1992rif. 006385Kathmandu 1992 Souvenir postcard of Mt Cho Oyu with Nepal R.6 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 22 Feb 1993. Signed by the entire team including Manual Gonzalez Diaz Fernando Guerra Luis Arbues Jose Manuel Morales Marianne Danielle & Manolo Salazar A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1963rif. 0036451963 Original pictorial postcard with Afghani Stamps postmarked Kaboul 29/9/1963. Signed by 8 team members including Max Eiselin and two thumb prints. A fine copy. The Swiss mounted a number of exploratory expeditions to the Hindu Kush during this period. Signed by the Team Members. First Edition. Soft Cover. F. paperback
1991rif. 006388Kathmandu 1991 Souvenir postcard of the Annapurna Himal with Nepal R 1.80 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 31 Oct 1991. Signed by the entire team including Felix Criado Alonso Manuel Gonzalo Foez Luis Solla Covelo & Chus Lago. A near fine copy. This card required some detective work to identify as it carries no identifiers is postmarked with the Star Himalayan Challenge Cachet as was typical at that time the signatures are virtually illegible and as is customary with the Spanish each member used several different names. However The Himalayan Database proved invaluable yet again and the card can be identified with this particular expedition with a fair degree of certainty Exped ID ANN1-913-03. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
rif. 004286nd. 1931. original unused pictorial postcard featuring a monochrome photo from the German 1929 or 1931 Himalayan Expeditions to Kangchenjunga both led by Paul Bauer showing a view of the mountain from the Zemu Valley. A very fine copy. For an account of this expedition see Bauer's 1937 'Himalayan Campaign. The German Attack on Kangchenjunga'. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. unknown
1968rif. 0054841968 Original pictorial postcard with two postmarked Chilean stamps 70 & 20 CTs and rsm 'Joint British Patagonian Expedition 1967-68'. Signed by the team Derek Walker Dave Nicol Gordon Hibberd Ian Clough Chris Jackson John Gregory and Niki Clough as 'Niki' one corner tip lost presumbably through removal from mounting. A scarce expedition fund raising postcard with the rare signature of Ian Clough who died on Annapurna in 1970. A very good copy. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1970rif. 0037011970 Original pictorial postcard of Nampa 22162' with cachet 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition Base Camp 14000 ft'. Signed by the entire expedition team John Allen Leader Bill Rowntree Arthur Clarke Yvonne Clarke Brian Cosby and Rob Beighton. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1970rif. 0040731970 A complete set including Official Expedition Cover 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition to Climb Nampa 22162ft.' with post-marked Nepalese stamp and cachet 'Manchester Nepalese Expedition Base Camp 14000 ft' a bit of rubbing to extremities & a few marks to reverse; original pictorial postcard of Nampa with identical cachet signed by the entire expedition team John Allen Leader Bill Rowntree Arthur Clarke Yvonne Clarke Brian Cosby and Rob Beighton; perforated sheet with special expedition stamp and a double-side folding sheet with route map and explanatory notes. A near fine set. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1960rif. 0042851960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1958rif. 0036461958 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali and Indian Stamps. Signed by 5 team members including Max Eiselin and Detlef Hecker. A near fine copy. A souvenir of one of the earlier unsuccessful Swiss attempts at the first ascent of Dhaulagiri. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1960rif. 0037021960 Original pictorial postcard with Nepali Stamps P 28. Signed by 6 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A near fine copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1960rif. 0039081960 Original pictorial postcard with four Nepali Stamps. Signed by 8 team members Max Eiselin Kurt Diemberger Albin Schelbert Ernst Forrer Peter Diener Hugo Weber Michel Vaucher and Jerzy Hajdukiewicz and two sherpas. A very good copy. The first ascent of Dhaulagiri then the highest unclimbed peak by a Swiss team lead by Max Eiselin in 1960. See Max Eiselin 'The Ascent of Dhaulagiri' and Kurt Diemberger's 'Summits and Secrets' both of which can be purchased from us. Signed by the Team Members. unknown
1970rif. 003901The Expedition 1970 Original pictorial postcard with Pakistan Stamps 50 paisa postmarked Gilgit 9 May 1970 with expedition cachet minutest rubbing to tips of two corners. otherwise unblemished; Signed by 16 team members including leader Karl Herrligkoffer summiteers Reinhold Messner Gunther Messner and Felix Kuen as well as Michl Anderl Gerhard Baur Wolf-Dietrich Bitterling Werner Haim Gunther Kroh Hermann Kuhn Gerd Mandl Elmer Raab Hans Saler Peter Vogler Jurgen Winkler Alice Von Hobe and a sherpa thumbprint. A fine copy carrying the rare Gunther Messner signature. The success of the German 1970 Rupal Face expedition to Nanga Parbat was marred by the death of Gunther Messner in an avalanche after descending the unknown slopes of the Diamir Face. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. Soft Cover. F. The Expedition paperback
1970rif. 004083Munich: The Expedition 1970 Original pictorial postcard with Pakistan Stamps 50 paisa postmarked Gilgit 9 May 1970 with expedition cachet; Signed by 16 team members including leader Karl Herrligkoffer summiteers Reinhold Messner Felix Kuen and Peter Scholz as well as Michl Anderl Gerhard Baur Wolf-Dietrich Bitterling Werner Haim Gunther Kroh Hermann Kuhn Gerd Mandl Elmer Raab Hans Saler Peter Vogler Jurgen Winkler Alice Von Hobe Max von Kienlin and a sherpa thumbprint. A near fine copy. The success of the German 1970 Rupal Face expedition to Nanga Parbat was marred by the death of Gunther Messner after descending the unknown slopes of the Diamir Face. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. Soft Cover. F-. The Expedition paperback
1992rif. 006383Kathmandu 1992 Special expedition souvenir cover with Nepal R.5 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 11 Nov 1992. Signed by five team members including three summiteers Carlos Bravo Diego Fernandez and Manuel de la Matta. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1982rif. 0035761982 Original pictorial postcard with Chinese Stamps R25 postmarked 20/4/1982. Signed by Doug Scott Nick Prescott Paul Braithwaite Roger Baxter Jones and Alex McIntyre. A near fine copy. This item can be purchased with a copy of 'The Shishapangma Expedition' by Scott and McIntyre. Signed by the Team Members. Soft Cover. F-. paperback
rif. 201005686Paris, France loisirs, 1992 ; in-8, 271 pp., cartonnage d'éditeur avec jaquette.
rif. 160839Paris, Vve Demoraine et Boucquin, s.d. (v. 1825) in-16, 108 pp., avec un portrait-frontispice naïf, demi-percaline cerise, tranches mouchetées (rel. de la fin du XIXe). Bon exemplaire.
rif. 226546Paris, Imprimerie de Constant-Chantpie, 1823 in-8, 16 pp., en feuilles.
1893rif. 2712376Adelaide: C.E. Bristow 1893. Wrappers torn at edges but well repaired as are the boards of the map section. Octavo complete with maps; original wrappers and boards preserved in a brown morocco bookform box. First edition: one of 500 copies printed of the narrative of one of the last great Australian exploring expeditions written by the leader of the expedition and complete with its maps. Lindsay led this extensive expedition - it ran to eight men forty-four camels and five Afghan camel drivers - organised by the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society and equipped by Sir Thomas Elder to explore the unknown interior between South Australia and the west coast and to look for Leichhardt. Lindsay's exhaustive report includes the surveyor L.A. Wells's journal of the expedition. Also included is an extensive Aboriginal vocabulary collected by Wells from the Pidong tribe at the head of the Murchison River the Minninng tribe at Fraser Range from the Everard Ranges at Mount Illbillee and from the "Wallawe" tribe at Yarragabie Station Western Australia. He states "Appended is a list of native names which I have collected from four tribes met with during the expedition.". The separate large folding maps are original lithographs coloured to illustrate geological changes. Compiled and drawn by both Lindsay and Wells these maps show in great detail the earlier discoveries of Giles Gosse Forrest and Hunt as well as the route taken by the Elder explorers. . C.E. Bristow unknown
1756rif. BB0491Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier 1756. Full Calf. Fine. Later edition of the memoirs of one of the most illustrious French corsairs including descriptions of his spectacular attacks on Rio de Janeiro. 12mo 166 x 92mm: xxxix312pp with engraved frontispiece and five of six folding plates absent plate opposite p. 120 apparently never bound in. Full mottled calf flat richly gilt spine divided into six compartments by triple rules red morocco gilt label all edges stained red marbled end papers book label of P. Gaingnot-P. au Mans. The highly accomplished engravings by J. P. Le Bas and A. Coquart include frontispiece portrait of the author view of a French man-of-war with parts labeled three of four folding views of naval engagements and the magnificent folding plan of Rio de Janeiro. Also included are lists of ships and crews under Du Guay-Trouin's command in various campaigns. Lower joint skillfully repaired else Fine with pages and plates pristine. STCN 305337807. Keynes Bibliotheca Bibliographici p. 117. Borba de Moraes 272. Gibson's Library p. 115. Sabin 29198 quoting Borba 272: "Pierre Mortier the well-known Amsterdam book dealer published several editions of the Memoires beginning 1740 continuing 1746 1748 1756 1769 and 1773 all of which contain the author's portrait five plates and the map.". First published in Amsterdam in 1730 in a pirated edition extracted from an unfinished manuscript. The first official and complete edition was published posthumously in Paris in 1740. Admiral Du Guay-Trouin noted for his exploits during the War of the Spanish Succession from 1699 to 1712 sailed American and Caribbean waters as a privateer. In 1711 he led a French expedition against Rio de Janeiro then considered impregnable and after an eleven day siege he occupied the city for some two months holding the governor for ransom and ransacking the churches and plundering their treasures. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Chez Pierre Mortier unknown
1982rif. 28467London:: Hakluyt Society 1982. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine set in Very Good plus dust jackets with gentle wear to the extremities. This four-volume set presents the previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster J. R. Forster - principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage - was nevertheless recognised by many contemporaries as one of the ‘universal geniuses’ of the late 18th century. His journal of the voyage offers many new insights expressed at times in quite unrestrained language into the day-to-day relationships life and thinking and theory-testing on the second and the most scientific and the most epic of Cook's voyages. However the circumstances of Forster's career and personality were such that his work was dogged by debilitating disputes and vendettas. Consequently important works such as this journal which would have established him as the leading comparative anthropologist linguist geographer and zoologist of the Pacific have thus far remained obscure and seldom-used manuscripts. Hakluyt Society, unknown
First edition, 8vo, 76pp., disbound. A reply to 'The expedition against Rochefort fully stated and considered' by Thomas Potter, 1758.
First edition, 8vo, 51, [1]pp., disbound. A reply to Thomas Potter's 'Reply of the country gentleman', 1758.
1935rif. 145162Cambridge: At the University Press 1935. First Edition. Very Good. Cambridge At the University Press 1935 first edition. Quarto xvi 422 pages with 10 maps and 52 illustrations plus 11 pages of plates from photographs. Grey buckram lettered in gilt on the spine; buckram lightly spotted possibly a minor issue with the binding material itself; edges lightly foxed or marked; minimal signs of age and handling; an excellent copy. The reports of this important expedition 1898-1899 were published in six volumes between 1901 and 1935 this being the last to appear. It includes studies of the material culture social organisation religious beliefs languages and folk tales of the peoples of the Torres Strait Islands and southern New Guinea. At the University Press unknown
1902rif. 25076Perth: Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Perth Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. Foolscap folio 62 pages with 4 illustrations plus a very large folding map 625 × 865 mm. Title-wrappers relatively recently bound in half calf and cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; title leaf slightly marked with trifling loss to the bottom corner-tip; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92 was leader. The party set out from Mullewa east of Geraldton on 13 June 1896; lack of water and the gruelling conditions brought the official expedition to an end on 6 November at Noonkanbah Station on the Fitzroy River with two men unaccounted for. It was not until late May of the following year that Wells located the bodies of the missing men his cousin Charles Wells and George Lindsay Jones nephew of the explorer David Lindsay. The detailed accounts of the three search expeditions undertaken by Wells accompanied by Nat Buchanan George Keartland and Sub-Inspector Ord respectively are included. Not least strong on contemporary race relations. Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer paperback
