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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.
A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 001002
GBP 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 761 US$ 807.88 | JP¥ 124685]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Panorama seen from the Observatory on the Summit of Ben Nevis
1895, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Shearer & Son, Stirling, [1895]. A very attractive folding coloured litho panorama ca 8 x 256 cm, plus outline map. Hardback, VG in original blue cloth gilt (8 x 33 cm). Not in Neate - scarce. Very Good.
A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 001692
GBP 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 409.75 US$ 435.01 | JP¥ 67138]
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 175.75 US$ 186.43 | JP¥ 28773]
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 292.75 US$ 310.72 | JP¥ 47956]
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 99.5 US$ 105.65 | JP¥ 16305]
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.
A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 002231
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 US$ 105.65 | JP¥ 16305]
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 234.25 US$ 248.58 | JP¥ 38364]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Keywords: Alps
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.
A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 002141
GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 52.75 US$ 55.93 | JP¥ 8632]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
The Boy's Birthday Book / A Boy's Ascent of Mont Blanc
1859. 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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GBP 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 462.5 US$ 490.94 | JP¥ 75770]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
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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GBP 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 1404.75 US$ 1491.46 | JP¥ 230187]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Keywords: Alps
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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GBP 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 702.5 US$ 745.73 | JP¥ 115093]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
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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GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 70.25 US$ 74.57 | JP¥ 11509]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
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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GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 111.86 | JP¥ 17264]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
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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GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 292.75 US$ 310.72 | JP¥ 47956]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
Ski Running dedicated to the Ski Club of Great Britain
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. 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'. Very Good.
A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 001775
GBP 1950.00 [Appr.: EURO 2282.75 US$ 2423.63 | JP¥ 374054]
Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel
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