BOOKS OF EVEREST

5599 Tony Astill MOUNT EVEREST : The Reconnaissance 1935. 'The Forgotten Adventure' leader Eric Shipton Published by the Author. December 2005 1st. 128 photographic illustrations. 10 new maps. [3 fold.] foreword by John Hunt, introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. pp 380. hardback [235 x 185] Michael Spender photogrametric survey of the North Face of Everest on the unique 'double' dw. New.

4101 H.P.S. Ahluwalia HIGHER THAN EVEREST. Memoirs of a Mountaineer. Vikas. 1973 1st. b/w illus. e.p. route photos. pp188. ex-lib. r.s.m. dw. Very Good -.

3416 C. Bonington EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. Foreword by Lord Hunt. Hodder & Stoughton. 1973 1st. 56 cold. and b/w illus. 7 maps and diagrams. pp352. dw. Fine.

2666 C. Bonington EVEREST THE HARD WAY. Foreword by Lord Hunt. Hodder & Stoughton. 1976 1st. 85 cold. illus. 13 maps and diagrams. pp239. dw. Near Fine.

7356 C.G. Bruce Brig.-Gen. Hon. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922. Edward Arnold & Co. 1923 1st. frontis. 35 plates and 2 maps [fold.] pp339. orig. red cloth gilt. sl. marked. in the very scarce original dw. Near Fine -.

7046 H. Buhl NANGA PARBAT PILGRIMAGE. A Mountainer's Autobigraphy. Hodder & Stoughton. 1956 1st. illus. frontis. port. 3 maps. pp360. green cloth. dw. Very Good.

6439 Chinese Expedition. A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE MOUNT JOLMO LUNGMA SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION. (1966-1968) Science Press. 1977 1st. with many illus. in colour and b/w. fold. panorama. e.p. map. pp120. plain wrappers with pict. dw. Near Fine.

d333 L. Clark THE MARCHING WIND. Hitchinson. 1955 1st. 32 illus. 3 maps. pp347. Good.

6920 E. Denman ALONE TO EVEREST. Collins. 1954 1st. frontis. 12 illus. 4 maps. pp255. dw. Near Fine.

7239 R. Dittert R., Chevalley G. & Lambert FORERUNNERS TO EVEREST. The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952. Allen & Unwin. 1954 1st. cold. frontis. 24 plates. 9 maps. pp256. from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. dw. Near Fine.

3532 A. Eggler THE EVEREST-LHOTSE ADVENTURE. Allen & Unwin. 1957 1st. cold. frontis. 24 plates. sketch map. pp224. dw. Fine.

4112 R. Faux EVEREST Goddess of the Wind. Chambers. 1978 1st. many illus. maps & diagrams. pp113. dw. Fine.

6919 P.F.M. Fellowes Air-Comm FIRST OVER EVEREST. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933. John Lane. 1934 4th. rpt. with 57 illus. from photos, diagrams and maps. pp279. with 3D glasses in e.p. Rare in this condition, but a little chipped and nicked dw. Near Fine.

6413 G.I. Finch CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST. George Philip & Son. 1931 2nd. illus. Philips "New Prospect" Readers for Schools. pp72. orig. pict. card wrappers, minor creasing. r.s.m. Rare. Very Good -.

5584 Capt. G.I. Finch CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST. Ward, Lock & Co. c.1927 1st. 16 illus. with photographs by the Author and a map. pp26. The first three expeditions extract from a Boy's Annual bound in marbled boards. Near Fine.

5875 G.I. Finch DER KAMPF UM DEN EVEREST. Brockhaus. 1925 1st. 90 plates and 2 maps. pp207. cold. pict. boards. Scarce Account not published in English. top sp. nicked. Near Fine -.

5787 G.I. Finch THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER. Arrowsmith. 1924 2nd. imp. 78 photos. drawing. 2 diagrams. pp340. orig. cloth gilt. Near Fine -.

515 J. Gillette N. & Reynolds EVEREST GRAND CIRCLE. A Climbing and Skiing Adventure through Nepal and Tibet The Mountaineers. 1985 1st. cold. illus. pp216. dw. Near Fine.

6434 A. Gregory THE PICTURE OF EVEREST. A book of full-colour reproductions of the Everest scene. Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st. 43 full-colour reproductions of photographs of Everest with e.p. chart of the Ascent. pp92. De Luxe edition bound in vellum. dw. Near Fine.

3421 A. Greig KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge. Hutchinson. 1986 1st. cold. illus. pp249. dw. New.

7281 O. Gurtner EVEREST. The Swiss Everest Expeditions in Photographs. Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st. 144 cold. and b/w plates. sketch maps. pp144. signed by Michael Ward and Mike Westmacott. dw. Near Fine.

6115 Sir Edmund Hillary HIMALAYAN 50th. ANNIVERSARY CALENDER The Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust UK. 2002 1st. with 13 colour photographs by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, Charles Wylie, George Band, Michael Westmacott, John Jackson, Rebecca Stephens, Tashi Tenzing, Sir Chrisian Bonington, Colin Monteath and Peter Hillary. ring bound, this calender can be used to record special birthdays and anniversaries from year to year. All proceeds from the sale of this calender go directly to this fine charity. ORDER QUICKLY BEFORE IT IS OUT OF PRINT! New.

6369 Hillary - Everest. a brass TELESCOPE, 3 sections, extends to 29 inches. Magnification 25x - 40x. Hillary - Everest is engraved in the first telescopic section. Made in England. c1953 bound in brown leather. Very Good.

692 Holzel T. & Salkeld A. THE MYSTERY OF MALLORY AND IRVINE. Jonathan Cape. 1986 1st. 35 plates. e.p. maps. pp322. dw. Fine.

7236 T.F. Hornbein EVEREST THE WEST RIDGE. George Allen & Unwin. 1971 3rd. 15 cold plates. pp181. from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. dw. Fine.

5890 Lieut.-Col. C.K. Howard-Bury MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE: 1921. Edward Arnold & Co. 1922 1st. frontis. 32 illus. 3 cold. fold. maps. pp350. re-cased in blue paper covered boards and buckram sp. with paper label. The page edges have been trimmed by 1/8" on all edges. Otherwise this is still an attractive copy. Very Good -.

4748 J. Hunt LIFE IS MEETING. Hodder & Stoughton. 1978 1st. 24 illus. pp286. dw. Near Fine.

6907 J. Hunt MY FAVOURITE MOUNTAINEERING STORIES. Lutterworth Press. 1978 1st. line decorations by Douglas Phillips. pp127. r.s.m. dw. Near Fine -.

4803 J. Hunt OUR EVEREST ADVENTURE. E.P. Dutton & Co. 1954 1st. U.S. over 150 pictures. sketch map. pp128. poor dw. Very Good -.

2119 J. Hunt THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.

6679 M.S. Kohli NINE ATOP EVEREST. Story of the Indian ascent. Orient Longmans. 1969 1st. 56 art plates in colour and monochrome. pp384. dw. New

3621 J. Krakauer INTO THIN AIR. A personal account of the Everest disaster. Pan. 1998 illus. and woodcuts. pp291. p.b. New.

7060 Y. Malartic SHERPA TENSING'S SIEG AM EVEREST. Hoffman und Campe. Hamburg. 1954 1st. German. frontis. 16 illus. 2 maps. pp309. orig. cloth. dw. Near Fine -.

6128 G. L. Mallory MOUNT EVEREST : THE RECONNAISSANCE. read with the preceding paper 'The 1921 Mount Everest Expedition' by C.K. Howard-Bury, at the joint meeting of the R.G.S. and A.C. on 20 December 1921. Alpine Club Journal no. 224. May 1922 22 photo. illus. pp195 - 250. bound in marbled boards with paper label. Fine.

7289 J.D. McCallum EVEREST DIARY. based on the diary of Lute Jerstad. Follett. 1966 1st. illus. pp213. Very Good -.

1504 R. Messner EVEREST. Expedition to the Ultimate. Oxford University Press. New York. 1979 1st. U.S. cold. & b/w photos. diagrams. pp254. dw. Near Fine.

7003 J. Morris CORONATION EVEREST. Faber & Faber. 1963 School 3 maps. pp146. SIGNED by George Band, George Lowe, Michael Ward, Jan Morris, Charles Wylie, Michael Westmacott, John Jackson. Near Fine.

876 J. Morris HIRED TO KILL. Hart-Davis. 1960 1st. 3 maps pp272. dw. Very Good -.

4134 P. Morrow BEYOND EVEREST. Quest for the Seven Summits. Camden House. 1986 1st. with many illus. in colour and b/w. pp176. cold. pict. wrappers. New.

6394 Mountainous Nepal Substantial Mint Stamp Collection (much never hinged) from 1949 with all key definitive sets to 1984 in mounts on 32 illus. sheets. 1949 - 1984 430 Nepal Postage Stamps in sets. some sets with mountain views, but mainly of Nepal interest. Mint.

5635 Capt. J.B.L. Noel MOUNT EVEREST. a Series of 20 photographic Cigarette Cards. John Player & Sons. 1924 1st. depicting views from the 1924 expedition, 2 from photographs by Dr. T.H. Somervell and mostly not reproduced elsewhere. rare. Near Fine.

6947 W. Noyce THE GODS ARE ANGRY. Heinemann. 1957 1st. Novel about Changma the 26,410 Himalayan 'Everest'. pp198. SIGNED by Ed Hillary, George Lowe, Charles Wylie, Michael Ward, George Band, Michael Westmacott and by Joe Brown. dw. Near Fine -.

2349 'On Top of the World' Everest 50th Anniversary Everest Conquered.... a triumph for SMITHS de luxe 'EVEREST' Wristwatches. 1953 One of the original watches which were the official selection of the gallant Everest team and produced in limited numbers to commemorate the Ascent of Everest in 1953. these are advertised in 'The Times Mount Everest Supplement July 1953'

6474 D. Robertson GEORGE MALLORY. Faber and Faber. 1969 1st. frontis. 20 plates. 5 maps. pp279. Signed by George Lowe, Michael Ward, George Band, and Mike Westmacott. dw. Very Good.

5443 H. Ruttledge EVEREST 1933. Hodder & Stoughton. 1947 5th. b/jkt. 10 plates. map. pp254. Very Good.

1509 H. Ruttledge EVEREST 1933. Hodder & Stoughton. 1936 5th. frontis. 16 plates. fold. map. pp291. Near Fine.

6760 H. Ruttledge EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE. Hodder & Stoughton. 1937 1st. 63 plates. 2 fold. maps. pencil-head sketches. pp288. original blue cloth gilt. dw. Fine.

6318 W.W. Sayre FOUR AGAINST EVEREST. Arthur Barker. 1964 1st. illus. maps. pp251. Near Fine -.

7066 G. Seligman SNOW STRUCTURE AND SKI FIELDS. Macmillan & Co. 1936 1st. nearly 400 illus. pp555. sp. faded. corners a bit bumped. rare. in laser copy dw* Very Good -.

7082 E. Shipton BLANK ON THE MAP. Hodder & Stoughton. 1938 1st. frontis. 49 illus. 3 maps [1 fold.] Bip Pares illus. head and tail pieces. pp280. orig. black cloth wrinkled. r.s.m. scarce. laser copy d/w. Very Good -.

3523 E. Shipton MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE 1935. A Postcard of the Team, but printed in 1998, with Rongbuk Base Camp cache. Only 500 of these printed. shows Shipton, Tilman, Warren, Bryant, Kempson, Wigram and Spender. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE SIR EDMUND HILLARY HIMALAYAN TRUST. so please order more than one! New.

6983 E. Shipton MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY. Hodder & Stoughton. [1950] 1st. frontis. 28 photos by the author. e.p. maps. pp224. sp. faded. Very Good -.

5869 B. Webster. Smith SOME TRIUMPHS OF MODERN EXPLORATION. Blackie & Son Limited. [1933] 1st. frontis. 5 illus. 6 maps. pp224. orig. pict. cloth. Very Good -.

7008 Smiths SMITHS EVEREST GOLD WATCH c1953 produced in limited numbers to commemorate the Ascent of Everest 1953 9ct. automatic gentleman's wristwatch. 25 jewels. IMAGE available. Very Good.

5925 S. Snaith AT GRIPS WITH EVEREST. Percy Press. 1945 2nd. 8 illus. map. foreword by T.H. Somervell. pp164. orig. green cloth faded as usual. chipped dw. Very Good -.

5444 T.H. Somervell AFTER EVEREST. H & S. 1950 5th. sketches. 2 maps. pp319. Near Fine.

6516 T.H. Somervell MOUNT EVEREST FROM RONGBUK 1924. coloured print of original watercolour. Alpine Club. 1978 21.5 x 35.5 cms. framed & glazed.

1275 P. Steele DOCTOR ON EVEREST. Hodder & Stoughton. 1972 1st. 32 illus. 3 maps. pp222. dw. Near Fine.

6491 R. Stephens ON TOP OF THE WORLD. The first British woman to climb Everest. Macmillan. 1994 1st. cold. illus. and illus. e.p.'s. pp196. dw. Fine.

5441 T. Stobart ADVENTURER'S EYE. The Autobiography of Everest Film-Man Popular Book Club. 1958 23 illus. pp248. Very Good.

7321 Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. First Day Cover of the 25th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest and Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 2nd. June 1978. with 2 sets of 2 stamps 3p and 1/2p. also with 2003 50th anniversary Everest 1st. class stamp. The Mount Everest Foundation. 1978 1st. SIGNED by Tenzing, Ed Hillary, George Lowe, George Band, Charles Wylie and Mike Westmacott. Near Fine.

4777 H.W. Tilman MOUNT EVEREST 1938. C.U.P. 1948 1st. 60 a/b photo illus. 4 maps. pp160. Very Good.

6918 J.R. Ullman THE AGE OF MOUNTAINEERING. Collins. 1956 1st. illus. maps & sketches. pp384. dw. Fine.

7205 M. Ward EVEREST A THOUSAND YEARS OF EXPLORATION. A Record of Mountaineering, Geographical Exploration, Medical Research and Mapping. The Ernest Press. 2003 1st. (only 500 copies printed) cold. frontis.(in the correct place.) 25 plates. 62 maps, diagrams & drawings including an 8 page map by Ted Hatch and illus. e.p.'s. pp350. dw. New.

7021 W. Weston MOUNTAINEERING AND EXPLORATION IN THE JAPANESE ALPS. John Murray. 1896 1st. with 2 fold. maps at rear and 35 illustrations. pp346. half morocco gilt with red morocco sp. label. Very Good.

6446 Sir F. Younghusband EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE. Thomas Nelson 1936 rpt. April frontis. 15 illus. 4 maps and diagrams. pp243. still has the printed wraparound slip 'With a Special Account of the 1936 Expedition' which is rare and complete. This copy with the signatures of George Lowe, George Band and Charles Wylie. dw. Fine -.

6917 Sir F. Younghusband THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. Edward Arnold. 1939 school edition rpt. frontis. 7 plates. 2 maps. pp319. orig. blue cloth. Very Good.

6621 Sir F. Younghusband THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. Edward Arnold. 1926 1st. frontis. 15 plates. 2 maps. pp319. Scarce first edition. with a facsimile laser copy dw. Near Fine.

5931 Sir F. Younghusband THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. Edward Arnold. 1939 school edition rpt. frontis. 7 plates. 2 maps. pp319. orig. blue cloth. Very Good.

5930 Sir F. Younghusband THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. Edward Arnold. 1934 8th. frontis. 15 plates. 2 maps. pp319. Very Good.

6944 Col. H. Yule THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO, The Venetian. Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. John Murray. 1871 1st. with maps and other illus. some fold. pp409 + 525 2 volumes in orig. green cloth gilt, sl. st. vol.II board and book warped. Good.