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John MacGregor NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT OF MONT BLANC 22nd September 1853. Tony Astill.  2012 1st. edition in facsimile.   pp4 in 3 columns description + pp2 in 2 columns MacGregor Letter to The Times. Four Views printed in oil colours by George Baxter as fine art prints - with the rare Baxter blind impression stamp in lower margin. Each copy is casebound by hand in paper covered boards [19.5 x 26.5 cms.] Printed label on front cover. Limited Edition of 200 copies. The views may also be purchased separately.

W.H.D. Adams ALPINE CLIMBING.  Narratives of Recent Ascents of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn........  T. Nelson. 1882  pp237.  33 wood engravings (12 full page), inc. The Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Ascent to the Grand Mulets and more.  orig. brown gilt dec. pict. cloth and sp. some wear.

J. Ball PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.  Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1859 4th.  pp532. 9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth faded front cover o.w.

W. Beattie THE WALDENSES, or Protestant Valleys of PIEDMONT AND DAUPHINY. expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett.  George Virtue. 1836 1st.  pp216.  70 steel engraved plates. fold. map. portrait and vignette. a lovely copy in cont. half calf dec. gilt morocco. 5 raised bands with dec. gilt compartments. marbeld boards. a.e.g. sl. damage top right corner.

W. Bonatti THE GREAT DAYS.   Victor Gollancz.  1974 1st.  pp189.  35 photo. illus. translated by Geoffrey Sutton. a bit grubby

H. Bregault LA CHAINE DU MONT-BLANC.   Alpina. Paris.  1928 1st.  pp162.  ouvrages orne de 10 aquarelles en hors texte de E. Brun, Fourcy, F. Schrader. justification tirage exemplaire no. 10. and bound in original french half calf with marbled boards and raised Bands. No. 10 of a Limited Edition.

Major J.P. Cockburn SWISS SCENERY from Drawings by   Rodwell & Martin.  1820 1st.  pp200.  engraved title. 2 vignettes. 60 steel engravings. some sl. foxing. a large paper edition [23 x 29] bound in dark brown morocco. 5 raised bands with gilt.

Sir Martin. Conway MOUNTAIN MEMORIES A Pilgrimage of Romance  Cassell & Co.  1920 1st.  pp282.  16 full page plates orig. blue cloth gilt.

W.A.B. Coolidge WALKS AND EXCURSIONS IN THE VALLEY OF GRINDELWALD.   Fritz Bernet. 1929 3rd.  pp64.  with the Government map and several illustrations. orig. wrappers. Rare.

W. Coxe SKETCHES OF THE NATURAL, CIVIL, AND POLITICAL STATE OF SWISSERLAND. in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. J.Dodsley 1779 1st.  pp532.  orig. paper boards, recased with paper ps. and label. pages uncut. quite rare.

A. Fanck and Schneider H. WUNDER DES SCHNEESCHUHS.   Gebruder.  1928 rpt?  pp224 + xviii mit 242 einzelbildern und 1000 kinematographischen reihenbildern. orig. blue pict. cloth. signed presentation 'Ski Heil' H. Schneider 11/I 1930

J. Forbes A PHYSICIAN'S HOLIDAY or A Month in Switzerland in the Summer of 1848.  John Murray. and John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho. 1850 2nd.  pp350.  fold. route map. 4 cold. litho. plates. Monte Rosa, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn. orig. red cloth gilt. re-cased spine relaid.

J.D. Forbes NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS VISITED IN 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the  High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy.  Adam and Charles Black.   1853 1st.  pp349.  10 full page chromolithographic views with tissue guards. 22 wood engravings. 2 maps. [1 fold.] original brown blind tooled cloth gilt. Bookplate.

J.D. Forbes TRAVELS THROUGH THE ALPS OF SAVOY. and other parts of the Pennine Chain with observations on the phenomena of Glaciers.  Adam and Charles Black. 1843 1st.  pp424.  9 lithographs (2 tinted), 2 maps inc.,folding map of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni at the end. recased in original cloth gilt with blind embossed boards, sp. relaid new e.p.'S.

D.W. Freshfield ITALIAN ALPS. Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia.  Longmans, Green and Co.  1875 1st.  pp380.  frontis. title vignette, 8 wood engravings by Josiah Gilbert. 5 maps [fold.]. in original green cloth dec. gilt. rear hinge cracked o.w.

G.L. & M.G. Lory VOYAGE PITTORESQUE AUX GLACIERS DE CHAMOUNI.   beautiful aquatints coloured by hand. orig. boards, paper label

G. Lory, Lafond et Zehender. RECUEIL DE PAYSAGES SUISSE dessinés d' après nature, dans une course par la vallée d'Ober-Hasly et les cantons de Schweitz et d' Ury. Berne: chez les Artistes Associés ave privilége. [1797] 1st.  pp40.  13 engraved plates (23 x 15 cms.) accompagné d'un texte pour servir d'itinéraire aux artistes ey aux amateurs de Voyages Pittoresques.  2° (394 x 240mm). Contemporary half calf gilt, marbled paper upper cover with black morocco lettering-piece laid down (lightly rubbed), later half calf case.

P.A. Robert ALPINE FLOWERS.   Batsford.  1938 1st.  36 colour plates from watercolours. with introductory text by Prof. Dr. Carl Schroeter. orig. paper covered boards. quite scarce.

G. Seligman SNOW STRUCTURE AND SKI FIELDS.   Macmillan & Co. 1936 1st.  pp555.  nearly 400 illus. Rare.

F.S. Smythe EDWARD WHYMPER.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1940 1st.  pp330.  frontis. 23 plates. 3 text & 3 maps (2 fold.). orig. red. cloth gilt, sp. faded as usual. Uncommon.

J. M. Thorington MONT BLANC SIDE-SHOW. The Life and Times of Albert Smith  John C. Winston Co.  1934 1st.  pp255.  frontis. 28 illus. only 500 copies! in orig. blue cloth gilt. signed presentation copy 'For Douglas and Elsie Kerr, Souvenir of Chamonix, 1938 from J. Monroe Thorington.

R. Topffer VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONT-BLANC, dans les vallees d'Herens, de Zermatt et au Grimsel.  1843 1st.  48 engraved views 2 of Cervin, Grand St Barnard, Courmayeur, Val Ferret,  L'Allee Blanche ( some dampstaining & foxing) Album joliment illustre par l'auteur. In original printed paper wrappers. TRES RARE.

J. Tyndall THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS, Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers....  John Murray. 1860 1st.  pp444.  engraved frontis. of the Mer de Glace (foxed). 61 figs. diagrams etc. ascents of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Finsteraarhorn. contemporary half calf with 5 raised bands. leather title label. rubbed. marbled boards. Bookplate of Charles E. Mathews

Elijah Walton VIGNETTES: ALPINE AND EASTERN. Alpine and Eastern Series.  W.M. Thompson.  1873 1st.  pp24 of text. 24 mounted chromolithographs by Hanhart inc. Matterhorn, Val d'Aoste, Mont Blanc, Monte Civita. descriptive text by T.G. Bonney. original tissue guards. recased in orig. gilt pict. dec. cloth which is faded and marked. sp. relaid a.e.g.

E. Whymper THE ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN.   John Murray. 1880 1st.  pp325.  14 full page illustrations. 91 text engravings. 2 maps. The body of the work is printed by Messrs. William Clowes and Sons; the separate (full page) Plates have been printed by the AUTHOR. original blue dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and corners worn.

A. Wills "THE EAGLE'S NEST" IN THE VALLEY OF THE SIXT; A Summer Home Among The Alps: Together with some Excursions among the Great Glaciers.  Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1860 1st.  pp327. 12 tinted. litho plates inc. Monte Rosa. 2 fold. maps. frontis. of 'Plateau des Fonds & The "Eagle's Nest". original gilt pict. dec. cloth. Bookplate.

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Abraham G.D. MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1910 1st.  pp308.  26 illus. (photo.) orig. cloth gilt. sp. faded. glue repair to bottom sp. cloth.  Very Good- £48

Abraham A.P. MOUNTAINEERING IN SWITZERLAND WITHOUT GUIDES.   McClure's Magazine.  1903 vol. XXI July No.3  pp227-236.  2 full page and 7 text photographs by G.P. Abraham & Son, Keswick, England. orig. printed wrappers.  Very Good- £35

Abraham G.D. SWISS MOUNTAIN CLIMBS.   Mills and Boon. 1911 1st.  pp432.  24 illus. 22 outline drawings of Peaks and routes. orig. red cloth boxed.  Near Fine- £125

Alexander N. WANDERINGS IN YUGOSLAVIA.   Skeffington & Son Ltd. 1936 1st.  pp288. map and numerous illus. orig. blue cloth gilt.  Near Fine £35

Allen C.J. SWITZERLAND'S AMAZING RAILWAYS.   Nelson.  1953 1st.  pp179.  94 illus. e.p. maps.  unpc dw Very Good £25

Allom T. TYROLESE SCENERY or, Continental Travels  Black and Armstrong. 1840   pp72.  6 views finely engraved on steel. fold. map. full green calf. a.e.g.   Very Good- £165

Allom T. VIEWS IN THE TYROL.  from Drawings by, with descriptions by a Companion of Hofer. Black and Armstrong, London.  1840   pp72.  45 views and vignette finely engraved on steel. fold. map. original green cloth gilt. a.e.g.   Very Good £375

Alpine Club  ALPINE CLUB LIBRARY CATALOGUE. Books and Periodicals.  Heinemann.  1982 1st.  pp350+230. listing some 40,000 items up to 1979.  orig. wrappers. essential for the collector. Original price on publicatuion was £50!  New £35

Alpine Club  THE ALPINE JOURNAL The Journal of the Alpine Club. A record of mountain adventure and scientific observation.  The Alpine Club.  2009 vol. 114 no. 358 pp421. many col. and b/w photo illus. blue cloth gilt. dw New. £26

Alpine Club  THE ALPINE JOURNAL: The Journal of the Alpine Club.   1958 - 68  vols. LXIII-LXXI  illus. with photographs and maps. bound in tan gilt. block dec. Alpine Club cloth.  Near Fine £195

Alpine Club (Stephen Goodwin, Editor.)  THE ALPINE JOURNAL The Journal of the Alpine Club. A record of mountain adventure and scientific observation.  The Alpine Club.  2012 vol. 116 no. 360 pp453. many col. and b/w photo illus. blue cloth gilt. dw New. £26

Anon.  SOUVENIRS DE VOYAGES. SUISSE ET SAVOIE 1835.   Marius Olive. Marseilles.  1842 1st.  pp63.  title vignette. tail-end engravings. 10 letters. large margins. orig. printed wrappers, bound in modern binding.  Near Fine £375

Anon.  STRANGE TALES OF PERIL AND ADVENTURE.   R.T.S. c1900 1st.  pp332.  frontis. 22 illus. inc. the Grand Mulets. pict. dec. cloth gilt. includes Mont Blanc and Whymper chapters.  Very Good- £35

Anon.  THE PICTORIAL TOUR OF THE WORLD. containing pen & pencil sketches of Travel and Adventure, Incident and Scenery in all parts of the Globe.  Warne & Co. c1880   pp508.  cold. fronts and 58 wood engravings. orig. gilt dec. cloth. with 'A Perilous Alpine Ascent'. The Matterhorn.  Good £18

Arber E. A. N. PLANT LIFE IN ALPINE SWITZERLAND.   John Murray.  1910 1st.  pp355.  48 plates of photographs from Nature and 30 text figs. orig. green cloth gilt.  Very Good- £35

Ardito S. LE MONT BLANC.   Grund. 1996 1st.    dw New £35

Argentier A. GUIDE PRATIQUE AUX BAINS DE PRE-ST-DIDIER EN VAL D'AOSTE.   Imp. de Damien Lyboz.  1857 1st.  pp78.  orig. printed wrappers, a little foxed and browned.  Very Good- £240

Ashenden  THE MOUNTAINS OF MY LIFE. Journeys in Turkey and the Alps.  William Blackwood.  1954 1st.  pp212.  frontis. 27 illus.  dw Near Fine £24

Auldjo, Esq. J. NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827.  Libreria Alpina Degli Esposti.  1972 facs. ed.  pp120.  15 engraved plates drawn on stone and folding panorama, 2 maps, plan, facsimile certificate, table and comparative heights. red imitation leather, raised bands and gilt panels.no. 127 of 220 copies.  As New. £140

Baedeker K. THE EASTERN ALPS. including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola.  Karl Baedeker.  1903 10th.  pp571.  53 maps, 10 plans, 7 panoramas. orif. red cloth gilt.  Very Good- £48

Baillie-Grohman W.A. TYROL AND THE TYROLESE. The People and the Land.  Longmans, Green, and Co.  1876 1st.  pp278.  engraved frontis. title vignette. 20 engravings (14 full page). orig. green cloth gilt. some minor marks.  Very Good- £165

Baker G.P. MOUNTAINEERING MEMORIES OF THE PAST.   Privately Printed. by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.  1942 1st.  pp38.  8 illus. on 4 plates. orig. green wrappers now in blue cloth.   Near Fine- £185

Ball J. A GUIDE TO THE WESTERN ALPS. The Alpine Guide. Part I.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1877 new edn. 5th.  ppcxxx + 404.  2 large fold. e.p. and 6 maps on 5 sheets. orig. cloth gilt. with indeces.  Near Fine- £145

Ball J. A GUIDE TO THE WESTERN ALPS. The Alpine Guide. Part I.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1870 3rd.  pp xxii + cxxx + 404.  new edition. 7 maps and panorama [fold.] with the rare Introduction to the Alpine Guide 1873. orig. cloth gilt. sp. edge rubbed. Alpine Club r.s.m. Rare.  Near Fine- £245

Ball J. CENTRAL TYROL inc. the Gross Glockner. Ball's Alpine Guides.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1878 new. pp139-314 3 maps. panorama. orig. green cloth gilt. ex. AC.  Very Good £85

Ball J. HINTS AND NOTES PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOR TRAVELLERS IN THE ALPS.  Prepared on behalf of the Alpine Club by W.A.B. Coolidge.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1899 new.  pp164.  Prepared on behalf of the Alpine Club by W.A.B. Coolidge. orig. printed boards.  Very Good £90

Ball J. NORTHERN TYROL. The Alpine Guide Part III.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1870 new edn.  ppxv+138.   orig. cloth gilt. re-cased.  Very Good- £65

Ball J. PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.  Longmans, Green. 1860 5th.  pp328.  'Knapsack' edition. 8 cold. fold. maps. orig. A.C. gilt blocked cloth, a bit faded and worn.   Very Good- £80

Ball J. PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.  Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1859 2nd.  pp520.  9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth. worn. label removed. f.e.p.missing.  Good £125

Ball J. PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.  Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1859 4th.  pp532.  9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth. bookplate of Edmund George Hornby.  Very Good- £320

Ball J. PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.  Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1859 3rd.  pp532.  9 maps. 8 chromo-lithographs. 23 woodcuts. orig. gilt embossed Alpine Club tan cloth. insc. by T.A. Brocklebank (Everest 1933)  Near Fine- £445

Ball J. PENNINE ALPS inc. Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. Ball's Alpine Guides.  Longmans, Green and Co. 1875 new.  pp181-378.  4 maps. [1 fold.] orig. green cloth gilt. The original separate edition.  Near Fine £100

Ball J. THE CENTRAL ALPS. being the second part of the Alpine Guide.  Longmans, Green. 1870 new.  ppxviii+521.  7 of 8 maps [some fold.] 2 panoramas. woodcut. ex-Leeds public Library in buckram.  Good £65

Ball J. THE CENTRAL ALPS. being the second part of the Alpine Guide.  Longmans, Green. 1869 new. (November)  ppxviii+521.  8 cold. fold. maps [large Geological] 2 panoramas. woodcut. orig. cloth gilt. fr. hinge broken. o.w.  Very Good- £95

Ball J. THE CENTRAL ALPS. The Alpine Guide. Vol. II Part I  Longmans, Green. 1907 new.  ppxxvi+326. edn. by Valentine Richards. 6 coloured fold. maps. orig. cloth. joints split and frayed.  Very Good- £40

Ball J. THE CENTRAL ALPS. with introduction. being the second part of the Alpine Guide.  Longmans, Green. 1870 new.  pp xviii+cxxx+521.  8 maps [some fold.] 2 panoramas. woodcut. inside half of key map f.e.p. missing. orig. cloth gilt. with the rare Introduction To The Alpine Guide. new edition 1873 (pp.cxxx) bound in.  Very Good- £150

Band G. SUMMIT 150 years of the Alpine Club.  Collins. 2006 1st.  pp256.  many cold. and b/w illus. and map diagrams. Signed by A.C. President Tony Streather on page 134 (K2 diagram). dw New £65

Barnard G. DRAWING FROM NATURE. with Examples from Switzerland and the Pyrenees. George Routledge & Sons. 1877 new  pp348.  18 coloured lithograph plates. 100+ woodcuts. inc. views of the Matterhorn, Valley of Aoste, Jungfrau, Aiguilles Verte and Dru lithographs and illus. loose gutta percha, as usual. orig. green gilt dec. cloth. t.e.g.  Very Good £185

Barry M. ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, 16th-18th of 9th. Month, (September) 1834.   Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.  Oct. 1834 - April 1835 vol. XVIII  pp14.  2 etched. plates which are entirely different from those published in later editions. This is the rare article communicated by the author from Heidelbe, 1st of 11th Month, (nov.) 1834. precedes the private edition. new half calf.  Near Fine. £675

Bartol C.A. PICTURES OF EUROPE, framed in ideas.  Crosby, Nichols, and Co.  1856 2nd. Boston  pp407.  pp377-407 Dr. Talbot's narrative of his ascent of Mont Blanc, the 2nd American and 45th overall. orig. cloth pict. r.s.m. on title page. embossed decoration, worn. Meckly 15. Rare.  Good £285

Batoux P. MONT BLANC FINEST ROUTES.        dw New £35

Baud-Bovy D. LE MONT-BLANC. de près et de loin.   Georg & Co.Bale. 1903 1st.  pp135.  Ouvrage richement illustré de photographies de Lacombe et Arlaud. orig. printed wrappers, uncut. bound in cont. white buckram.  Very Good £150

Beattie W. SWITZERLAND. Illustrated in a series of Views taken on the spot and  expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett., Esq.  George Virtue. 1836 1st.  pp188 & 152.  2 vignettes. 105 steel engravings. fold. map. 2 vols. quarto original dark green cloth and gilt embossed boards. a.e.g. worn to sp. edges etc.  Very Good- £495

Beattie W. SWITZERLAND. Illustrated in a series of Views taken on the spot and  expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett., Esq.  George Virtue. 1836 1st.  pp188 & 152.  2 vignettes. 105 steel engravings inc. Mont Blanc, Geneva, Cluse, Sallenche, St. Gervais, Montanvert, Mer de Glace, Monte Rosa, Mount Cervin. Grand St. Bernard. fold. map. some minimal foxing as usual. 2 vols. in cont. half green morocco. raised bands, gilt panels. some wear. a.e.g.  Very Good £595

Beattie W. THE WALDENSES, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche. illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, Brockendon, Stanfield and Harding.  George Virtue. 1838   pp216.  70 steel engraved plates. fold. map. portrait and vignette. views inc. Cluse, Maglan, Megeve, Luzern, Susa, Turin, Mont Cenis. cont. half morocco dec. gilt. a.e.g. sl. rubbing.   £495

Beckett K. (ed.) ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ALPINES.   AGS Publications.  1993 1st. xxi+709pp+710 frontis. with 543 photographic colour illustrations and many 100's of line drawings. 2 volumes, large 8vo in original blue cloth gilt.  Near Fine £145

Begin E. VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SUISSE EN SAVOIE ET SUR LES ALPES.   Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, Paris. [1852] 1st.  pp560.  24 steel engraved plates. (16 views and 8 hand cold. costumes of Swiss cantons). inc. Vallee de Chamouni. cont. French half morroco, cloth boards. Rare. [Meckly 17, Perret 350]  Near Fine £495

Benson C.E. MOUNTAINEERING VENTURES. Real adventure Series.  T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1928 1st.  pp224.  frontis. 16 plates. pict. illus. boards.  Near Fine- £20

Benson J. SOUVENIRS FROM HIGH PLACES.    Mitchell Beazley.  1998 1st.  pp144.  cold. and b/w illus.   dw New £18

Benson E.F. WINTER SPORTS IN SWITZERLAND.   George Allen & Co. Ltd. 1913 1st.  pp197.  12 full page cold. illus. by C. Fleming Willams. 47 photo reproductions. orig. dark blue cloth gilt. t.e.g. damp st. wrinkle pages facsimile colour un-pc dw Very Good £785

Berlepsch H.A. DIE ALPEN IN NATUR- UND LEBENSBILDERN.   Hermann Goftenoble. 1871 4th.  pp514.  22 full page engraved plates by Emil Rittmener. orig. gilt pict. dec. cloth. chipped at top and bottom of gilt dec. sp.  Very Good £145

Bernardi A. IL GRAND CERVINO Antologia  Zanichelli, Bologna. 1963 1st.  pp320.  profusely illustrated pres. copy to D.F.O. Dangar from the Author. dw Very Good £60

Bernardi A. IL MONTE BIANCO Un secolo di alpinismo  Zanichelli, Bologna. 1966 1st.  pp342.  profusely illustrated pres. copy to D.F.O. Dangar from the Author. dw Very Good £60

Bertram A. TO THE MOUNTAINS.   Alfred A. Knopf.  1929 1st.  pp269.  illus.  dw Near Fine- £20

Bingham Clifton. THE ANIMALS' ALPINE CLUB.   Ernest Nister.  [1913] 1st.  pp52.  illustrated by G.H. Thompson with 8 chromo. cold. plates. illustrated title page and 19 full page and text  mono illus. and e.p.'s.  orig. cold. illus. boards, restored and repaired. Very Rare.  Very Good-

Blackburn H. THE PYRENEES: A Description of Summer Life at French Watering Places.   Sampson Low, Son.  1881 new, rev.  pp245. over 100 illus. by Gustave Dore. new map. orig. green cloth gilt. hinges weak and some wear.  Good+ £45

Blanchard J. & Garin L. VOYAGE AU COUER DES ALPES Deux siecles de gravures anciennes du Mont Blanc au Glenat. 2007 1st.  pp160.  many cold. illus. of fine views. large 4to [28 x 32 cms.] dw New £42

Blondel A. RODOLPHE TOPFFER. l'Ecrivain, l'Artiste et l'Homme.  Hachette.  1886 1st.  pp416. illus. with etchings. uncut and unopened. t.e.g. Reliure d'époque en demi-chagrin rouge dos à nerfs orné  plats et gardes marbrés tranche sup. dorée  Near Fine £85

Boell J. HIGH HEAVEN.   Elek. 1947 1st.  pp126.  32 photos. 10 diagrams.   Very Good- £7

Bonatti W. LA CONQUISTA DELLE GRANDE CIME.   Liebig. Compagnia Italiana Liebig - Milano. 1961   cold. illus. showing Il Petit Dru. A single card from serie n. 247    £45

Bonatti W. MAGIE DU MONT-BLANC.   Denoel.  1984 1st. French.  pp208.  200 photo illus. in colour.  rare with Walter BONATTI signature tipped in. [35 x 25 cms.] in original cold. illus. slipcase. unpc dw Near Fine- £245

Bonatti W. THE GREAT DAYS.   Victor Gollancz.  1974 1st.  pp189.  35 photo. illus. translated by Geoffrey Sutton. This copy with 2 ex-lib. r.s.m. rare and with Walter BONATTI signature pasted in  unpc dw Very Good- £185

Bonatti W. THE MAGIC OF MONT BLANC. translated by Geoffrey Byrne-Sutton.   Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1985 1st.  pp208.  200 photo illus. in colour.  rare with Walter BONATTI signature tipped in. [35 x 25 cms.] unpc dw Near Fine- £245

Bonney T.G. LAKE AND MOUNTAIN SCENERY OF THE SWISS ALPS.   Frederick Bruckmann.  1874 1st. folio. pp. 3 p.l. 148 24 mounted photographic plates, 48 woodcuts. light foxing throughout. original intricate gilt lettered morocco backed boards, some rubbing.  Very Good £285

Bonney T.G. THE ALPINE REGIONS OF SWITZERLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES; A Pedestrian's Notes on their physical features, scenery and natural history.  Deighton, Bell, and Co.  1868 1st.  pp351.  5 full page engravings by Whymper and 15 figs. orig. green 'Alpine Club Journal' cloth gilt. pict. dec.  Fine- £285

Bonney T.G. THE BUILDING OF THE ALPS.   T. Fisher Unwin.  1912 1st.  pp384.  32 illus. 16 text figs. orig. green cloth gilt. t.e.g.  Near Fine £125

Borgeaud M - N. GABRIEL LOPPE. Peintre, Photographe & Alpiniste.  Glénat, Paris.  2003 1st. pp136. many coloured illustrations. cold. pict. boards. Signed by the Author. dw New £45

Bourrit M.-T. A RELATION OF A JOURNEY TO THE GLACIERS. In the Dutchy of Savoy.  G. Robinson.  1776 2nd.  pp266.  3 engraved oval views. list of subscribers which includes William Pars and William Woollett. cont. speckled calf gilt, re-backed.  Very Good £800

Bourrit M.-T. DESCRIPTION DES ASPECTS DU MONT-BLANC. Du côté de la Val-d'Aost, des Glacieres qui en descendant, de l'Alleé-Blanche...... Chez la Société Typographique, Lausanne. 1776 1st. viii + pp160. fold. page heights of principal mountains.  original plain boards with hand decorated end paper. There is some evidence of water stain from the distant past. A very rare book indeed.  Very Good- £795

Bracken W.R. A HANDBOOK ON SKI-ING.   Carroll & Nicholson. 1951 1st.  pp85.  port. frontis. 4 diagrams. 22 plates. orig. cloth faded.  Very Good- £24

Brandes J. & S. E.T. COMPTON.   Bergverlag Rother.  2007 1st. pp392 602 illus. many in colour. A big book weighing 3kgs. 30.5 x 28.5 cms. text in German. Signed by the Authors. dw New £120

Bregault H. LA CATENA DEL MONTE BIANCO.   Istituto Geografico de Agostini. Roma.  1928 1st. Italian.   pp162.  opera adorne di 10 aquarelli fuori testo de E. Brun, Fourcy, F. Schrader. re-cased in orig. pict. cold. boards.  Very Good £65

Bregault H. LA CHAINE DU MONT-BLANC.   Alpina. Paris.  1928 1st.  pp162.  ouvrages orne de 10 aquarelles en hors texte de E. Brun, Fourcy, F. Schrader. orig.cold. pict. boards.  Near Fine £125

Broadbent E.L. UNDER THE ITALIAN ALPS.   Methuen. 1925 1st.  pp251.  13 illus. map.   Very Good £35

Brockedon W. JOURNALS OF EXCURSIONS IN THE ALPS. The Pennine, Graian, Cottian, Rhetian, Lepontian..  James Duncan. 1833 1st.  pp376.  fold. new map to illustrate Brockedon's Journals ... W.B. was a great friend of the artist Clarkson Stanfield.  fine cont. half calf, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt.  Near Fine £345

Brown T.G. BRENVA.   J.M. Dent. 1944 1st.  pp225.  frontis. 72 plates at rear. sketch map. t.e.g.  Very Good- £25

Brown T.G. BRENVA.   J.M. Dent. 1944 1st.  pp225.  frontis. 72 plates at rear. sketch map. t.e.g.  Very Good- £28

Brown T.G. MOUNTAINEERING CATALOGUE OF THE GRAHAM BROWN AND LLOYD COLLECTIONS in the National Library of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1994 1st. pp453. 4 illus.  dw New £28

Brown  T.G. (ed.) THE ALPINE ANNUAL 1950   J.M. Dent. 1950 1st.  pp255.  cold. frontis. illus.   Very Good £10

Brown  T.G. (ed.) THE ALPINE ANNUAL 1950   J.M. Dent. 1951 1st.  pp282.  cold. frontis. of Mt. Everest by Norton. illus.   Very Good £12

Browne G.F. ICE CAVES OF FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. a narrative of subterranean exploration   Longmans, Green and Co.  1865 1st.  ppix+315 13 text engravings. orig. brown ccloth gilt.  Near Fine. £165

Browne, J.D.H., Barry, et. al. Dr. M. STORIES FROM SWITZERLAND AND THE TYROL.  Incidents of History, Adventure & Travel.  T. Nelson.   1853   pp494.  engraved frontis. 'Ascent of Mont Blanc' and 5 full page engravings which are all 'browned' due to quality of paper.. Chapter includes a history of Mont Blanc and 9pp account of 42nd ascent by Brown and Alfred Goodall. orig. blue dec. cloth, sp. edges split. Rare. (made £500 at auction)  Good £325

Burford R. DESCRIPTION OF A VIEW OF MONT BLANC,  the Valley of Chamounix and the surrounding mountains. 1837 1st.  pp15.  large folding panorama [44 x 37 cms.] Painted by the proprietor. with key. Each of the 75 features described in the Explanation of the Engraving. Extremely rare. Lower margin of pages trimmed to bottom of text with some very slight loss. newly bound in blue half calf, marbled boards.   £795

Burnaby Mrs. Fred. THE HIGH ALPS IN WINTER; OR,  MOUNTAINEERING IN SEARCH OF HEALTH.  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.  1883 1st.  pp204.  orig. photo port. frontis. 4 engravings and 2 maps. (Mont Blanc) orig pict. cloth silver embossed image (Matterhorn). Rare.  Fine £595

Burnet (Bishop of Salisbury)  Gilbert. SOME LETTERS containing, An account of what fee-med moft remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, &c.  at Rotterdam, printed by Abraham Archer. 1686 1st.  pp310.  vignette woodcut on title page. half calf, brown buckram rubbed. pages trimmed.  Very Good £495

Busk D. THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1946 1st.  pp274.  67 illus. 4 maps. [fold.]   Very Good £12

Cailler  SWISS ALPINE CABINES.  Caillers Chocolates Fines 1920 Ancient Series XIV later produced by Nestle   complete and original rare set of 12 'stamp' cards in full colour.  Good £120

Canziani E. COSTUMES, TRADITIONS AND SONGS OF SAVOY.   Chatto & Windus.  1911 1st.  pp180.  illustrated with 50 cold. mounted reproductions of pictures and many line drawings. half calf rebound with orig. gilt  cold. pict. dec. boards, marked on edges. t e.g. ex-lib. punched stamp on title page. o.w.  Very Good- £325

Cappon M. ROCK AND ICE CLIMBING. The History, Practice and Techniques.  Orbis.  1983 1st.  pp160.  many cold. and b/w illus. diagrams.  dw As New £10

Carr G. MURDER ON THE MATTERHORN.   Geoffrey Bles.  1951 1st.  pp238.  Fiction. the author's 2nd book ex-Boots lib. binding.  Good £45

Cassin R. 50 YEARS OF ALPINISM.   Diadem.  1981 1st.  pp207.  90 plates. 7 text maps & diagrams.  pc dw Near Fine- £25

Caulfield V. SKI-ING TURNS.   Nisbet & Co. Ltd. 1922 1st.  pp279.  32 text diagrams. 8 instructional cards with 16 plates and multiple figures in rear board pocket. cold. pict. cloth. marks on fr. edge. sp. sl. frayed and browned.  Very Good- £145

Ceresole A. Fuhrer von ZERMATT UND UMGEBUNG. Beschreibung - Geschichte - Sagen.    J.A. Preussin Zurich.  1895 1st.  pp88.  mit 58 Ansichten und Panorama, nebst 2 geographischen Karten. fine. red pict. dec. cloth gilt.  Near Fine- £95

Chagny A. LE MONT BLANC. Chamonix - Argentieres - Saint-Gervais  G.L. Arlaud, Lyon.  1935 1st.  pp68.  60 heliogravure illus. illus. card wrappers.  Near Fine £15

Charton G. SOUVENIRS PITTORESQUES DES GLACIERS DE CHAMOUNY, ornes de dix-huit dessins colories. Se vend à Genève  Tony Astill, Les Alpes Livres.  2015 Facsimile Edition.  pp 38 text in French and English.  12 ° oblong. [21 x 29 cms.] colour illus. dw. New £35

Cheever G.B. WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM IN THE SHADOW OF MONT BLANC and the Jungfrau Alp.  James Blackwood.  1847 new  pp320.  engraved frontis. of Chamouni and Mont Blanc. orig. cloth rubbed and worn.  Good. £65

Cheever Dr. G.B. and Headley J.T. TRAVELS AMONG ALPINE SCENERY.  James Blackwood. 1855 1st. pp396. engraved frontis. Chamouni and Mont Blanc. 5 engraved plates. orig. blue cloth gilt dec. worn. f.e.p. missing.  Good £145

Cheever Dr. G.B. and Headley J.T. TRAVELS AMONG ALPINE SCENERY.  James Blackwood. 1855 1st. pp396. engraved frontis. Chamouni and Mont Blanc. 5 engraved plates. orig. blue cloth gilt dec.  Very Good £245

Chouinard Y. CLIMBING ICE.   Hodder & Stoughton.  1978 1st.  pp192.  fine cold. & b/w illus.   unpc dw Near Fine £50

Christen E. MAURICE CRETTEZ. Guide Legendaire.   Labor et Fides.  c1950? 1st.  pp72.  uncut. no. 120 of 300 copies. pres. copy from Marcel Kurz. orig. wrappers.  Fine £45

Clark R.W. GREAT MOMENTS IN MOUNTAINEERING.   Phoenix House. 1956 1st.  pp128.  18 text illus. by Thomas K. Beck. includes 'The First Men Up Mont Blanc'.  Very Good £14

Clark R.W. THE ALPS.   Weidenfeld & Nicolson.  1973 1st.  pp288.  32pp cold. plates. 120 b/w illus. maps. ex. MAM lib. label.  dw Very Good- £18

Clark R.W. THE ALPS.   Knopf. 1973 1st.  pp288.  32pp cold. plates. 120 b/w illus. maps.  dw Very Good £24

Clark R.W. THE DAY THE ROPE BROKE. The Story of a great Victorian Tragedy.  Secker & Warburg. 1965 1st.  pp221.  frontis. map. 4 illus.  dw Near Fine- £40

Clark R.W. THE EARLY ALPINE GUIDES.   Phoenix House.  1949 1st.  pp208.  27 illus. 4 maps.  unpc dw Very Good £28

Clark R.W. THE TRUE BOOK ABOUT MOUNTAINEERING.   Frederick Muller. 1957 1st.  pp143.  frontis. and 12 illus. by F. Stocks May.  dw Near Fine £28

Clark R.W. THE VICTORIAN MOUNTAINEERS.   B.T. Batsford.  1953 1st.  pp232.  frontis. 44 illus.  dw - Very Good £24

Cleaver R. A WINTER SPORT BOOK.   Adam and Charles Black.  1911 1st. pp 10-62  22 tipped-in plates and 26 line drawings printed on the interleaves blue cloth dec. illus.  Very Good £220

Collingwood W.G. THE LIMESTONE ALPS OF SAVOY. A Study in Physical Geography.   George Allen. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent.  1884 1st.  pp206.  16 illus. frontis. of 'The Breson'. introduction by John Ruskin orig. cloth. uncut.  Fine- £245

Collins F.A. MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.   John Long Ltd.  1924 1st.  pp314.  frontis. of K2 and 19 illus. with photographs. orig. cloth faded & top of sp. torn.  Good £12

Collomb R.G. ALPINE POINTS OF VIEW. Or, Contemporary Scenes from the Alps, including some observations and opinions of an itinerant Alpinist.  Neville Spearman.  1961 1st.  pp239.  frontis. 33 drawings. 2 maps.  unpc dw Very Good £18

Conan Doyle A. AN ALPINE PASS ON "SKI".   George Newnes. 1894  vol. VIII.   pp5.  8 photo illus. This is the first printed narrative of the English ski-ing in the Alps. complete article bound in plain card covers. from The Strand Magazine vol  Near Fine £35

Conway W.M. CLIMBERS' GUIDE TO THE CENTRAL PENNINE ALPS. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 01  T. Fisher Unwin. 1890 1st.  pp156.  only 400 copies printed for sale. orig. gilt wallet binding. t.e.g. loose and heavily annotated by Fr. Cust??  Good £150

Conway W.M. CLIMBERS' GUIDE TO THE EASTERN PENNINE ALPS. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 02  T. Fisher Unwin. 1891 1st.  pp152.  only 400 copies printed for sale. orig. maroon gilt wallet binding. a.e.g. sl. marked. replacement pencil.  Near Fine- £165

Conway Sir Martin. MOUNTAIN MEMORIES A Pilgrimage of Romance  Cassell & Co.  1920 1st.  pp282.  16 full page plates orig. blue cloth gilt.  Very Good £55

Conway Sir W.M. THE ALPS FROM END TO END.   Thomas Nelson c1903   pp381.  frontis. 3 illus.  orig. cloth gilt.  Very Good £8

Conway W.M. THE ALPS FROM END TO END.   Constable & Co.  1905 rpt.  pp300.  16 full page illus. by A.D. McCormick.  orig. green gilt. pict. cloth faded. uncut.  Very Good- £32

Conway W.M. THE ALPS FROM END TO END.   Archibald Constable & Co.  1895 1st.  pp403.  with 100 full page illustrations by A.D. McCormick. tan buckram gilt, pages trimmed 22.5 x 16cms.   Very Good £95

Conway W.M. THE ALPS.   A. & C. Black.  1904 1st.  pp294.  64 cold. illus. by A.D. McCormick. orig. pict. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £65

Conway W.M. THE ALPS.   A. & C. Black.  1904 Limited Edition de Luxe no. 52 of 300 copies signed by the Publisher.  pp294.  64 cold. illus. by A.D. McCormick inc. the Matterhorn and Val d'Aosta. publisher's vellum-backed cloth, large paper copy, t.e.g. uncut. orig. pict. dec. recased, new e.p's. sp. relaid.   Very Good- £185

Conway Sir M. THE ROUTE DES ALPES.  P L M Railway  1st.  pp36.  8 full page cold. lino-cut illustrations by A. Raynotl. orig. cold. printed card covers. A Motor Tour. Rare.  Very Good- £75

Conway W.M. & Coolidge W.A.B. THE LEPONTINE ALPS. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 03  T. Fisher Unwin. 1892 1st.  pp106.   in orig. blue cloth 'wallet' gilt. broken sp., replacement pencil. t.e.g. annotated by previous owner - George Broke??  Very Good- £140

Coolidge W.A.B. ALPINE STUDIES.   Longmans, Green. 1912 1st.  pp307.  16 illustrations. orig. green cloth gilt. uncut.  Near Fine- £55

Coolidge W.A.B. LE "COL MAJOR" et le COL DU GEANT. Extrait de  la Revue Alpine. 1913   pp24.   SIGNED 'Hommage de l'auteur'.  Very Good £85

Coolidge W.A.B. LE COL DU GEANT. Extrait de  la Revue Alpine. 1913   pp12.   SIGNED 'Hommage de l'auteur'.  Very Good £85

Coolidge W.A.B. LE SIRAC ( DANS L'HISTOIRE ALPINE) Extrait de  la Revue des Alpes Dauphinoises.  1906   pp16. 2 photos. SIGNED 'Hommage de l'auteur'.  Very Good £45

Coolidge W.A.B. LES ORIGINES DU GRAND COMBIN, DU MONT COLLON ET LA LEGENDE DE LA CRETE A COLLON. Extrait de  la Societe de la Flore valdotaine.  1913   pp16.  SIGNED 'Hommage de l'auteur'.  Very Good £45

Coolidge W.A.B. SWISS TRAVEL AND SWISS GUIDE-BOOKS.   Longmans, Green, and Co.  1889 1st.  pp336.  The History of Zermatt pp251 - 322 orig. brown cloth gilt, scarce. bookplate of Hermann Woolley.  Near Fine- £395

Coolidge W.A.B. THE ADULA ALPS. of the Lepontine Range. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 06  T. Fisher Unwin. 1893 1st.  pp192.   orig. gilt wallet binding. a.e.g. replacement pencil. AC r.s.m. Jan 1977  Near Fine £200

Coolidge W.A.B. THE ALPS IN NATURE AND HISTORY.   Methuen. 1908 1st.  pp440.  frontis. 19 plates. 7 diagrams. cold. fold. map. orig. cloth gilt dec.  Very Good- £65

Coolidge W.A.B. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.I. Part I The Main Range. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 09 new  T. Fisher Unwin. 1909 new. edn.  pp155.  Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 09 new orig. gilt wallet binding, a bit marked. a.e.g. pencil sp. intact.  Very Good- £75

Coolidge W.A.B. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.I. Part II The Groups N. and S. of the Main Range. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 10 new  T. Fisher Unwin. 1910 new. edn.  pp214.  Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 10 new orig. gilt wallet binding, a bit marked. a.e.g. pencil sp. intact.  Very Good- £75

Coolidge W.A.B. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.II From the Monchjoch to the Grimsel. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 10  T. Fisher Unwin. 1904 1st.  pp196.  Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 11 orig. gilt wallet binding. a.e.g., pencil sp. intact, fr. hinge split.  Very Good- £70

Coolidge W.A.B. THE RANGE OF THE TODI. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 08  T. Fisher Unwin. 1894 1st.  ppxxxi+167.  From Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, to the Ladies Alpine Club, 1911. orig. gilt wallet binding. t.e.g. sp. intact with original pencil!  Near Fine- £145

Coolidge W.A.B., Duhamel H. and Perrin F. THE CENTRAL ALPS OF THE DAUPHINY. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 04  T. Fisher Unwin. 1892 1st.  pp248.   orig. gilt wallet binding. t.e.g. pencil in spine. ex Alpine Club 1/73  Near Fine- £140

Coolidge W.A.B., Duhamel H. and Perrin F. THE CENTRAL ALPS OF THE DAUPHINY. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 04 (1910)  T. Fisher Unwin. 1905 2nd.  pp220.  thoroughly rev. orig. cloth gilt.  Fine £55

Coppier A.-C. LES PORTRAITS DU MONT-BLANC.   Librairie Dardel. Chambery.  1924 Limited Edition. Un-numbered Exemplaire.  pp128.  Aquarelles, Pastels, Dessins au Roseau at Brou de Noix en Texte. orig. cold. printed wrappers. 4to.  Near Fine in cellophane £295

Costello L.S. A PILGRIMAGE TO AUVERGNE, From Picardy to Le Velay.  Richard Bentley.  1842 1st.  pp360 + 362.  4 tinted lithograph views. original blue cloth dec. gilt. 2 vols. bound in one, a little wornand rubbed.  Very Good- £135

Coxe W. LETTRES DE M. WILLIAM COXE A M.W. MELMOTH DE LA SUISSE.  Chez Belin a Paris. 1782 2nd. French ed.  pp328+347 Lettre XXII pp70-96 Mont Blanc and Glaciers du Faucigny. 2 vols. cont. tree calf, gilt. 12vo  Very Good- £245

Coxe W. Mont Blanc and the Adjacent Alps from TRAVELS IN SWITZERLAND.  T. Cadell in The Strand.    fold. map. 40 x 50 cms. W. Palmer, Islington., sculp. rare and almost identical to the French edition published in De Saussure 'Voyages Dans Les Alpes'. Very Good £250

Coxe W. TRAVELS IN SWITZERLAND, in a series of Letters to William Melmoth Esq.,   Printed for T. Cadell, in The Strand. London. 1789 1st.  pp 428+422+446 five eng. plts. (inc. 3 folding) panorama View of the Alps as seen from the Environs of Berne and two folding eng. maps. Mont Blanc and the Adjacent Alps. (similar to de Saussure map) Map of Switzerland (closed tear to central fold & reattached at rear of 3 vols. contemp. half calf, marbled boards, with red leather sp. labels. uncut pages.  Very Good £595

Coxe W. VOYAGE EN SUISSE.  Chez Letellier a Paris. 1790   pp432+463 with the magnificent fold. map of Mont Blanc et Alpes Adjacentes (after de Saussure) and fold. panorama Vue des Alpes prise des Environs de Berne [18 x 65 cms.]  vols. 2 & 3 (of 3) lacking vol. 1. cont. tree calf, gilt. 8vo  Very Good £245

Cunningham and Abney, Capt. W. de W. C.D. THE PIONEERS OF THE ALPS.   Sampson, Low, Marston,.... 1888 2nd. pp180. with 35 portraits of the guides in photogravure. illustrations in the text, some full page. orig. maroon cloth gilt. sp. faded. Neate 'The best edition'. Ronald Clark 'only 200 copies published'.  Very Good- £425

Cunningham and Abney, Capt. W. de W. C.D. THE PIONEERS OF THE ALPS.   Sampson, Low, Marston,.... 1888 2nd. pp180. with 35 portraits of the guides in photogravure. illustrations in the text, some full page. orig. maroon cloth gilt. pages uncut. Neate 'The best edition'. Ronald Clark 'only 200 copies published'.  Near Fine- £495

Dalloz P. HAUTE MONTAGNE.    Paul Hartmann.  1931 1st.  88 sepia photo illus.  photo illus. wrappers.   Very Good £25

Daunt A. CRAG, GLACIER, AND AVALANCHE. Narratives of Daring and Disaster.  T. Nelson. 1894 1st.  pp212.  13 full page engravings. including Mont Blanc and The Matterhorn (2) orig. blue pict. dec. cloth gilt.  Near Fine £75

Davies J. DOLOMITE STRONGHOLDS. The Last Untrodden Alpine Peaks  George Bell. 1896 2nd.  pp176.  cold. frontis. map and illus. by the author. orig. cloth gilt.  Near Fine £95

Davies J. DOLOMITE STRONGHOLDS. The Last Untrodden Alpine Peaks  George Bell. 1894 1st.  pp176.  with map and illustrations by the Author. orig. gilt dec. pict. cloth. some light foxing.  Near Fine £185

De Beer Sir G. ALPS AND MEN.  pages from forgotten diaries of Travellers and Tourists.   Edward Arnold.  1932 1st.  pp256.  15 plates. drawings in the text and 3 maps sp. and top board faded. chipped parts missing pc dw Very Good- £40

De Beer Sir G. EARLY TRAVELLERS IN THE ALPS.    Sidgwick & Jackson. 1930 1st.  pp204.  40 plates. 34 illus. map (fold.).  insc. 'Wilfred Blunt, Cambridge Jan. 1954'. orig. cloth, but edges spotted.  dw Very Good- £45

De Beer Sir G. EARLY TRAVELLERS IN THE ALPS.    Sidgwick & Jackson. 1930 1st.  pp204.  40 plates. 34 illus. map (fold.).   dw Very Good £48

De Beer G.R. SPEAKING OF SWITZERLAND.   Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1952 1st.  pp216.  4 cold. plates.  dw Very Good £14

De Beer Sir G. TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND.   Oxford University Press.  1949 1st.  pp584.  frontis. 22 illus. orig. cloth gilt. rare. unpc dw Very Good £95

Dent C. ABOVE THE SNOW LINE.   Longmans, Green. 1885 1st.  pp327. 2 engraved plates by Edward Whymper and an illustration by Percy Macquoid. orig. cloth gilt, fr. hinge cracked, rubbed. 'very rare'.  Very Good- £285

Dent C. Inauguration Of The Cabane Britannia On The Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee  Association Of British Members Of The Swiss Alpine Club 1913 1st.  pp52.  17 illus. orig green cloth gilt. rare.  Very Good £175

Dent C.T. MOUNTAINEERING.   Longmans, Green and Co. 1892 2nd.  pp439.  illustrations by H.G. Willink and others. The Badminton Library. orig. pict. cloth gilt. ex. ABM of SAC label  Very Good- £45

Dent C.T. MOUNTAINEERING.   Longmans, Green and Co. 1901  3rd. edition reissue.   pp464.  illustrations by H.G. Willink and others. The Badminton Library. orig. pict. cloth gilt. ex. MAM lib. label. from the libary and signed by E.W. Steeple. 1903  Very Good £65

Dent C.T. MOUNTAINEERING.   Longmans, Green and Co. 1892 large paper - only Two Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Edition have been printed. This Copy is Number 43.  pp464.  illustrations on tinted background (reproduced by Walker & Boutall) by H.G. Willink and others. frontis. 12 full page and 94 in the text. The Badminton Library. orig. half blue morocco and tan cloth gilt. sp. and corners rubbed and worn. t.e.g. uncut.  Very Good- £295

Depping G.-B. LA SUISSE OU ESQUISSE D'UN TABLEAU HISTORIQUE, PITTORESQUE ET MORAL DES CANTONS HELVETIQUES;   d'Al. Eymery. Paris. 1824 2nd.  pp243+211+242+249 fold. engraved frontis. of Lausanne. fold plates of Chillon, Berne, costumes, Lac de Zurich, Pfeffers, Gersau, Altorf, Sempach, costumes, Grisons, Sion. fold. table. lacks fold. map? 4 vols. 16vo. cont. vellum and boards.  Very Good- £325

D'Erlo J. HORACE-BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE, Savant et Alpiniste (1740-1799) Numéro 652 de la revue Les Contemporains. 1905   pp16.  Biographie et portrait.   extracted from journal. rare, but not bound.  Very Good- £45

Desmaison R. LA MONTAGNES A MAINS NUES.   Flammarion.  1971 1st.  pp302. b/w illus. pres. copy Signed by Rene Desmaison. cold. illus.wrappers.  Fine £85

Desmaison R. TOTAL ALPINISM.   Granada.  1982 1st.  pp202.  illus.  dw Fine £65

Diggelmann A.W. DIE JUNGFRAU MEIN BERG.   Zurich.  1958 1st.  pp12  22 lithographs all signed and numbered [2 panoramas] in large portfolio Signed by the artist. no. 156 of a limited edition of 600 copies. in original slipcase.  Very Good £150

Dodderidge M. MAN ON THE MATTERHORN. From Scrambles Amongst the Alps.  John Murray. 1940 1st.  pp135.  frontis. (map). 8 illus.  dw Near Fine £30

Dowsing W. RAMBLES IN SWITZERLAND : with reminiscences of the Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc, and the Bernese Alps.  Kingston-Upon-Hull: J.W. Leng. Hamilton, Adams & Co. London. 1869 1st.  pp139.  2 double page engravings of Interlachen and The Jungfrau and Valley of Lauterbrunnen. pp 67-91 Chamounix, Albert Smith etc. but not in Meckly. a nice copy in orig. red cloth gilt. Rare.  Near Fine £275

Dowsing W. RAMBLES IN SWITZERLAND : with reminiscences of the Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc, and the Bernese Alps.  Kingston-Upon-Hull: J.W. Leng. Hamilton, Adams & Co. London. 1869 1st.  pp139.  2 double page engravings of Interlachen and The Jungfrau and Valley of Lauterbrunnen. pp 67-91 Chamounix, Albert Smith etc. but not in Meckly. orig. elaborate dec. full calf gilt. t.e.g. Rare.  Near Fine- £295

Dubi H. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.III Dent de Morcles to the Gemmi. (set of III vols.) Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 11  T. Fisher Unwin. 1907 1st.  pp136.   orig. gilt wallet binding sl. faded. a.e.g. replacement sp. pencil.  Very Good £120

Dubi H. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.IV Grimsel to the Uri Rothstock. Part II Sustenlimmi to Uri Rothstock. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 13  T. Fisher Unwin. 1908 1st.  pp132.   orig. gilt wallet binding sl. faded. a.e.g. pencil in spine intact.  Near Fine £145

Ducommon J.-C. UNE EXCURSION AU MONT-BLANC.   H. Georg. 1859 2nd.  pp32.  3 engraved plates. orig. printed wrappers. uncut and unopened.  Fine £220

Duhamel H. MAPS OF THE DAUPHINY ALPS   1892-3   Six coloured maps (16x 20cm) mounted on linen and folded in orig. dark blue buckram wallet. Advertised (by Fisher Unwin) with the Conway and Coolidge Climbers’ Guides Rare and apparently the only series of maps specially bound for use with the Central Alps of Dauphine. Fine £95

Dumas A. IMPRESSIONS DE VOYAGE.   Maresq et Cie. Paris. 1855 nouvelle edn.  pp162+154+153 53 full page engravings on wood, with many text engravings.  3 vols. with orig. printed wrappers bound in one. half calf gilt, raised bands.  Very Good- £100

Dupaigne A. LES MONTAGNES.   Alfred Mame.  1873 1st.  pp640.  99 full page and text engravings. 7 cold. charts. french half calf. marbled boards.  Near Fine- £125

Durham W.E. SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN THE ALPS 1898-1914   T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. 1916 1st.  pp207.  57 illus.  orig. green cloth gilt.  Very Good- £90

Durier C. LE MONT-BLANC.   Sandoz et Fischbacher. 33 Rue de Seine, Paris.  1881 3rd.  pp416.  cold. fold. map. french half calf binding.  Very Good- £115

Durr and Jent F. W. SKI-ING IN SWITZERLAND. Handbook of Instruction.  Arthur Barron Ltd.  1938 1st.  pp147.  Many photographic illustrations which can be "flicked" to show movement.  sp. rubbed at top. rare.  Good. £55

Ebel J.G. AN ATLAS TO EBEL'S TRAVELLERS GUIDE THROUGH SWITZERLAND; Containing Panoramic Views of the Mountains &c. &c.  Printed for Samuel Leigh.  1818 1st.  pp30 3 folding panoramic views of the Alps, one plate of cramp irons. and another Remarkable places in the neighbourhood of Zurich. an index of  in the original binding with paper label, but some worming (dead) and stain which affects upper left of title page and 1st panorama. with The Travelling Map of Switzerland by Capt. Henry Keller [large cold. fold. on linen]   Very Good- £300

Eberli H. SWITZERLAND PICTORIAL. A Collection of Poems by English and American Poets  1893 1st.  pp537. 87 illus. inc. Zermatt and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc and Chamouni. orig. blue gilt and dec. cold. cloth. t.e.g  Very Good £85

Edwards A.B. A MIDSUMMER RAMBLE IN THE DOLOMITES.   George Routledge. 1889 2nd.  pp389.  frontis. 8 full page and 18 text engravings. fold. map.  orig. blue pict. cloth gilt. faded and st.   Good £65

Edwards A.B. UNTRODDEN PEAKS AND UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.  George Routledge. 1893 4th.  pp389.  frontis. 8 full page and 18 text engravings. fold. map. orig. tan cloth. ex-lib. marks.  Very Good- £65

Edwards A.B. UNTRODDEN PEAKS AND UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.  George Routledge. 1893 4th.  pp389.  frontis. 8 full page and 18 text engravings. fold. map. orig. green cloth.  Near Fine- £115

Edwards A.B. UNTRODDEN PEAKS AND UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.  George Routledge.  1890 2nd.  pp389.  frontis. 8 full page and 18 text engravings. cold. fold. map. pict. gilt. dec. cold. cloth. the spine cloth though is loose with parts missing.  Very Good- £145

Edwards A.B. UNTRODDEN PEAKS AND UNFREQUENTED VALLEYS A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites.  George Routledge.  1890 2nd.  pp389.  frontis. 8 full page and 18 text engravings. cold. fold. map. bright pict. gilt. dec. cold. cloth. a.e.g.  Near Fine- £165

Emery M.S. MONT BLANC THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE.   Underwood and Underwood.  c1900 1st.  24 stereoscopic views which include nos. 78 - 100 of the Ascent of Mont Blanc. complete in single volume boxed set.  Near Fine £450

Emery M.S. SWITZERLAND THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE. A Journey over and around the Alps.  Underwood and Underwood.  c1900 1st.  pp274.  100 stereoscopic views which include some of Zermatt and the Matterhorn and nos. 78 - 100 of the Ascent of Mont Blanc. complete in 2 volume boxed set.   Fine- £800

Engel C.E. A HISTORY OF MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ALPS.   George Allen and Unwin Ltd.  1950 1st.  pp296.  27 illus.   Very Good- £14

Engel C-E. BYRON ET SHELLEY. En Suisse et En Savoie.  Librairie Dardel - Chambery.  1930 Edition Limitee.  pp111.  frontis. 3 plates. orig. printed wrappers. uncut. No. 6 of the rare limited edition.  Fine £250

Engel C.E. LE MONT BLANC.   Attinger.   1946 1st.  pp186.  17 plates.  bound in blue buckram, with original wrappers. Presentation copy from R.L.G. Irving.   Very Good- £24

Engel C.E. LE MONT-BLANC. lieu dit.  Les Editions du Temps.  1961 1st.  cold and b/w illus.   dw Very Good £20

Engel C.E. MONT BLANC. An Anthology.  George Allen & Unwin.  1965 1st.  pp232.  69 illustrations.   Very Good £8

Engel C.E. MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ALPS. An Historical Survey.  George Allen & Unwin.  1971 new.  pp318.  24 illus.  dw Near Fine £12

Engel C.E. THEY CAME TO THE HILLS.   George Allen & Unwin.  1952 1st.  pp275.  17 illus.  dw Very Good- £15

Evans J. THE CONWAYS. A History of Three Generations.  Museum Press.  1966 1st.  pp308.  frontis. port. and 8 illus.   Near Fine £26

Eve A.S.& Creasey C.H. LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN TYNDALL. with a chapter on Tyndall as a Mountaineer.  Macmillan & Co. 1945 1st.  pp404.  frontis. 35 illus. orig. blue buckram, gilt.  Near Fine £120

Farrer R. THE DOLOMITES King Laurin's Garden.  A. & C. Black.  1913 1st.  pp207.  20 cold. plates painted by E. Harrison Compton. sketch map. orig. cold. dec. cloth gilt. a little bit grubby.  Very Good- £95

Fedden R. ALPINE SKI TOUR.  An Account of the High Level Route.  Putnam.  1956 1st.  pp93.  fold. map diagram. 24 plates.   unpc dw Near Fine £30

Fedden R. SKI-ING IN THE ALPS.    Edward Hulton.  1958 1st.  pp168.  24 illus.   dw Very Good £18

Fellows C. A NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC. (made by Charles Fellows and William Hawes).  Jarvis Books, Matlock.  1988 facsimille reprint.  viii + 35p.  title page vignette, the [facs,] certificate of the ascent, 10 lithograph plates ( 1 hand coloured) and one of Comparative Heights..   New £95

Fenimore Cooper J. EXCURSIONS IN SWITZERLAND.  A. & W. Galignani & Co., Pasris. 1836 1st.   pp323.   fine. full calf. sl. foxing. rare edition.  Near Fine- £185

Ferrand H. AUTOUR DU MONT BLANC. Chamouni - La Vallee d'Aoste - Le Grand et Le Petit Saint-Bernard.  Jules Rey. Grenoble.  1920 1st.  pp157.  193 gravures en phototypie. orig. photo. printed wrappers. 4to. uncut and unopened.  Near Fine £125

Finch G.I. COMMENT ON DEVIENT ALPINISTE.   Librairie Dardel. Chambery.  1926 1st.  pp326.  illus. unopened. printed wrappers.  Near Fine- £15

Finch G.I. THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER.   Arrowsmith.  1927 3rd.  pp340.  78 photos. drawing. 2 diagrams. handsomely rebound in matching blue cloth.  Near Fine £30

Firsoff V.A. THE TATRA MOUNTAINS.   Lindsay Drummond.  1942 1st.  pp128.  with 60 illus.   Very Good- £16

Fitzsimons R. THE BARON OF PICCADILLY. Travels and Entertainments of Albert Smith 1816-60  Geoffrey Bles.  1967 1st.  pp192.  38 illus. & e.p's.  in rubbed dw Very Good £35

Flemwell G. ALPINE FLOWERS AND GARDENS.   A. & C. Black.  1910 1st.  pp167.  20 full page cold. illus. orig. green pict. cloth.  Very Good £40

Flemwell G. THE FLOWER FIELDS OF ALPINE SWITZERLAND. An Appreciation and a Plea.  Hutchinson & Co. 1911 1st.  pp195. 26 reproductions of water-colour drawings tissue-guarded. orig. green pict. cloth gilt. t.e.g.  Very Good- £45

Forbes J. A PHYSICIAN'S HOLIDAY or A Month in Switzerland in the Summer of 1848.  Wm. S. Orr.  1852 3rd.  pp350.  fold. route map. 3 of 4 cold. litho. plates. (lacks Monte Rosa facing title page), Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Baths of Stachelberg. foxed. orig. blue blind stamped cloth.   Good £195

Forbes J.D. NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS VISITED IN 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the  High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy.  Adam and Charles Black.   1853 1st.  pp349.  10 full page chromolithographic views. 22 wood engravings. 2 maps. [1 fold.] noe in e.p. rebound in plain cloth gilt.  Very Good- £325

Forbes J.D. TRAVELS THROUGH THE ALPS OF SAVOY. and other parts of the Pennine Chain with observations onthe phenomena of Glaciers.  Adam and Charles Black. 1843 1st.  pp424.  9 lithographs (2 tinted), 2 maps inc., large folding map of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni at the end. half calf gilt, marbled boards, 5 raised bands.  Very Good £985

Forbes J.D. UND DIE GLETSCHER DES MONT-BLANC IM BESONDERN. Mittheilungen Geographischer...... von Dr. A Petermann.  Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1855 1st.  pp173-199 with coloured folding map of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni. orig. printed wrappers.  Very Good £155

Fox Sir F. SWITZERLAND.   A. & C. Black.  1930 2nd.  pp197.  32 cold. illus. orig. red cloth gilt. sp. faded.  Very Good- £25

Fox Sir F. SWITZERLAND.   A. & C. Black.  1917 re-issue.  pp203.  with 64  cold. illus. orig. cold. pict gilt cloth.  Very Good- £45

Fraser C. AVALANCHES AND SNOW SAFETY.   John Murray. 1978 1st.  pp269 38 illus. 14 text figs.  dw Fine £25

Fraser C. THE AVALANCHE ENIGMA.   John Murray. 1966 1st.  pp301.  41 illus. 14 text figs. sketch map.  dw Fine £25

Fraser C. THE AVALANCHE ENIGMA.   John Murray. 1966 1st.  pp301.  41 illus. 14 text figs. sketch map.  unpc dw Near Fine- £25

Freeston C.L. CYCLING IN THE ALPS with some notes on the chief passes.  Grant Richards.  1900 1st.  ppxviii+249.  b/w frontis. 23 other full-page drawings by A.R. Quinton. orig. cold. pict. cloth. rare.  Very Good- £95

Freeston C.L. THE ALPS FOR THE MOTORIST.   Cassell and the Automobile Association.  1923 1st.  pp176.  16 half tone plates. 8 maps. orig. green cloth faded.  Good £15

Freeston C.L. THE CREAM OF EUROPE FOR THE MOTORIST. How to Make an Eclectic Continental Tour   Cassell and the Automobile Association.  1928 1st.  pp216.  24 photo illus. 4 maps. orig. green cloth.  Near Fine- £35

Freeston C.L. THE HIGH-ROADS OF THE ALPS. A Motoring Guide to One Hundred Mountain Passes,  Kegan Paul. 1910 1st.  pp388.  106 itineraries. 102 photo illus. 11 maps and diagrams. orig. green pict. dec. cold. cloth gilt.  Very Good- £65

Freeston C.L. THE PASSES OF THE PYRENEES. A Practical Guide to the Mountain Roads of the Franco Spanish Frontier.  1912 1st.  pp196.  frontis. 70 photo illus. 8 maps. orig. green pict. dec. cold. cloth gilt.  Near Fine- £60

Freshfield Mrs. Henry [Jane Quintin] A SUMMER TOUR IN THE GRISONS and Italian Valleys of the Bernina.   Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1862 1st.  pp292.  4 lithographic plates. 2 fold. maps. bound without half title page. contemporary half calf, marbled boards rubbed and worn.  Very Good- £445

Freshfield Mrs. H. [J. Q.] ALPINE BYWAYS OR LIGHT LEAVES GATHERED. in 1859 and 1860 by a Lady.  Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1861 1st.  pp232.  8 lithographic plates - The Weisshorn above Randa froma a drawing by Edward Whymper, The Titlis, Anderlekk, Sixt, Samoens, Cogne, Saas, Cima de Jazi from Macugnaga. 4 maps. half calf rubbed, raised bands, with bookplate of C.E. Mathews.  Very Good £545

Freshfield D.W. BELOW THE SNOW LINE.   Constable & Co.  1923 1st.  pp270.  9 maps orig. green cloth gilt. ex MAM lib, label and r.s.m.  Near Fine- £48

Freshfield D.W. HORACE-BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE. avec la collaboration de Henry F. Montagnier  Edition Atar - Geneve. 1924   pp434.  frontis. and 15 illustrations. translated from the English by Louise Plan. orig. printed wrappers. uncut.  Near Fine- £145

Freshfield D.W. ITALIAN ALPS.   Blackwells Mountaineering Library.  1937 1st. thus.  pp246.  16 illus. sp. sl. faded and marks.  Very Good- £15

Freshfield D.W. MEMORIALS OF HENRY DOUGLAS FRESHFIELD. Memorials of Hal. (in which are recorded by his father Hal's Adventures and Holiday Travels)  Privately Printed. Printed by J. Miller and Son, Edinburgh.  1892   pp127.  orig. port. photo frontis., 1 other orig. and fac-simile of pen-and-ink drawing. orig. half vellum with buckram and gilt sp. labels. uncut. insc. 'John Lloyd from Hal Freshfield's Father & Mother' by Douglas Freshfield.extremely rare.   Very Good £245

Freshfield D.W. THE LIFE OF HORACE BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE. with the collaboration of Henry F. Montagnier.  Edward Arnold.  1920 1st.  xii + pp479.  21 plates. illus. maps. bibliography. original cloth gilt. rare.  Very Good £395

Freshfield D. UNTO THE HILLS.   Edward Arnold.  1914 1st.  pp120.   orig. red cloth gilt. dec. sl. faded and wrinkled. t.e.g. uncut. quite rare.  Very Good- £95

Frison-Roche R. FIRST ON THE ROPE.   Methuen & Co. 1949 1st.  pp268.  Mont Blanc fiction. The Guides of Chamonix. quite uncommon. unpc dw Near Fine £36

Frison-Roche R. MONT BLANC AND THE SEVEN VALLEYS.   Arthaud.  1961 1st.  pp267.  169 illus.  fold. map in e.p.  dw Near Fine £24

Frison-Roche R. PREMIER DE CORDEE   Arthaud.  1963 rpt.  pp318.  16 illus. unopened. wrappers. dw Near Fine £10

Frison-Roche R. SUR LES TRACES DE PREMIER DE CORDEE.   Arthaud.  1952 1st.  pp100.  22 cold. and 59 b/w illus. cold. wrappers. dw Very Good £15

Frison-Roche R. and Tairraz P. MONT BLANC AUX SEPT VALLEES.   Arthaud.  1959 1st.  pp266.  170 heliogravure illus. illus. card wrappers. map in e.p.  Near Fine £15

Frison-Roche R. and Tairraz P. MONT BLANC AUX SEPT VALLEES.   Arthaud.  1959 1st.  pp266.  170 heliogravure illus. marbled boards and vellum sp. gilt.  Near Fine £20

Furse G.B.E. K. SKI-RUNNING.   Longmans's Green.  1924 1st.  pp134.  frontis. map. 3 photo illus. orig. boards with cold. pict. d/w pasted on as issued, worn spine. very rare.  Very Good- £145

Gaillard E. HENRIETTE D'ANGEVILLE. My Ascent of Mont Blanc.  Harper Collins.  1992 1st. English.  pp132.  translated from the French. 15 illus.  in dw. New £18

Gardner A. THE ART AND SPORT OF ALPINE PHOTOGRAPHY.   H.F. & G. Witherby.  1927 1st.  pp224.  155 photo. illus. orig. green cloth gilt. uncut. t.e.g.  Near Fine £65

Gattlen A. ZERMATT. Druckgraphische Ansichten.   Rotten Verlag.  1999 1st. pp196. many cold. and b/w illus. of old engravings. The essential primary resource covering early illustrations of ZERMATT! dw New £55

Geiger H. GLACIER PILOT.   Cassell.  1956 1st.  pp104.  cold. frontis. 32 pp of half tone illus.  unpc dw Near Fine £15

George H.B. THE OBERLAND AND ITS GLACIERS: Explored and Illustrated with Ice-Axe and Camera  Alfred W. Bennett.  1866 1st.  pp243.  28 original photograph illustrations and map of the Oberland recased in orig. blue cloth gilt. sp. relaid. One of the first mountaineering books with original photographs.  Very Good £475

Gervasutti G. GERVASUTTI'S CLIMBS.   Hart-Davis. 1957 1st.  pp201.  frontis. 14 illus.  unpc dw Fine- £65

Gery R. IN SUNNY SWITZERLAND. A Story of Six Weeks.  Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co., 1884 1st.  pp274.  rare Vaud fiction. orig. blue cloth pict. dec. silver and gold. very rubbed.  Good £75

Gilbert J. CADORE, or TITIAN'S COUNTRY.   Longmans, Green, and Co. 1869 1st.  pp322.  frontis. sketch map. 33 illus. 9 woodcuts.  orig. green cloth gilt. top & bottom sp. rubbed. fr. hinge cracked. bookplate of Dowr. Lady Lyttleton.rare.  Very Good £475

Gilbert J. SIX LETTERS RELATING TO TRAVEL 1865 - 1869.   Privately Printed by E.C. Porter.  1954 1st.  pp41.   no. 48 of 150 copies. January MCMLIV with Bookplate of R.W. Lloyd  Near Fine- £195

Gilbert J. and Churchill G.C. THE DOLOMITE MOUNTAINS. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, & Fruili in 1861, 1862 & 1863. with a Geological Chapter, and Pictorial Illustrations from original drawings on the spot.  Longman, Green. 1864 1st.  pp576.  6 chromo-lithographs. 2 maps. 27 wood engravings by Whymper. nicely bound in modern half morocco which reflects original.  Near Fine- £595

Gillman P. IN BALANCE. Twenty years of mountaineering journalism.  Hodder & Stoughton.  1989 1st.  pp252.  b/w illus. Signed by the author. unpc dw Fine £35

Gillman & Haston D. P. EIGER DIRECT.   Collins.  1966 1st.  pp183.  38 cold. and b/w illustrations. Signed by Peter Gillman and by Chris Bonington. dw Near Fine £125

Gilly W.S. NARRATIVE OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF PIEDMONT,  in the year MDCCCXXIII. and researches among the Vaudois, or Waldenses.....  C. and J. Rivington.  1827 4th.  pp298+lxxxviii.  litho frontis. and 8 views. 2 fold. maps. 2 fold facs. letters. and appendix.orig. marbled boards. linen sp. worn.  Very Good- £225

Gilly W.S. WALDENSIAN RESEARCHES DURING A SECOND VISIT TO THE VAUDOIS OF PIEDMONT.   1831 1st.  pp560.  litho frontis. diagram, and 11 litho views. orig. cloth with paper sp. label worn. uncut. fr. hinge broken.  Very Good- £245

Girdlestone Rev. A.G. THE HIGH ALPS WITHOUT GUIDES:  Being a Narrative of Adventures in Switzerland....  Longmans, Green & Co. 1870 1st.  pp181.  engraved frontispiece of the Sella by Whymper. lacks 2 fold. maps. (supplied in facsimile) (100 copies only.) orig. blue cloth gilt. sp. edge part split. sl. rubbed.  Very Good- £695

Giusta C.G. -A. GUIDA AI BAGNI ED ALLE ACQUE MINERALE...DI COURMAYEUR....PRES-ST.-DIDIER. solforose, alcaline, iodurate e bromurate.  Courmayeur.  1875 1st.  pp150.  2 fold. lithographed views. (Courmayeur & St.-Didier). original printed wrappers. uncut & unopened.   Very Fine £300

Gobat A. HISTOIRE DE LA SUISSE racontee au peuple.   F. Zahn.  1909 1st.  pp661.  very many text, full page and fold. illus. orig. red cloth dec. silver.  Near Fine- £40

Gos. C. TRAGEDIES ALPESTRES.   Librairie Payot.  1946 2nd.  pp304.  34 illus. orig. printed wrappers. Presentation copy from the author to R.L.G. Irving.  Very Good- £60

Gourdault J. LA SUISSE, ETUDES ET VOYAGES. A Travers les 22 Cantons.  Librairie Hachette et Cie.  1879 1st.  pp714 + 722 750 full page and text enravings on wood. 142 planches hors-texte et de 653 gravures sur bois dans le texte. 2 volumes folio, full morocco, dec. gilt. a.e.g. some staining to pages at rear of vol. I  Very Good- £195

Green V. THE SWISS ALPS.   Batsford.  1961 1st.  pp240.  55 illus. 10 maps.  dw Very Good £12

Gribble F. LAUSANNE.   Adam and Charles Black.   1909 1st.  pp110.  20 colour plates from watercolours by and apparently his copy signed J. Hardwick Lewis Veytaux Switzerland.   orig. maroon cloth gilt, sp. and covers faded and marked. t.e.g  Good £65

Gribble F. THE STORY OF ALPINE CLIMBING.   H & S. c1904   pp184.  frontis. 19 photo illus. orig. blue cloth faded, with larger paper. bookplate of William Lunn.  Very Good- £15

Grivel  ICE-AXE  Courmayeur. Made in Italy     84 cm. shaft. 34 cm. adze/pick. please ask for image   £250

Grove F.C. THE FROSTY CAUCASUS. An account of a Walk through part of the Range and an Ascent of Elbruz in the Summer of 1874.  Longmans, Green, and Co.  1875 1st.  pp341.  engraved frontis. title page vignette. 5 full page Whymper engravings. fold. cold. map. morocco leather sp. cloth boards rubbed. ex.  Good £225

Gsell-Fells Dr. T. SWITZERLAND, ITS SCENERY AND PEOPLE. Pictorially represented by eminent Swiss and German artists.  Blackie & Son.  1881 1st.  pp472.  col. wood engraved frontis. many full page wood engraved views with tinted colour (19 after E.T. Compton), including Zermatt and the Matterhorn and other illus. orig. red cloth ornate gilt dec. a.e.g. large 4to.  Near Fine- £350

Gussfeldt P. LE MONT BLANC. Ascensions d'Hiver et d'Ete. Etudes dans les Haute Montagne.  P.G. Drehmann, Geneve. 1899   pp344.  with 6 gravures, diagram, carte (cold. fold). French half calf binding.  Very Good- £70

Hallberg F. & Muckenbrunn H. F. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SKI-ING.   Edward Arnold.  1936 1st.  pp317.  32pp. of photogravure plates. 180  text illus. cloth marked, sp. faded.  Very Good- £30

Hamer S.H. A WAYFARER IN THE DOLOMITES.   Methuen & Co. 1926 2nd. rev.  pp207.  12 illus. and a map. orig. cloth gilt, marked, sp. faded.  Very Good- £24

Hamer S.H. THE DOLOMITES.   Methuen & Co. 1910 2nd.  pp305.  16 cold. illus. by Harry Rowntree. orig. gilt dec. cloth. sp. faded.  Very Good- £65

Hansen P.H. THE SUMMITS OF MODERN MAN. Mountaineering after the Enlightenment. Harvard U.P. 2013 1st.  pp380.  illus.  unpc dw Near Fine £28

Harlin III J. THE EIGER OBSESSION. Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father. Simon & Schuster. 2007 2nd. imp.? pp283. 69 illus.  dw New £20

Harrer H. THE WHITE SPIDER. The History of the Eiger's North Face.  Hart-Davis. 1959 1st.  pp240.  40 illus. [some cold.] diagram. fold. map photo. orig. blue cloth silver. signed by Chris Bonington. unpc dw (sl. worn edges) Near Fine £145

Harrer H. THE WHITE SPIDER. The History of the Eiger's North Face.  Hart-Davis. 1959 1st.  pp240.  40 illus. [some cold.] diagram. fold. map photo. orig. blue cloth silver unpc dw (one small tear) Fine- £200

Hasler G. THE BERNESE OBERLAND vol.I. From the Gemmi to the Monchjoch. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 09  T. Fisher Unwin. 1902 1st.  pp164.  Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 09 orig. gilt wallet binding. t.e.g. pencil sp. detached.  Very Good- £70

Hawkridge J. UPHILL ALL THE WAY.   Michael Joseph. 1991 1st.  pp246.  cold. and b/w illus. Signed by Chris Bonington. dw Fine £20

Headley J.T. MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.    Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 54 Fleet Street, London. 1869 1st.  pp320.  37 tinted engraved illus. inc. Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. orig. dec. blue cloth gilt. with the narrative of the ascent of Mont Blanc in 1844 by Mm. Charles Martins, Bravais, and Lepileur.   Near Fine- £185

Headley J.T. THE ALPS AND THE RHINE; A Series of Sketches.   Wiley & Putnam.  1846 1st.  pp138.  p. 13 'Ascent of the Montanverte, Vale of Chamouni'. orig. cloth gilt. a little worn.  Very Good- £145

Heckel V. CLIMBING IN THE CAUCASUS.   Spring Books.  1958 1st.  pp208.  foreword by Sir John Hunt. very many cold. and b/w photo illus. rare. dw Very Good £75

Heckmair A. MY LIFE AS A MOUNTAINEER   Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1975 1st.  pp224.  23 illus.  dw Fine £40

Hentzi, [1731-1803]  VUES REMARQUABLES DES MONTAGNES DE LA SUISSE. dessinees et cpolorees d'apres nature avec leur description. Amsterdam: J. Yntema 1785  pp 24. Engraved frontispiece printed in bistre, Descourtis plates not present. text only on wove. elephant folio [48 x 34.5 cms.]  Very Good £395

Herzog G. THE JACKSON ROUTE.   Collins.  1978 1st.  pp252.  Mont Blanc fiction.  dw Near Fine £9

Hiebeler T. NORTH FACE IN WINTER. The First Winter Climb of the Eiger's North Face.  Barrie & Rockliff.  1962 1st.  pp121.  frontis. 20 illus. f.e.p. cut in top corner.  Very Good- £15

Hoek H. THE PARSENN. A Ski-ing Guide and some notes.  Pitman. 1933 1st.  pp161.  10 air photos. 14 plans. 91 illus. orig. cloth.  Near Fine £28

Holme Maj. H. COLONEL BILGERI'S HANDBOOK ON MOUNTAIN SKI-ING.   Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1929 1st.  pp110.  port. frontis. 14 full page illus. and 26 figs. original brown cloth.  Very Good £145

Hondius J. SABAUDIA DUCATUS, LA SAVOIE.   Amstelodami.  c1590   A FINE MAP which shows CHAMONIX. 38 x 50 cm. A rare early map of Chamonis (est inscrit dans le 'Fossigny').  Near Fine £395

Huber and Rogers N. E. THE COMPLETE SKI MANUAL. How to begin - How to improve - How to excel.  George Allen & Unwin Ltd.  1949 1st.  pp129.  many illus. diagrams. worn and torn unpc dw Very Good- £15

Imfeld X. PANORAMA DU TORRENTHORN. Le Righi du Valais. 3003 M.  Kleindienst & Scmid, Sion. 1899   lithograph Anstalt Gebr. Fretz, Zurich. fold. panorama 200 x 23 cms. orig. printed illus. wrappers.  Near Fine £80

Imfeld X. PANORAMA VOM RIGI KULM. 1800 Met ub. Meer.  Kummerly & Frey, Bern. c1800   cold. lithograph deh. H. Keller. Stich deKonturen deh. X. Imfeld. fold. panorama printed on both sides 95 x 20 cms.  Near Fine £120

Irving R.L.G. A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING.   B.T. Batsford. 1955 1st.  pp240.  frontis. 65 illus.  dw Fine £30

Irving R.L.G. TEN GREAT MOUNTAINS.   J.M. Dent. 1947 rpt.  pp213.  frontis. 14 illus. 11 diagrams.   Very Good- £5

Irving R.L.G. THE ALPS.   Batsford.  1947 3rd.  pp120.  131 illus. e.p. maps.   Very Good £8

Irving R.L.G. THE ALPS.   Charles Schribner's. New York.  1940 1st.  pp120.  131 illus. e.p. maps.  dw Fine £20

Irving R.L.G. THE MOUNTAIN WAY. An Anthology in Prose and Verse.  J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd.  1938 1st.  pp656.  An Anthology in Prose and Verse.  dw Very Good- £16

Irving R.L.G. THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING.   J.M. Dent. 1946 3rd.  pp331.  41 illus. and maps & diagrams.   Very Good- £14

Irving R.L.G. THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING.   J.M. Dent. 1935 2nd. imp.  pp331.  41 illus. and maps & diagrams.  dw Near Fine £20

Jamieson P. AULDJO - A LIFE OF JOHN AULDJO 1805 - 1886. 'A Clever Man and a Good Fellow'. Michael Russell Ltd. Norwich. 2009 1st. pp244. illus. signed by the author and with a.l.s. unpc dw Fine £65

Javelle E. ALPINE MEMORIES.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1899 1st.  pp444.  port. frontis. 3 plates. orig. dec. cloth faded and worn.  Good £35

Joanne A. GEOGRAPHIE DU DEPARTMENT DES VOSGES.   Hachette et Cie. 1886 7th.  pp74.  avec une carte coloriee et 16 gravures. orig. boards.  Very Good £28

Joanne A. JURA ET ALPES FRANCAISES.   Hachette et Cie.  1882 edn.   adverts 48 + 80 + pp1091.  21 maps and 4 plans. 2 panoramas. orig. cloth gilt.  Very Good- £78

Joanne A. SUISSE.   Hachette et Cie.  1885 edn.   adverts 60 + 88 + pp478.  12 maps & fold. map in e.p. blind stampr Alpine Club 23 Saville Row London W. orig. cloth gilt.  Very Good- £95

Jones Capt. Wynne General Description of MY LATE TOUR (of 1867) ON THE CONTINENT. through FRANCE, SWITZERLAND and GERMANY, accompanied by my Aunt and Elder Sister.   For Private Circulation Only. printed by J. Morris &c., "Journal" Office, 50, High Street, Rhyl. North Wales. 1882   pp100.   port. photograph frontis. 16 engraved plates. orig. brown cloth embossed, gilt. inc. Mont Blanc, Chamouni and Albert Smith. Rare and not in Meckly.   £695

Jones Rev. H. Rev. THE REGULAR SWISS ROUND. In Three Trips.  Alex. Strahan.  1868 3rd.  pp393.  frontis. sketch map. 20 Whymper engravings inc. Matterhorn, Mont Blanc by Edward Whymper. orig. gilt dec. cloth.  Very Good- £95

Jones Rev. H. Rev. THE REGULAR SWISS ROUND. In Three Trips.  Alex. Strahan.  1866 2nd.  pp393.  frontis. sketch map. 20 Whymper engravings inc. Matterhorn, Mont Blanc by Edward Whymper. orig. cloth gilt, loose.  Very Good- £125

Keenleyside F. PEAKS AND PIONEERS. The Story of Mountaineering.  Paul Elek Ltd.  1975 1st.  pp248.  40 cold. plates. 220 b/w illus. 4 maps.  dw Very Good £30

Keller H. CARTE ROUTIERE DE SUISSE.   Audin, Quai des Augustines No. 25 1828   3 x 6 fold. map 45 x 60 cms. backed on orig. linen.   Very Good £120

Keller H. DESCRIPTION DU MONT-RIGI. des Chemins qui y conduisent et de la Celebre Perspective dont on jouit sur sa cime.  chez Fueslli et Compagnie, Zurich. 1824 1st.  pp90.  title vignette of the panorama (1823) the rare text description, without the panorama. orig. paper wrappers.  Very Good- £200

Keller H. KELLER'S ZWENTE REIFEKARTE DER SCHWEIZ.   Henri Keller, Zurich.  1853 Edition Originale.  cold. fold. map. in orig. fold. linen with printed paper cover. 54 x 65 cms. backed on linen (3 x 5) with 8 town plans, 3 small maps, small 10 x 20 panorama Berner - Oberlandes and birdseye Panorama prise au Sommet du Mont Righi.  Very Good- £150

Kennedy E.S. PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS; Being Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club.   Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1862 1st.  pp445 & 541.  8 maps. 22 wood engravings (5 full page). 6 maps. 34 wood engravings (7 full page) 2 volumes in orig. Alpine Club tan pict. dec. gilt. cloth. ex-Mudies Lib. label removed.  Good £250

Kernahan C. IN GOOD COMPANY. Some Personal Recollections of ....... 'Edward Whymper As I Knew Him' & others.  1917 2nd.  pp278.   orig. orange cloth marked. uncut. Rare.  Good £55

King Rev. S.W. THE ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS: A Tour through all the romantic and less-frequented vals  John Murray. 1858 1st.  pp558.  engraved frontis, 9 full page, 6 text. 4 maps &c. [2 large fold Monte Rosa and Pennine Alps]. half red leather, red buckram. ink insc. and signed L. Wibault (THE artist of Mont Blanc)  Very Good- £245

Kirkpatrick W.T. ALPINE DAYS AND NIGHTS.   George Allen & Unwin.  1932 1st.  pp198.  frontis. 11 illus. orig. cloth marked.  Very Good- £18

Kirwan L.P. MEN AND THINGS as I SAW THEM IN EUROPE.   Harper & Brothers. 1854 New York.  pp285.  pp191-196 Chamouny. Montanvers Mer de Glace. Salanche. orig. cloth gilt. blind dec. stamped. Meckly 105.   Very Good- £145

Klucker C. ADVENTURES OF AN ALPINE GUIDE.   John Murray. 1932 1st.  pp329.  frontis. portrait. 17 illus. orig. black cloth gilt. sp. sl. faded. facs. cold. dw Very Good- £35

Klucker C. ADVENTURES OF AN ALPINE GUIDE.   John Murray. 1932 1st.  pp329.  frontis. portrait. 17 illus.  pc dw Near Fine- £65

Kugy J. ALPINE PILGRIMAGE.   John Murray. 1934 1st.  pp374.  frontis. 20 illus. map. sp. faded. facs. cold. dw Very Good- £28

Kugy J. ALPINE PILGRIMAGE.   John Murray. 1934 1st.  pp374.  frontis. 20 illus. map. orig. cloth. unpc dw Very Good £55

Kugy J. IM GOTTLICHEN LACHELN DES MONTE ROSA.   Lentam Verlag.  1940 1st.  pp372+186. 48 illus. map. 2 vols. unpc dw Very Good £65

Kugy J. SON OF THE MOUNTAINS. The Life of an Alpine Guide.  Thomas Nelson.  1938 1st.  pp200.  frontis. 8 illus. map. unusually rare in  dw Near Fine- £95

Kurz L. GUIDE DE LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC.   Payot & Cie. Lausanne.  1927 3rd.  pp408.  50 illus.   Very Good £12

Kurz L. THE CHAIN OF MONT BLANC. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 05  T. Fisher Unwin. 1892 1st.  pp143.  Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 05 orig. black buckram gilt wallet binding. pencil holder sp. torn. t.e.g. rare.  Very Good- £160

Kurz L. and Colomb E. LA PARTIE SUISSE DE LA CHAINE DU MONT BLANC   Paul Attinger, Neuchatel.  1900 1st.  pp232.  fold. panorama. printed wrappers.  Very Good- £20

Larden W. GUIDE TO THE WALKS & CLIMBS AROUND AROLLA.   S. Chick & Co. 1908 1st.  pp156.  illus. views. orig. blue cloth gilt dull & wrinkled.  Near Fine £95

Larden W. INSCRIPTIONS FROM SWISS CHALETS. A collection of inscriptions found outside and inside Swiss Chalets,...  Printed for the Author.  1913   pp208.  52 photo illus. orig.green cloth gilt. fr. baord marked.  Very Good- £85

Larden W. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD MOUNTAINEER.   Edward Arnold.  1910 1st.  pp320.  photogravure frontis. 16 full page illus. orig. maroon cloth gilt. uncut. sp. faded.  Very Good- £65

Latrobe C.J. THE ALPENSTOCK; or Sketches of Swiss Scenery and Manners. 1825 1826.  R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside.  1839 2nd.  pp361.  4 vignettes. title is Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. Swiss wrestlers p220. orig. cloth. 12vo.  Very Good £165

Le Blond Mrs. A. THE STORY OF AN ALPINE WINTER.   George Bell & Sons. 1907 1st.  pp289.  St. Moritz fiction. orig. red cloth with cold. pict. vignette insert. rare.  Very Good £120

Le Blond (Mrs. Main) Mrs. A. ADVENTURES ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD.   T. Fisher Unwin.  1904 1st.  pp333.  frontis. 33 illus. mostly 4 up on plates. some by Sella.  orig. pict cloth gilt. uncut. t.e.g. Alpine Club r.s.m. frontis. is damaged along edge.  Very Good- £95

Lechner E. DAS OBERENGADIN.   Engelmann.  1900 1st.  pp188.  12 landschaftliche Ansichten, (3 kupferstiche). signed in pencil by Claud Schuster. original boards.  Very Good £85

LeDuc A. LES ECHOS DU MONT-BLANC. Quadrille Elegant. a Melle. Plaine de Ligne. Londres, Robert Cocks. c1860   pp6. stone lithograph illus cover. 26 x 35 cms.   Good. £185

Lefebure C. MES ATAPES D'ALPINISME.   C.A.F. 1904 Limited Edition.  pp239.  Edition of 650 copies. 139 illus. orig. pict. cloth.  Near Fine- £45

Leggett Ben F. A TRAMP THROUGH SWITZERLAND.   John B. Alden. 1887 1st. New York.   pp90.  a three week's tour through Switzerland ending with visits to Zermatt and Chamouni. rare. orig. blue cloth gilt.  Very Good £95

Lepiney de. J & T. CLIMBS ON MONT BLANC.   Edward Arnold.  1930 1st.  pp179.  frontis. 15 illus.  ex-lib. dw Very Good- £24

Lepiney de. J. et T. SUR LES CRETES DU MONT BLANC. Recits D'Ascensions.  M. Dardel. Chambery.  1929 1st.  pp178.  24 illus. orig. printed wrappers. uncut.  Near Fine £35

Levasseur E. LES ALPES ET LES GRANDES ASCENSIONS.   Charles Delagrave. Paris. 1889 1st.  pp456.  75 figures. orig. red dec. cloth. sp. worn. a.e.g.  Very Good- £95

Lewin W. Henry CLIMBS   Published Privately by the Author. [1933] 1st.  pp226.  frontis. 15 plates. orig. cloth. Limited Edition no.85 of 250 copies Signed by the Author.  Very Good £145

Liddiard Rev. W. A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE. with a route to Chamouni, the Bernese Alps, &c.  Smith, Elder, and Co.  1832 1st.  pp263.  frontis. and 3 engravings drawn on stone [Hullmandel]. fold map. half calf, marbled boards. paper sp. label. rubbed.  Very Good- £395

Liebig  CIME CLASSICHE DELLE DOLOMITI    1957   6 chromo views. Crozzon di Brenta, Tre Cimi di Lavaredo, La Marmolada, La Civetta, La Tofana, Il Catinaccio.    £80

Liebig  LA CONQUISTA DELLE GRANDE CIME. Monte Bianco. Cervino. Lavaredo. Petit Dru. Everest. K2.  Liebig. Compagnia Italiana Liebig - Milano. 1961 1st.  cold. illus. showing ascents and mountaineers. 6 cards in serie n. 247 Signed by Walter Bonatti. A rare collectable item.  Good £250

Liebig  Life of a Glacier Cards Set  Geology Iceflow Mountain Glacial Climate   1938   6 chromo views    £60

Liebig  MAESTA DELLE ALPI.   1941   6 chromo views. Monte Rosa, Il Cervino, Disgrazia, Meije, Crozzon di Brenata e la Cima Tosa, Blumlisalp.    £80

Liebig  UNE EXCURSION DANS LES ALPES   Liebig's Company, Antwerp.  1897   a full set of 6 each with a chromolithographed climbing scene, captioned in French.   Very Good £100

Lockington Vial A.E. ALPINE GLACIERS.   Batchworth.  1952 1st.  pp126.  many illus. 7 text diagrams  unpc dw Near Fine- £15

Longman W.L. A LECTURE ON SWITZERLAND.   Printed for Private Circulation.  1857 1st.  pp94.   ink insc. 'From The Author'. orig. red cloth gilt. sl. bowed. not in 'Neate'.   £795

Longman and Trower H. [W.L. and H.T.] JOURNAL OF SIX WEEKS' ADVENTURES IN SWITZERLAND, PIEDMONT AND ON THE ITALIAN LAKES. June, July, August 1856.  Spottiswoode and Co.  1856 1st.  pp123. engraved map [fold.] illustrating a six weeks tour in Switzerland &c. orig. red cloth embossed, gilt title. a very scarce book pres. copy signed by the author. with bookplate of A.V. Valentine Richards. (Ball's Alpine Guide).  Very Good £675

Louis N. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX. 2 Quadrilles Brillans, sur L'Opera de Donizetti. Schonenberger, Editeur, Paris. c1875?  pp8 compose pour le Piano avec Accomp:  26 x 34 cms. prix 4£.50   £120

Lubbock Sir J. THE SCENERY OF SWITZERLAND. and the causes to which it is due.  Macmillan. 1906 4th.  pp489.  frontis. 154 illus. fold. map. orig. cloth gilt. uncut.  Very Good £28

Lunn A. A CENTURY OF MOUNTAINEERING. A Centenary Tribute to the Alpine Club.  Allen & Unwin.  1957 1st.  pp263.  8 cold. illus. of paintings. 16 photos. Anthony Huxley (World's Mountains) copy with his r.s.m. and annotations. orig. cloth very sl. rubbed. unpc dw Near Fine- £75

Lunn A. A HISTORY OF SKI-ING.   Oxford University Press.  1927 1st.  pp492.  frontis. with many full page and text illustrations orig. cloth gilt.  Near Fine £245

Lunn P. A SKI-ING PRIMER.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1948 1st.  pp110.  8 plates. orig. cloth.  Very Good- £20

Lunn P. A SKI-ING PRIMER.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1951 2nd. rev.   pp107.  8 plates. orig. cloth. unpc dw Near Fine £32

Lunn A. ALPINE SKI-ING AT ALL HEIGHTS AND SEASONS.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1921 1st.  pp116.  frontis. 4 diagrams and 7 illus. orig. green cloth faded.  Very Good- £45

Lunn A.H.M. GUIDE TO MONTANA AND DISTRICT.   Horace Marshall & Son.  1907 1st.  pp79.  14 photo illus. orig. red cloth gilt. 'With the compliments of the author'. Lunn's first published book (typed note from Louis Baume) discreet r.s.m. Very rare.  Near Fine £425

Lunn P. HIGH-SPEED SKIING.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1935 1st.  pp128.  3 diagrams. sp. faded.  Very Good- £15

Lunn Rev. Henry S. & W.H. HOW TO VISIT SWITZERLAND. A Guide-Book to the Chief Scenes of Interest in Switzerland with which is incorporated the "J.E.M." Guide to Switzerland.  Horace Marshall. 1898 4th. rev. and enlgd.  pp360.  20 maps. 2 panoramas. (1 of the Range of Mont Blanc). fold. chromolithograph adv. Rhaetia Railway. orig. green cloth gilt.  Very Good £85

Lunn A. MATTERHORN CENTENARY.   George Allen & Unwin Ltd.  1965 1st.  pp144.  25 illus. inc. cold. frontis. of the Matterhorn by A. Gos.  dw Very Good £22

Lunn A. MOUNTAIN JUBILEE.    Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1946 rpt.  pp287.  frontis. 16 illus.   Very Good £5

Lunn A. MOUNTAIN JUBILEE.    Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1943 1st.  pp287.  cold. frontis. 16 illus.   Very Good- £8

Lunn A. SKI-ING FOR BEGINNERS.   Methuen. 1924 1st.  pp127+8.  frontis. and 7 photo illus. 15 figs.   Very Good £30

Lunn A. SKI-ING IN A FORTNIGHT.   Methuen & Co. Ltd.  1933 1st.  pp78.  10 diagrams orig. rust cloth. unpc dw Very Good- £50

Lunn A. SKI-ING.   Eveleigh Nash. 1913 1st.  pp257.  frontis. 22 illus. gilt skier on fr. board. but worn and ex-lib  Very Good- £85

Lunn A. SKI-ING.   Eveleigh Nash. 1913 1st.  pp257.  frontis. 22 illus. gilt skier on fr. board. unpc dw Near Fine £165

Lunn A. SWITZERLAND IN ENGLISH PROSE AND POETRY. The New Alpine Library.  Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1947 1st.  pp262.  cold. frontis. 16 illus.  in defective dw Very Good £16

Lunn A. THE ALPS. Earliest Times - 1914  Williams & Norgate.  1914 1st.  pp256.  Earliest Times - 1914   Very Good £10

Lunn Sir A. THE BERNESE OBERLAND.   George Allen & Unwin.  1973 rev. ed.  pp171.  frontis. and 14 illus. p.b.  Very Good £5

Lunn Sir A. THE BERNESE OBERLAND.   Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1958 1st.  pp214.  cold. fold. mountain profile and 15 illus.  dw Near Fine £12

Lunn A. THE COMPLETE SKI-RUNNER.   Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1930 1st.  pp213.  21 illus. 30 diagrams.  with scarce,  unpc dw Fine- £145

Lunn A. THE MOUNTAINS OF YOUTH.   Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1949 2nd.  pp192.  cold. frontis. 17 illus. torn dw Very Good- £8

Lunn A. THE MOUNTAINS OF YOUTH.   Oxford U.P. 1925 1st.  pp192.  20 two tone plates. uncut. sp. a bit nicked. ex.-lib.  Good £14

Lunn Sir A. THE SWISS AND THEIR MOUNTAINS. A Study of the Influence of Mountains on Man.  George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1963 1st.  pp167. cold. frontis. 23 illus. [7 cold.]   Very Good £18

Lunn Sir A. THE SWISS AND THEIR MOUNTAINS. A Study of the Influence of Mountains on Man.  George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1963 1st.  pp167. cold. frontis. 23 illus. [7 cold.]  dw Very Good £24

Lunn A. UNKILLED FOR SO LONG.   George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1968 1st.  pp175.  port. frontis. some annotations in red biro. unpc dw Very Good £14

Lunn Sir A. ZERMATT AND THE VALAIS.   Hollis & Carter.  1955 1st.  pp211. frontis. 8 illus.   Near Fine £18

Lunn  A. (Ed.) BRITISH SKI YEAR BOOK.   1928 no. 9 - 1962 no. 43  30 numbers in  filled with very many ski-ing illiustrations and advertisements. orig. printed wrappers. from the Library of Miriam E. O'Brien (Underhill) (lacking 24.25.27.34.35)  Very Good £350

Lunn  A. (Ed.) BRITISH SKI YEAR BOOK.   1926 - 71   pp350 in 1st. vol.  vol. III No. 7 1926 - vol. X no. 20 1939  (lacks 1932 and 1938) 11 volumes together. bound in blue cloth with advertisements.  Near Fine £450

Lyall A. THE FIRST DESCENT OF THE MATTERHORN.    Gomer (Privately). 1997 1st.  pp674.  frontis and 45 illus.  dw New £45

MacGregor J. NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC 22nd September 1853.   Tony Astill.  2012 1st.  pp4 in 3 columns description + pp2 in 2 columns MacGregor Letter to The Times. Four Views printed in oil colours by George Baxter as fine art prints - with the rare Baxter blind impression stamp in lower margin.  each copy is individually casebound by hand in paper covered boards [19.5 x 26.5 cms.] Printed label on front cover. Limited Edition of 200 copies. The views may also be purchased separately.  New. £200

Maeder H. THE MOUNTAINS OF SWITZERLAND. The Adventure of the High Alps.  Allen & Unwin.  1968 1st.  pp288.  very many illus.  dw Very Good £24

Magnone G. THE WEST FACE.   Museum Press. 1955 1st.  pp166.  frontis. 14 illus. 3 diagrams. corners bumped.  Very Good- £15

Main Mrs. E. HIGH LIFE AND TOWERS OF SILENCE.   Sampson Low.  1886 1st.  pp195.  frontis. 6 illus. orig. blue cloth. label removed. a.e.g.  Very Good- £180

Main Mrs. (Aubrey Le Blond) MY HOME IN THE ALPS.   Sampson  Low, Marston.  1892 1st.  pp131.   orig. pict. cloth worn. rare.  Very Good- £110

Maitland F.W. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LESLIE STEPHEN.   Duckworth & Co.  1906 1st.  pp510.  5 photogravure portraits. orig. black buckram gilt sl. rubbed. t.e.g. uncut. bookplate and insc. by Wilberforce N. Tribe. quite scarce.   Very Good- £145

Malby R.E. WITH CAMERA & RUCKSACK IN THE OBERLAND & VALAIS.   George Allen & Unwin Ltd.  1913 Headley Brothers 1st.  pp310.  5 mounted plates (7 tinted, 8 full col.), 8 photogravures inc. Matterhorn frontis. and 57 b/w plates. orig. cloth.  Very Good £48

Malczewski (Malezesky) A. Letter addressed to Prof. Pictet, DESCRIPTIVE OF ASCENTS TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SOUTH NEEDLE OF CHAMMOUNI, AND TO THAT OF MONT BLANC.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. 1818 November pp.180 - 182 (121-254)  rare account in this unbound vol. IV No.XX   £385

Marcet W. THE PRINCIPAL SOUTHERN AND SWISS HEALTH RESORTS: their climate and medical aspects.  J. & A. Churchill.  1883 1st.  pp408.  34 tinted litho. fold. panoramas inc. Davos, Tenerife, Madeira. orig. cloth gilt. rare.  Near Fine £285

Marsh Dr. H. TWO SEASONS IN SWITZERLAND.   T. Fisher Unwin.  1895 1st.  pp261.  with 12 illustrations from photographs by O. Williamson. orig. pict. cloth gilt. uncut. t.e.g.  Very Good £95

Mason A.E.W. RUNNING WATER.   Hodder & Stoughton.  [1928] Yellow Paperback.  pp159.   Yellow Paperback. col. pict. fr. cover poor, lacks back wrapper. Classic Brenva Ridge fiction.  Good. £25

Mathews C.E. THE ANNALS OF MONT BLANC sometime President of the Alpine Club.  T. Fisher Unwin. 1898 1st.  pp368.  34 illus. and 3 appendices. cold. fold. Mont Blanc map. uncut. t.e.g. orig. cloth gilt impression of Mont Blanc on front cover. now scarce.  Near Fine- £245

Matthews H. DIARY OF AN INVALID eing the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland and France......  1820 2nd.  pp515.   half calf, marbled boards and page edes. Chamouni and Mer de Glace pp363-7 (not a 'Meckly').  Very Good £85

Mazeaud P. NAKED BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN.   Victor Gollancz Ltd.  1974 1st. pp256. illus. ex-lib. marks removed. pc dw Very Good- £35

Mazzotti G. INTRODUZIONE ALLA MONTAGNA.   Editrice Canova, Treviso. 1946 1st.  pp286. 42 illus. no. 100 of 200 copies presented by the Author with signed insc. to G. Winthrop Young.  Very Good- £100

McDowall A. PEAKS & FRESCOES. A Study of the Dolomites.   O.U.P. 1928 1st.  pp123.  cold. & b/w linocuts by Mary McDowall. orig. cloth. uncut.  Near Fine £40

Meckly E. MONT BLANC The Early Years.  A Bibliography of Printed Books from 1744 to 1860.   privately published by the Author. 1995 1st.  pp138.  223 + 44 title ref.16 title page reproductions. A good bibliograhy.   Fine £35

Mercier Rev. Jerome J. MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OF SWITZERLAND AND ITALY.  with descriptive notes by.  Bell and Daldy.  1871 1st.  pp130.  64 picturesque chromo-lithograph Hanhart views from original sketches by C. Pyne. some pages foxed and st. orig. dec. green cloth gilt worn. a.e.g.  Good £395

Merrick K. THE PERPETUAL HILLS.   Newnes.  1964 1st.  pp247.  32pp of photos.  dw Near Fine £14

Messner R. THE SEVENTH GRADE. most extreme climbing.  Kaye & Ward.  1974 1st.  pp160.  4 col. plates. signed by the Author. his first book. Rare. unpc dw Fine £125

Meyerstein E.H.W. THE CLIMBERS. An Ode on the Eton Masters who lost their lives descending the Piz Roseg on August 17th, 1933. Printed by Metcalfe & Cooper. Ltd., for the Author, and are to be had of him at 3, Gray's Inn Place, W.C.1. 1934 1st.  pp10.  An Ode on the Eton Masters who lost their lives descending the Piz Roseg on August 17th, 1933. (Price One Shilling) original printed wrappers [28 x 21 cms.]  Very Good- £250

Michelet J. THE MOUNTAIN.   T. Nelson and Sons.  1872 1st.  pp323. 54 full page and text engravings by Whymper &c. from designs by Percival Skelton. inc. view of Mont Blanc from the Brevent. orig. blue cloth gilt dec., bevelled boards. a.e.g. fr. hinge cracked.  Very Good- £65

Miles M.D. E.J. BYEWAYS IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS. Sketches of Spring and Summer Resorts in Italy and Switzerland.  1893 1st.  pp120.  9 full page engravings and other text. orig. white leather? rare.  Very Good- £195

Milne M. (ed.) and Heller M. THE BOOK OF EUROPEAN SKIING.   Arthur Barker.  1966 1st.  pp304.  very many cold. and b/w illus.  dw Near Fine £45

Milner C.D. MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY   Focal Press. 1945 1st.  pp238.  many photos and diagrams   Very Good- £12

Milner C.D. THE DOLOMITES.   Robert Hale. 1951 1st.  pp105.  150 illus. by the Author. 7 map-diagrams.  dw - Very Good £25

Mingardi G. BIBLIOGRAFIA ALPINA Guida Ai Libri Di Montagna E Di Alpinismo.  Nuovi Sentieri - Belluno. 2012 1st. pp591. illus. Ricordi escursionistici e bibliografici di un vecchio libraio. paperback.  New £65

Mobbs A.N. & McDermott F. CURLING IN SWITZERLAND. A Treatise on the principles of the game...  Arrowsmith.  1929 1st.  pp223.  102 photos and 34 diagrams. orig. cloth gilt.  Very Good- £45

Montgomery L. THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND and other Poems.  Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1826 10th.  pp167.   orig. boards with printed labels  Very Good- £65

Moore A.W. THE ALPS IN 1864. A Private Journal.  Blackwell's Mountaineering Library.  1939 1st. thus  pp524.  thus. with 35 illus. and 10 maps. 2 vols. cover edges marked. Hamish Brown's copy with r.s.m.  Very Good- £35

Moore A.W. THE ALPS IN 1864. A Private Journal.  David Douglas. 1902 1st. public edition.  pp444.  21 gravure plates, with tissue guards. 10 maps. orig. olive buckram. gilt. dec. pages uncut. t.e.g.   Fine £585

Moran M. ALPS 4000. 75 peaks in 52 days.  David & Charles.  1994 1st.  pp288.  cold. illus. and map diagrams.  dw Near Fine- £16

Morrow I.F.D. THE AUSTRIAN TYROL The Land in the Mountains.  Faber.  1931 1st.  pp336.  16 illus. fold. map. orig. cloth marked. sp. sl. split.  Very Good- £8

Muller Th. VUE DU MONT BLANC PRISE DE ST. MARTIN   c1855 t/lgh. [10 x 14 cms.] lithograph (tinted colour).    £145

Muller, Jr. E. THEY CLIMBED THE ALPS.   Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith. New York.   1930 1st.  pp215.  frontis. 15 illus.  b/plates removed from f.e.p.  Good £10

Mummery A.F. MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS.   Blackwell.  1936 1st. thus.  pp256.  16 illus. with an introduction by M. Mummery.   Near Fine £28

Mummery A.F. MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1895 3rd.  pp360.  frontis. 9 full page photogravures and 2 lithographs. 21 text illus. orig. cloth. sp. browned. uncut. t.e.g. some foxing towards the back.  Very Good- £225

Mummery A.F. MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1895 1st.  pp360.  frontis. 9 full page photogravures and 2 lithographs. 21 text illus. orig. cloth. in very bright condition. leather sp. labels. uncut. t.e.g. some very light foxing throughout. SIGNED presentation copy 'To The Yorkshire Ramblers with best wishes from Wm. Cecil Slingsby. October 15th. 1895'.  Near Fine- £695

Murdoch N. TYROLEAN JUNE. A Summer Holiday in Austrian Tyrol.  George C. Harrap. 1936 1st.  pp280.  32 illus. sp. faded.  Very Good £18

Murray J. A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND. and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont.  John Murray. 1863 10th.   pp489.  travelling maps, plans etc., but lacking plan, view, panorama, maps etc. orig. cloth sp. nearly missing. no map in e.p.  Good £55

Muston A. THE ISRAEL OF THE ALPS. A History of the Persecutions of the Waldenses.  Ingram, Cooke, & Co. National Illustrated Library 1853  2nd. 312pp frontis. 'La Perosa'. title page vignette and 9 further steel engravings. map. embossed cloth gilt, ex-lib. r.s.m.  Near Fine- £78

Neame J. A. MEADOW AND ALPINE FLOWERS OF NORTHERN ITALY.   Mortiboy's. 1937 1st.  pp192.  16 cold. plates.  orig. cloth. sp. faded.  Very Good- £50

Nichols R.C. (Ed.) THE ALPINE CLUB MAP OF SWITZERLAND. with parts of the Neighbouring Countries.  Longmans Green & Co. 1874 with additions to 1880.   large engraved map with outline hand colouring (570 x 800 mm.)    Very Good- £55

Noel, M.A. B.W. NOTES OF A TOUR IN SWITZERLAND, in the summer of 1847.   James Nisbet and Co.  1868 1st.  pp308.  stone litho frontis., title vignette and 6 litho views inc. View of the Mer de Glace, General view of Mont Blanc from Sallenche and Berne. have been cleaned. orig. pict. dec. green cloth gilt, new green sp. sl. water st. mark on front cover, otherwise  Very Good- £275

Norman-Neruda M. THE CLIMBS OF NORMAN-NERUDA edited by May Norman-Neruda.  T. Fisher Unwin. 1899 1st.  pp335.  frontis. port. 29 illus. orig. red cloth gilt. t.e.g. uncut.  Fine £345

Noussan E. MONTAGNE: LA CONQUETE DU CERVIN DANS LES GRAVURES DE L'EPOQUE Catalogue de l’exposition Breuil-Cervinia 1990 1st.  pp108.  many illus. in colour and b/w. printed pict. wrappers oblong 22x24.5 cms.  Very Good £55

Noyce W. SCHOLAR MOUNTAINEERS.   Dennis Dobson. 1950 1st.  pp164.  wood engravings by R. Taylor  unpc dw Fine- £30

Noyce W. SCHOLAR MOUNTAINEERS.   Dennis Dobson. 1950 1st.  pp164.  wood engravings by R. Taylor Presentation copy Signed by Wilfred Noyce to 'The Hermisten?? Family - (with apologies for absence) Wilfred Noyce 2.2.52. "pour encourager les autres".  Very Good £150

Noyce W. SCHOLAR MOUNTAINEERS.   Dennis Dobson. 1950 1st.  pp164.  wood engravings by R. Taylor Presentation copy Signed by Wilfred Noyce to 'Geoffrey & Janet Elizabeth LLoyd with all our very best wishes from Rosemary & Wilfred Noyce. Sept. 1956'. dw Near Fine £185

Ober P. INTERLAKEN und seine Umgebung.   K.J. Wyss.  1858 1st.  pp359.  large cold. fold. map plan. orig. cloth gilt. Alpine Club blind stamp.  Very Good £140

Olsen J. THE CLIMB UP TO HELL.   Gollancz. 1962 1st.  pp191.  26 illus.   Very Good £10

Olsen J. THE CLIMB UP TO HELL.   Gollancz. 1962 1st.  pp191.  26 illus.  unpc dw Near Fine £26

Oppenheim E. THE REVERBERATE HILLS.   Constable and Co. Ltd.  1921 2nd.  pp56.  poems inc. The Mont Blanc From Cahmonix. orig. green cloth gilt. uncut. sp. marked.  Very Good- £35

Orell, Fussli & Comp.  KARTE DER SCHWEIZ. Carte de la Suisse.  Libraires et Marchands d'Estampses a Zurich. 1819   cold. fold. map 44 x 60 cms. backed on orig. linen. in orig. printed slipcase worn.  Near Fine £180

Packe C. A GUIDE TO THE PYRENEES. Specially intended for the use of Mountaineers.  Longmans, Green, and Co. 1867 2nd.  pp201.  rewritten and much enlarged. engraved frontis. only 2 of 4 maps (the 2 large fold. maps in e.p. are missing), diagrams, and tables. orig. cloth gilt. rare.  Fine- £245

Pars Wm. The Great Frozen Valley near Chamouny in Savoy. La Grande Vallee de Glace pres de Chamouny en Savoie.  Published June 1st. 1744 as the Act directs by Wm. Pars, in Percy Street, London.    33.5 x 48.5 cms. [49 x 62] Engraved by Wm. Woollett on copper. This is one of the earliest views of the Mer de Glace showing Le Dru and Grand Jorasses. Printed by J. Gamble.   £950

Paulcke W. HAZARDS IN MOUNTAINEERING.   Kaye & Ward. 1973 1st.  pp161.  120 photos. in col. & b/w. diagrams, drawings.  unpc dw Fine £14

Pause W. EXTREME ALPINE ROCK. The 100 Greatest Alpine Rock Climbs.  Granada.  1979 2nd.  pp202.  100 routes illus. by photos and diagrams. sl. bruise on edge fr. board. dw Near Fine- £115

Pause W. SALUTE THE MOUNTAINS. 100 Walks in the Alps.  George C. Harrap. 1962 1st.  pp211.  100 routes illus. by photos and diagrams.   Good £18

Pause W. SALUTE THE SKIER. The Hundred Best Ski Runs in the Alps.  George C. Harrap. 1963 rpt.  pp211.  100 routes illus. by photos and diagrams.  dw Near Fine- £25

Paynter T. THE SKI AND THE MOUNTAIN.   Hurst & Blackett.  1954 1st.  pp212.  20 photographs.  unpc dw Very Good £18

Payot P. et Tairraz G. CHAMONIX ET LE MONT BLANC.   Arthaud.  1949 1st.  pp72.  44 heliogravures. fold. map. orig. pict. wrappers.  Very Good- £12

Perrin J. THE VILLAIN. The Life of Don Whillans.  Hutchinson.  2005 1st. pp354. 36 illus. in 2 sections. Signed by the author, also by Doug Scott, Paul 'Tut' Braithwaite, Chris Bonington and John Cleare. Joint winner of the Boardman Tasker prize 2005. dw New £185

Petit V. SOUVENIRS DES PYRENEES. Vues pises aux Environs etc. Souvenirs de Pau, Des Eaux-Bonnes, Eaux-Chaudes, Cauterets et Hautes Pyrenees.  Auguste Bassy, Pau.  c1855 1st.  Folio. col. litho panorama (lacks half) and 38 full page tinted litho views. orig. cloth, morroco sp., some wear.  Very Good- £675

Pfyffer General CARTE DE LA PARTIE LA PLUS ELEVEE DE LA SUISSE. desinee en perspective du nord au midi d'apres le Plan en Relief et les Mesures. par Joseph Clausner Graveur a Zoug et publice par Chr. de Mechel a Basle. 1799   desinee en perspective du nord au midi d'apres le Plan en Relief et les Mesures. fold. map 3 x 6 [83 x 66 cms.] on linen.  Very Good £200

Phillipps-Wolley C. SAVAGE SVANETIA.  Richard Bentley & Son. 1883 1st.  pp272+250.  8 engraved illus. orig. olive cloth glit. dec. map. sp. sl. marked. Rare Hunting in the Caucasus.  Very Good- £450

Photoglob  31 original photograph stereoslides of Switzerland and Bernese Oberland.   Edition Photoglob Zurich. c1890    with the original handheld stereo viewer.  Very Good £425

Pilkington L. AN ALPINE VALLEY AND OTHER POEMS.   Longmans, Green. 1924 1st.  pp70.  Wood Engravings by Margaret Pilkington of Mieje and 10 others. original photographic postcard of 'Alport Castle' from L. Pilkington 1910 loosely inserted. orig. card covers. sl. foxing. rare.  Very Good £95

Planta J. THE HISTORY OF THE HELVETIC CONFEDERACY. In Two Volumes. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. by W. Bulmer & Co., Russell Court, Cleveland Row, St. James's. 1780 1st.  pp459 & 476. A New Map of Swisserland large fold. 48 x 59 cms. shows Chamouny and Mont Blanc. cont. full calf. large 8vo.   Very Good- £295

Powys L. SWISS ESSAYS.   John Lane.  1947 1st.  pp165.  32 illus. orig. red cloth.  Very Good- £16

Prime S.I. LETTERS FROM SWITZERLAND.   Sheldon & Co. New York.  1860 1st.  pp264.  engraved frontis. & five full page engravings inc. Chamouni and Mont Blanc. orig. cloth faded. pp 193 - 204 Chamonix and Mont Blanc. Meckly 149. Bookplate of Fredrick Gardiner (alpine career of)  Near Fine £280

Pritchard H.B. TRAMPS IN THE TYROL   Tinsley Brothers.  1874 1st.  pp267.  engraved frontis. and vignette by John Proctor. full blue calf school prize binding. a.e.g. marbled e.p.'s. ink insc.  Very Good- £195

Pyatt E.C. & M.E. THE BOY'S BOOK OF MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINEERING.   Burke.  1963 1st.  pp144.  over 150 photos and line drawings. uncommon. unpc dw Near Fine £20

Rackham H. THOMAS CECIL FITZPATRICK. A MEMOIR.   Privately Printed. Cambridge.  1937 1st.  pp53.  port. frontis. with a chapter on mountaineering and travel inc. Aosta and Courmayeur. orig. blue buckram gilt.  Near Fine £35

Raden W. SWITZERLAND ITS MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS.   Bickers & Son. 1878 1st.  pp487.  with 418 full page and text wood engravings. orig. ornate pict. green and gilt dec. cloth.  Near Fine- £350

Raeburn H. MOUNTAINEERING ART.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1920 1st.  pp274.  frontis. 50 illus. orig. cloth gilt dec. with axe and rope. sp. cloth completely missing. uncut and unopened. quite rare.  Very Good- £65

Ramond L-R. TRAVELS IN THE PYRENEES;  Containing a Description of the principal Summits, Passes and Valleys. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, 1813 1st.  pp324.  trans. by F. Gold. orig. boards, fr. loose. sp. paper worn. uncut. very rare.  Very Good- £645

Ramsay A.C. THE OLD GLACIERS OF NORTH WALES AND SWITZERLAND. extracted from Peaks, Passes and Glaciers.  Longman, Brown.... 1859 1st.  pp66.  with woodcuts and fold. map. half calf.  Fine £65

Raoul Rochette D. LETTRES SUR QUELQUES CANTONS DE LA SUISSES. L'Ecrites en 1819.  H. Nicolle. 1820 1st.  pp494.  engraved frontis. Bookplate BIBLIOTHEKA RICKMERSIA (Rickmers-Rickmers). half calf. red. sp. label.  Very Good £60

Raoul-Rochette D. LETTERS SUR LA SUISSE ECRITES EN 1820. Suivies d'un Voyage a Chamouny et au Simplon.  N. Nepvue. Paris.  1822 1st.  pp416.  title vignette. 30 lettres pp.338 - 356 Chamouny. lettre xxviii. uncut. cont. red french binding.  Very Good £75

Raoul-Rochette D. LETTRES SUR LA SUISSE ECRITES EN 1820. Suivies d'un Voyage a Chamouny et au Simplon.  de l'Imprimerie Alliana.  1829 2nd.  pp195+200+208+200+212+271. frontis. Geneve 1816 plan . 6 vols. 8vo. in two. cont. half calf. rare.  Very Good £325

Ratti A.A. CLIMBS ON ALPINE PEAKS.   Ernest Benn Ltd.  1929 3rd.  pp128.  sketch map. Essex Library.  Very Good £12

Ratti A.A. CLIMBS ON ALPINE PEAKS.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1923 1st.  pp136.  frontis. port. map. 20 illus. orig. cloth gilt. a little faded. uncut.  Very Good- £32

Reade H.V. SOME OBERLAND CLIMBS IN 1907. Raed at the Alpine Club on April 7, 1908.  Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.  1908   pp20.  orig. photo frontis. J.P.F(arrar). at the Concordia Aug. 1907. orig. printed wrappers. signed 'with the author's compliments HR'.  Very Good £125

Rean V. MONTE BIANCO Evoluzione di un mito 1397 - 1899. Documenti, relazioni d'epoca e immagini dimenticate raccolte inuna collezione privata.  Vallee d'Aoste Culture.  1996 1st. pp226. many coloured and b/w illus. on almost every page. limited to 1000 copies. dw New £85

Rebuffat G. BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.   Nicholas Kaye. 1970 rpt.  pp183.  104 cold. and b/w illus.  dw Near Fine £24

Rebuffat G. ENTRE TERRE ET CIEL.   Arthaud.  1962 1st.  pp183 104 b/w illus. diagrams.  Author's pres. insc. a Madame Coemer SIGNED G. Rebuffat. dw Near Fine £125

Rebuffat G. ETOILES ET TEMPETES. (Starlight and Storm) (Six Faces Nord)  Arthaud.  1956  (43 mille)  pp147 37 illus. 6 diagrams. sketch map. Grand prix litteraire de la Montagne 1954. pres. copy Signed by Rebuffat. dw Near Fine £95

Rebuffat G. LA PISTE DES CIMES.    Jamboree-aine.  1961 1st.  pp188.  illus. de Ghislain de la Mairieu.  Signed by Gaston Rebuffat. 'A Dominic Masserey' dw Near Fine £120

Rebuffat G. L'APPRENTI MONTAGNARD. Les Cinquante plus belles courses graduees du Massif du Mont-Blanc.  Vasco. Paris. 1946 1st.  pp129.  illus. rare. His First Book. dw Near Fine- £95

Rebuffat G. LE MASSIF DU MONT BLANC. The 100 Finest Routes.  1975 1st. French  pp239.  265 photos. (89 cold.). over 100 maps. Signed by Rebuffat.  Fine £160

Rebuffat G. ON ICE AND SNOW AND ROCK.   Kaye & Ward. 1971 1st.  pp187.  many cold. & b/w illus. diagrams.   Near Fine £30

Rebuffat G. ON SNOW AND ROCK.   Kaye & Ward. 1965 rpt.  pp191.  many cold. & b/w illus. diagrams.   Very Good £25

Rebuffat G. STARLIGHT AND STORM.   J.M. Dent. 1956 1st.  pp122.  37pp. of plates. 7 maps & diagrams. orig. blue cloth gilt. unpc dw Near Fine £65

Rebuffat G. THE MONT BLANC MASSIF. The 100 Finest Routes.  Kaye & Ward. 1975 1st.  pp239.  265 photos. (89 cold.). over 100 maps.  unpc dw Near Fine £40

Rebuffat et Ollive G.M. G. CALANQUES.   Arthaud.  1949 1st.  pp88.  64 heliogravure illus. pres. copy Signed by Gaston REBUFFAT 'A Madame Guinestre hommage de l'auteur 12.2.52. with the unusual 'double'  dw Very Good- £145

Relave A. P-M. RODOLPHE TOPFFER. Biographie et Extraits.  Librairie General, Lyon.  1899 1st.  pp418.  illus. de dessins originaux de l'auteur. loose in orig. wrappers.  Good £50

Relave A. P-M. RODOLPHE TOPFFER. Biographie et Extraits.  Librairie General, Lyon.  1899 1st.  pp418.  illus. de dessins originaux de l'auteur. french half calf, marbled boards, raised bands, retaining orig. wrappers.  Very Good £75

Rendu M. Le Chanoine. THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF SAVOY.    Macmillan and Co.  1874 1st.  pp216+65 translated by Alfred Wills. orig. cloth gilt rubbed. r.s.m. rare.  Very Good- £125

Rey R. GENEVE ET LES RIVES DU LEMAN.   M.H. Georg.  1868 1st.  pp436.   vellum sp. r.s.m.  Very Good- £60

Rey G. PEAKS AND PRECIPICES. Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy.  T. Fisher Unwin.  1914 1st.  pp238.  76 illustrations. orig. gilt pict. cloth. t.e.g. lacks sp. cloth.  Good £65

Rey G. PEAKS AND PRECIPICES. Scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy.  T. Fisher Unwin.  1914 1st.  pp238.  frontis. 76 photo illustrations. sl. foxing. orig. gilt pict. cloth. t.e.g. sp. sl. faded and nicked as usual.  Very Good £145

Rey G. THE MATTERHORN.   Blackwell.  1943 1st. thus  pp278.  rev. and 2 additional chapters by R.L.G. Irving. cold. frontis. 36 illus.    Very Good £9

Rey G. THE MATTERHORN.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1913 3rd.  pp336.  14 cold. plates. 23 drawings by Edoardo Rubino and 11 photos. orig. green cloth gilt, worn.  Very Good- £95

Rey G. THE MATTERHORN.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1907 1st.  pp336.  14 cold. plates. 23 drawings by Edoardo Rubino and 11 photos. orig. tan cloth gilt. leather spine labels. quite rare.  Very Good £295

Richardson E.C. THE SKI-RUNNER.   Cecil Palmer. 1924 3rd.  pp234.  143 text illus. 19 art plates. orig. blue cloth, gilt skier.  Near Fine £75

Richardson Jnr. Thomas Miles ASCENDING THE GT. ST. BERNARD.  printed at A Ducotes & C. Hullmandells Lithographic Establishments. 1838  [27 x 35.5 cms] a fine lithograph showing two travellers on horseback  with Mont Blanc in the distance. Folio plate image 27 x 35.5 cms.  Very Good £285

Richmond W.K. CLIMBER'S TESTAMENT.   Alvin Redman Ltd.  1950 1st.  pp246.  36 plates. text diagrams.   Near Fine £12

Rickman E.S. THE DIARY OF A SOLITAIRE. or sketch of a pedestrian excursion through part of Switzerland.  Smith, Elder, & Co., Cornhill; and H. Sotherna, York. 1835 1st.  ppliii+111.   cont. half calf, marbled boards, rubbed. Mont Blanc pp1-5. NOT in Meckly.  Very Good- £395

Riddell J. THE SKI RUNS OF AUSTRIA.   Michael Joseph. 1958 1st.  pp262.  frontis. 33 illus. 20 maps.  dw Very Good £16

Riddell J. THE SKI RUNS OF SWITZERLAND.   Michael Joseph. 1957 1st.  pp360.  frontis. 46 illus. 28 maps.  dw Near Fine £24

Ring J. HOW THE ENGLISH MADE THE ALPS.  John Murray. 2000 1st.  xii + pp287. 24 illus. e.p. maps. fold. map of the Alps. orig. cloth. unpc dw Very Good £36

Ring J. HOW THE ENGLISH MADE THE ALPS.  John Murray. 2000 1st.  xii + pp287. 24 illus. e.p. maps. fold. map of the Alps. orig. cloth. unpc dw Very Good £36

Robertson M. MOUNTAIN PANORAMA. A book of winter sports and climbing.  Max Parrish. 1955 1st.  pp128.  110 photos. 10 sketches by Sir John Hunt. with a profile of John Hunt by Wilfred Noyce and 20pp account of Hunt's 1935 expedition to Saltoro Kangri.  Near Fine £10

Roch A. CLIMBS OF MY YOUTH.   Lindsay Drummond.  1949 1st.  pp159.  frontis. 16 illus.  dw Very Good £18

Roch A. LA HAUTE-ROUTE. Chamonix - Zermatt - Saas-Fee.  Jean Marguerat. Lausanne.  1943 1st.  pp85.  85 photographs. signed by the Auhtor 'Sincerely Andre Roch'. dw Near Fine £65

Roch A. ON ROCK AND ICE.   A. & C. Black.  1947 1st.  pp80.  81 photos.  dw Good £18

Rochat-Cenise  JACQUES BALMAT DU MONT-BLANC.   Edgar Malfere.  1929 1st.  pp189.   orig. printed wrappers.  Very Good £45

Roger N. SAAS-FEE et la Vallee de la Viege de Saas.   Georg & Cie., Bale & Geneve.  1902 1st.  pp106.  numerous full page & text illustrations de LACOMBE & ARLAUD. unopened copy with orig. printed wrappers bound in blue buckram, with The Alpine Club gilt embossed at bottom of spine.  Very Good- £195

Roget F.F. ALTITUDE AND HEALTH.   Constable & Co. Ltd.  1913 1st.  pp186.   orig. cloth.  Very Good £65

Roget F.F. SKI-RUNS IN THE HIGH ALPS.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1913 1st.  pp312.  cold. frontis. 25 illus. by L.M. Crisp. 6 fold. maps gilt pict. dec. cloth. t.e.g. uncut.  ex. Midland Association of Mountaineers lib. label. r.s.m.  Near Fine- £95

Ross D. ACCOUNT of BOTANICAL RAMBLES in THE PYRENEES, in August 1862.  R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh. 1863 1st. pp67. not illus. orig. printed wrappers. edges sl. marked. very rare.  Very Good- £220

Ruskin J. MODERN PAINTERS.   John Wiley & Son, New York.  1868 1st. American.  pp392. frontis. 35 plates drawn by the author and J.M.W. Turner, includes The Cervin. Orig. tan cloth gilt. quarto and ex-library so. marks and labels.  Good. £120

Russell J. SWITZERLAND.  B.T. Batsford Ltd.  1950 1st.  pp152.  cold. frontis. 96 illus. e.p. maps.   Near Fine £15

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1904 bis 1905  1905 Bern  pp464 cold. frontis. 4 maps. 94 illus. panoramas. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1905 bis 1906  1906 Bern  pp451 Sella frontis. of le Cervin. 6 maps. 91 illus. panoramas. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1906 bis 1907  1907 Bern  pp512 cold. frontis. 5 maps. 123 illus. panoramas. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1907 bis 1908  1908 Bern  pp549 cold. frontis. 9 maps. 131 illus. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1908 bis 1909  1909 Bern  pp522 cold. frontis. 3 maps. 144 illus. panoramas. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

S.A.C.  JAHRBUCH DES SCHWEIZER ALPENCLUB. 1909 bis 1910 others in stock - please ask 1910 Bern  pp550 frontis. 4 maps [1 fold.]. 114 illus. panorama. orig. dec. cloth gilt.  Very Good £45

Salkeld A. & Bermudez J.L. ON THE EDGE OF EUROPE.  Mountaineering in the Caucasus.  Hodder & Stoughton.  1995 1st. pp260. 20 illus. 2 maps. signed by Audrey Salkeld. dw Near Fine £35

Samivel  CHAMONIX MONT BLANC FRANCE. au centre d'un monde de cristal. L'Officedu Tourisme de Chamonix. 1972   original cold. poster 99 x 62 cms.   Very Good- £200

Samivel.  L'OPERA DE PICS.   Didier-Richard. Grenoble.  1985 1st.  pp86.  50 illus. pict. wrappers.  Fine £15

Saturday Magazine  SOME ACCOUNT OF THE VALLEY OF CHAMOUNI, and of THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.  John William Parker.  1837  June.   pp. 341-348 1st part with full page engraving 'The Mer de Glace, or Sea of Ice from Montanvert, on Mont Blanc' and half page engraving 'Mont Blanc, and the Valley of Chamouni'. not bound  Very Good- £85

Saussure H-B de. JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE A CHAMOUNI & A LA CIME DU MONT BLANC EN JUILLET ET AOUST 1787.   Chez M. Audin & comp. a Lyon.  1926 Limited Edition.  pp xvii + 50 illus. plates. with 2 frontispieces! cont. morocco backed boards. no. 49 of 50 copies. rare.  Very Good £450

Saussure H.-B. de LA PREMIERE ASCENSION AU MONT BLANC.   Henri Gautier . c1940?   pp36.   wrappers.  Very Good £50

Saussure H-B de. LE MONT-BLANC ET LE COL DE GEANT.   Chez M. Audin & comp. a Lyon.  1927 1st.  pp96 reproductions of the original chapter vignettes and fold. plates. cont. calf backed boards. uncut. large margins. one of 400 copies.  Very Good £450

Saussure et leurs contemporains. H. -B. PREMIERS VOYAGES AU MONT-BLANC.   Club des Libraires.  1956 1st.  pp377.  some of the lod engravings reproduced and fold. covers decorated with Saussure ascent. exemplaire no. 3124.  Near Fine £25

Sauvy A. FLAMMES DE PIERRE.   Diadem.  1991 1st.  pp176.    dw Near Fine £6

Saysse-Tobiczyk K. NA SZCZYTACH TATR.   Warszawa.  1956 1st.  pp227.  over 200 illus.   Very Good- £15

Scheuchzer J.J. ITINERA PER HELVETIAE ALPINAS REGIONES.   Libreria Alpina Degli Eposta.  1970   pp350 - 635 fold. and other plates. facsimile hardbound edition of 300 copies. no.165 4 vols. in two.  New £250

Schroter L. & Prof. C. COLOURED VADE-MECUM TO THE ALPINE FLORA. text in English, french and German.  Raustein.  c1904 10th. & 11th.  207 cold. & 10 b/w illus. on 26 plates. cold. pict. gilt dec. cloth.  Very Good- £25

Schroter Prof. Dr. C. COLOURED VADE-MECUM TO THE ALPINE FLORA.   Raustein.   c1940   28th.   207 cold. and 10 plain drawings on 26 plates.   dw Fine £20

Schroter L. & Dr. C. FLORA COLORIEE Portative du Touriste dans les Alpes.   Albert Raustein, Zurich. c1939? 24th.  207 cold. Alpine FLowers on 24 chromolithograph plates.    Very Good £20

Schuster C. MEN, WOMEN AND MOUNTAINS. Days in the Alps and Pyrenees.  Nicholson & Watson. 1931 2nd.  pp143.  frontis. port. 12 illus. poor dw Very Good- £18

Schuster C. MEN, WOMEN AND MOUNTAINS. Days in the Alps and Pyrenees.  Nicholson & Watson. 1931 2nd.  pp143.  frontis. port. 12 illus. signed 'Schuster'. unpc dw Near Fine- £40

Schuster Lord POSTSCRIPT TO ADVENTURE.   Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1950 1st.  pp214.  frontis. 8 Abraham photo illus. 3 Willink drawings.  dw Near Fine- £12

Schwartz M. VERS L'IDEAL PAR LA MONTAGNE.   Paul  Dupont.  1924 1st.  pp168.  photo illus. and woodcut engravings. orig. pict. illus. wrappers. uncut.  Very Good- £45

Scott O'Connor V.C. TRAVELS IN THE PYRENEES.   John Long.  1913 1st.  pp214.  4 cold. plates. 158 illus. map. orig. blue cloth gilt. sp. sl. faded.  Near Fine- £65

Segogne H. de LA CHAINE DE L'AIGUILLE VERTE. Description de la Haute Montagne.  Fischbacher.  1926   pp241.  39 fold. dessins and charts. orig. cloth very worn. This copy is SIGNED with the ownership initials E E S of Eric Shipton. His own copy!  Good £295

Seligman G. SNOW STRUCTURE AND SKI FIELDS.   Macmillan & Co. 1936 1st.  pp555.  nearly 400 illus. orig. cloth gilt. uncommon. giclee facs. dw Near Fine- £145

Seligman G. SNOW STRUCTURE AND SKI FIELDS.   Macmillan & Co. 1936 1st.  pp555.  nearly 400 illus. orig. cloth gilt. ink insc. 'Hubert Seligman with the author's love June 1936' and 'Re-presented to "Sandringham" Hubert E. Seligman, London 1937'. uncommon. original dw Near Fine- £285

Sennett A.R. ACROSS THE GREAT SAINT BERNARD. The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man.  Bemrose and Sons, Ltd.  1904 1st.  pp444+100.  with original drawings by Harold Percival and nearly 200 illus. orig. pict. cloth silver dec.  Near Fine £75

Sennett A.R. FRAGMENTS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNEYINGS.   Whittaker & Co.  1903 1st.  pp515.   orig. pict. cloth gilt dec.  Near Fine £65

Shairp J.C. LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES DAVID FORBES.   Macmillan and Co. 1873 1st.  pp557.  with portraits, maps and illustrations. orig. brown cloth gilt. Meridian Books price £250.  Very Good £135

Simond L. SWITZERLAND; or, A JOURNAL OF A TOUR AND RESIDENCE IN THAT COUNTRY in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819:.....   John Murray.  1822 1st.  pp588+580 4 illus. figs of wrestlers. 2 vols. cont. half calf. Edward Whymper's copy with his owners ink inscription.   £650

Simond L. TRAVELS IN SWITZERLAND, in 1817, 1818, and 1819. translated from the French.  Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co.  1822 1st.  pp128.   half red calf.  Very Good £95

Simpson J. THE BECKONING SILENCE.   Jonathan Cape.  2002 1st.  pp290.  cold. Eiger e.p.'s and illus. signed 'Joe Simpson'. unpc dw Near Fine £65

Sinigaglia L. CLIMBING REMINISCENCES OF THE DOLOMITES.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1896 1st.  pp224.  frontis., 38 photo. illus. and map. orig. pict. cloth. t.e.g. uncut. quite worn and loose.  Good £125

Sinner J.R. VOYAGES HISTORIQUE ET LITTERAIRE DANS LA SUISSE OCCIDENTALE.   En Suisse.  1787 nouvelle edition augmantee.   pp314 & 358.  woodcut vignettes. cont. half French calf.  Very Good- £225

Ski Club of Great Britain  SKI NOTES & QUERIES. The Periodical Publication of the Ski Club of Great Britain. published Oct. Dec. May. 1949 - 62   incomplete run of 38 nos. from no. 76 - 116 (lacks nos. 111. 114. 115.)  orig. printed wrappers and illus. wrappers.  Very Good £185

Ski Club of Great Britain  SKI NOTES & QUERIES. The Periodical Publication of the Ski Club of Great Britain. published Oct. Dec. May. 1926 - 63   incomplete run of 84 nos. (lacks nos. 41. 47. 55. 62. 75)  orig. printed wrappers and illus. wrappers.  Very Good £400

Slingsby W.C. NORWAY THE NORTHERN PLAYGROUND. with a biographical notice by Geoffrey Winthrop Young.  Blackwell's Mountaineering Library. 1941 1st. thus.  pp226.  8 illustrations. 2 maps. The rarest title in this series.   Very Good £75

Smith A. A BOY'S ASCENT OF MONT BLANC written by himself. contained in the Boy's Birthday Book.  Houlston and Wright. [1859] 1st.  pp145.  25 text and 7 full page engravings not all of which appear in previous editions. orig. red cloth gilt dec. sp. a little rubbed. a.e.g. recased with new e.p.'s. Very Rare.  Very Good- £465

Smith A. A CLIMB TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN EUROPE.   The Leisure Hour.  1853   pp465-69 & 481-86. 2 full page and 2 text wood engravings. published July 28 1853. unbound.  Very Good £85

Smith Albert AUTOGRAPHED NOTE SIGNED  (a.l.s.) folding note in envelope April 23. 1846  single page the envelope addressed to Madame Sala, 12 Princess St. Cavendish Square. W has the small r.s.m. of Albert Smith. with postmark 1858? Mr Albert Smith has much pleasure in granting Mrs Hewitt request. He has only just received her note from Mr Bentley's, or he would have returned an earlier reply. 12 Percy St. Bedford Square.  Very Good £450

Smith A. MONT BLANC. by with a memoir of the Author by Edmund Yates.  Ward and Lock, Fleet Street, London. 1860 1st. thus  pp xxxvi + 299.  engraved frontis. 'The Hut Lately Erected On The Grands Mulets'. te xt woodcuts of Geneva, Martigny, Balmat in the snow, at Gr. St. Bernard, Chamouni, Pelerins, source of the Arveiron, Glacier des Bossons, Glacier du Tacconay, Grands Mulets, the Grand Plat bound in cont. black half calf. ex. Coleg HArlech lib. r.s.m. label.  good £175

Smith A. MONT BLANC. by with a memoir of the Author by Edmund Yates.  Ward and Lock, [158] Fleet Street, London. 1860 1st. thus  pp xxxvi + 299.  engraved frontis. of The Hut Lately Erected On The Grands Mulets. text woodcuts of Geneva, Martigny, Balmat in the snow at Gr. St. Bernard, Chamouni, Pelerins, source of the Arveiron, Glacier des Bossons, Glacier du Tacconay, Grands Mulets, the Grand Plat originally a 'yellowback', bound in cont. half green calf.  Very Good £345

Smith J.A. MOUNTAIN HOLIDAYS.   J.M. Dent. 1946 2nd.  pp194.  32 illus.  dw - Very Good- £12

Smith A. Original Photograph carte de visite showing full length Smith holding his climbing pole Silvi, Camille-Léon-Louis photographer, London c1860   albumen print made from glass negative.    £145

Smith A. Original Photograph carte-de-visite showing Albert Smith sitting. (Mrs.Silvi) Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau for Silvi, Camille-Léon-Louis photographer, London c1860   rare albumen print made from glass negative. [9.5 x 6.5 cms.]    £125

Smith A. RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHEAP TOUR. in Bentley's Miscellany.  Richard Bentley. 1848 1st.  pp408-16 & 484-91 in which Smith travels with a fellow medical student from Paris to Geneva in 78 hours, then to Chamonix and Aosta 'a miserable place'. half calf. difficult to find.  Very Good- £285

Smith Albert THE STORY OF MONT BLANC. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol LXXI January-June 1852  1852 The first publication of the Smith narrative preceding even the privately printed edition. pp35 - 55    Very Good £595

Smith Albert THE STORY OF MONT BLANC.   David Bogue.  1853 1st.  pp. xii + 219.  hand cold. frontispiece 'De Saussure ascending Mont Blanc' is foxed as usual. text engravings. orig. tan cloth gilt. dec. some wear.  Very Good- £795

Smith Albert THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. At Home and Abroad.  Willoughby & Co.  1848 1st.  pp512.  32 engravings by Leech inc.'Mrs. Hamper's Terrific Ascent' [of Mont Blanc]. port. frontis. of Albert Smith (with beard). and Mr Gudge's adventure in the dead-house of the Convent of St. Bernard. chapter XXXIX 'Mrs. Hamper wishes to ascend Mont Blanc'. re-cased in cont. worn half calf.  Good £60

Smith A. WILD OATS AND DEAD LEAVES.   Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. London : 1860 1st.  pp359 + 16pp publisher ads.  orig. boards, dull and grubby. with 2 engraved portraits of the author pasted to f.e.p.  Good. £75

Smythe F.S A BOTTLE OF WINE. The famous climber of Mount Everest tells another strange story of the Alps.  Ward, Lock & Co. 1936  April  pp591-600 An ascent of the Matterhorn. illus. by Reginald Cleaver. in the Windsor Magazine. orig. printed wrappers.  Very Good- £35

Smythe F.S. A CAMERA IN THE HILLS.   A. & C. Black.  1942 2nd.  pp147.  65 reproductions of photographs.   Very Good £8

Smythe F.S. A CAMERA IN THE HILLS.   A. & C. Black.  1948 4th.  pp147.  65 reproductions of photographs.  dw - Very Good £12

Smythe F.S. AGAIN SWITZERLAND. To My Swiss Friends.  H & S. 1947 1st.  pp248.  32 plates inc. cold. frontis. e.p. map drawn by Bip Pares. with bookplate of D.F.O. Dangar. dw Very Good £28

Smythe F.S. ALPINE WAYS.    A. & C. Black.  1942 1st.  pp104.  47 photo illus. sketch map.    Very Good- £10

Smythe F.S. AN ALPINE JOURNEY.   Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1934 1st.  pp351.  53 photographs by the Author. fold. map. cloth rubbed. sp. split.  Good £12

Smythe F.S. AN ALPINE JOURNEY.   Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1934 1st.  pp351.  53 photographs by the Author. fold. map. insc. pres. copy from H.G. Willink to E.F. Pilkington. orig. cloth rubbed.  Very Good- £55

Smythe F. CHRISTMAS CARD. Printed 'Wishing You a Merry Christmas and the best of luck in the New Year. From Kathleen & Frank Smythe, 9 Brunner Close, N.W.11'      orig. Smythe photograph. plain fold. card [4.5 x 3 ins.]   £150

Smythe F.S. CLIMBS AND SKI RUNS. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps...  William Blackwood.  1933 rpt.  pp307.  frontis. 73 photo illus. insc. John H. Dixon. Goodall Prize Summer 1935 Marlborough College with gilt gilt arms on fr. cover.  Good £20

Smythe F.S. CLIMBS AND SKI RUNS. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps...  A. & C. Black.  1957 1st.  pp197.  thus. frontis. 8 illus.  dw Fine £24

Smythe F.S. EDWARD WHYMPER.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1940 1st.  pp330.  frontis. 23 plates. 3 text & 3 maps (2 fold.). orig. red cloth. fasc. colour dw. Very Good £85

Smythe F.S. MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1940 1st.  pp229.  frontis. 23 photos. map. fr. hinge cracked.  Very Good- £18

Smythe F.S. MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1950 1st. thus  pp229.  frontis. 23 photos. map.  unpc dw Near Fine £25

Smythe F.S. MOUNTAINS IN COLOUR.   Max Parrish. 1949 1st.  pp155.  57 cold. photo illus.   Very Good- £10

Smythe F.S. MY ALPINE ALBUM.   A. & C. Black.  1947 2nd.  pp148.  47 photo illus. sketch map. sp. faded.  Very Good- £8

Smythe F.S. MY ALPINE ALBUM.   A. & C. Black.  1940 1st.  pp148.  47 photo illus. sketch map. cloth faded.  Very Good- £10

Smythe F.S. MY ALPINE ALBUM.   A. & C. Black.  1947 2nd.  pp148.  47 photo illus. sketch map.  dw - Very Good £12

Smythe F.S. OVER TYROLESE HILLS.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1937  April rpt.   pp292.  frontis. 35 illus. map. orig. blue cloth.  Very Good- £18

Smythe F.S. OVER TYROLESE HILLS.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1936 1st.  pp292.  frontis. 35 illus. fold. map.   Very Good- £26

Smythe F.S. SNOW ON THE HILLS.   A. & C. Black.  1948 rpt.  pp119.  47 photo illus. by the author.  dw - Very Good £16

Smythe F.S. THE MOUNTAIN VISION.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1950 4th.  pp240.  frontis. 15 plates. sp. faded.  Very Good- £10

Smythe F.S. THE MOUNTAIN VISION.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1941 1st.  pp308.  frontis. 15 plates.   Near Fine £18

Smythe F. THE SCHRECKHORN original signed photograph. [6.5 x 4.5 ins.] 'Illustrating the route up the South-West ridgof the Schreckhorn' written in ink by Smythe. P.T.O.  1925  July 30 route shown in ink marked dotted line A - F key over key described in ink by Smythe and signed F.S. Smythe, 107 St. Georges Rd. London S.W.1 in pencil. hand written description see A.J. Vol. XXXVIII pp 91-99 Louis C. Baume.  £275

Smythe F.S. THE SPIRIT OF THE HILLS.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1935 1st.  pp308.  frontis. 35 plates. orig. blue buckram gilt, faded.  Good £10

Smythe F.S. THE SPIRIT OF THE HILLS.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1935 1st.  pp308.  frontis. 35 plates.   Near Fine- £35

Snaith S. ALPINE ADVENTURE.   Percy Press. 1944 1st.  pp153.  frontis. 6 illus. orig. cloth faded as usual.  Very Good- £8

Sneyd-Kynnersley E.M. A SNAIL'S WOOING. The Story of an Alpine Courtship.  Macmillan & Co. 1910 1st.  pp344.  The Story of an Alpine Courtship. orig. cloth gilt. sought after early climbing novel set in Zermatt and RiffelAlp. Publisher presentation copy.  Very Good £75

Spectorsky A.C. (Ed.)  THE BOOK OF THE MOUNTAINS.   Appleton.  1955 1st.  pp492.  illus. and text diagrams. pict. covers.  Very Good £10

Spencer S. MOUNTAINEERING. Lonsdale Library.  Seeley Service & Co.  1934 1st.  pp383.  102 plates. 9 fold. maps.  *Giclee facs. unpc dw Near Fine £35

Spender H. IN PRAISE OF SWITZERLAND. Being The Alps In Prose And Verse.  Constable and Co.  1912 1st.  pp291.  Being The Alps In Prose And Verse. orig. blue cloth gilt. t.e.g. uncut.  Very Good £20

Stephen L. (Ed.) ALPINE JOURNAL The.  Vol. IV No.22  Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868 August  pp65-112.  lacks plate. The Jagerhornand the Lyskam from Gressonay by C.E. Mathews. original printed card wrappers. Vol. III. consists of Nos. 17 to 20, which were published only in the form of a volume.  Very Good £30

Stephen L. THE PLAYGROUND OF EUROPE.   Blackwell.  1936 1st. thus.  pp243.  thus. 16 illus. sp. sl. faded and marks.  Very Good- £15

Stephen L. THE PLAYGROUND OF EUROPE.   Blackwell.  1936 1st. thus.  pp243.  thus. 16 illus. torn dw Near Fine- £24

Stephen L. THE PLAYGROUND OF EUROPE.   Longmans, Green & Co. 1910 new imp.  pp339.  frontis. title page vignette and 2 full page wood engravings.  orig. cloth gilt.  Very Good £32

Stephen L. THE PLAYGROUND OF EUROPE.   Longmans, Green & Co. 1871 1st.  pp321.  frontis. Melchoir leads 'Ascent of the Rothorn'. title page vignette and 2 full page wood engravings.  orig. cloth gilt. the very Rare 1st edition.  Very Good £795

Strafforello G. SUL MONTE BIANCO.   Perino, Rome.  1884 1st.  pp104.  frontis. port. wrappers  Very Good £34

Strutt E.L. Photograph album with Florence Strutt (nee Hollond) and Strutt enjoying  holidays in the Alps and other places, Varese, Venice, Pontresina, Corvatsch, St. Moritz 19, Rafaltz, Cortina 11, some with Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Princess Sophie of Hohenburg. 1903      175 original photographs and other pieces mounted on 48 sheets. 22 x 30 cms. from the Strutt family archive by descent  Very Good. £450

Strutt E.L. (Ed.) THE ALPINE JOURNAL vol. XLIX A Record ......  The Alpine Club.  1937 nos. 254 - 255.  pp321.  illus. 'The Ascent of Nanda Devi' by H.W. Tilman. very many photo illus. and maps. orig. Alpine Club cloth with gilt block. ex-Plymouth Public Library with r.s.m.'s on some plates.  Near Fine- £45

Strutt E.L. (Ed.) THE ALPINE JOURNAL vol. XLVI A Record ......  The Alpine Club.  1933 nos. 246 - 247.  pp444.  'The Mount Everest Expedition, 1933' by Hugh Ruttledge. very many photo illus. and maps. orig. Alpine Club cloth with gilt block. ex-Plymouth Public Library with r.s.m.'s on some plates. otherwise  Near Fine- £30

Strutt E.L. (Ed.) THE ALPINE JOURNAL vol. XLVI A Record ......  The Alpine Club.  1934 nos. 248 - 249.  pp466.  very many photo illus. and maps. orig. Alpine Club cloth with gilt block. ex-Plymouth Public Library with r.s.m.'s and perferations on some plates. otherwise  Near Fine- £30

Strutt E.L. (Ed.) THE ALPINE JOURNAL vol. XLVI A Record ......  The Alpine Club.  1935 nos. 250 - 251.  pp414. illus. 'The Nanda Devi Basin' by E.E. Shipton. very many photo illus. and maps. and 'The Expedition to Peak 36' by John Hunt.   Near Fine- £45

Strutt E.L. (Ed.) THE ALPINE JOURNAL vol. XLVIII A Record ......  The Alpine Club.  1936 nos. 252 - 253.  pp404.  illus. inc. 2 fold. panoramas of 'The Mount Everest Reconnaissance, 1935' by E.E. Shipton and 'Mount Everest : The Sixth Expedition' by Hugh Ruttledge. very many photo illus. and maps. orig. Alpine Club cloth with gilt block. ex-Plymouth Public Library with r.s.m.'s on some plates.  Near Fine- £65

Strutt E.L. THE ALPS OF THE BERNINA W. OF THE BERNINA PASS Part II The Range from the Muretto to the Bernina Pass. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 16  T. Fisher Unwin. 1910 1st.  pp232.   orig. gilt wallet binding. pencil in spine intact. a.e.g. ex AC 1/77  Near Fine- £120

Studer G. UEBER EIS UND SCHNEE.   Scmid, Francke & Co.  1896 - 99. 2nd.  pp535+508+579.   3 vols. half blue morocco. sp. faded. marbled boards.  Very Good- £180

Styles S. FIRST ON THE SUMMITS.   Victor Gollancz. 1970 1st.  pp158.  15 illus. text diagrams.  unpc dw Near Fine £30

Sutcliffe C. OUR LADY OF THE ICE.  a Story of the Alps.  Greening & Co. Ltd.  1901 1st.  pp260.   rare Alpine fiction. orig. cold. pict. embossed dec. cloth. The Alpine Club r.s.m. copy with 3 page presentation letter from the Author. rear hinge has been repaired, otherwise  Very Good £185

Symonds J.A. OUR LIFE IN THE SWISS HIGHLANDS.    A. & C. Black.  1892 1st.  pp278.  frontis. port. of John Addington Lewis and illus. of Davos. orig. green cloth gilt.  Very Good- £45

Taine H. VOYAGE AUX PYRENEES.   Hachette et Cie. 1881 new.  pp347.  full page engravings. french calf binding. gilt. a.e.g.  Very Good- £35

Talfourd Sir T.N. VACATION RAMBLES AND THOUGHTS; comprising the Recollections of Three Continental Tours 1841,2,3.  Edward Moxon.  1855 2nd.  pp337.   p63 Chamouni.  pp 226 and 258. A Week At Chamouni 'with the attempt to ascend MONT BLANC'. orig. cloth gilt. sp. edge worn.  Very Good- £175

Terray L. CONQUISTADORS OF THE USELESS. From the Alps to Annapurna.  Gollancz. 1963 1st.  pp351.  80 photos. sketch maps. covers faded. in laser copy dw Good £45

Thomson's New World Atlas  SWISSERLAND Map. 60 x 52 cms.   1814   hand cold. map (shows just 'the Priory of Chamoni'). with a fine engraved panorama of MONT BLANC 17.5 x 52 cms. incorporated in the overall size.  Near Fine £250

Thorington J. Monroe. A SURVEY OF EARLY AMERICAN ASCENTS IN THE ALPS.  In the Nineteenth Century  American Alpine Club.  1943 1st.  pp83.  well illustrated orig. cloth. pres. copy to D.F.O. Dangar.  Near Fine £120

Thorington J. M. MONT BLANC SIDESHOW. The Life and Times of Albert Smith  John C. Winston Co.  1934 1st.  pp255.  frontis. 28 illus. only 500 copies printed. in orig. blue cloth gilt. corners bumped. in facsimile of rare dw. Near Fine- £275

Thorington J. M. MONT BLANC SIDESHOW. The Life and Times of Albert Smith  John C. Winston Co.  1934 1st.  pp255.  frontis. 28 illus. only 500 copies printed. in orig. blue cloth gilt.  in facsimile of rare dw. Near Fine £295

Tobler  WINTER SPORTS Poster Stamp Card Set.   1922   12 views complete and original rare set of 12 'stamp' cards in full colour. Quite beautifully showing various Alpine Ski Curling Bandy Ice Skating.   £120

Tollemache B.L. GRISONS INCIDENTS IN OLDEN TIMES   Percival and Co.  1891 1st.  pp79.   orig. cloth gilt. pres. copy from the author.  Near Fine £65

Töpffer R. HISTOIRE DE MR. CREPIN. 1837.   imp. E. Duffrenoy, Paris. 1922   pp88.  illustres de L'Auteur. 2 or 3 each page. orig. red cloth. pict. dec. gilt.  Very Good- £34

Töpffer R. HISTOIRE DE MR. PENSIL. 1860.   Caillet. Paris.    pp72.  illustres de L'Auteur. 2 or 3 each page. half calf, raised bands gilt with red calf label, marbled e.p's and t.e.g.  Very Good- £90

Töpffer R. HISTOIRE DE MR. VIEUX-BOIS.   imp. E. Duffrenoy, Paris. 1922   pp92.  illustres de L'Auteur. 2 or 3 each page. orig. red cloth. pict. dec. gilt.  Very Good £34

Töpffer R. LE DOCTEUR FESTUS.   Chez Garnier frere, rue des Sts. Peres. no6. c1860   pp88.  illustres de L'Auteur. 2, 3 or 4 on each page. half french calf gilt.  Near Fine- £45

Töpffer R. LE DOCTEUR FESTUS.   Chez Garnier frere, 6 Rue des Sts. Peres. Paris. c1860   pp88.  illustres de L'Auteur. 2 or 3 each page. half calf, raised bands gilt with red calf label, marbled e.p's and t.e.g.  Near Fine- £95

Töpffer R. LES VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG.   Emile Gaillard, Paris.   nouvelle edition.  pp317.  illustree de 65 dessins dont 15 hors texte Par P. Madeline. loose in original binding, red cloth sp. marbled boards.  Good £50

Töpffer R. NOUVEAUX VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG. a la Grande Chartreuse, autour du Mont Blanc.  Garnier Freres.  1870 3rd.  pp451.  illustres d'apres les dessins de Topffer. red half calf gilt, raised bands on spine. a.e.g.  Near Fine £125

Töpffer R. NOUVELLES GENEVOISES.   J.-J. Dubochet. Paris.  1845 1st.  pp350.  le premier tirage des illustrees d'apres les dessins de l'auteur. cont. half calf, marbled boards. raised bands gilt, but worn. otherwise  Very Good- £195

Töpffer R. PREMIERS VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG. ou Excursions D'Un Pensionnat en Vacances en Suisse et sur le revers Italien des Alpes.  Garnier Freres.  1854 6th.  pp476.  illustres d'apres les dessins de Topffer. 54 grandes gravures hors texte et d'un grand nombre du vignettes dans le texte. French half calf gilt, marbled boards worn.  Very Good £100

Töpffer R. SOUVENIRS DE LAVEY.   Librairie A. Jullien. Geneve.  1904 facs. reprint.  pp22.  illus. on every page. printed wrappers.  Very Good- £30

Töpffer R. VOYAGE A LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE.   Editions d'Art Boissonnas.  1922   pp xix +50 + illus. 31 planches hors texte and 29 vignettes. no. 870 of an edition of 100 copies.  Very Good- £65

Töpffer R. VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG. ou Excursions D'Un Pensionnat en Vacances en Suisse et sur le revers Italien des Alpes.  J.J. Dubochet, Paris.  1844 1st.  pp448.  illustres d'apres des dessins de L'Auteur et ornes de 15 grands dessins par M. Calame. Rousseurs aux premiers et derniere pages. brown french half calf gilt, raised bands on spine.  Very Good £185

Töpffer R. VOYAGES EN ZIGZAG.   Pierre Cailler.  1945 - 52   illustres. 5 vols. in orig. printed wrappers.  Very Good £100

Trench Rev. F. A WALK ROUND MONT BLANC, etc.   Richard Bentley. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1847 1st.  pp332.   Rare. recased in orig. dark blue cloth gilt.  Very Good £950

Tuckett F.F. HOCHALPENSTUDIEN. Gesammelte Schriften.  A.G. Liebeskind.  1874  Leipzig.   pp276 + 318 port. frontis. fold. panoramas, plates. large cold. fold. map of Der Pelvoux. 2 vols. orig. printed boards. uncut and unopened. very rare.  Very Good £375

Tuckett E.E. HOW WE SPENT THE SUMMER or a Voyage en Zigzag. in Switzerland and Tyrol, with some Members of the Alpine Club.  Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer.  1873 5th.  pp40.  from the Sketch book of one of the Party. with 300 sketches. orig. green cloth gilt pict. dec. oblong folio. (Third Edition 1866).  Very Good- £225

Twain M. A TRAMP ABROAD.   Chatto & Windus.  1880 2nd state, August.  pp631.  314 illus. 100 pp. of mountaineering tales inc. a take on Hinchliff's 'Summer Months' and quote of Whymper ascent etc. Mont Blanc and Chamonix. orig. red cloth, black pict. gilt. sp. sl. faded.  Very Good- £85

Tyndale H.E.G. MOUNTAIN PATHS.   Eyre & Spottiswoode.  1948 1st.  pp208.  frontis. 14 illus. The New Alpine Library. cloth faded.  Very Good- £8

Tyndall J. A VACATION TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. (Mountaineering in 1861)  Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts. 1862 1st.  pp105.  2 wood engravings of the Weisshorn (Elijah Walton and the Matterhorn (E.W. Cooke). fine orig. red cloth with gilt and blind dec. tooling. a.e.g. new f.f.e.p. a true variant and very handsome copy.  Near Fine £345

Tyndall J. HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS.   D. Appleton & Co. 1873 3rd. U.S.  pp473.  wood engraved frontis. 'The Jungfrau from Interlaken' and 6 wood engraved plates, inc. 'The Matterhorn'. 14 figs. in text. orig. brown cloth gilt worn.  Good £85

Tyndall J. HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS.   D. Appleton & Co. 1871 1st. U.S.  pp473.  wood engraved frontis. 'The Jungfrau from Interlaken' and 6 wood engraved plates, inc. 'The Matterhorn'. orig. brown cloth gilt. Rare.  Very Good £145

Tyndall J. HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS.   Longmans, Green & Co.  1871 1st.  pp473.  wood engraved frontis. 'The Jungfrau from Interlaken' and 6 wood engraved plates, inc. 'The Matterhorn'. orig. green cloth gilt. fr. hinge split. insc. by the Author 'Mrs. Tyndall. with affectionate regards from "Cousin John" June 1871. Bookplate of John William Warre Tyndale.  Very Good £950

Tyndall J. MOUNTAINEERING IN 1861. A Vacation Tour.   Longman, Green. 1862 1st.  pp105.  2 wood engravings of the Weisshorn (Elijah Walton and the Matterhorn (E.W. Cooke). orig. cloth gilt. some sl. age wear.  Very Good- £285

Tyndall J. NOTES OF A COURSE OF NINE LECTURES ON LIGHT. Delivered at The Royal Institution of Great Britan April 8 - June 3, 1869.  Longmans, Green, and Co. 1870 1st.  pp74.  1 fig. orig. cloth marked.  Very Good- £45

Tyndall J. THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS,  Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers....  John Murray. 1899 new 4th.  pp481.  engraved frontis. of the Jungfrau. 6 illus. inc. Matterhorn. orig. maroon cloth. sp. faded.  Near Fine- £65

Tyndall J. THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS,  Being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers....  John Murray. 1860 1st.  pp444.  engraved frontis. of the Mer de Glace (foxed). 61 figs. diagrams etc. ascents of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Finsteraarhorn. half calf with 5 raised bands. leather title label. marbled edges.  Very Good- £175

Umlauft Prof. F. THE ALPS.   Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1889 1st.  pp523.  with 110 full page inc. Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn and text illus. orig. cold. pict. cloth gilt. sp. dull.  Very Good- £85

Underhill M. GIVE ME THE HILLS   Methuen. 1956 1st.  pp252.  32 illus.  dw Near Fine £12

Unsworth W. BECAUSE IT IS THERE. Famous Mountaineers 1840-1940.  Victor Gollancz. 1968 1st.  pp144. 12 plates. Signed by Walt Unswort. f.e.p. inadvertently pasted down. Signed by  dw Near Fine- £40

Unsworth W. PEAKS, PASSES AND GLACIERS.   Allen Lane.  1981 1st.  pp284.  16 plates  unpc dw Fine £15

Unsworth W. SAVAGE SNOWS. The Story of Mont Blanc.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1986 1st.  pp192.  32 illus. 2 maps.  unpc dw Fine £15

Vallot C. and Engel C-E. TABLEAU LITTERAIRE DU MASSIF DU MONT-BLANC.   Librairie Dardel, Chambery.  1930 Limited Edition no. 33/100 copies.   pp349.  sur papie verge d'arches. uncut and rebound in French (rexine?) binding.  Near Fine £75

Van Dyke J. C. THE MOUNTAIN. Renewed Studies in Impressions and Appearances.  T. Werner Laurie. 1915 1st.  pp234.  photogravure frontis. by G.P. Abraham. scarce?  Very Good £24

Vaugondy. R. DUCHE DE SAVOYE (and surrounding Country). qui comprend le Chablais, Le Fossigny, Le Genevois.... dresse d'apres la Grande Carte de Piemont de Tomasa Borgomo.  de La Marche. Paris. 1752 - 98   rare copper engraved map on hand made paper 48 x 52 [55.5 x 76] cms. red and green hand colour outlines, showing Cormaggier, M. Blanc and Le Servin ! - not in Priuli (e Garin)  Near Fine £385

Vieusseux A. THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND. From the Irruption of the Barbarians.  Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 1840 1st.  ppxxvi + 351.   cont. half calf, marbled boards.  Very Good- £75

Vittoz Ed. LES MERVEILLES DE LA SUISSE.   Nouvelles Editions Illustrees. Lausanne.  c1930?   pp4  144 plates contained in 24 packets. of text with each packet. The whole in a boxed set which is knocked and split.  Very Good £240

Walker J.H. WALKING IN THE ALPS.   Oliver & Boyd. 1951 1st.  pp274.  33 photographs. 12 sketch maps. diagram.   Near Fine £24

Walsh Le Comte T. VOYAGE EN SUISSE EN LOMBARDIE ET EN PIEMONT.   J. Vermot. Paris.  1862 1st.  pp496.  frontis and 10 tinted engraved plates by Hadamard. cont. fine French binding gilt. a.e.g. sl. foxing.  Very Good £160

Walton E. FLOWERS FROM THE UPPER ALPS. with Glimpses of their Homes.  W.M. Thompson.  1869 1st.  pp61.  12 fine mounted chromolithographed plates by T. Pickens printed by Messrs. H & N Hanhart, with the descriptive text by T.G. Bonney. bound in quarter leather gilt, rubbed.   Very Good- £950

Walton E. MONT BLANC from le col d'Anterne. A Limited Edition Fine Art print of 100 numbered copies.  Previously unpublished from the original watercolour of 1878. 1996   50.5 x 35 cms. full colour lithograph, including the facsimile of Walton's signature, date and title of the painting copied from the verso and reproduced on the front of the print.  New £100

Ward H.C. WILD FLOWERS OF SWITZERLAND. or, a Year Amongst the Flowers of the Alps.  1883 1st.  16 chromolithographed plates, tissue-guards with key, occasional light spotting. orig. cloth. gilt.  Near Fine £650

Weir T. CAMPS AND CLIMBS IN ARCTIC NORWAY.   T.B.C. n.d.    pp85.  23 illus. 4 maps.  dw Very Good £12

Weld C.R. THE PYRENEES WEST AND EAST.   Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1859 1st.  pp410.  8 tinted. litho plates. with tissue guards. orig. cloth gilt, rubbed. a trifle sprung. rare.  Very Good- £495

White W. ON FOOT THROUGH TYROL IN THE SUMMER OF 1855.   Chapman and Hall. 1856 1st.  pp316.  +16pp. Publishers list of books. half calf binding over original cloth sp. and edges, which is not very attractive and new e.p.'s. but scarce.  Very Good- £120

Whymper E. A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ALPINE CLUB.   Privately Printed by the Author. 1900 1st.  pp16.  in which Whymper responds to an accusation by Coolidge that the Almer 'leap' did not take place. frontis. engraving of 'the leap'. most rare - perhaps 100 copies?? original printed wrappers. Printed For Private Circulation.  Near Fine £995

Whymper E. CHAMONIX AND THE RANGE OF MONT BLANC. A Guide to.  John Murray. 1904 9th.  20 + xiv + pp206 + 24.  64 illustrations, plans and map of the Chain of Mont Blanc. with advertisements. original front printed wrapper worn and grubby rebound to new, plain sp. and rear wrapper.  Very Good- £100

Whymper E. CHAMONIX AND THE RANGE OF MONT BLANC. A Guide to.  John Murray. 1898 3rd.  pp189.  65 illustrations, plans and maps. with advertisements. original printed wrappers preserved, finely bound by Asper of Geneva in half vellum, marbled boards, t.e.g.  Fine £145

Whymper E. CHAMONIX AND THE RANGE OF MONT BLANC. A Guide to.  John Murray. 1896 1st.  pp24 + xiv + pp200 + 16.  64 illustrations, plans and map of the Chain of Mont Blanc (tear repaired with Japanese paper). with advertisements. bound in cont. roan retaining orig. printed pict. wrappers. The rare 1st edition.  Near Fine- £225

Whymper E. SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS IN THE YEARS 1860-69.    John Murray. 1893 4th. de-luxe edition.  pp468.  23 full page and 107 text engravings. 5 maps. original Zaehnsdorf binding in cream cloth and gilt snowflakes which is becoming rare. t.e.g. uncut. 'The few remaining copies can only be obtained from the Author'. gilt leather sp. label. top and bottom of sp. sl. worn, with ex-lib. nos. and  cancel r.s.m. otherwise   Very Good- £220

Whymper E. SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS IN THE YEARS 1860-69.    John Murray. 1893 4th. de-luxe edition.  pp468.  23 full page and 107 text engravings. 5 maps. rebound original Zaehnsdorf binding in cream cloth and gilt snowflakes, with sp. relaid. becoming rare. t.e.g. uncut. 'The few remaining copies can only be obtained from the Author'. gilt leather sp. label. sl. browned cloth as usual, otherwise   Very Good- £295

Whymper E. SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS IN THE YEARS 1860-69.    John Murray. 1871 1st. edition of which only 1245 copies were printed.  pp432.  21 full page engravings (these printed by the author). 90 text engravings. 5 fold. maps. The plate opp. p.127 'a cannonade on The Matterhorn' has the off white coloured sky. Later editions do not. recased in original green cloth gilt. rare copy of the first edition of which only 1245 copies were printed.  Very Good- £895

Whymper E. SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS.   John Murray. 1936 6th.  pp393.  many full page and text illus. fold. maps. orig. buckram with gilt snowflake dec. pc dw- Very Good £35

Whymper E. THE ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN.   John Murray. 1880 1st.  pp325.  14 full page illustrations. 91 text engravings. 2 maps. The frontispiece is unique to this 3rd. edition of Scrambles. The body of the work is printed by Messrs. William Clowes and Sons; the separate (full page) Plates have been printed by the AUTHOR. original blue dec. cloth gilt, rubbed and corners worn, edges damp st. (see image) of "The Ascent of the Matterhorn" 3150 copies were printed and sold. It was published at 10/6, and secondhand copies, st the present time, sell from 25/- to 30/- Edward Whymper Nov. 27/90 Good £120

Whymper E. THE MASTER OF THE MATTERHORN. Mr. Edward Whymper and his Work. The Sketch 1894 Dec. 5, single page 2 columns in which Whymper attributes the great crash - I attributed it to the presence of Hadow, who was utterly inexperienced, and paid for it with his life and that of three others."   £65

Whymper E. THE VALLEY OF ZERMATT AND THE MATTERHORN. A Guide to.  John Murray. 1905 9th.  pp. 20+xiv+224+21-44.  77 illustrations, plans and maps. with adverts. orig. wrappers illus. by E.T. Compton.  Near Fine- £160

Whymper E. THE VALLEY OF ZERMATT AND THE MATTERHORN. A Guide to.  John Murray. 1897 1st.  pp44 + xiv + pp212.  80 illustrations, plans and maps. with adverts. bound in cont. roan retaining orig. printed pict. wrappers. The rare 1st edition.  Near Fine- £225

Wilbraham Hon. E.B. NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT OF MONT BLANC in August 1830.   Longman, Rees. 1832 1st.  pp318 includes the rare 16pp Mont Blanc narrative in the Keepsake 1832. Original pinkish-red moiré (watered silk) binding titled in gilt. sp. worn at edges.  Very Good- £295

Williams Rev. C. THE ALPS, SWITZERLAND AND THE NORTH OF ITALY.   John Cassell.  1854 1st.  pp633.  164 full page and text engravings inc. 5 full page of the Ascent of Mont Blanc. map. full calf, finely dec. gilt, worn.  Very Good- £295

Willink H.G. del THE PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE OF THE ALPINE CLUB Request the honour of your Company At the Jubilee Winter Dinner. Swann Electric Engraving Co. Ltd.  1907  [36.5 x 25.5 cms.] original and fine engraved illustrated view of Wetterhorn and a fairy grotto under the snow!    Fine £185

Wills A. WANDERINGS AMONG THE HIGH ALPS.   Richard Bentley. 1858 2nd. edition, revised with additions.   pp426.  with 'Ascent of Mont Blanc' chapter XV p.307-352. 3 woodcut maps. orig. blue cloth gilt. blind dec. boards. A variant binding sl. rubbed.  Near Fine £195

Wills A. WANDERINGS AMONG THE HIGH ALPS.   Richard Bentley. 1856 1st.  pp384.  4 tinted lithographs illustrations 2 of the 'Ascent of the Wetterhorn', 'Night Encampment on the Mer de Glace', 'View from the Gumihorn'. 'French' half calf rebacked, marbled boards rubbed. some marginal browning. r.s.m. removed from title page.  Very Good- £345

Wilson H.S. ALPINE ASCENTS AND ADVENTURES; or, Rock and Snow Sketches.  Sampson Low.  1878 1st.  pp319.  2 illus. (Descent of the Matterhorn) by Marcus Stone & Edward Whymper. blue half calf, marbeld boards. rubbed.  Very Good- £125

Wilson C. MOUNTAINEERING. The All-England Series.   George Bell & Sons. 1893 1st.  pp208.  illus. by Ellis Carr. Member of  The Alpine Club.  with adverts. orig. green cloth a bit worn. owners signature F. Baring-Gould.  Very Good £45

Wolf E.O. WALLIS und CHAMONIX.   Orell Fussli & Co.  1888 1st.  Erster Band. pp468+ii.  mit 120 illus. von. Weber, Ritz, Imfeld. double page of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, full page and text engravings. 7 maps. fine. red, black dec. cloth gilt. a.e.g.  Near Fine- £125

Wrangham E.A. SELECTED CLIMBS IN THE RANGE OF MONT BLANC. Adapted by the Alpine Climbing Group.  George Allen & Unwin.  1957 1st.  pp224.  63 diagrams. card boards. dw Very Good £12

Wundt T. ZERMATT UND SEINE BERGE.   Orell Fussli.  1930 1st.  pp140.  mit 134 Bildern und 22 Routenzeichnungen im Text und einen Plan. Matterhorn illus. cover.  Very Good £35

Yates Mrs. Ashton LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A JOURNEY TO SWITZERLAND in the Autumn of 1841.  Duncan and Malcolm.  1843 1st.  pp268+227.   2 vols. bound as one in orig. mauve embossed cloth. sp. faded. Very rare.   Very Good £245

Yates Mrs. Ashton LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A JOURNEY TO SWITZERLAND in the Autumn of 1841.  Henry Colburn.  1843 1st.  pp268+227.  steel engraved frontis. and 5 plates. Bregrenz (Brienz) and others. 2 vols. bound as one in orig. blue embossed cloth gilt. sp. sl. rubbed and faded. Very rare.   Very Good £295

Yeld G. SCRAMBLES IN THE EASTERN GRAIANS 1878 - 1897.   T. Fisher Unwin. 1900 1st.  pp279.  20 photo. and sketch illus. 3 [1 fold.] by E.T. Compton. sketch map. orig. blue dec. gilt cloth. uncut. t.e.g. sp. sl. faded.  Very Good £195

Yeld G. & Coolidge W.A.B. THE MOUNTAINS OF COGNE. Conway and Coolidge's Climbers' Guides. 07  T. Fisher Unwin. 1893 1st.  pp176.  sketch map fold. in fr. pocket. orig. maroon gilt wallet binding. a.e.g. replacement pencil. rsm. F.H. Hutt Booksellers.  Near Fine- £250

Young G.W. MES ADVENTURES ALPINES.   Victo Attinger.  1939 1st.  pp30.   orig. printed wrappers. uncut and largely unopened. Presentation copy from Charles Gos to Jocelin Young.  Very Good- £40

Young G.W. MOUNTAIN CRAFT.   Methuen & Co. 1934 3rd.  pp603.  28 illus. corners bumped.  Very Good- £45

Young G.W. ON HIGH HILLS. Memories of the Alps  Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927 1st.  pp368.  24 illus. orig. cloth gilt. sp. split.  Good £38

Yung E. ZERMATT AND THE VALLEY OF THE VIEGE.   J.R. Gotz. London.  1894 1st.  pp102. 150 gravures & vignettes executees en phototypie par les procedes speciaux de la maison. some sl. foxing throughout. full red morocco. orig. printed wrappers bound in. large 4to. t.e.g. Rare.  Very Good £250

Yung E. ZERMATT ET LA VALLEE DE LA VIEGE.   F. Thevoz & Cie, Geneve. 1894 1st.  pp102. cent cinquante gravures et vignettes executees en phototypie par les procedes speciaux de la maison. cont. french half calf. Rare.  Very Good £250

Zincke F.B. A MONTH IN SWITZERLAND.   Smith, Elder & Co. 1873 1st.  pp271.   orig. green gilt Matterhorn pict. cloth, sl. mottling.  Very Good- £75

Zincke F.B. A WALK IN THE GRISONS being a third month in Switzerland.  Smith, Elder & Co. 1875 1st.  pp368.  orig. blue gilt Matterhorn pict. cloth. fr. and rear board st.  Very Good £75

Zincke F.B. SWISS ALLMENDS AND A WALK TO SEE THEM. being a second month in Switzerland.  Smith, Elder & Co. 1874 1st.  pp367. lacks fold map in e.p. orig. blue gilt pict. cloth marked, hinges weak.  Good £55

Zschokke H. VUES CLASSIQUE DE LA SUISSE.   Carlsrouhe.  1838 1st.  pp174 + 184 82 steel engraved plates of the Swiss Cantons by H. Winkles d'apres dessins de G. Ad. Muller. orig. green embossed cloth.  Very Good £395

Zsigmondy E. IM HOCHGEBIRGE. Wanderungen von Emil Zsigmondy.  Dunder & Humblot. Leipzig.  1889 1st.  pp365.  with illustrations by E.T. Compton inc. port. and 16 full page in photogravure and 180 text illus. orig. red pict. dec. and gilt cloth rubbed and worn sp. frontis. foxed. Rare.  Very Good- £240

Zurcher M.M. MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.   Seeley, Jackson. 1869 1st.  pp320.  37 full page and text engravings inc. Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. orig. blue pict. cloth gilt. st. marks.  Good £65

J. STATISTIQUE DE LA SUISSE.   Barbeezat, Geneve.  1830 1st.  pp609.  fold. chart and 1 plate. cont. half French calf.  Very Good £120

D. STORIA DELLA SVIZZERA.   Dalla Tipografia di Commercio. Milano.  1823 1st.  pp216+192+223 engraved frontis. 7 plates. 3 vols. in one. 12vo. half calf, marbled boards.  Very Good £225

 TORRENT-ALP. (Rhone Valley) Switzerland   Printed by Sauberlin & Pfeiffer, Vevey.  1899 1st.  pp16.   orig. printed wrappers.  Near Fine £30

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