[ FOWNES, GEORGE ], BENCE JONES H AND HOFMANN A W.

A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, theoretical and Practical.

1858. Hardcover. Book, 7th edn, [First edn revised & corrected by Bence Jones and Hofmann], Churchill, London, 1858. [ Fownes died in 1849]. Sm 8vo, xvi, 756p, text illustrations. Full calf gilt, with large gilt emblem of the Queen's University of Belfast, bookplate of Professor Leebody, Londonderry. Slight wear, loss to label not affecting lettering, VG in contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Introduction "Throughout all the Organic Chemistry improvements have been made". Very Good.

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Book number: 002191

Catalogue: History of Science

FRANCO, JEAN

Makalu 8470 m the Highest Peak yet conquered by an Entire Team

1957, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Cape, London, 1957. 8vo, 256p. Plates. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Endpapers show photos of the members of the team. Neate F52 'Account of 1955 French expedition written by the leader'. Perret 1741 'Un ouvrage classique sur la conquéte d'un des plus hauts sommets du globe 8470m'. Fine.

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Book number: 001754

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB FRCC.

Doe Crag; Pillar Rock; Scawfell Group; Great Gable & Borrowdale; Great Langdale & Buttermere

1926, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 5 vols. A complete set of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club 'Red Guides' 1922 - 1926. Crag diagrams & photo plates. Minor marking to rear of one guide else a near fine set in original bindings. Neate Q18, Q41, Q40, Q34 & Q13. A scarce attractive set. Near Fine.

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Book number: 000710

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W

Below the Snow Line

1923, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Constable, London, 1923. 8vo, viii, 270p. 9 maps. Climbs around the world including Corsica & Japan. A near fine bright copy in original green cloth gilt. Neate F63. Very Good.

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Book number: 001377

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS.

The Exploration of the Caucasus with illustrations by Vittorio Sella.

1896, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, 2 vols, Arnold 1896. 4to, 20 x 29 cm, xxiv, 278p, folding map, folding panorama, partly unopened; x, 295p, folding coloured map, coloured geological map, 2 folding panoramas, folding coloured map in pocket, partly unopened. Even fade to spines, some minor light foxing, else nr fine set in the attractive binding of original green cloth with gilt inner border. Neate F64 'A magnificent work compiled and illustrated by Freshfield and his friends'. Perret 1759 'Essential, tres recherché, rare'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001864

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Mountaineering

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS W

Italian Alps Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia

1875, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Longmans Green, 1875. 8vo, xviii, 385p, 2p cat. Complete with 10 engravings & 5 folding maps. Inscr. New endpapers, VG in original green cloth gilt. A nice copy of an Alpine classic. Neate F66. Perret 1758 'peu courant'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001833

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS

Round Kangchenjunga.

1903, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Arnold, 1903. Tall 8vo, 373p. 40 plates, folding panorama by Vittorio Sella & 2 coloured maps. Inscr. Minor old worm sign, not affecting the text, else VG clean copy in attractive maroon quarter calf, marbled boards. Neate F69 ' This dangerous and exhausting circuit of Kanchenjunga was a classic of mountain exploration; his second most important book'. Perret 1760 'Cet ouvrage important est rare en edition originale'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001845

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Himalaya

GATTY, MRS ALFRED

Parables from Nature

1855, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Bell & Daldy, 1855. Small 8vo, xv, 144p. With 4 attractive litho plates. Contemporary inscription. Minor wear to covers else Very Good in original blue cloth gilt. The first appearance of a book 'which has become a classic of its kind' (Darton). A small, rare survivor. Not in the British Library. Very Good.

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Book number: 001643

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated Books

GEORGE, H B & EDWARDS, E

The Oberland and its Glaciers Explored and Illustrated with Ice-axe and Camera with 28 [mounted] photographs by Ernest Edwards

1866, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Bennett, London, 1866. 4to, xii, 243p. Fldg map and 28 mounted photographs by Ernest Edwards. Light foxing to frontispiece and back of some other plates; tears to top of some pages neatly repaired not affecting text or images. New endpapers, corners repaired, new neat unlettered blue cloth spine, VG in original blue cloth boards, gilt pictorial front cover. Perret 1884, Neate G13 ' George was one of the leading climbers of his day. Some of his climbs are described in the book which is also prized for its illustrations. Ernest Edwards was considered to be the best of the early Alpine photographers'. Very Good.

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Book number: 002007

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

GERVASUTTI, GIUSTO

Gervasutti's Climbs.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Hart-Davis, London, 1957. Inscr. Nr fine in VG unclipped dw. Neate G15 'difficult ascents in the Dolomites & Mont Blanc range'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001850

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

GIBSON, CHARLES R

Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony Without Wires

1914, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, London, 1914. 8vo, 156p, 4p cat, 16p cat. 9 plates (provided by the Marconi Co) & text illustrations. Minor browning & inscription to endpapers else VG clean copy in original pictorial cloth. A scarce and early work on the evolution & development of wireless telegraphy. Very Good.

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Book number: 001628

Catalogue: History of Science

GILBERT, JOSIAH & CHURCHILL, G C (F.G.S.)

The Dolomite Mountains excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola & Friuli in 1861, 1862 & 1863.

1864, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Longman et al, 1864. 8vo, xx, 576p. 2 folding maps (both in colour, one geological), 6 attractive coloured chromolithographs and text engravings. Inscr. Spine evenly faded, inner hinges & top & tail of spine neatly strengthened, VG copy in original cloth gilt, gilt vignette on upper board. Mountaineering bookplate of Wilberforce N Tribe. Perret 1930 'tres recherché'. Neate G18 'an Alpine travel classic'. One of the scarcest and greatest books on the Dolomites. Very Good.

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Book number: 002160

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

GILBERT, CHRISTOPHER

The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale

1978. Hardcover. Book, Artline Editions, Bristol, UK, 1978. 4to, 21 x 29 cm, x, 144, 288p. Many b/w illustrations. Additional colour illustrations and auction records loosely inserted. Nr fine in an attractive full-calf gilt binding, gilt title piece and spine gilt in compartments. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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Book number: 002021

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

GIRDLESTONE, REV A G

The High Alps without Guides a Narrative of Adventures in Switzerland

1870, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, London, Longmans, 1870. Tall 8vo, x, 181p, 2p ads. Frontispiece & 2 fldg maps with route marked in red. Neatly rebacked, new endpapers at some time, slight wear to rear edge, maps small neat repair, else VG clean copy. Neate G30 'Probably less than 100 copies. Rev Girdlestone was an enthusiastic but inept climber who had a number of lucky escapes. The Alpine Club hold his unpublished letters, some of which tell of his involvement with the Matterhorn tragedy'. Perret 1947 'Important et Rare'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001737

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

JUSTITIA [ GLADSTONE ]

A Voice From the North or a Humorous Account of an Interview between John Bull and the Rt Hon. W. E. Gladstone on the Repeal of the Malt Tax, & Its Effects on Farms, Brewers & Licensed Victuallers

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Reid, Newcastle-upon Tyne, n.d. [ca 1850]. Sq 8vo, 23p, satirical verse, rare (not in Copac). Bound with 'New Gleanings from Gladstone', first edn, Blackwood, Edinburgh, n.d. 30p, satirical engravings. Old blue cloth gilt, minor wear else VG nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 001680

Catalogue: Antiquarian