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London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on title page, pg 1, foldouts and most full page plates. binding quite loose with separation beginning inside front hinge and at the gutter between signatures. some toning to plate margins. lots of wear to cover, including cloth fraying at corners and bottom of spine, with some cloth missing from top of spine). Burgundy library buckram with color pastedown on cover. 299 pp. BW illustrations, some foldout, and a foldout color map.

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 288 pp, with two folding maps and 113 illustrations from photographs. Appendix by Count Dr. Cesare Calciati and Dr. Mathias Koncza, Original dark red cloth with illustration of climbers on a steep slope on front board. Corners lightly bumped, some rubbing to edges of boards, spine lettering dulled. Binding tight, contents clean. The Workmans, an American husband and wife team, were wealthy, zealous, and energetic explorers who together made many expeditions to the Himalayas. Fanny, a suffragist as well as a bit of a publicity hound, made sure the world knew of her achievements as a pioneering female climber. (Among other achievements, she held the women's altitude record for 28 years after her conquest of 23,000-ft Pinnacle Peak in 1906.) Robinson (Wayward Women) amusingly describes her as having "practically battered the Karakorams into submission, first treading them over with her squat, hob-nailed figure and then… Read More

THE CALL OF THE SNOWY HISPAR, Fanny Bullock & William Hunter Workman, Constable, London, 1910, 1st UK edition, 287 page hardback, rebound in grey cloth with gilt titles, no library markings, one waterstain to one of the 100+ B&W plates, two large fold-out maps in rear - near perfect, one detached. Previous owner's signature on prelims, fep missing, Account of the Workman's 1908 exploration of the Hispar and Biafo glacier areas in the Karakoram. Scarce.
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Constable and Company Ltd, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Complete with all illustrations. The boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and knocked in the corners, but they remain strong and sturdy despite this. Internally, there is some very light, age-related tanning, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. The binding is sound. In good condition considering the age of the book. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. The last tipped-in map has a closed tear in the upper corner, ~4" long, where it was opened carelessly. ; First American edition. A few minor scuff marks on the back cover, but a beautiful book.; 6 1/2x9 1/2" .