. Petersbourg: J. F. Hauër et Cie, 1835. three volumes, third edition, 8vo., (240 x 160mm), green morocco and marbled boards, French text, half-titles, 2 engraved portraits of Redoute and Thory, 184 fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colour and finished by hand, includes the colour frontispiece floral wreath, 23 new plates, portraits of Redoute and Thory, and a biographical note on Thory, none of which had appeared in either of the previous octavo editions, nor the first folio edition of 1790. The last and most comprehensive edition of one of the greatest of all flower books, published under the direction of L.J. Pirolle, the collector of roses and tulips who had supplied Redoute with many of the specimens. (3) Condition Report: boards clean, corners scuffed and spines bumped head/ tail, light foxing and marks to edges, further sporadic foxing internally to some pages affecting a few of the plates. Condition Report Disclaimer

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

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

Ɵ HOWARD-BURY, Lieut.- Col. Charles Kenneth. (1881-1963). Mount Everest The Reconnaissance 1921. SIGNED by seven members of British Mount Everest Expeditions, 1936 and 1953. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (260 x 175mm), navy blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, inscription to front free , 'To my Beloved / Mother / Christmas 1922', and further SIGNED by seven members of the 1953 British Everest expedition, including Michael Ward, John Hunt, George Band, Michael Westmacott, Charles Wylie, Charles Warren and Jim Gavin, bookplate to front pastedown, half-title, photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, 32 photo. illustrations, 3 folding maps, errata tipped-in at end, 356pp. within removeable clear wrapper. Charles Howard-Bury was a British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician. In 1921 he led the Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition financed by the Mount Everest Committee (a joint body of the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society). Howard-Bury was awarded the 1922 Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his leadership of the expedition. (1) Condition Report: light marks to clean bright boards, spine a little bumped head/tail, toning to the signed front free and tissue guard, foxing to untrimmed edges and throughout, heavier to some pages including half-title, title page, preface, contents, and the last few pages, a few nicks and chips to centre of leaf edges pp.110-pp.119. Condition Report Disclaimer

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

Ɵ LOW, David. (1786 - 1859). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. two volumes bound in one, first edition, folio (440 x 350mm), brown half morocco, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, half-titles, 56 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Fairland after W. Nicholson, from paintings by W. Shiels, including sections on the horse (8 plates), the ox (22 plates), the sheep (21 plates), the goat (unillustrated), and the pig (5 plates). David Low was professor of agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, and commissioned the artist William Shiels to paint portraits of the animal subjects from which the lithographed plates were made. Condition Report: minor marks to boards, corners scuffed, foxing throughout, affecting a few of the plates; complete, Volume I: [2], vi, iii, [1], xxii, 46 p.; xxii, 55, [1], [6] p. ; Volume II: [2], v, [1], 72 p.; 8 p.; 18 p..           Condition Report Disclaimer

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

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

Ɵ MUMMERY, A.F. (1855 - 1895). My Climbs in the Alps and the Caucasus. John Hartog's copy. London: T. Fisher Unwin, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1895. first edition, 4to., (280 x 200mm), publisher's oatmeal cloth, brown gilt leather labels to spines, gilt top, others untrimmed, Westminster School printed label to front pastedown, half-title, publisher's advert., 11 plates, including frontispiece with tissue-guards, 21 in-text illustrations, a loosely inserted typed invitation to the Oxford Alpine Club Annual Dinner at Brasnose Hall, from J. Wilkes, Hon. Secretary, inscribed in blue ink, who writes, 'care to come as my guest, if you aren't already a member - I can't remember'. 360pp. Albert Mummery's enduring classic of mountaineering literature. John Marion Hartog (1922 - 1986), the youngest son of Sir Philip Hartog, was educated at Westminster school. Hartog was proposed by John Hunt, and elected to the Alpine Club in 1951. A member of the 1956 British Muztagh Tower Expedition John Hartog reached the summit via the Northwest Ridge on 6th July, five days before the French team: REY, Guido. (1861 - 1935). Peaks and Precipices. Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy. T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. first edition, 4to., (270 x 190mm), publisher's red gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, fore-edge untrimmed, half-title, Johnson Brothers (Dyres) Ltd. presentation label to front pastedown, ' a token of appreciation From the Directors of the firm, to Miss Crabbe, Manager of the Middleton Branch of the firm, Dec.31st. 1908', 76 b/w. photo. illustrations, 238pp: DENT, Clinton Thomas. (1850 - 1912). Mountaineering. London: Longmans, Green & Co., The Badminton Library, 1892. Limited large paper edition, numbered 30 of 250 copies, 4to., (250 x 200mm), original gilt decorated half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., half-title, contributions by W.M. Conway, D.W. Freshfield, C.E. Matthews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock. H.G. Willink, an introduction by Justice Willis, illustrated by H.G. Willink and others, royal blue silk ribbon bookmarks present but detached, 481pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper. (3)   Condition Report: 1. My Climbs in the Alps - boards marked and rubbed, spine bumped head/tail and labels scuffed, frontispiece present but detaching, foxing throughout, including to some of the plates. 2. Peaks and Precipices - some fading to boards and spine, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to foredge and intermittently throughout, including half-title, and title page, glassine wrapper torn at spine. 3. Mountaineering - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to first few pages including title page, some toning to leaf edges. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MANNING, Samuel. (1822 - 1881). 'Those Holy Fields'. Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil. Religious Tract Society, London, n.d. (circa 1874). single volume, first edition, 4to., (281 x 205mm), contemporary pebble-grain, bordered gilt red morocco, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, manuscript ink gift inscription on first blank dated 1886, complete, plates and illustrations throughout. Samuel Manning was a Baptist minister who was the editor of the Baptist Magazine, as well as the book editor of the Religious Tract Society: BARTLETT, William Henry. (1809 - 1854). Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem. George Virtue, London, (c. 1845). single volume, second edition, 8vo., (262 x 179mm), original brown cloth, bordered and decorated in gilt, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, ink ownership inscription dated 1854 to front free e/p., complete, 27 plates (including frontispiece), most with tissue guards, text illustrated throughout, 2 folding maps, 4 leaf uncut publisher's booklist at end, this edition erroneously identified as a third edition on the cloth of original publisher's spine. (2)   Condition Report: 1. 'Those Holy Fields' - corners and spine fairly rubbed, covers a little scratched and darkened, some spotting to first and last few leaves. 2. Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem - corners worn and rubbed, cloth rubbed, wear and rubbing to head and tail of spine with an inch and a half of loss at head, upper and lower hinges cracked with some tears in the cloth, inner creases cracked but sound, extremities and spine faded, staining to bottom right corner of first few leaves, some foxing to plates and tissue guards. Condition Report Disclaimer

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ɵ TYNDALL, John. (1820 - 1893). Faraday as a Discoverer. Presentation copy. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868. single volume, first edition, 8vo., (210 x 140mm), original brown cloth, bordered in blind, gilt lettering to spine, bookplate of Emily Belper to front pastedown, the author's presentation ink inscription to half title, 'To the Lady Belper/ presented by John Tyndall / March 1868', portrait plates after photographs, 171pp. First edition of the recently deceased Michael Faraday by the prominent 19th-century Irish physicist, John Tyndall, who succeeded him as superintendent at the Royal Institution. Lady Amelia (Emily) Belper, wife of Edward Strutt, a longstanding M.P. for the Liberal Party, and later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tyndall's initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859. (1) Condition Report: boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, complete plates, some spotting to first and last few leaves,     Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria. (1650 - 1718). Memorie Istoriografiche delli Regni della Morea, e Negroponte . . . author's Presentation copy. Venice: Coronelli, 1686. single volume,, folio, (420 x 280mm), contemporary vellum, the Athenaeum club logo to spine end and embossed in gilt to upper cover, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt, engraved half-title, title and coat-of-arms of the Duke of Brunswick, engraved initials and tail-pieces throughout, 16 double-page illustrations (mounted on stubs), 4 engraved illustrations on two facing leaves plus an additional 15 illustrations in the text, many of these illustrations include early maps and plans of the region, lower margin of engraved title with presentation inscription by the author to 'D. Hyeronimo', plus a presentation letter from Admiral Smyth to the Atheneum Club tipped-in between the half-title and title, plus an engraved presentation bookplate from the same to upper pastedown. Provenance: Authorial presentation inscription on engraved title addressed to a Mr Jerome Vinodo (?) of the academia Capsario, then gifted by Admiral Smyth to the Athenaeum Club 20 November 1847 with a manuscript presentation letter tipped-onto the engraved title. Text: A grand publication produced on behalf of the city state of Venice following their defeats over the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the war that was declared in 1684, their victories in Morea and re-conquering of the Aegean and Dalmatian territories with plates, battle plans and maps of these events throughout the volume. The first edition of this text is rare. Coronelli's works are often found with variants and the lack of a standard collation make this a challenge for cataloguers, however the plates and illustrations present conform with a copy in Atabey (their 268). Condition Report: some very minor finger-soiling to extremities else very clean and crisp condition spine probably rebacked and corners strengthened in the nineteenth-century by the Athenaeum club, covers a little soiled, vellum on spine starting to warp, vellum backed spine beginning to lift from front vellum board. 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

Six albums to include Rainbow 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow', UK limited edition pressing, Sleeve: VG+ Disc: NM, Rainbow 'Rising', 1976 UK limited edition pressing, Sleeve: VG+ Disc: NM, Slade 'Nobody's Fools', 1976 First UK pressing, Sleeve: VG+ Disc: VG+, Mother's Ruin ' Road to Ruin', 1982 First UK pressing, Sleeve: VG+ Disc: NM, Scorpions 'Blackout', 1982 first UK pressing, Sleeve: NM Disc: VG+ and Rush 'Hemispheres', 1978 US picture disc, Sleeve: VG+ Disc VG+

giltwood frame with velvet upholstery76cm wide, 97cm high, 83cm deepFootnote: Literature: Marcilhac, Félix André Groult: Décorateur-Ensemblier du XXème Siècle, L'Amateur (French Edition) 1997, pp. 87 (illus. no.2 and 3); 86 (illus. no.1 and 2) and 156 (illus. no.1)Note: Groult was one of a group of French designers who led a shift from Art Nouveau towards a more restrained and classical style in the first quarter of the 20th century. These armchairs, with their roots in the 18th century, demonstrate characteristic motifs in Groult's iconography with their exaggerated cowled backs and spiral mouldings.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix, first edition hardback, published by Bloomsbury, ISBN number 0747551006, and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, hardback first edition, published by Bloomsbury ISBN number 9780747591054. (2)

HUSENBETH - 'EMBLEMS OF SAINTS: By Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art', second edition 1860 together with John Forster - 'Arrest of The Five Members By Charles The First' 1860 and John Forster - 'The Debates on the Grand Remonstrance, November and December 1641', 1860 (3)

BART KENNEDY - 'A TRAMP IN SPAIN', published by George Newnes 1904 (First English version) AND H. RIDER HAGGARD - 'KING SOLOMON'S MINES' published by Cassell & Company 1885, first edition, probably third printing, marked to title page "Sixth thousand", publishers' catalogue date 5 B 11.85, three corrections in text have been done. Book plate to inside front cover for "William Francis Taylor, Archdeacon of Warrington" (2)

Lindestrom (P), GEOGRAPHIA AMERICAE WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DELAWARE INDIANS, Based On Surveys And Notes Made In 1654-1656, first edition, blue buckram boards, gilt embossed decoration to cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed to front free endpaper, monochrome plates and facsimile documents throughout, four fold-out maps, The Swedish Colonial Society, Philadelphia 1925, with Charnay (D), THE ANCIENT CITIES OF THE NEW WORLD. BEING TRAVELS AND EXPLORATIONS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA FROM 1857-1882, first edition, gilt embossed illustration to cover, gilt title and decoration to spine, black endpapers, applied bookplate, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustrations and plates throughout (p512 'Terra-cotta mask found at mitla' not present), fold-out map, Chapman and Hall Limited, London 1887, Sheahan (J.W.) and Upton (G.P.), THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION. CHICAGO: ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, double engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and illustrations throughout, fold-out map, Union Publishing Co, Chicago 1872, RICHARDSON'S NEW CHART OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1916, and Cook (S), THE JENOLAN CAVES: AN EXCURSION IN AUSTRALIAN WONDERLAND, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1889 (5)

THE NEW NATURALIST: Four NEW NATURALIST MONOGRAPHS comprising number 1 (THE BADGER), 4 (THE YELLOW WAGTAIL), 5 (THE GREEN-SHANK), 20 (THE WOOD PIGEON) and 21 (THE TROUT), all first editions in DJs, with THE NEW NATURALIST - A JOURNAL OF BRITISH NATURAL HISTORY, first edition in DJ, ART OF THE NEW NATURALIST and COLLECTING THE NEW NATURALIST (8)

PHOTOGRAPHY INTEREST: Annie Leibovitz, PHOTOGRAPHS, signed first edition, grey cloth boards, DJ, Pantheon/Rolling Stone Press, New York 1983

PHOTOGRAPHY INTEREST: Helmut Newton, 47 NUDES, signed first edition, grey cloth boards, DJ, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1982 CONDITION REPORT:DJ shows chips to top edge and top front corners, a small tear approximately 5mm long to front spine corner, a dent to front spine edge 35mm up from bottom edge, and staining to the interior.  The boards show fading to top and bottom edges and a dent 35mm up from the bottom edge.  All pages present and pagination correct.  All pages clean, apart from p80 (last page of bibliography and technical notes) which shows minor scuffing down the spine edge approximately 40mm in from spine.