Nanga Parbat Adventure, A Himalayan Expedition
London: John Murray, 1935. Translated from the German by H.E.G. Tyndale. Reprint, pp xx, 93, (2 adverts), b/w plates, prev. owner's inscription, original cloth boards, marked, rubbed.
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The Irvine Diaries; Andrew Irvine and the Enigma of Everest 1924
Reading: Gastons-West Col Publications, 1979. Octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 143. Small previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper, otherwise fine, in very slightly edge-rubbed dustjacket. The first publication of the diaries, with added biographical information and notes. The diaries are taken from Spitsbergen and Everest. Andrew.....
Strzelecki's Ascent of Mount Kosciusko 1840
Melbourne: Australia Felix Literary Club, 1973. 8vo, pp. 42, b/w ills and map, ex-library with stamps and borrowers labels, occasional mark, top cnrs creased, original cloth backed papered boards, library number spine and label rear, lightly rubbed with few small marks.
Aconcagua and Tierra Del Fuego. A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration
London: Cassell, 1902. First edition, octavo, original cloth boards with gilt titles, b&w illus, folding map, pp xii, 252, plus publisher's ads. Ex-library with usual markings. Edges rubbed, spine fraying. Clear tape to spine. Complete with all illustrations, including the folding map (which has a closed tear). An acceptable copy.....
Hands Of A Climber. A Life Of Colin Kirkus
Ernest Press, 1993. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, front endpaper map, pp (iv) 278. Limited edition, number 14 of 125, signed by the author and Guy Kirkus (brother of the subject.) Previous owner's bookplate halftitle page, otherwise fine in fine d.j. Biography of a great pioneer of Welsh rock.....
First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1933. 1st ed., royal octavo, original cloth boards, b&w illus, maps, pp xix, 279. With original 3D spectacles (for viewing anaglyph plate) in rear pocket. Spine and edges faded. Previous owner's bookplate. Good condition. An account of the first Mount Everest flight expedition, which.....
The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2000. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 288, Previous owner's bookplate. Fine condition in like d.j.
Downhill Skiing (The French Technique)
London: Nicholas Kaye, n.d. Audrey Woodburn (Trans.). pp 233, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., off-setting to e.ps., or. cl. bds., sl. rubbed, in clipped, rubbed, sl. torn d.j.
Himalayan Honeymoon
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. Octavo, cloth boards with silver-gilt decoration front board, two-colour plates, b&w plates, b&w text illus, illus endpapers, pp 301. Lending library sticker (small "Boots" shield) to front board. Boards faded and worn. Fair copy of uncommon title. The author, Ethel Pares (always known as "Bip").....
Everest: the Unfinished Adventure
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. Large octavo, library cloth binding, two colour folding maps, b&w illus, pp 295 plus plate section (63 b&w plates plus text on facing page.) Ex-library with usual markings, otherwise in very good condition. Describes the 1936 Everest expedition, led by the author.
Fearless on Everest. The Quest for Sandy Irvine
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2000. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp xii, 290. Signed by the author. Previous owner's bookplate. Fine condition in fine d.j., protected. Biography of Sandy Irvine, who climbed Mount Everest with Mallory in 1924: both vanished. Written by Irvine's great-niece.
Everest 1938
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth boards, b&w illus, maps, pp 160. Blind stamp embossed front board. Previous owner's bookplate. Very good condition. Protected in later glassine wrap. The author was the expedition leader on the 1938 British Mount Everest expedition, which reached 27.200 feet before being forced to.....
Siberia: A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt illustration, top edge gilt, b&w plates (illustrated from photographs by the author), pp 420. Ex-library markings. Spine faded. Small amount of fraying to edges of spine. Good condition.
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