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Unknown Karakoram.
1936, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Hopkinson, London, 1936. 8vo, 244p. Plates & coloured folding map in pocket. VG in original blue cloth gilt. Neate S26 'Exploring north of the main range'. Perret 3966 'Important ouvrage'. Very Good.
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GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 151 US$ 158.15 | JP¥ 23726]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Tales of Country Life in La Gruyere
1887, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1887. 8vo, xiv, 335p. School-prize bookplate & gilt emblem to front board. Slight wear else near fine in full calf, gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers & edges. A nice copy. Three selected tales from Switzerland & la Gruyere - Martin the Sawyer, Colin the Herdsman and Marie the Straw-Plaiter. Scarce. Very Good.
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GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 114.75 US$ 120.2 | JP¥ 18032]
Catalogue: Antiquarian
The Will and the Way
1949. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, 1949. 8vo, 251p. Map endpapers and dustwrapper by Bip Pares. Nr fine in sl wear VG attractive unclipped dustwrapper. Set in Switzerland, Zermatt and on Monte Rosa, by the well-known author. Neate X329. Very Good.
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GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 114.75 US$ 120.2 | JP¥ 18032]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France.
1858. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, enlarged and improved, Murray, London, 1858. 8vo, xviii, 258p. 17 plates, many folding, and 2 folding coloured maps. Inscr. Nr fine copy in attractive recent 1/4 calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards. English geologist and political economist whose volcanic studies helped unseat the Neptunist theories that all the world's rocks were formed by sedimentation from the oceans. Very Good.
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GBP 425.00 [Appr.: EURO 512.75 US$ 537.72 | JP¥ 80670]
Catalogue: History of Science
Naturalis Historiae.
1668. Hardcover. Book, 8vo, 3 vols. [16] + 838 + (134)p; 917 + [69]p; 853 + [83]p; each volume including engraved title by Wingendorp, Lugd Batav et Roterdami, apud Hackios, 1669 (1668 on 2 printed titles). Finely printed Variorum edition of this great natural science classic. During the Middle Ages Pliny the Elder's Natural History was one of the main sources of available scientific knowledge. His views on geography, zoology, botany, medicine, mineralogy and astronomy continued to exercise considerable influence for centuries to come. Near fine clean set in original full vellum, old lettering on spines slightly faded. Near Fine.
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GBP 807.50 [Appr.: EURO 974.25 US$ 1021.66 | JP¥ 153272]
Catalogue: History of Science
Life and Letters of James David Forbes F.R.S.
1873, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edition, Macmillan, London, 1873. Thick 8vo, xiv, 577p, 2p ads. VG in original cloth gilt, with new endpapers at some time. Complete with folding map (by Adams-Reilly), & eight illustrations including 4 mounted photographs (two of the Mer de Glace, Chamonix). Important biography of the famous alpine mountaineer and glaciologist. DNB - 'He was the first to study scientifically the phenomena of glaciers'. Very Good.
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GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 181 US$ 189.78 | JP¥ 28472]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Keywords: Alps
Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar (formerly Chinese Tartary) and Return Journey over the Karakoram Pass
1871, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Murray, London, 1871. 8vo, xvi, 486p, 16p cat. 2 folding maps, 4 attractive tinted litho plates, 3 wood eng plates & text illus. Wear to corners & head & tail of spine, new endpapers, spine cloth slightly wrinkled from old reback, else VG clean copy in original green cloth gilt. Shaw was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1872. Yakushi S194. Scarce, not in Neate or Perret. Very Good.
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GBP 545.00 [Appr.: EURO 657.5 US$ 689.54 | JP¥ 103447]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
The Antique Land.
1950, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. 8vo, 219p. Plates and endpaper maps. Sm inscr, near fine in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Based on six years in the remote Chinese province of Sinkiang. Near Fine.
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GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 181 US$ 189.78 | JP¥ 28472]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Blank on the Map.
1938, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, H&S, London, 1938. Complete with 36 plates, 3 maps (one folding in colour), drawings by Bip Pares. Inscr. Foxing to prelims and page edges, slight wear, VG in original black cloth, red lettering unfaded. Important Himalayan exploration with Tilman, Spender and Auden of the Shaksgam area north of the main Karakoram range. Neate S58. Perret 4043 'Un des livres les plus recherchés sur l'Himalaya'. Very Good.
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GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 301.75 US$ 316.3 | JP¥ 47453]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Mountains of Tartary.
1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1951]. 8vo, 224p. Plates and map endpapers. Inscr, VG in similar price-clipped dustwrapper. Shipton was British Consul at Kashgar. Neate S62. Very Good.
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GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 102.75 US$ 107.54 | JP¥ 16134]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Upon that mountain.
1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, H7S, 1943. 8vo, 222p. Plates. Small inscr. VG in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Early autobiography and climbing with Tilman. Neate S68. Very Good.
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GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 102.75 US$ 107.54 | JP¥ 16134]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Voyage en Suisse fait dans les annees 1817, 1818 & 1819.
1822, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 2 vols, 8vo, 1st edn, Paris, 1822. A nr fine very nice set in recent quarter calf gilt. Includes the region of 'Chamouni'. Perret 4062 'un des classiques'. Near Fine.
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GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 241.5 US$ 253.04 | JP¥ 37962]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Keywords: Alps
Mines and Miners or Underground Life.
1868, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, MacKenzie, London, [1868]. Large 8vo, [ii], xx, 522p, xii, 2p cat. Small inscr, spotting to prelims, inner hinges strengthened, backstrip very neatly (almost invisibly) laid down, all edges gilt, VG in original pictorial cloth gilt. Complete with frontispiece, 16 colour plates, 14 coloured geological maps, 165 figs & 2 folding plates. Authoritative work on C19 mines and mining. Very Good.
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GBP 340.00 [Appr.: EURO 410.25 US$ 430.17 | JP¥ 64536]
Catalogue: History of Science
This Game of Ghosts.
1993. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Cape, London, 1993. Tall 8vo, 320p. Illustrated. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED on title by the author.The sequel to 'Touching The Void'. Fine.
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GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.5 US$ 56.93 | JP¥ 8541]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Studies in the History and Method of Science
. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, Dawson, London, 1955. large format, xiv, 304p. Plates. Inscription neatly cut from free endpaper else nr fine in original cloth gilt. Includes Saint Hildegard, Vitalism, early renaissance anatomy, cramp-rings and Witch Mania. Scarce. Very Good.
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GBP 63.75 [Appr.: EURO 77 US$ 80.66 | JP¥ 12100]
Catalogue: History of Science
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