Mountaineering Books for sale
ARCTIC INTEREST AURORA, ICE HUTS, KITE SLEDGING, ARCTIC DOGS AND SLEDGE. Newton
& Co. Opticians. 2 Fleet St. London. 1875 hand coloured lantern slides 8 x 8 cms. rare
views of Greenland and the British Arctic Expedition 1875-76. Possibly used for lecture
purposes. examples exist in the Scott Polar Research Library. Very Good £250
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
Evans C. "THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST" Group Three presents Hunt, Hillary, Tensing. Countryman
Films. 1953 Copyright Royal Geographical Society. each one with detail and caption
slip etc. on verso. rare collection of 23 original b/w photograph cinema stills. 10"
x 8" inc. Hillary (and Tensing) being congratulated by the Sherpas (see illustration
in 1953 Times Colour Supplement p.23) Very Good £1,250
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. 2 fold. maps. (100 copies only.) orig. blue cloth gilt,
sl. rubbed. Very Good £850
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 engravings, 6 text. 4 maps &c. sl. foxing throughout. rebound in half leather
with gilt decorated bands to spine and marbled boards. Very Good- £245
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
Oil Painting Mount Everest from Seudukfoo
Wolf, Caspar. VUE DU FOND DE LA VALLEE DE HASLY. Canton de Berne. 1785 a/t cold. 23
x 32 cms. aquatint (colour printed).
Compton, Edward Theodore. [1849-1921] Coastal scene possibly Somerset? with two figures
and sailing boats. 1863 watercolour heightened with white bodycolour. signed E.T.
Compton 1863 lower right. confirmed in scholarly hand 11th mo. 1863 ink inscription. 27.5
x 40.5 cms. original decorative gilt frame (Compton was just 14 and already known
to Ruskin)
LES PLUS HAUTES SOMMETS DE LA SUISSE. Peter, Cailler, Kohler, Nestle. 1920 serie
XXV poster stamp card set. images of Piz Bernina, Ober-Gabelhorn, Schreckhorn, Jungfrau,
Breithorn, Finsteraarhorn, Grand Combin, Dent Blanche, Cervin Matterhorn, Weisshorn,
Lysjamm, Monte Rosa. complete and original rare set of 12 'stamp' cards in full colour.
Linck, Jean-Antoine. MONT BLANC AND VUE DE LAC DE CHEDDE. 1787 etc hc. 36 x 48.5
[41 x 5.5] cms. hand coloured etching. heightened gouache.
Linck, Jean-Antoine. VUE DE LA CASCADE D'ARPENAS. 1787 etc hc. 36 x 47.5 [41 x 52]
cms. hand coloured etching. heightened gouache.
