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    Adams, Vincanne.   TIGERS OF THE SNOW AND OTHER VIRTUAL SHERPAS. £4.00    
      An Ethnography of Himalayan Encounters.   304pp. Index. 24 b/w illustrations.   Very good. Some marking and annotation in the text.   1996 First edition, Princeton University Press.
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    Anderson, J.L.R.   HIGH MOUNTAINS AND COLD SEAS. £28.00    
      A Biography of H.W.Tilman.   366pp. Index. 42 photographs and 15 maps.   Fine in fine dustwrapper. An outstanding copy.   1980 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Anderson, J.L.R.   HIGH MOUNTAINS AND COLD SEAS. £12.00    
      A Biography of H.W.Tilman.   366pp. Index. 42 photographs and 15 maps.   Very good in very good dustwrapper which is price-clipped and with a creased front fold-over.   1980 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Anderson, John.   ON THE BIG HILL. £5.00    
      A Non-Climber's Everest.   174pp. 62 colour photographs. By filmaker with British Services Everest Expedition.   Fine in fine dw.   1988 First edition, Faber and Faber.
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    Barry, John.   K2. £5.00    
      SAVAGE MOUNTAIN : SAVAGE SUMMER.   187pp. Many colour photographs. Account of the disasters of 1986.   Fine in very slightly chipped dw.   1987 Reprint, Oxford Illustrated Press.
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    Bauer, Paul.   HIMALAYAN CAMPAIGN. £5.00    
      The German Attack on Kanchenjunga.   174pp. 82 plates. The attempts of 1929 and 1931 by their leader.   Very good. A little light spotting.   1937 Second impression, Blackwell.
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    Baume, Louis.   SIVALAYA. £28.00    
      Explorations of the 8000 metre peaks of the Himalaya.   346pp. 29 maps and diagrams. A Chronicle and Bibliography of Exploration. Detailed summaries of all expeditions to date.   Fine hardback in vfine dustwrapper. An excellent copy.   1979 The Mountaineers, Seatttle.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £5.00    
      a Traveler's Guide.   446pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Very good indeed.   1991 Sixth edition, The Mountaineers. Seattle.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £5.00    
      a Traveler's Guide.   383pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Fine.   1997 Seventh edition, Cordee.
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    Boardman, Peter.   SACRED SUMMITS. £14.00    
      A Climber's Year.   264pp. Index. 34 colour photographs. Climbs in New Guinea and Kanchenjunga and Gauri Sankar in the Himalayas.   Near-fine in like dw. A lovely copy.   1982 First edition, Hodder.
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    Boardman, Peter.   THE SHINING MOUNTAIN. £12.00    
      Two Men on Changabang's West Wall.   192pp. Index. 12 photographs in colour and 15 in b/w.   Very good in chipped dustwrapper. Spotting to top edge.   1978 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton..
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    Bonington, Chris and Clarke, Charles.   TIBET'S SECRET MOUNTAIN. £4.00    
      The Triumph of Sepu Kangri.   254pp. Index. 90 photographs in colour and b/w. 7 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Bonington, Chris et al.   CHANGABANG. £16.00    
         118pp. 4 colour plates and black and white photographs. Account of the successful 1974 Garhwal expedition with contributions from six of the members - Bonington, Boysen, Hankinson, Haston, Sandhu and Scott.   Fine in very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. An excellent copy.   1975 First edition, Heinemann.
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    Bonington, Chris.   THE CLIMBERS. £5.00    
      A History of Mountaineering.   288pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in very good dw.   1992 First edition, BBC Books.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. £5.00    
         352pp. Index. 56 plates in colour and b/w. Unsuccessful attempt with Haston and MacInnes.   Fine in slightly chipped dw.   1973 First edition, Hodder.
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    Bonington, Chris.   KONGUR. £5.00    
      China's Elusive Summit.   224pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Very good indeed in near-fine dw.   1982 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Braham, Trevor.   HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY. £4.00    
         243pp. Index. Climbing and exploring from Sikkim to the Hindu Kush. With 32 photographs and 14 maps. Paperback facsimile of 1974 original.   Fine.   1978 Diadem.
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    Clark, Miles.   HIGH ENDEAVOURS. £14.00    
      The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles and Beryl Smeeton.   448pp. Index. Photographs. 13 maps. Army service (with Hodson's Horse) and marriage in India, Himalayan climbing expeditions, sailing world-wide.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1991 First edition, Grafton.
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    Coffey, Maria.   FRAGILE EDGE. £5.00    
         183pp. 22 b/w photographs. The world of climbers seen through the eyes of Joe Tasker's partner.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 Second impression Chatto.
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    Conefrey, Mick.   EVEREST 1920. £10.00    
      The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain.   310pp. Index.   Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper.   2022 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Crowden, James.   THE FROZEN RIVER. £10.00    
      Seeking Silence in the Himalaya. Colour photographs. Map.   342pp. Index. A winter spent in the Zangskar valley.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2020 First edition, William Collins.
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    Curran, Jim.   K2 THE STORY OF THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN. £14.00    
         271pp. Index. 41 photographs in colour and b/w. 7 maps and diagrams.   Near-ine in fine dustwrapper. Spine panel od wrapper fading slightly but an excellent copy   1995 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Curran, Jim.   K2, TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. £10.00    
         219pp. Index. 42 photographs in colour and b/w. 2 maps and diagrams. Account of the disaster of 1986.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1988 Third impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Dean, Steve.   HANDS OF A CLIMBER. £10.00    
      A Life of Colin Kirkus.   278pp. Index. Black and white photographs. One chapter on his 1933 season in the Himalayas with Marco Pallis on the peaks around the Gangotri Glacier.   Fine in complete wrapper with faded but legible spine panel.   1993 First edition, Ernest Press.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £5.00    
      A Nepal Journey.   273pp. Card covers. Photographs and drawings in b/w. After two years as a volunteer in a Nepali village he climbs Pharchamo (20,058m) alone.   Fine.   1986 Bradt Publications.
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    Dickinson, Matt.   THE DEATH ZONE. £5.00    
      Climbing Everest through the Killer Storm.   211pp. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Diemberger, Kurt.   THE ENDLESS KNOT. £30.00    
      K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny.   308pp. Index. 24pp colour and 24pp b/w photographs. His experience of the mountain from 1957 to the tragedies of 1986. Inscribed and signed on title page by the author.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1991 First edition, Grafton.
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    Dingle, Graeme and Perry, Mike.   CHOMOLUNGMA. £25.00    
      Goddess, Mother of the Earth. The North Face of Everest.   172pp. 1985 New Zealand attempt which reached 24,000 feet. Excellent colour photography. Presentation copy signed on the title page by both Dingle and Perry.   Fine in near-fine dustwrapper.   1986 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton, New Zealand.
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    Douglas, Ed.   CHOMOLUNGMA SINGS THE BLUES. £5.00    
      Travels round Everest.   226pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs.   Fine in dustwrapper with a single chip.   1997 First edition, Constable.
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    Dyhrenfurth, G.O.   TO THE THIRD POLE. £8.00    
      The History of the High Himalaya.   333pp. Index. 47 plates. Tables of peaks and attempts. 47 full-page photographs. Translated from the German by Hugh Merrick.   Very good.   1955 First Werner Laurie.
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    Fanshawe, Andy.   COMING THROUGH. £16.00    
      Expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse.   217pp. Index. 18 colour photographs.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Fellowes, P.M.F and others.   DER ERSTE FLUG UBER DEN MOUNT EVEREST. £5.00    
      Die Houston Mount Everest Expedition 1933.    303pp. Text in German. 48 illustrations and maps.   Very good indeed.   1934 First edition, S.Fischer, Berlin.
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    Firstbrook, Peter.   THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY AND IRVINE. £5.00    
         224pp. Index. 3 maps and b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, BBC.
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    Greig, Andrew.   SUMMIT FEVER. £5.00    
         281pp. Index. 24 colour photographs and 2 maps. Expedition to the Mustagh Tower   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Greig, Andrew.   KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. £5.00    
      Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge.   249pp. Index. 48 colour photographs and 3 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Harding, Mike.   FOOTLOOSE IN THE HIMALAYA. £5.00    
         242pp. Treks in India and Nepal. Fine colour photographs. Full-size paperback edition.   Very good indeed.   1990 Michael Joseph.
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    Herrligkoffer, Karl.   NANGA PARBAT. £25.00    
      By the leader of the 1953 ascent.   254pp. Index. 9 colour plates and other b/w photographs. The story of the pre-war German expeditions with early disasters and success in 1953.   Near fine in like dustwrapper. An outstanding copy. A little spotting to top edge.   1954 First edition, Elek.
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    Hillary, Edmund.   HIGH ADVENTURE. £2.00    
         225pp. Colour frontispiece. 31pp of b/w photographs. His climbing autobiography.   Very good indeed. Inscription.   1955 First Hodder.
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    Hillary, Peter.   RIMO. £5.00    
      Mountain on the Silk Road.   176pp. 57 colour photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1988 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Hillary, Sir Edmund.   VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT. £5.00    
         310pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. Autobiography.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Doubleday.
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    Himalayan Club.   HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £5.00    
      Volume XXVI 1965.   179pp. In the original grey wrappers. Numerous maps and photographs, some folding. With a single rubber stamo mark 'M & AW Cadre Royal Marines'   Paper spine a little worn.   Oxford University Press.
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    Hutchison, Robert A.   IN THE TRACKS OF THE YETI. £5.00    
         286pp. 13 photographs in colour. Travels in a sadly damaged Nepal looking for the Yeti and seeing much else.   Fine in fine dw. Inscription.   1989 First edition, Macdonald.
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    Japanese Alpine Club   JAPANESE ALPINE NEWS. £85.00    
      Volumes 3-16   A complete run of 14 annual issues. English language edition. In card wrappers. Almost wholly concerned with climbs of the great Himalayan peaks and the lesser know eastern ranges. Many colour photographs and maps.   Fine. A lovely set.   2003-2015 Japanese Alpine Club.
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    Jenkins, Peter.   ACROSS CHINA. £5.00    
         351pp. Travelling with 1984 American Everest expedition. More travel than climbing.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First US, Morrow.
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    Kauffman, Andrew J. and Putnam, William L.   K2: THE 1939 TRAGEDY. £12.00    
      The Full Story of the Ill-Fated Weissner Expedition.   224pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1992 First edition, Diadem.
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    Khan, Pervez A. (photographs).   WONDERS OF THE KARAKORUM. £32.00    
         160pp. 4to. Short text and colour photographs by mountaineer-photographer.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1996 First edition, Ferozsons, Lahore.
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    Kolb, Fritz.   HIMALAYA VENTURE. £12.00    
         148pp. 3 maps and 15 plates of b/w photographs. Climbs in Lahul, Garhwal and Padar.   Owner's name. Otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper   1959 First edition, Lutterworth Press.
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    Lloyd-Jones, Robin   THE SUNLIT SUMMIT. £16.00    
      The Life of W.H.Murray.   xxvi + 358pp. Index. 32 b/w photographs ane 18 in colour. Foreword by Roberty Macfarlane.   Fine hardback in fine dustwrapper,   2113 First edition, Sandstone Press, Dingwall.
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    Mehta, Soli and Kapadia, Harish.   EXPLORING THE HIDDEN HIMALAYA. £5.00    
         172pp. Index. 14 maps. Photographs in colour and b/w. Published for the Himalayan Club Diamond Jubilee. A survey of little climbed 6 and 7000 metre peaks in the Indian Himalaya.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   MY QUEST FOR THE YETI. £5.00    
         169pp. 25 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First US edition, St Martin's Press, New York.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   MY QUEST FOR THE YETI. £5.00    
         169pp. 25 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   THE CHALLENGE. £25.00    
      Two Men Alone at 8,000m.   205pp. Photographs in colour and b/w. Climb of Hidden Peak with Peter Habeler.   Date of first ownership in 1977. Otherwise fine hardback in fine dustwrapper.   1977 First edition, Kaye and Ward.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   DER GLASERNE HORIZONT. £5.00    
      Durch Tibet zum Mount Everest.   322pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w. Text in German.   Fine in fine dw.   1982 First, BLV, Munchen.
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    Murray, W.H.   THE STORY OF EVEREST. £5.00    
         230pp. Index. B/w photographs.   Near-fine.   1953 Revised edition Dent.
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    Neate, Jill.   HIGH ASIA. £45.00    
      An Illustrated History of the 7,000 Metre Peaks.   213pp. Many photographs in colour and b/w. Sketch maps and bibliographies. 400 peaks covered with information and a full climbing history. A very useful reference book.   Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.   1989 First edition, Unwin Hyman.
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    O'Connor, Bill.   THE TREKKING PEAKS OF NEPAL. £5.00    
         224pp. Index. Sketch maps and b/w photographs. Card covers.   Near-fine. Owner's name.   1991 Crowood Press.
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    Perrin, Jim.   THE VILLAIN. £16.00    
      A Portrait of Don Whillans   354pp, Index. Card covers. 36 b/w phptographs.   Fine. An outstanding copy.   2005 First US, The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Perrin, Jim.   K2, TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. £15.00    
         219pp. 42 b/w photographs, a map and a field sketch.   Fine in fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy.   1987 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Roper, Robert.   FATAL MOUNTAINEER. £5.00    
      The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld American Himalayan Legend.   306pp. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   2002 First edition, St Martin's Press, New York.
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    Roskelly, John.   LAST DAYS. £5.00    
         211pp. 33 small colour photographs. Climbs on Tawoche and Menlungtse.   Fine in fine dw.   1992 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Rowell, Galen.   IN THE THRONE ROOM OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS. £18.00    
         334pp. Index. Large 8vo. Card covers. American attempt on K2.   Owner's name neatly written. Otherwise fine. An outstanding copy.   1986 Sierra Club, San Francisco.
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    Royal Geographical Society and the Mount Everest Foundation.   THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL ASIA. £6.00    
      1:3,000,000 Map and Gazetteer.    98pp with large folding map. In plastic envelope folder.   Owner's name. Otherwise fine.   1987 First edition.
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    Russell, Scott.   MOUNTAIN PROSPECT. £5.00    
         248pp. Index. 47 b/w plates and 7 maps. Includes 30pp chapter on climbing with Shipton in the Karakoram   Very good indeed in cut-down dw.   1946 First edition, Chatto & Windus.
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    Saunders, Victor.   ELUSIVE SUMMITS. £12.00    
      Four Expeditions in the Karakoram.   191pp. Index. 16 colour photographs and 9 maps and drawings.   Fine in fine dustwrapper   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton..
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    Scott, Doug and MacIntyre, Alex.   THE SHISHAPANGMA EXPEDITION. £18.00    
         322pp. Index. Black and white photographs. 1982 climb on 8,000m peak in Tibet.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1984 First edition, Granada.
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    Shipton, Eric.   MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY. £12.00    
         224pp. Index. 28 b/w photographs by the author. Endpaper maps. Climbs from Kashgar with Tilman on Mustagh Ata and Bogdo Ola.   Very good. Spine cloth faded as usual.   No date (1951) First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Simpson, Joe.   DARK SHADOWS FALLING. £5.00    
         208pp. 27 colour photographs. He climbs on Pumori and considers the recent deaths on Everest.   Fine in fine dw. Owner's name.   1997 First edition, The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Simpson, Joe.   DARK SHADOWS FALLING. £5.00    
         208pp. 27 colour photographs. He climbs on Pumori and considers the recent deaths on Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 Second impression, Cape.
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    Singh, Hashmat and Das Pallav.   TREKKING IN THE HIMALAYAS. £5.00    
         160pp. 4to. Excellent trekking maps in colour and many colour photographs. Covers Sikkim, Nepal and India.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 First edition, Silverdale Books.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. £12.00    
         322pp. Index. Folding map. With 16 tissue-guarded colour photographs. Climbing, botany and exploration in Garhwal.   Very good. Front board slightly marked.   1938 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE KANCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. £5.00    
         464pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs. First cheap edition.   Fine.   1934 Sixth impression, Gollancz.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. £12.00    
         322pp. Index. Folding map. With 16 tissue-guarded colour photographs. Climbing, botany and exploration in Garhwal.   Very good. Extremities a little rubbed. Owner's name from 1938.   1938 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Steele, Peter.   ERIC SHIPTON. £8.00    
      Everest and Beyond.   290pp. Index. 27 b/w photographs and 21 maps. Full-size paperback edition.   Fine.   1998 The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Stephens, Rebecca.   ON TOP OF THE WORLD. £5.00    
         196pp. Colour photographs. The first British woman to climb Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Tasker, Joe.   EVEREST THE CRUEL WAY. £39.00    
         166pp. 26 b/w photographs.   Near-fine in like dw. Paper darkening a little as usual. Inscription. Otherwise an immaculate copy of a scarce title.   1981 First edition, Eyre Methuen.
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    Taylor, Peter.   COOPER'S CREEK TO LANTANG II. £5.00    
         239pp. 24 plates. 1963 Australian first ascent.   Very good indeed in slightly edge-worm dw.   1965 First edition, Angus & Robertson.
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    Thomas, Bryn.   TREKKING IN THE ANNAPURNA REGION. £2.00    
         256pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 40 detailed trekking maps. Pocket-size with soft covers.   Fine.   1993 First edition, Nepal Trekking Guides.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE SEVEN MOUNTAIN-TRAVEL BOOKS. £16.00    
         896pp. 70 b/w photographs. Omnibus volume. Introduction by Jim Perrin.   Fine in complete dustwrapper with faded spine panel.   1983, First edition thus, Diadem.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £35.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index.   Very good indeed. A very nice copy.   1937 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £25.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index.   Boards and spine rubbed. Internally very good. Colour photograph of Tilman neatny tipped-in to front endpaper,   1937 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. £14.00    
         232pp. Index. 54 photographs and 6 maps. 1939 mountain exploration in Sikkim and around Kanchenjunga with an account of his war in Albania.   Very good. Date in ink on front endpaper.   1946 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £5.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index. Pictorial boards. Otherwise the same as the first edition.   Corners and spine rubbed. Otherwise very good.   1937 Readers Union.
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    Tucker, John.   KANCHENJUNGA. £8.00    
         224pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs. Reconnaissance for the first ascent in 1955.   Very good in chipped dw. Owner's name.   1955 First edition, Elek.
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    Twigger, Robert.   WHITE MOUNTAIN. £12.00    
      Real and Imagined Jporneys in the Himalayas.   458pp. Essays on travels in pursuit of family, mystics and mountaineers. Signed by yhe author on the title page.   Inscription on front endpaer. Otherwise fine in fine dustwrapper.   2016 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nivolson.
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    Tyson, John B.   WEST NEPAL: EXPLORING THE KANJIROBA HIMAL. £5.00    
         9pp. 2 folding mountain panoramas and five photographs in b/w. Folding contour map in colour. In original blue wrappers.   Very good.   Sept 1967, Reprinted from the Geographical Journal Vol 133 Part 3.
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    Ullman, James Ramsey (retells).   MAN OF EVEREST. £5.00    
      The Autobiography of Tenzing   320pp. Index. 4 plates in colour and 45 in b/w. Not just Everest, but his work with the pre-war expeditions.   Very good. Spine faded as usual.   1955 First edition, Harrap.
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    Unsworth, Walt.   EVEREST. £6.00    
         578pp. Index. 17 plates in colour, 55 in b/w. 5 maps and 4 diagrams. The definitive reference work on all expeditions from 1921-1979. With full bibliography. The real story behind much of the mythology.   Very good in very good dustwrapper.   1981 First edition, Allen Lane.
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    Venables, Stephen.   EVEREST, KANGSHUNG FACE. £18.00    
         236pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w. To the summit from the East.   Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.   1989 First edition, Hodder.& Stoughton
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    Venables, Stephen.   PAINTED MOUNTAINS. £25.00    
      Two Expeditions to Kashmir.   239pp. Unclimbed peaks in the Western Himalaya. His first book. Prizewinner as the best mountain book of 1986. Inscribed 'Best wishes, Stephen' on title page.   Fine in fine dustwrapper.   1986 First edition, Hodder.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good in edge-worn dw.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good in very good dw.   No date, The Travel Book Club.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £5.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good. Lettering rather faded. Bookplate.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Wibberley, Leonard.   THE EPICS OF EVEREST. £2.00    
         217pp. Account of the expeditions to 1953. Drawings. An introductory account.   Very good indeed.   1955 First edition, Faber.
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    Wilson, Andrew.   ABODE OF SNOW. £5.00    
      Observations on a Journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the Upper Valleys of the Himalaya.   396pp. From Simla up the Sutlej to Spiti, Lahoul, Zanskar and Kashmir. Then to Peshawar via Swat. Paperback facsimile of 1875 original.   Fine.   1993 Moyer Bell.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. £5.00    
         319pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. A account of the first three expeditions.   Some spotting throughout, mainly to edges and margins. Boards unmarked but bowed.   1934 Reprint, Arnold.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE. £4.00    
         243pp. Index.   Very good. Boards a little rubbed.   1936 Reprint, Nelson.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. £5.00    
         319pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. New foreword by Chris Bonington. An account of the first three expeditions.   Fine in fine dw apart from inscription.   1974 New edition, E.P.Publishing, Wakefield.
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