SMITH, ALBERT AND MRS HALL.

The Boy's Birthday Book / A Boy's Ascent of Mont Blanc.

1859, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Houston & Wright [1859]. 8vo, 428p, text engs. VG clean copy in original cloth gilt. Contains the famous story 'A Boy's Ascent of Mont Blanc' by Albert Smith pp 9 - 145, presumably based on his own successful ascent. Neate S88. Attractively illustrated classic. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 002267

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

HASKETT SMITH, W P

Climbing in the British Isles 2 Vols

1894, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 2 vols, first edn, Longmans, 1894/5. Sm 8vo, 162p, 197p. Diagrams. Inscr. Spines evenly slightly faded, VG in original pictorial cloth gilt - the famous first rock climbing guides. Very Good.

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Book number: 002259

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SMITH, ALBERT

The Story of Mont Blanc

1853, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Bogue, 1853. 8vo, xii, 219p, 8p cat. Coloured frontispiece, text engravings. Armorial bookplate (E F Fitch), minor very light browning else VG nice clean copy in original orange blind-stamped cloth gilt. The first chapters describe the history of Chamonix and earlier ascents of Mont Blanc, followed by the excellent account of his own ascent. Neate S86. Perret 4074 'La premiere véritable monographie sur le Mont-Blanc. L'édition la plus recherchée'. A scarce classic. Very Good.

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Book number: 001346

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

SMITH, ALBERT

The Story of Mont Blanc.

1853, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Bogue, 1853. 8vo, xii, 219p. Hand-coloured frontispiece, engravings in text. Bookplate of J Cresswell (in Bewick style), inscr, partly in French. In an attractive half-calf binding, spine blind-stamped in compartments, marbled boards, gilt label. Slight wear, near fine nice copy. Neate S86 'His illustrated lecture [in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly] based on his experiences ran for six years and made him a rich man [the Baron of Piccadilly]. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002095

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SMYTHE, F S

Edward Whymper

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, H&S, London, 1940. 8vo, xiv, 330p. Plates & fldg maps.VG in original cloth. Neate S117 'biography of the most famous mountaineer of all time'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001879

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SMYTHE, FRANK

Secret Mission

1942. Hardcover. Book, Reprint, August 1942. Sm 8vo, 256p, map endpapers. Slight wear VG original cloth. Rare - author's first and only novel, set in the Himalaya. Very Good.

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Book number: 001869

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SMYTHE, FRANK.

The Valley of Flowers - Limited edition.

1938, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Limited edition (250 copies) no 101, London, H&S, 1938. Tall 8vo, xiv, 322p. 16 tipped-in colour plates and 2 maps. VG in original white cloth gilt. Exploration of the Bhyundar valley and the flora, Garhwal himalaya, after the ascent of Kamet. Very Good.

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Book number: 002059

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SOMERVILLE, D M M CRICHTON, RICKMERS, W R AND RICHARDSON, E C (ED).

Ski - Running.

1904, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Horace Cox, 1904. 8vo, iv, [3]-76p, 12p adverts, plus 2p adverts on pastedowns. 7 plates, 27 figures in the text & a bibliography. Dedicated to the Ski Club of Great Britain. Inscr, slight offsetting from pastedowns, VG clean copy in original boards. Mounted photograph of two women skiers in long dresses on the front board. Not in Neate or Perret. Arnold Lunn in 'The Story of Skiing' p 181, describes this book as 'the first work on skiing in the English Language'. In the preface "this the first English book about ski". Very Good.

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Book number: 002280

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SPENDER, HAROLD

Through the High Pyrenees

1898, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Innes, 1898. 8vo, 370p. A fine copy in the original maroon cloth gilt, complete with 5 maps & 31 plates. Classic on early climbing in the Pyrenees. Perret 4124 'rare et important'. Fine.

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Book number: 001375

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SPENDER, HAROLD.

Through the High Pyrenees. Signed copy.

1898, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Innes, London, 1898. 8vo, xii, 370p including 33p bibliography. Full-page plates and text illustrations. Folding coloured map at end, 4 text maps. With illustrations and supplementary sections by H Llewellyn Smith. Very slight wear, near fine in original cloth gilt. Small signature G. Milburn. Inscribed and SIGNED by Harold Spender on free endpaper. Neate S152 ' One of the few books on climbing in the Pyrenees'. Perret 4124 'rare et important'. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002083

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SPON, ERNEST

Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics & Scientific Amateurs

1883. Hardcover. Book, London & NY, E & F N Spon, 1883. 8vo, iv, 450p, 16p cat. Text illus. Nr fine bright copy in original pictorial brown cloth gilt. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002008

Catalogue: History of Science

SQUIRE, PETER (CHEMIST ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE QUEEN)

The New London Pharmacopoeia ... arranged in Tabular form with the Edinburgh and Dublin Pharmacopoeias...

1851, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Churchill, London, 1851. Sm 4to, xxiv, 174p, 25p Appendix. Inner hinges strengthened, neatly rebacked in matching cloth, VG in original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered on front board. Inscribed 'Dr Mayor (?) with the Author's kind regards'. Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002189

Catalogue: History of Science

STEIN, SIR AUREL.

On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks brief narrative of three expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China.

1933, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, MacMillan, London, 1933. Large 8vo, xxiv, 342p. Coloured frontispiece, fldg coloured map, 147 plates many folding and some in colour. Page 51 repaired, with loss of a few words, else VG.Attractively bound in 1/4 red calf, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled boards. See DNB 'Scholar, explorer, archaeologist and geographer'. Very Good.

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Book number: 002203

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

STEPHEN, LESLIE

The Playground of Europe

1871, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Longmans, 1871. 8vo, xii, 321p. Eng plates. Pencil inscr. VG in old 1/2 blue crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering (dull) by Riviere & Son. Marbled boards & red endpapers. Neate S165 'By one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature'. Perret 4151 'tres recherché'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001732

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

STEVENSON, SETH WILLIAM

A Tour in France, Savoy, Northern Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, in the Summer of 1825, including some Observations on the Scenery of the Neckar and the Rhine

1827, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 2 vols, Rivington, London, 1827. Tall 8vo, xii, 424p; viii, 425-862p, [2]. printed in Norwich. Neatly rebacked in green cloth, paper labels, original rubbed marbled boards. With old Ipswich Book Club list of 20 names (mainly Reverends) and dates borrowed on front pastedown. Includes a visit to Montanvert and the Mer de Glace, Chamonix. Not in Neate or Perret. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 001657

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps