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THE INDIAN ALPS AND HOW WE CROSSED THEM BY A LADY PIONEER, Nina Mazuchelli 1st edn., Logman's Green, London, 1876, expertly recased with original spine, original red cloth with gilt decoration, gilt titles, large fold-out map of Eastern Nepal, beautiful colour plates, B&W sketches throughout, Married to an English army chaplain, Nina Mazuchelli set out from her home in Darjeeling accompanied by the local District Officer to explore the Eastern glaciers of the Himalayas. Although provisioned with every conceivable comfort from bedsteads to a dinner service, they were not prepared for the rigorous conditions and were forced to abandon their expedition. The author was carried throughout by bearers - a beautiful copy of a very scarce book.
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ON THE HEIGHTS - WALTER BONATTI - 1st UK edn, Hart-Davis, London, 1964, VG+ 250 page hardback in original cloth withVG+ jacket...Bonatti's classic and very hard to find autobiography. THIS COPY inscribed by Walter Bonatti to title page to Kiwi guide and climbing companion in Antarctica - Gary Ball THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

SOUTH, - The Story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917 expedition, Sir Ernest Shackleton, William Heinemann, London, 1st edn 1919,3rd imp March 1920.Four months after the first edition, pages with some browning as is common.Previous owner's name on prelims Original blue cloth unfaded and silver titles and front board decoration of Endurance crisp. All Hurley plates complete, binding sl worn. South is an important polar book that came to define the end of an era of Antarctic exploration.
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RUWENZORI, Filippo De Filippi, Archibald Constable, London, 1909, first edition, 2nd imp, 403 pages VG+ hardback in original red cloth with gilt titles, B&W Vittorio Sella plates throughout, some large fold-out, five maps, two large fold-out, An account of the Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, The Duke of Abruzzi, early exploration and climbs in the Ruwenzori, Mountains of the Moon. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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THE GLITTERING MOUNTAINS OF CANADA - J Monroe THORINGTON, #655 out of a limited print run of 1500, Lea publishers, Philadelphia, 1925, original blue cloth with gilt titles, 310 page VG+ hardback with large fold-out B&W plates and fold out map of Colombia Icefields - A record of exploration and pioneer ascents in the Canadian Rockies 1914-1924, a near-pristine copy of the scarce limited edition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

TRANS-HIMALAYA - Discoveries and adventures in Tibet, Sven Hedin, 3 vols, Vols 1 & 2 published 1909, this imp 1910 and the rarer Vol3, published 1913. Original red cloth, gilt titles, some sun fading and minor insect damage to boards, VG+ inside including B&W and colour plates...and superb large fold-out maps of Hedin's remarkable journeys across southern Tibet, Kailas, etc...including the range he named the Trans-Himalaya. The Swedish explorer devoted his third journey, 1906-8, to the region lying between Shigatse and Leh and to the north of the Brahmaputra. He produced maps of the area, which had not been previously visited and revealed the existence of a large range of mountains lying parallel to the Himalaya on the Tibetan side. Hedin visited the sources of the major Asian rivers that rise near Mt Kailas and Lake Manasarowar. He never did reach Lhasa. Overall, despite minor binding damage,a fine set, very hard to find in the 3 vols.
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FROM THE ALPS TO THE ANDES - Being the autobiography of a mountain guide - Mattias Zurbriggen, 1st edn., Fisher Unwin, London, 1899, 290 page hardback in original red cloth with bright gilt titles and designs Fading to spine, rubbing top & bottom of spine, B&W drawings throughout. A tight copy. One of the most sought after biographies of an early guide - Karakoram, New Zealand, Argentina, The Alps - scarce - THIS item is heavy and may require extra postage when sent internationally outside New Zealand. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.

CLIMBING AND EXPLORATION IN THE KARAKORAM HIMALAYAS, William Martin Conway,T Fisher Unwin, London, 1894, 1st edition, 700 pages, original orange/brown cloth with decorations, gilt titles, profusely illustrated by expedition member AD McCormick, fold-out map of Karakoram This copy was owned by prominent NZAC member Charlie Collins, his signature on prelim with a piece missing - This was the first major attempt to explore the Karakoram. The six-man expedition ascended the Hispar Glacier,and the Biafo and the Baltoro and achieved a height record. A remarkable achievement. Unfortunately most of the photographic plates which were to be used to illustrate the book were lost. This volume is also particularly significant for Conway's narrative of the expedition's sighting of K2 and reference to the mountain by its Indian Atlas letter and number code. This code was subsequently adopted as the standard name for the world's second highest mountain.
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AFTER EVEREST - The experiences of a mountaineer and medical missionary, Howard Somervell, 1936 1st edn., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 339 page hardback in original green cloth with gilt titles, extremely scarce original jacket with a some small pieces missing/spine fade but overall bright, archival tape repair - endpaper map of 1924 attempt on north/Tibet side Chomolungma, frontispiece painting by Somervell with glassine protection, B&W plates throughout with fold-out map of Travancore in Sthn India where Somervell was a medical missionary. Lovely biography covering early war years, Everest 1922 and 1924 expeditions, his music & his superb mountain paintings - Very hard to find in this condition with original jacket THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MOUNT EVEREST - The Reconnaissance, 1921 - Howard-Bury & Mallory, Edward Arnold, London, 1922. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Uk Edition. 355 pp, 3 large fold-out maps VG+, frontispiece with tissue-guard and 32 B&W photographs. British expedition led by Howard-Bury to north side of Everest, eventually reached the North Col to open the way for subsequent attempts on the North ridge. A classic account of this early Mount Everest mountaineering expedition that walked from Darjeeling into Tibet, with a team including George Mallory, almost no foxing, clean and tight inside, rubbed edges to original blue boards, gilt titles, one bumped corner, overall VG. Previous owner's signature and stamp fep.
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ROUND KANGCHENJUNGA, Douglas Freshfield, Edward Arnold, London, 1903, 1st UK edition, 366 page hardback in original red cloth with gilt titles and gilt chorten on front cover, spine sunned, illustrated with Vittorio Sella's B&W plates, two large fold-out maps - an important expedition journeying around Kangchenjunga both in Sikkim and Nepal - an inspirational book and an important one for any serious mountain library.
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BURMA'S ICY MOUNTAINS, Frank Kingdon Ward, Jonathan Cape, London, 1st edn., 1949, 2nd imp, 1949 Vg 285 page hardback in original blue cloth, silver titles, facsimile jacket, B&W plates and fold-out map - The ultimate plant hunter takes you on two hard journeys to remote northern Burma - scarce in this condition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS - Alfred Mummery, 1895, First edn., 2nd imp, T Fisher Unwin, London, original cream cloth, leather plate to spine with gilt titles, 360 page hardback, VG with some water staining on last few pages, B&W plates throughout - early climbs in The Alps and early exploration of the Caucasus. Mummery later disappeared during a recce climb on Nanga Parbat.
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CAMP SIX - AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1933 MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, Frank Smythe, 1st Edn: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1937, original blue cloth with pin hole and signature on fep otherwise VG+, very scarce original jacket. Considered Smythe's best book and certainly the most 'readable' account of the 1933 British expedition, the 4th to attempt the North ridge - led by Hugh Ruttledge with Eric Shipton on the team. Scarce in this edition. $440 THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED