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SHIPTON, ERIC.
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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Book number: 001862
GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 300.75 US$ 317.09 | JP¥ 49449]

 
SHIPTON, ERIC.
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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Book number: 002232
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 102.25 US$ 107.81 | JP¥ 16813]

 
SHIPTON, ERIC.
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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Book number: 002231
GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 102.25 US$ 107.81 | JP¥ 16813]

 
SIMOND, L
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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Book number: 001374
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 240.75 US$ 253.67 | JP¥ 39559]
Keywords: Alps

 
SIMPSON, JOE.
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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Book number: 002141
GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 57.08 | JP¥ 8901]

 
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
GBP 345.00 [Appr.: EURO 415 US$ 437.58 | JP¥ 68239]

 
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
GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 180.5 US$ 190.25 | JP¥ 29669]

 
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
GBP 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 1443.5 US$ 1522.02 | JP¥ 237355]
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
GBP 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 721.75 US$ 761.01 | JP¥ 118677]

 
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
GBP 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 76.1 | JP¥ 11868]

 
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
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 108.5 US$ 114.15 | JP¥ 17802]

 
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
GBP 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 240.75 US$ 253.67 | JP¥ 39559]

 
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
GBP 2150.00 [Appr.: EURO 2586.25 US$ 2726.96 | JP¥ 425260]

 
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
GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 234.75 US$ 247.33 | JP¥ 38570]

 
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
GBP 955.00 [Appr.: EURO 1148.75 US$ 1211.28 | JP¥ 188895]

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