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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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    Ahluwalia, Major H.P.S.   HIMALAYA. £3.00    
      A Practical Guide.   469pp. Index. Practical guide to treks, lodging etc. Card covers.   Very good.   1985 New Delhi.
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    Ahluwalia, Major H.P.S.   HIGHER THAN EVEREST. £2.00    
      Memoirs of a Mountaineer.   241pp. Index. 19 colour photographs. Paperback edition. Everest summit in 1965, shot by infiltrators in Kashmir and life in a wheel chair.   Fine.   1995 Rupa, India.
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    Amin, Mohamed & Willetts, Duncan & Tetley, Brian.   THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. £4.00    
         192pp. 4to. Superb colour photos of the mountains and glaciers of Northern Pakistan..   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, Moorland Publishing Company, Derbyshire.
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    Anderson, John.   ON THE BIG HILL. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
      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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    Bauer, Paul.   HIMALAYAN QUEST. £16.00    
      The German Expeditions to Siniolchum and Nanga Parbat.   150pp. 96 plates and 4 maps. Foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband. Expeditions of 1936 and 1937.   Very good indeed. A lovely copy.   1938 First edition, Nicholson & Watson.
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    Bauer, Paul.   KANCHENJUNGA CHALLENGE. £7.00    
         202pp. 12 b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. Account of the 1929 and 1931 expeditions by their leader. New material added to `Himalayan Campaign'. Foreward by John Hunt.   Very good. Spine cloth faded.   1955 First edition, William Kimber.
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    Bauer, Paul.   HIMALAYAN QUEST. £6.00    
      The German Expeditions to Siniolchum and Nanga Parbat.   150pp. 96 plates and 4 maps. Foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband. Expeditions of 1936 and 1937.   A slack copy in edge-worn dw.   1938 First edition, Nicholson & Watson.
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    Baume, Louis.   SIVALAYA. £9.00    
      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.   Very good in very good dw. An excellent copy.   1979 The Mountaineers, Seatttle.
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    Bechtold, Fritz.   NANGA PARBAT ADVENTURE. £4.00    
         93pp. Index. The disasters of 1934. Translated by H.E.G.Tyndale. 80 plates of excellent photographs.   Very good. Owner's name label.   1938 Reprint Murray.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
      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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    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. £13.00    
         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 fine dw. A lovely copy.   1975 First edition, Heinemann.
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    Bonington, Chris.   THE CLIMBERS. £3.00    
      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.   ANNAPURNA SOUTH FACE. £3.00    
         334pp. 60 colour photographs and 2 maps.   Fine in slightly loose dw.   1971 First edition, Cassell.
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    Bonington, Chris.   THE NEXT HORIZON. £3.00    
      Autobiography II.   304pp. Index. 6 photographs in colour and 69 in b/w and 15 maps. His adventures 1966-1972, including the Eiger in winter and success on Annapurna.   Fine in near-fine dw. Spine panel a little faded as usual.   1973 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
      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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    Bremer-Kamp, Cherie.   LIVING ON THE EDGE. £3.00    
      The Winter Ascent of Kanchenjunga.   213pp. Many colour photographs. A story of death and survival.   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, David and Charles.
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    Calvert, Harry.   SMYTHE'S MOUNTAINS. £4.00    
      The Climbs of F.S.Smythe.   223pp. Index. 18 b/w photographs by Smythe and 4 maps.   Very good in very good dustwrapper.   1985 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Cameron, Ian.   TO THE FARTHEST ENDS OF THE EARTH. 150 years of World Exploration. £4.00    
      The History of the Royal Geographical Society 1830-1980.   288pp. Index. Many illustrations in colour and b/w. Chapter on 'The Discovery and Ascent of Everest'.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First edition, Macdonald.
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    Clark, Leonard.   THE MARCHING WIND. £5.00    
         347pp. Index. 1948 expedition to the Amne Machin mountains of south east Tibet. He measured the peak as higher than Everest. Nicely produced book of an eccentric expedition.   Very good in very good dw. 2 small tears on p13.   1955 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Clark, Miles.   HIGH ENDEAVOURS. £7.00    
      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 dw.   1991 First edition, Grafton.
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    Coffey, Maria.   FRAGILE EDGE. £3.00    
         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 and Jordan, Tim.   MOUNTAIN MEN. £3.00    
         281pp. Index. Chapters on Maurice Wilson, Fritz Wiessner, Charles Houston and others.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 Da Capo Press, Cambridge MA.
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    Curran, Jim.   TRANGO, THE NAMELESS TOWER. £8.00    
         175pp. 16 colour photographs and many in black and white. 1976 first ascent.   Fine in dw with faded spine panel.   1978 First edition, Dark Peak.
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    Davis, Wade.   INTO THE SILENCE. £8.00    
      The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest.   655pp. Index. Photographs in b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   2011 Third impression, The Bodley Head.
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    Dean, Steve.   HANDS OF A CLIMBER. £3.00    
      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.   Paper a little wrinkled with signs of damp but a sound working copy.   1993 First edition, Ernest Press.
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    Denman, Earl.   ALONE TO EVEREST. £3.00    
         255pp. 13 b/w photographs and 4 maps. Not quite alone - he was with Tenzing.   Very good.   1954 First edition, Collins.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
      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.   SUMMITS AND SECRETS. £3.00    
         348pp. Index. 10 b/w photographs. 8 maps. Climbing autobiography. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1983 Reprint Hodder.
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    Diemberger, Kurt.   SUMMITS AND SECRETS. £3.00    
         348pp. Index. 10 b/w photographs. 8 maps. Climbing autobiography. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1991 Reprint, Hodder.
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    Douglas, Ed.   CHOMOLUNGMA SINGS THE BLUES. £3.00    
      Travels round Everest.   226pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Constable.
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    Douglas-Hamilton, James.   ROOF OF THE WORLD. £3.00    
      Man's First Flight over Everest.   192pp. Index. Account of the 1933 expedition. Many b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1983 First edition, Mainstream Publishing.
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    Dunsheath, Joyce and Baillie, Eleanor.   AFGHAN QUEST. £3.00    
      The Story of their Abinger Afghanistan Expedition 1960   239pp. 16 b/w photographs and a map. An expedition to climb Mir Samir in the Hindu Kush. No ascent but many adventures.   Very good in very good dustwrapper. Edges grubby.   1961 First edition, Harrap.
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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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    Dyhrenfurth, G.O.   TO THE THIRD POLE. £3.00    
      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. Ex-public library copy in plain library binding.   Very good. A clean, bright copy.   1955 First Werner Laurie.
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    Eiselin, Max.   THE ASCENT OF DHAULAGIRI. £16.00    
         159pp. 5 colour plates and 38 other illustrations.   Very good indeed.   1961 First edition, Oxford University Press.
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    Faux, Ronald.   EVEREST. £3.00    
      Goddess of the Wind.   115pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1978 First edition, Chambers, Edinburgh.
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    Fellowes, P.M.F and others.   DER ERSTE FLUG UBER DEN MOUNT EVEREST. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
         224pp. Index. 3 maps and b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, BBC.
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    Freshfield, Douglas W.   ROUND KANCHINJINGA. £8.00    
         23pp. Fold-out map and 9 b/w photographs. Paper read before the Alpine Club.   Very good in original grey wrappers.   1900 in Vol XX The Alpine Journal.
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    Greig, Andrew.   SUMMIT FEVER. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
         242pp. Treks in India and Nepal. Fine colour photographs. Full-size paperback edition.   Very good indeed.   1990 Michael Joseph.
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    Hemmleb, Jochen et al.   GHOSTS OF EVEREST. £3.00    
      The Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory and Irvine.   206pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Herrligkoffer, Karl.   NANGA PARBAT. £5.00    
         254pp. Index. 9 colour plates and other b/w photographs. The story of the German expeditions with early disasters and success in 1953.   Very good in very good dw. A nice copy of a book which is often spotted and marked.   1954 First edition, Elek.
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    Herzog, Maurice.   ANNAPURNA. £2.00    
      Conquest of the First 8000-metre Peak.   288pp. Folding map and panorama. 27 b/w plates and 7 maps in the text.   Very good in chipped dw.   1952 Jonathan Cape with The Book Society.Cape.
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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, Louise.   HIGH TIME. £3.00    
      A family trek in the Land of the Sherpas.   192pp. Photographs in colour and black and white.   Fine in slightly chipped dw.   1973 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Hillary, Peter.   A SUNNY DAY IN THE HIMALAYAS. £6.00    
         166pp. 52 colour photographs. Climbs in Nepal on Ama Dablam and Kusung Kang.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Hillary, Peter.   RIMO. £3.00    
      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. £3.00    
         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. £7.00    
      Volume XXIX 1969.   204pp. In the original grey wrappers. Numerous maps, panoramas and photographs, many folding.   Very good.   Oxford University Press.
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    Himalayan Club.   HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £7.00    
      Volume XXVII 1966.   214pp. In the original grey wrappers. Numerous maps, panoramas and photographs, many folding.   Very good.   Oxford University Press.
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    Himalayan Club.   HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £3.00    
      Volume XXIV 1962-63.   172pp. In the original grey wrappers. Numerous maps and photographs, some folding. With a single rubber stamp mark 'M & AW Cadre Royal Marines'.   Slack with wear to wrappers.   Oxford University Press.
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    Himalayan Club.   HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £3.00    
      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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    Himalayan Club.   HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £3.00    
      Volume XXVI 1965.   179pp. In the original grey wrappers. Numerous maps and photographs, some folding.   Wrappers creased and spine not flat.   Oxford University Press.
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    Holmes, Peter.   MOUNTAINS AND A MONASTERY. £3.00    
         191pp. Folding map. Index. 23 b/w photographs. Travel and climbing in Spiti.   Very good in chipped dw.   1958 First edition, Bles.
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    Holmes, Peter.   MOUNTAINS AND A MONASTERY. £8.00    
         191pp. Folding map. Index. 23 b/w photographs. Travel and climbing in Spiti.   Near-fine in like dw. An outstanding copy.   1958 First edition, Bles.
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    Holzel, Tom and Salkeld, Audrey.   THE MYSTERY OF MALLORY AND IRVINE. £3.00    
         322pp. Index. 35 photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Jonathan Cape.
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    Howard-Bury, Charles.   MOUNTAINS OF HEAVEN. £3.00    
      Travels in the Tien Shan Mountains, 1913.   176pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs and 2 maps. His journal edited by Marian Keaney.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Hutchison, Robert A.   IN THE TRACKS OF THE YETI. £3.00    
         286pp. 13 photographs in colour. Travels in a sadly damaged Nepal looking for the Yeti and seeing much else.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Macdonald.
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    Jenkins, Peter.   ACROSS CHINA. £3.00    
         351pp. Travelling with 1984 American Everest expedition. More travel than climbing.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First US, Morrow.
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    Kolb, Fritz.   HIMALAYAN VENTURE. £3.00    
         147pp. 14 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Pre-war climbs in Garhwal, Zanskar and Lahoul.   Very good in chipped dw.   1959 First edition, Lutterworth Press.
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    Mantovani, Roberto and Diemberger, Kurt.   K2. £5.00    
      Challenging the Sky.   144pp. 4to. Superb record of early and recent expeditions in b/w and colour photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1995 First edition, Swan Hill.
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    Maraini, Fosco.   WHERE FOUR WORLDS MEET. £6.00    
      Hindu Kush, 1959.   290pp. Index. With 163 excellent photographs, many in colour, and maps.   Fine. A lovely copy.   1965 Second impression, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Mason, Kenneth (edits).   THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £15.00    
      Volume X. 1938.   229pp. Maps, panoramas and photographs, several folding. In the original grey wrappers.   Very good indeed.   At the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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    Mason, Kenneth (edits).   THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. Vol VI: 1934 £18.00    
      Records of the Himalayan Club.   197pp. Contributors include Ruttledge (on Everest 1933), Wager, Blacker, Auden, Morris, Mason, Pallis. Photographs in b/w (2 folding panoramas and 1 folding drawing showing peaks and their heights.)   Very good indeed in original grey wrappers.   At the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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    Mason, Kenneth (edits).   THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. Vol V: 1933. £13.00    
      Records of the Himalayan Club.   168pp. Contributors include Ruttledge, Kingdon-Ward, Spence and Mason. Photographs in b/w (1 folding panorama and 1 folding sketch map)   In original grey wrappers. Front hinge detached and paper spine starting to split but binding holding well.   At the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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    Mason, Kenneth (edits).   THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL. £28.00    
      Vol VII 1935   203pp. Contributors include Tilman on Nanda Devi, Kingdon-Ward on 'The Forests of Tibet', Bechtold on Nanga Parbat and Smythe on Kangchenjunga, With superb folding map in colour of the Zemu Gap. Many other plans, photographs and panoramas, many folding. An outstanding issue.   Very good indeed in original grey wrappers. One title on the front wrapper has been underlined in red.   At the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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    Mason, Kenneth.   ABODE OF SNOW. £9.00    
      A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering.   372pp. Index. 21 black and white photographs. 16 maps and diagrams. Identical sheets and dw to UK edition.   Fine in slightly rubbed dw. A very nice copy.   1955 First US edition, Dutton, New York.
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    Mason, Kenneth.   ABODE OF SNOW. £7.00    
      A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering.   372pp. Index. 21 illustrations and 16 maps.   Boards a little marked and faded. Inscription. Excellent internally.   1955 First edition, Rupert Hart-Davis.
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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 and Gogna, A.   K2 MOUNTAIN OF MOUNTAINS. £15.00    
         177pp. Colour photographs. Climbing history and 1979 ascent.   Fine in fine dw. A lovely copy.   1981 First edition, Kaye & Ward.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   MY QUEST FOR THE YETI. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
         169pp. 25 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   EVEREST, EXPEDITION TO THE ULTIMATE. £5.00    
         254pp. Many photographs in colour and b/w. First ascent without oxygen.   Fine in near-fine dw. Spine panel of dw faded as usual.   1979 First edition, Kaye & 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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    Messner, Reinhold.   TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD. £8.00    
      Alpine Challenges in the Himalaya and Karakoram.   256pp. Paperback edition. Photographs in colour and b/w. Translated by Jill Neate. Signed by Messner on the title page.   Fine.   1999 Crowood Press.
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    Murray, W.H.   THE STORY OF EVEREST. £3.00    
         230pp. Index. B/w photographs.   Near-fine.   1953 Revised edition Dent.
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    Noel, Captain J.B.L.   THE STORY OF EVEREST. £12.00    
         258pp. 38 photographs. Everest 1922 and 1924. US edition of 'Through Tibet to Everest'.   Very good indeed.   1931 Reprint, Blue Ribbon Books, New York.
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    Noyce, Wilfrid and Taylor, Richard.   EVEREST IS CLIMBED. £24.00    
         Puffin Picture Book No.100. 30pp. Card covered stapled booklet. Illustrated with attractive sketches and watercolour drawings   A lovely copy with one short nick to top of front wrapper. Otherwise very clean and bright.   1954 First edition, Penguin Books.
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    Noyce, Wilfrid.   SOUTH COL. £2.00    
      One Man's Adventures on the ascent of Everest, 1953.   303pp.4 colour and 48 b/w photographs. 5 maps.   Very good. Owner's name.   1954 First edition, Heinemann.
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    O'Connor, Bill.   THE TREKKING PEAKS OF NEPAL. £3.00    
         224pp. Index. Sketch maps and b/w photographs. Card covers.   Near-fine. Owner's name.   1991 Crowood Press.
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    Pallis, Marco.   PEAKS AND LAMAS. £5.00    
         428pp. Climbing and Buddhist culture in Ladakh, Spiti and Sikkim. Chapter on climb of Satopanth by Colin Kirkus. 95 fine black and white photographs.   Very good. Boards a little marked. Inscription.   1946 Fourth edition Cassell.
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    Pallis, Marco.   PEAKS AND LAMAS. £6.00    
         428pp. Climbing and Buddhist culture in Ladakh, Spiti and Sikkim. Chapter on climb of Satopanth by Colin Kirkus. 95 fine black and white photographs.   Very good. Boards a little marked.   1946 Fourth edition Cassell.
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    Perrin, Jim.   THE VILLAIN. £12.00    
      The Life of Don Whillans.   354pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw. An outstanding copy.   2005 Second impression, Hutchinson.
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    Pierre, Bernard.   A MOUNTAIN CALLED NUN KUN. £3.00    
         189pp. 20 b/w photographs and 5 maps and diagrams. French ascent of 23,000 foot peak in Kashmir.   Very good.   1955 First edition, Hodder.
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    Reynolds, Kev.   KANGCHENJUNGA: a trekkers guide. £5.00    
         176pp. Small 8vo. Limp covers. Index. Black and white and colour photographs and sketch maps.   Fine. An excellent copy.   1999 First edition, Cicerone Press.
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    Roskelly, John.   NANDA DEVI. £3.00    
      The Tragic Expedition.   240pp. B/w photographs. Unsoeld's 1976 expedition when his daughter, named after the mountain, was lost.   Fine in dw with faded spine panel.   1987 Second impression, US edition, Stackpole.
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    Roskelly, John.   LAST DAYS. £3.00    
         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.   GALEN ROWELL'S VISION. £5.00    
      The Art of Adventure Photography.   288pp. Many of his fine mountain and Tibetan pictures used as examples in a beautifully produced account of how he does it.   Fine in fine dw.   1993 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. £3.00    
         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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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST 1933. £13.00    
         390pp. Index. 59 monochrome plates. 3 folding maps.   Very good. Some light spotting and a litle wear to corners.   1934 Third impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Salkeld, Audrey and Boyle, John.   CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST. £38.00    
      The Bibliography. The literature and history of climbing the world's highest mountain.   119pp. Card covers.   Fine   1993 First edition, Sixways Publishing, Clevedon.
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    Scott, James and Robertson, Joanne.   LOST IN THE HIMALAYAS. £3.00    
         222pp. 8 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Australian climber survives 43 days in Nepali mountains in winter.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First edition, Mainstream, Edinburgh.
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    Sharma, K.P.   GARHWAL AND KUMAON. £8.00    
      A Guide for Trekkers and Tourists   192pp. Small 8vo. Limp covers. Index. Black and white and colour photographs and sketch maps.   Very good.   1998 First edition, Cicerone Press.
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    Shipton, Eric.   MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY. £6.00    
         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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    Shipton, Eric.   NANDA DEVI. £23.00    
         310pp. 27 tissue-guarded full-page b/w plates. Endpaper sketch map.   Very good. A very bright copy.   1936 Second impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Shipton, Eric.   UPON THAT MOUNTAIN. £3.00    
         222pp. His first climbing autobiography.   Corners bumped. Inscription. Otherwise very good.   1943 First edition, Hodder and Stoughton.
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    Shipton, Eric.   UPON THAT MOUNTAIN £3.00    
         222pp. 30 plates and 4 maps. His climbing autobiography. Includes chapters on Kenya, Everest and Nanda Devi.   Very good.   1944 Reprint Hodder and Stoughton.
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    Shirakawa, Yoshikazu (photographs).   HIMALAYAS. £7.00    
         128pp. 4to. 71 full-page colour photographs, 8 in b/w and 6 maps. Introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. Notes on the photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1977 Harry N.Abrams, New York.
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    Simpson, Joe.   DARK SHADOWS FALLING. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
         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 KANCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. £12.00    
         464pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs.   Very good. A little light spotting.   1930 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE KANCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. £8.00    
         464pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs.   Very good. Some slight fading and fraying of spine.   1930 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE KANCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. £12.00    
         464pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs.   Very good. Inscription.   1930 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE KANCHENJUNGA ADVENTURE. £8.00    
         464pp. Index. 48 b/w photographs.   Very good. A very bright bcopy but one nick to cloth on edge of spine. Owner's initials.   1930 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Smythe, F.S.   CAMP SIX. £43.00    
         307pp. 36 full-page b/w photographs. His account of reaching the highest yet on Everest in 1936. In the original blue cloth.   Very good. Without any inscriptions, labels etc but cloth of spine a little marked.   1937 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Smythe, F.S.   CAMP SIX. £3.00    
         315pp. Pocket edition without illustrations.   Very good in slightly chipped dw.   1938 Hodder.
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    Smythe, F.S.   KAMET CONQUERED. £9.00    
         420pp. Index. 59 b/w photographs and 2 maps. The first ascent.   Very good indeed.   1932 First edition, 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. £3.00    
         196pp. Colour photographs. The first British woman to climb Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Stonor, Charles.   THE SHERPA AND THE SNOWMAN. £3.00    
         209pp. Index. 37 photographs. Scientific expedition failed to find the Yeti.   Very good indeed.   1955 First edition, Hollis & Carter.
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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. An immaculate copy of a scarce title.   1981 First edition, Eyre Methuen.
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    Taylor, Peter.   COOPER'S CREEK TO LANTANG II. £3.00    
         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.   NEPAL HIMALAYA. £15.00    
         272pp. Index. 61 b/w photographs by the author. Two expeditions, 1949 and 1950. Appendix on natural history by Oleg Polunin   Very good. An excellent copy.   1952 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   MOUNT EVEREST 1938. £8.00    
         160pp. Index. 33 plates and 4 maps.   Very good. Boards faded. Inscription.   1948 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £6.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index. Pictorial boards. Otherwise the same as the first edition.   Corners rubbed. Otherwise very good.   1937 Readers Union.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £18.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index. Identical to UK edition.   Very good indeed. A tight, clean copy.   1937 First edition US, Macmillan, New York.
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    Tilman, H.W.   TWO MOUNTAINS AND A RIVER. £12.00    
         233pp. 36 plates and 6 maps.   Very good. Owner's name. Edges slightly rubbed.   1949 First edition, Cambrigde University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   TWO MOUNTAINS AND A RIVER. £3.00    
         233pp. Index. 36pp photographs. 6 maps. Travels and climbs in central Asia after the war. Ex-public library copy in library binding.   Very good.   1949 First edition, Cambrigde University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. £9.00    
         232pp. Index. 54 photographs and 6 maps. Pre-war mountain explorationin the Assam Himalaya (crossing the Zemu Gap) and an account of his war in Albania.   Very good indeed.   1947 Second impression, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   NEPAL HIMALAYA. £12.00    
         272pp. Index. 61 b/w photographs by the author. Two expeditions, 1949 and 1950. Appendix on natural history by Oleg Polunin   Very good. Blue cloth darkening a little and corners rubbed.   1952 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   CHINA TO CHITRAL. £13.00    
         124pp. Index. 69 photographs. 1948 journeys in Central Asia to visit Shipton in Kashgar and attempts on Bogdo Ola and Chakar Aghil.   Very good in rubbed and worn dw. Endpapers spotted.   1951 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI. £12.00    
         235pp. 35 plates. Index.   Boards and spine rubbed. Internally very good. Owner's name.   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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    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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    Tucker, John.   KANCHENJUNGA. £3.00    
         224pp. Index. 35 b/w photographs. Reconnaissance for the first ascent in 1955.   Very good. Boards a little faded and marked.   1955 First edition, Elek.
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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. £3.00    
      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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    Ullman, James Ramsey.   AMERICANS ON EVEREST. £4.00    
      The official account of the ascent led by Norman G.Dyhrenfurth.   429pp. 7 photographs in colour and 67 in b/w.   Very good.   1964 First edition, Lippinciott, Philadelphia.
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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.   Fine in fine dw.   1981 First edition, Allen Lane.
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    Unsworth, Walt.   EVEREST. £5.00    
         704pp. Index. 52 b/w photographs. Check list of expeditions. List of sumitteers. Second edition of this standard work updated to include all expeditions to 1988.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 New edition, Oxford Illustrated Press.
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    Weir, Thomas.   THE ULTIMATE MOUNTAINS. £5.00    
      An Account of Four Month's Mountain Exploring in the Central Himalaya.   98pp. 77 black and white photographs and 4 maps. A circuit of the Nanda Devi range.   Very good.   1953 First edition, Cassell.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £3.00    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good indeed in edge-worn dw.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £2.00    
         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. £3.00    
         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. £3.00    
      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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    Wollaston, Nicholas.   HANDLES OF CHANCE. £3.00    
      A Journey from the Solomon Islands to Istanbul.   256pp. 24 b/w photographs. A climbing season in Lahul, visits to Bihar, Orissa and Swat.   Very good indeed.   1956 First edition, Cape.
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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. In worn dw.   1934 Reprint, Arnold.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE. £3.00    
         243pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 4 maps.   Cloth torn on back board. Otherwise sound.   1936 Reprint, Nelson.
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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. A account of the first three expeditions.   Very good. Cloth a little rubbed.   1926 Reprint, Arnold.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   WONDERS OF THE HIMALAYAS. £6.00    
         210pp. His travels retold.   Very good.   1929 Reprint, John Murray.
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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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    Zhang Mingtao et al   THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. £8.00    
      Exploring the Mysteries of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.   227pp. 4to. Index. 232 illustrations, including 138 colour photographs and 2 maps. A Chinese/American collaboration on the geography of the region by research team fron the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A heavy book.   Fine in fine dw.   1982 First edition, Abrams, New York.
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