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'. 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 Green & Co, 1870. Tall 8vo, x, 181p, 2p ads. Frontispiece and two folding maps with routes marked in red. Inscr. Spine worn and lettering faded, else VG clean copy. Neate G30 'Probably less than 100 copies'. 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

HUMPHREYS & GLASGOW

Carburetted Water Gas and Carbon Monoxide

1897, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Humphreys & Glasgow, London & New York, [1897]. Tall 8vo, 95p. Endpapers slightly browned, VG in original gilt card covers. No 7 in a Series by Humphreys & Glasgow. Report on gas used for lighting & heating. With a letter on calorific power from Leeds Gas Department, 1915. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 001569

Catalogue: History of Science

GOODMAN, E J

New Ground in Norway Ringerike - Telemarken - Saetersdalen

1896, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Newnes, London, 1896. 8vo, 224p, 24p cat. Fldg map. 56 photo plates by Paul Lange. Nr fine in original pictorial dark red cloth gilt. Gilt vignette on upper board. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001625

Catalogue: Travel

GOS, CHARLES

Alpine Tragedy

1948, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, GA & U, 1948. 8vo, x, 282p. Maps & plates. Nr fine in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Neate G36 'recounts over 20 well-known nineteenth Century Alpine accidents'. Perret 2003 'ouvrage classique'. Scarce in dw. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001849

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

GOS, F

Zermatt and its Valley

1926. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Cassel, 1926. 4to, 180p. Plates & coloured folding map. VG in original red 1/4 cloth gilt. Perret 2009. Zermatt & the Matterhorn, well illustrated. Neate G38. Very Good.

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Book number: 001475

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

GRAY, DENNIS

Rope Boy

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Gollancz, London, 1970. 8vo, 320p. Near fine copy in VG unclipped dustwrapper. Neate G46. Rock & Ice classic. Very Good.

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Book number: 001881

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

GREENWOOD, WILLIAM H

A Manual of Metallurgy

1889. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, Collins Advanced Science, London & Glasgow, n.d.[ca 1889]. 2 vols, sm 8vo, 344p; 371p. Text engravings. Portsmouth Yard prize label & small neat Lords of Admiralty stamp. Slight wear. VG clean copies in contemporary half-calf. Very Good.

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Book number: 001763

Catalogue: History of Science