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Auction No 402, Category: Mountaineering

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

W. M. Conway "Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas", T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £80
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W. M. Conway Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports; two large folding maps in pockets front & rear; tissue-guarded frontispiece; original gilt & printed cloth binding with gilt medal design to front cover. Maps with splits to the folds. Rear cover slightly marked o/w VG. 127pp

J. Norman Collie "Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges", David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £310
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J. Norman Collie Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges, David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth, slightly snagged top of spine o/w near fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; all plates & maps fine & complete, one plate loose; vii,(3),315(1)pp

Younghusband "The Heart of a Continent", 1904, VG; Freshfield "Round Kangchenjunga", 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally;

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Younghusband The Heart of a Continent, 1904, VG; Freshfield Round Kangchenjunga, 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally; Murray The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951, VG; Anderson High Mountains & Cold Seas: a biography of H.W. Tilman, 1980 in VG d/jkt; and three other Himalayan related. Mixed condition. (7)

Leone Sinigaglia "Climbing in the Dolomites", T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
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Leone Sinigaglia Climbing in the Dolomites, T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities, VG; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; slight foxing to prelims o/w fine internally with map and all plates. 224pp

James D. Forbes "Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy,"

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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James D. Forbes Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851: followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy, Adam & Charles Black, 1853; tall octavo, orig. blind-tooled cloth, spine damaged & hinges cracked, tape-repaired; library stamp foot of title page; plates & maps complete, rear folding map with spilt to central fold. Clean text.  

J.M. Archer Thomson "Climbing in the Ogwen District", Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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J.M. Archer Thomson Climbing in the Ogwen District, Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine, fine internally with all plates, 124pp; together with Herbert Carr A Climbers' Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, 1926. (2)

Leslie Stephens "The Playground of Europe", Longmans, Green & Co,1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £56
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Leslie Stephens The Playground of Europe, Longmans, Green & Co, 1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, spine rubbed; bookplate of George F.M. Grant; b/w frontispiece; slight spotting to prelims o/w fine internally; x,(2),321pp     

Harold Raeburn "Mountaineering Art", Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley "Climbing Days", 1935,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Harold Raeburn Mountaineering Art, Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days, 1935, 1st Edn; and five related titles. Mixed condition. (7)

"The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal", Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £350
SOLD £150
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The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes, vols 1 to 4 in worn half-leather bindings, the remainder in VG gilt cloth; a few pages with fox marks but mostly fine internally with plates & folding maps; together with Garden & Parker Index to the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Vols.I to X, 1911.  (20)

Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine, together with the printed cover posted from Nepal.

Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs, notably Liverpool Philharmonic, Leeds Festival and other provincial; includes signatures of Benjamin Luxon, Alexander Gibson, Heather Harper, Elisabeth Soderstrom (4), Carl Schultz, Simon Rattle, Felicity Palmer, Gwynne Howell, Clifford Curzon, Charles Groves (4), Robert Tear (2), Sheila Armstrong (3), Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop (2), Edward Downes, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and many others. VG/VF (36 programmes)

Covers & Cards 1870s to 1970s, including 1911 PPCs from China (4), Japan (2) & Russia (3) all to Mostar, Herzegovina, one charged postage due;

Lot: 172

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £105
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Covers & Cards 1870s to 1970s, including 1911 PPCs from China (4), Japan (2) & Russia (3) all to Mostar, Herzegovina, one charged postage due; 1946 from Polish Red Cross in Egypt; 1960 PPC from the Swiss Himalayan Expedition in Nepal signed by seven climbers; several 1960s covers from Russia to UK; etc. Fair to fine. (86)