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MOUNT EVEREST BOOKS

Mount Everest Mountaineering Books and other old and new mountain books for sale

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The HIMALAYAN JOURNAL, The Records of The Himalayan Club.  1933 - 2008   many illus. and maps, diagrams &c. an almost complete set of this important journal.

Also available recent and current nos. of The Himalayan Journal for sale.

The history of the exploration and climbing of Mount Everest has been recorded since the early exploits of famous names such as George Leigh Mallory and Sandy Irvine who possibly would otherwise be less infamous. Usually the ‘expedition book’ was left to the leader of the expedition to write and usually commissioned by it’s publisher, through a deal with the Mount Everest Committee, to help with the overall cost. Edward Arnold were the fortunate publishers to secure the rights to the first three Everest expedition books, now a rare and sought after trilogy -

Howard-Bury Lieut.-Col. C.K. MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE: 1921.   Edward Arnold & Co. 1922

Bruce Brig.-Gen. Hon.  C.G. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922. Edward Arnold & Co. 1923

Norton Lt. Col. E.F. THE FIGHT FOR EVEREST: 1924.   Edward Arnold.  1925

Hugh Ruttledge led the expeditions of 1933 and 1936.

 Ruttledge H. EVEREST 1933.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1934

Ruttledge H. EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1937

Eric Shipton led the Mount Everest Reconnaissance 1935 but didn’t write the book

Astill Tony MOUNT EVEREST : The Reconnaissance 1935. 'The Forgotten Adventure'. Privately Published by the Author. 2005

Tilman H.W. MOUNT EVEREST 1938.   C.U.P.  1948

Shipton E. THE MT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951. Hodder & Stoughton. 1952

Hunt J. THE ASCENT OF EVEREST. Hodder & Stoughton. 1953

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