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Auction No 426, Category: Mountaineering

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

Pause and Winkler "Extreme Alpine Rock", Granada, 1979; Wilson and Newman "Extreme Rock" Diadem, 1987, first edition; and two related titles;

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £66
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Pause and Winkler Extreme Alpine Rock, Granada, 1979; Wilson and Newman Extreme Rock, Diadem, 1987, first edition; and two related titles; VG/fine, in good/fine d/jkts, the d/jkt perimeter of Extreme Rock with a protective paper strip. (4) [This and the following 12 lots are the collection of the late Fred Taylor, civil engineer, mountaineer and photographer. His collection of cameras appears later in this catalogue.]

Alpine Mountaineering and few related, 1892 to 1981, good to fine, a few in d/jkts. (16)

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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Alpine Mountaineering and few related, 1892 to 1981, good to fine, a few in d/jkts. (16)

John Ball "The Central Alps, Part II", 1911, and "The Western Alps",1898, both signed by the mountaineer W.N. Ling, latter with frayed backstrip,

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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John Ball The Central Alps, Part II, 1911, and The Western Alps, 1898, both signed by the mountaineer W.N. Ling, latter with frayed backstrip, complete with maps; Walter Larden Guide to the Walks & Climbs around Arolla, 1908; Tyndall Hours of Exercise in the Alps, 1906, in full leather prize binding; and related titles including many Alpine Guides. Mainly VG/VF (29)  

Reeves "Hints to Travellers Scientific and General", Royal Geographical Society, 1906, 2 vols, neat ownership signatures dated 1914, near fine;

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Reeves Hints to Travellers Scientific and General, Royal Geographical Society, 1906, 2 vols, neat ownership signatures dated 1914, near fine; Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days, 1935, 1st Edn, faded cloth; and a selection of others on travel and mountaineering. (26)

E. Lucas Bridges "Uttermost Part of the Earth" 1948, 1st Ed., one corner bumped o/w near fine; and others on South American travel & mountaineering

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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E. Lucas Bridges Uttermost Part of the Earth 1948, 1st Ed., one corner bumped o/w near fine; and others on South American travel & mountaineering with some first editions. (9)

Alys Lowth "Emerald Hours in New Zealand", Whitcombe & Tombs [1906], b/w plates, and related titles including mountaineering

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Alys Lowth Emerald Hours in New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs [1906], b/w plates, and related titles including mountaineering and reprints of classic works. Most in d/jkts. VG/VF (14)

Mountaineering and Mountain Art & Photography in two cartons including Turner "My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents", 1913;

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £60
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Mountaineering and Mountain Art & Photography in two cartons including Turner My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents, 1913; Urech Bernese Oberland Descriptive and Narrative, 1926, scarce cloth-bound edition; Chris Bonington Mountaineer, 1989, signed first edn; Swiss Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil RTS, [c.1879]; Wayfarers' Journal for 1939, 1945, 1947, 1948 and 1950; and many others. Includes a few pamphlets. Some with ownership signatures or labels (not ex-library). (44)

H. W. Tilman selection with several first editions including "Mischief Goes South", 1968, "Mischief Among the Penguins", 1961, "Mostly Mischief",1966,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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H. W. Tilman selection with several first editions including Mischief Goes South, 1968, Mischief Among the Penguins, 1961, Mostly Mischief, 1966, In Mischief's Wake, 1971, Snow on the Equator, 1937 (poor d/jkt), Mount Everest 1948, Mischief in Greenland 1964 (ex-library), and Nepal Himalaya, 1952.  Six with ownership label. Fair to VF. (16)

Central Asia including F. Kingdon Ward "Assam Adventure", Travel Book Club, 1942, folding map; H.W. Tilman "China to Chitral", 1951,1st Edn.,

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Central Asia including F. Kingdon Ward Assam Adventure, Travel Book Club, 1942, folding map; H.W. Tilman China to Chitral, 1951, 1st Edn., faded cloth; and Chris Bonington Kongu: China's Elusive Summit, 1982, 1st Edn. (11)

Climbing in the Himalayas, a selection including works by Eric Shipton, Doug Scott, Edmund Hilary, C.G. Bruce "Himalayan Wanderer" 1934,

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Climbing in the Himalayas, a selection including works by Eric Shipton, Doug Scott, Edmund Hilary, C.G. Bruce Himalayan Wanderer 1934, F.S.Smythe Camp Six 1937 (top of spine repaired), and others. Some first editions. (14)

UK Climbing & Topography, especially Scotland; including Macgregor "Searching the Hebrides with a Camera" 1933, 1st Edn;

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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UK Climbing & Topography, especially Scotland; including Macgregor Searching the Hebrides with a Camera 1933, 1st Edn; Murray Mountaineering in Scotland, and Undiscovered Scotland 1986; Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland, 1882 with many maps (but lacking large folding map in rear pocket); Jacquetta Hawkes A Land, Cresset Press, 1951; and various others. (25)