19278vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 17 [of 18] plates (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile) and double-page map; original burgundy ribbed cloth, upper board letterd in white, gilt back, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Wanting the plate 'Mount Buckland' at p.190 (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile). With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE. Neate 180.

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BARKER RalphMareMagnum

The Last Blue Mountain. With a Foreword by Sir John Hunt. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

19598vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at rear panel and two short closed tears. The story of the ill-fated 1957 expedition on Haramosh in the Karakorum. SCARCE. Neate 58.

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HILLARY EdmundMareMagnum

High in the Thin Cold Air. [The Story of the Himalayan Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia]. [First UK Edition]. FIRST UK EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19638vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps coloured in outline; original grey tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in red, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61, which includes a search for the yeti and an attempt on Makalu. Published a year after the US edition. Neate 371.

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MALBY Reginald A.MareMagnum

With Camera and Rucksack in the Oberland and Valais. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19138vo., First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure, 7 plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 15 coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and numerous plates in monochrome, fore-edge mildly spotted, some light and scattered spotting to text, wanting rear free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, tan endpapers, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

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CLUB ALPIN SUISSE.MareMagnum

L'Echo des Alpes. Organe du Club Alpin Suisse pour les Sections de Langue Francaise. 1913. [Nos. 1-12 complete.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19138vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with numerous plates, and illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, maroon cloth sides, back with flat gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, green endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.

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CLUB ALPIN SUISSE.MareMagnum

L'Echo des Alpes. Organe du Club Alpin Suisse pour les Sections de Langue Francaise. 1912. [Nos. 1-12 complete.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19128vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with numerous plates, and illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, maroon cloth sides, back with flat gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, green endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.

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KIRKPATRICK William TrenchMareMagnum

Alpine Days and Nights. With a Paper by the late Philip R. Hope and a Foreword by Col. E.L. Strutt. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM

19328vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates, small neat signature on front paste-down; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First publication in book form of articles from Alpine Journal 1900-1931 relating to his climbs with Hope. Neat 423.

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GARDNER ArthurMareMagnum

The Art and Sport of Alpine Photography. Described and Illustrated with One Hundred and Fifty-Five Photographs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN SCARCE UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19278vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous fine photographs, some very light and occasional marginal browning, light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *302.

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UMLAUFT Professor F.MareMagnum

The Alps. Translated by Louisa Brough. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

18898vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and 2 folding maps (one coloured; one coloured in outline); pictorial cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Robert Sauve Pulman on front paste-down. Not recorded by Neate.

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SMYTHE Frank S.MareMagnum

Mountaineering Holiday. [Third Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19508vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1940. Neate 735.

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SPENCER, ed. SydneyMareMagnum

Lonsdale Library Volume XVIII. Mountaineering. [With numerous Contributors.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19348vo., with frontispiece, 101 plates and 9 folding maps in blue; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper.

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EGGLER AlbertMareMagnum

The Everest-Lhotse Adventure. Translated by Hugh Merrick. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

19578vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispiece, numeroud plates in monochrome and many maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top a little faded, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. Covers the Swiss ascent of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. Published a year after the German version. Neate 240.

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LUNN ArnoldMareMagnum

The Mountains of Youth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19258vo., First Edition, with plates toned in blue, some light marginal spotting; green cloth, gilt back, dark top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author failed to complete his degree, but founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, and the Alpine Ski Club. Neate 471.

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TYNDALL JohnMareMagnum

Hours of Exercise in the Alps. New Edition [Fourth Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

18998vo., Fourth Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 6 plates by Whymper; maroon cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, black endpapers, joints lightly rubbed and case a litle shaken else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. First published in 1871. This edition includes minor textual corrections and the first Index. Neate *839.

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LARDEN WalterMareMagnum

Inscriptions from Swiss Chalets. A Collection of Inscriptions found Outside and Inside Swiss Chalets, Storehouses and Sheds. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19138vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh copy. WITH THE SEPARATELY PRINTED LEAF OF CORRIGENDA & NOTES. Printed for the author. SCARCE. See Neate p.121.

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SMYTHE Frank S.MareMagnum

Edward Whymper. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

19408vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, illustrations and full-page map in the text, and 2 large folding maps on japon; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and neatly repaired at extremities. Classic biography of arguably the most famous mountaineer of all time. Neate *736.

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TILMAN Harold WilliamMareMagnum

The Ascent of Nanda Devi. With a Foreword by Dr. T.G. Longstaff. IN FULL MOROCCO

19378vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, map and large folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Classic first ascent. Neate *815.

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HINCHLIFF Thomas WoodbineMareMagnum

Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte Rosa. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

18578vo., First Edition, with chromolithographed frontispiece, 3 chromolithographed plates (some minor age-soiling at margins; one plate rather more heavily soiled) and 3 maps coloured in blue; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with ice-axes in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, original backstrip gilt mounted on new and separate leaf at front, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The author was President of the Alpine Club 1875-77. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Neate *375.

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ROCH AndreMareMagnum

On Rock and Ice. Mountaineering in Photographs. With a Foreword [and Photographs] by Frank S. Smythe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19474to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 80 fine plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neate 661.

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FITZGERALD Edward ArthurMareMagnum

The Highest Andes. A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the surrounding Valleys. With Chapters by Stuart Vines and Contributions by Professor Bonney [and several others]. [Maps drawn by A.E. Lightbody.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

1899Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates (a number in photogravure), folding panorama on japon and 2 large folding coloured maps (one in relief) at end, a little negligible foxing here and there; original red diced cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, an unusually well-preserved bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *273.

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CONWAY Sir William MartinMareMagnum

The Alps from End to End. [Third Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE THIRD EDITION

18958vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, title-vignette, and 99 full-page plates, endpapers mildly browned; original green ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, hinges tender (but binding wholly sound), boards mildly faded else a bright, clean copy. With the engraved armorial bookplate of John Francis Leigh Clare on front paste-down, and his holograph signature on front free endpaper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Clare was son to John Leigh Clare, merchant and art collector, of Toxteth Old Hall, Liverpool. Neate *176.

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KAUFFMAN Andrew J.MareMagnum

K2. The 1939 Tragedy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19928vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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CURRAN JimMareMagnum

K2. Triumph and Tragedy. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

19878vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured plates, and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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WALKER J. HubertMareMagnum

Mountain Days in the Highlands and Alps. With Illustrations by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY

19378vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates (toned in blue or sepia) and maps, and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, joints faintly rubbed else a near fine copy. Neate 862.

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MOORE Adolphus WarburtonMareMagnum

The Alps in 1864. A Private Journal. Edited by Alex. B. W.Kennedy. [First Trade Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF AN ALPINE CLASSIC

19028vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 21 fine photographic plates in gravure (all original tissue guards present), 20 smaller photographs as chapter heads and 10 maps in the text, endpapers mildly browned; original pale green buckram, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), joints very lightly rubbed, short split in paper of upper hinge (but binding entirely sound), a well-preserved, bright, cleam, crisp copy. With the engraved bookplate of Herbert Cooke on front paste-down. One of the greatest Alpine memoirs. Moore climbed with Whymper and Horace Walker, and was a member of the party which made the first ascent of Mont Blanc via the Brenva ice-ridge. Originally published privately in 1867 in an edition of 100 copies. The plates are remarkable for their extensive and detailed captions. Moore's later diaries, currently unpublished, are held by the Alpine Club. Neate *535; Perret 3086 'edition la plus interessante pour l'alpiniste'.