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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:315
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:315
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:253
Date:23-Sep-2018
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9ct yellow gold & diamond brooch. 50s/60s spray brooch set 0.19ct diamond, Wt. 3.33g
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Chinese silver & jade pendant. With sterling silver chain, length 29 cm (chain) Wt. 25.9g
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Three stone set stick pins. Incl. 15ct pink gold pearl & turquoise; 9ct yellow gold & uncut stone; & silver gilt & opal triplet.
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Three various Swiss pocket watches etc. Unbranded enamel faced full hunter, Gf case, Af; Tavannes enamel face hunter, Gf case (poor), running; 'Chronometre' open faced womans pocket watch, Gf case, running. Small Cyprus 9ct cased womans wrist watch, running.
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Three various watches. Incl. Elgin full hunter ename faced, Gf fob watch, running; American watch Co 'Bond' Street full hunter enameled faced, English sterling silver cased fob watch, running; & Neuchatel mens auto wrist watch in Gf case. Faceted fancy crystal, running
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Victorian jet mourning brooch & jet. Incl. Jet mourning brooch, as inspected; & piece of unfashioned jet.
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9ct Italian flat curb link chain, length 54 cm Wt. 31g
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9ct pink gold Albert chain, length 37 cm Wt. 22g
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1910 Melbourne gold sovereign. With 18ct mount & chain, length 22 cm (chain) Wt. 14.5g
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1907 Melbourne gold sovereign. With 18ct gold mount & chain. Bail & clasp A/F, L22 cm (chain) Wt. 16.6g
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9ct Italian gold chain, length 48 cm Wt. 13.8g
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Five 9ct gold rings. 2 set with diamonds, 1 set red & white stones, Wt. 12.9g (total)
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Four 9ct rings. Set with various synthetic stones. Together with a 14ct ring, Wt. 16g
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Five various jade & gold rings. 14ct (4) & 18ct (1), Wt. 19.6g (total)
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19 various mixed metal rings
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9ct cameo brooch. Queen conch shell with pink gilt gold surround.
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15ct '1888' Centenary brooch, Wt. 3.5g
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French jet including necklaces, Sautoir etc. 4 necklaces; brooch; pair earrings; sautoir; & loose beads.
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Eight imitation ivory pieces. 2 brooches; carved & graduated necklaces; & bone bracelet etc.
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Quantity of costume jewellery
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Hallmarked sterling silver emerald set pocket Saxon sun-dial. Hallmarked London 1975, maker Gf. Emerald set tablet. Missing gnomon, length 7 cm Wt. 78g
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Carnelian, amethyst & citrine necklaces. Carnelian & agate bead, faceted citrine & amethyst (with silver clasp) necklaces, length 34 cm (longest)
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Magazine, 'Captain Goodvibes the Whole Earth Pigalogue'. Tony Edwards, pub. By Tracks Publishing, Avalon, 1975, pp 60. Also various press clippings & Exhibition Catalogue
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Magazine (3) Captain Goodvibes. Incl 'Strange Tales,' pp 24,1975; 'Porkarama,' pp 66,1980, (poor condition); & 'My life as a Pork Chop,' 1973-1981. Tony Edwards, published by Flying Pineapple Media, Victoria, 2011
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Five Australian Oz Magazines. Seminal Australian Satire by Richard Neville, Martin Sharp, Garry Shead, Peter Kingston et al. Numbers 17,18, 26, 28 & 37
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Quantity of of Hawke Era Political Badges. 12 various Australian Labor Party & other protest from 70s & 80s
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Five Pop Concert Programmes, 1960s. Incl. The Liverpool Sound headlined by Jerry & The Pacemakers, The Big Show with Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Twist with Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydel, The Who with Small Faces, B.B King Blues Band with Fleetwood Mac (UK Concert)
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Nine Various Jazz Concert Programmes. Mostly Australian tours & concerts including Sammy Davis Jr, Eddie Condon, 1st Australian Jazz festival with Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Teddy Wilson etc, Louis Armstrong (2), Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck (1960). Also Jazz Expo 69 The Newport Jazz festival in London, & Jazz Down Under magazine Vol.1 No.1
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Various Private Eye Magazines (9). English satirical tract renowned for its captioned covers. Spans 1962 to 2012, Nos. 5, 17, 24, 34, 35, 252, 527, 1313 & 1314. Last 3 with Murdock covers
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Early Time Out London Magazines. 1970s including No. 69, 70 (Crumb, Oz Obscenity Cover) 72, 74, 76 (Brookes 'Beano' cover), 77 (John & Yoko) & 323
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Six Various Folk Music Concert Programmes. Incl. Peter Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Kingston Trio (these all UK). Also Buffy Sainte-Marie & Pentangle (Australian)
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Seven Various Pop Concert Programmes. Incl. Dire Straits, Paul Simon Graceland Tour, Leo Sayer '78 & '84, Joan Armatrading, & Bob Dylan '78 (with ticket), 2007 (with ticket)
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Seven Various Beatles Content Magazines. Incl. Nova, March 1969 John & Yoko (2); International Record buyers guide, Lennon 1980; Rolling Stone Harrison Memorial issue; Rolling Stone 1988 Lennon edition; Mojo July 2001, Lennon & The Mob; & Rolling Stone, May 2001 Beatles Special
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Oz London Magazines. 24 various issues spanning the full publishing history, numbers1 (Jan 1967), 2 (x2) (with 1 Image Maker poster), 3, 4 (x2), 6,7,8 (including Che Guevara Poster), 9, 10, 13, 16,17; 19, 28 (infamous School Kids Issue), 30 (including Hendrix poster), 33, 37 (x2), 43,47 & 48 (final issue, November 1973). Overall condition good to excellent
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Books (6), Australian Counterculture. Incl. 'Hippie Hippie Shake,' Richard Neville, Bloomsbury, 1995, 1st; 'Playpower,' Richard Neville, Jonathan Cape, 1970 (reprint, 1970, with Headopoly Game in rear pocket. Australian customs removed this game for local sale); 'Playpower,' Richard Neville, Paladin (pb) 1971 (2nd reprint); 'The Trials of Oz,' Tony Palmer, Blond & Briggs, 1971,1st; 'My Generation,' Albie Thoms, Media 21, 2012, 1st; 'Sydney Underground Movies 1965-1970,' Peter Mudie, Unsw Press, 1997
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Encyclopedia Psychedelica (14). Almost complete run of English neo-hippy publication, spanning 1986 to 1991. Complete in 15 issues, this run is missing 13 & 14, however does have the scarce pre publication manifesto
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The Face, Issue 1. May 1980, also number 20 (1990) of this iconic magazine
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International Times First, 19 issues (except 10 & 16). London based counter culture bi-weekly newspaper supported by Paul McCartney, (very good condition for newsprint). October 1966 to October 1971, featuring William Burroughs, Jeff Nuttall, Ezra Pound, John Lennon & Yoko Ono et al
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Various British Underground Publications. Dawn, No.1; Anarchy, No.38 1964; Armagideon Times (Clash insert); Bitman (1973); The Great British Mistake, Vogue 1977-92 (Anchor Punk magazine); Underground, The London Underground Press, Nigel Fountain, Routledge, 1988
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1984 i-D Magazine Madonna. March/April issue no.15
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International Times, Various Issues. First 8 issues (except no.6) then 14, issues from no.92 (Dec '70) to no.124 ('Last Issue' February 1972). Also 3 subsequent revival editions, October 1973; June & July 1974; & autobiography by Barry Miles, foundation publisher of I.T.
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Books, Revolution & Us Pop. Mostly firsts as paperbacks including 'Naked Lunch,' 'Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-flake Streamline Baby,' 'The Medium is the Massage,' 'Little Red School Book,' (Aust ed. 2nd printing 1972). 'Transformation No.1 1950,' (cutting edge writing by Wayakawa, Mondrian, Le Corbusier etc)
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Book, 'Underground Graphics'. Graham Keen & Michael La Rue (ed.), pub. Academy, London 1970 (1st). The works of major English underground artists printed on heavy stock. Martin Sharp, Michael English, Nigel Weymouth etc. Featuring works from Oz, It, concert posters & other media, pp 80. Spine chipped at base, first few pages loose
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Books, British Pop Culture. 11 various 1960-70s contempory & later books on fab 60s to 70s punk. Also a Mary Quant cardboard doll fashion book & 4 fluro screenprint Mick Jagger posters (small losses & creases)
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Nuttall Geof, Burroughs, William S My Own Mag Fall Out Shelter [No 9] 1964. Edited by Geof Nuttall with contributions from William S Burroughs. 12 mimeographed pages stapled at top, cut & stained cover page as issued. Last page is an addendum of 'Moving Times' by William S Burroughs
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Vanity Fair Magazine, 1930 (12). Complete year, Prime Art Deco & Modernist covers
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Vanity Fair Magazine, 1933 (9). Missing April, May, September & November. 2 issues of January
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Vanity Fair Magazine, 1931 (12). Full year, except July; 2 issues of February (12)
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Vanity Fair Magazine,1932 (13). Complete year with extra November
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Various Early 20th century Vanity Fair Magazines (8). Incl. 1929 April, July, August & November. 1934 April, July, September & October
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Various 1920s Issues of Vanity Fair (10). Spanning May 1924 to December 1928
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Vanity Fair Magazine, 1935 (8). Missing April, August, November & December
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1921 French Fashion, Art Gout Beaute. 11 various original issues between, April 1921 & October 1922 (July 1922 x 2). Many pochoir illustrations, tipped in plates & fabric imprint endpapers
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Art Gout Beaute French Fashion Magazines. 12 various issues spanning December 1922 (special Christmas edition) to April 1925, (July 1923 x 3). Quality production with pochoir illustrations tipped in plates & fabric imprint endpapers
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Art Gout Beaute French Fashion Magazines. 8 various issues spanning March 1926 to October 1928. Incl. special Christmas 1927 edition. Many pochoir illustrations, tipped in plates & fabric imprint endpapers
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Art Gout Beaute French Fashion Magazines. 6 various issues spanning May 1929 to August 1931. Incl. 2 special December issues, 1929 & 1930. Many pochoir illustrations, tipped in plates & fabric imprinted endpapers
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Scanlans Magazine Complete Run. Counter cultural muck making including original work by Hunter S Thompson, Ralph Steadman, Robert Crumb et al. Incl. rare No.8 (final) issue which had to be printed in Quebec. 9 issues, March 1970 to January 1971, No.1 repeated
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Signed Revolutionary Pamphlet Frame Up. Angela Y Davis, published by The National United Committee to free Angela Davis, San Francisco 1972. Fully signed fly leaf, pp 15 with 2 photo illustrations. Also 4 relevant books, Angela Davis 'If they Come in the Morning;' 'The Prison Letters of George Jackson;' & Bobby Seale, 'Seize the Time;' & 'We Are Everywhere,' Jerry Rubin, 1971, 1st edition
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Six Various Idiot International Newspapers. From January 1970 onwards, issues 13,4,5,7, & 9
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Complete Run of Rags Magazine (14). Prescient style, street & alt fashion magazine from June 1970 to June 1971, edited by ex Rolling Stone foundation team Baron Wolman. Incl. June 1970 mock up copy
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1932 This Quarter Surrealist Number. Original english edition, guest editor Andre Breton. 'Prose, Poetry and Essays,' by Bunuel, de Chirico, Dali, Duchamp, Man Ray et al.
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Martin Luther King Autographed Dream Speech. Full original ink autograph by Doctor Martin Luther King Jr on the album cover of 'I Have a Dream' (Sue Records Stlp 1034, released 1965). Framed, 50 x 50 cm (including frame)
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Robert F Kennedy Signed Magazine. Fountain pen signature on his photo cover of the Saturday Evening Post, Aug 26, 1967 issue
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Two Counter Culture Periodicals. Circle No 5, 1943, edited by George Leite. Works by Henry Miller, E E Cummings Max Jacobs etc; Residu, published by Daniel Richter, Athens, 1965
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Hunter S Thompson Comprehensive Collection. 19 various original published works, & 2 critiques
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Various Alternative & Literature Periodicals. Incl. 5 issues (& pilot issue) of 'The Leveller,' British radical magazine; 'The Atlantic,' June 1938 which including contributions by Steinbeck & Virginia Woolf; 'Spare Rib;' Sept 11 New Yorker, 80's Vanity Fair etc.
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Books (2), Babar the Elephant. Histoire de Babar le Petit Elephant,' Jean de Brunhoff, Editions du Jardin de Modes Paris (in french). Very early edition, not 1st. Poor condition; 'Le Voyage de Babar,' Jean de Brunhoff, Editions du Jardin de Modes Paris (in french). Early edition, not 1st. Shabby condition
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Book, 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.' J M Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1907 (3rd edition). Cover marked & first 7 pages loose. Remainder clean & tightly bound, plates all excellent
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Books (8), Childrens Classics, Early Editions. Incl. 'Babar's Travels,' 1953; 'Babar & Zephyr,' N D; 'The Day the Guinea Pig Talked,' Paul Galico, 1st, 1963; 'Pookie Puts the World Right,' Ivy L Wallace, Collins N D; 'Rusty the Little Red Dachshund,' Dorothy L'Hommedieu, Rober Hale 1947, 1st; 'Billy Bun,' Susan Brigden, Juvenile Productions, 1956, 1st; 'Flying Postman,' V H Drummond Penquin (Porpoise Book) 1948 1st; 'Madeline,' Ludwig Bemelmans, Verschoyle, N D
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Signed Everest Colour Supplement. Special 1953 issue by The Times on the ascent of Everest with 9 autographs of team to cover. Incl. Hillary, John Hunt, Charles Wylie, Mike Westmacott etc
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Books (3), 1920s Everest Attempts. 'Mount Everest the Reconnaisance,' by Lieut-Col C K Howard-Bury DSO & other members, Edward Arnold, 1922, 1st edition, pp 316. With illustrations,maps & photos. Ex Libris Percy Livingstone Dickinson, his signature 1922. Also autographed by Westmacott on inside fly leaf (of Ed Hillary Expedition to Summit of Everest). Also small flyer with photo of Chom Lonzo (Everest), official photo from 1921 expedition. Gold lettering on black boards, very small amount of wear, top &…
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Book, 'Through Tibet to Everest.' Captain J B L Noel, signed by author. Arnold reprinted Dec 27,1st published Oct 27. Hardback 300 pages, 30 illus. Some foxing
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Book, 'Makalu - A Team Triumphant.' Jean Franco, Jonathan Cape, 1957, 1st edition. Hardcover, pp 256, original decorative cloth, in good condition, dw with wear to top & bottom of spine. Account of the 1955 French expedition which made the 1st, 2nd & 3rd ascents. Few pencil marks on top right of page with photo gallery of mountaineers, some browning in first 4 & last 2 (inside leaves), pages otherwise good clean copy, slight yellowing of pages consistent with age
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Book, 'Mount Everest 1938.' H W Tilman, Cambridge University Press. Hardback with dust cover & clear protective sleeve (very good condition). Handwritten letter from Charles Warren to Michael Wend. Book itself signed by Peter R Lloyd, Michael Wend & Charles Warren, who are all mentioned in the book
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Book, 'The Ascent of Everest.' John Hunt (who led the British expedition). Sticker inside: authorised copy of the Ascent of Everest, signed by John Hunt on inside right page & on next page, 8 other signatures of expedition members, including Hillary, but not Norgay. 1st edition 1953 Hodder & Stoughton hardback, dust jacket 290 very good condition, slight fading edgeboards, bluing of top edges of papers, tiny amount of spotting or foxing on right hand page edges.
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Book, 'First Over Everest - The Houston - Mount Everest Expedition, 1933'. Fellowes, Blacker & Etherton, Sqdn Idr The Maeques of Douglas & Clydsdale, forwarded by John Buccan. John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1st edition,1933. 57 illus (photos, diagrams & maps). Hardback, dust jacket with wear top & bottom. Original 3D glasses tucked in back envelope
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Book, 'Himalayan Journals, Notes of a Naturalist - In Bangor, the Sikkin & Nepal etc'. By Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co London Ny Melbourne, 1891. Inscription 1894, pp 559. Hardback, slightly worn top & bottom of spine, endpapers slightly browned. Maps tucked into front, good condition, minimal foxing
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Book, 'Himalayan Assault - The French Himalayan Expedition 1936'. Translated by Nea Morin, 48 gravure plates, 3 maps. Hardback, pp 203, 22 cm. Dark brown cover, very good condition, marginal foxing on front & back endpapers
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Book, 'Camp Six'. An account of the 1933 Everest Expedition, (Hugh Ruttledge) F S Smythe, Hodder & Stoughton,1st edition, 1937. Hardback, black and white photos throughout, pp 307. Previously owned by Scottish mountaineer Una Cameron, inscribed in her hand, on inside cover with drawing of alpine deer, & 2 pages of (recent) biographical notes on her, tucked inside book
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Book, 'The Pilots Book of Everest'. Squadron Leader the Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale AFC & MP & Flight Lieutenant D F McIntyre. 1st edition, 1936. Hardback, dust jacket in excellent condition, bar one tiny piece of colour missing, top right of front, as is book throughout. Inscribed ex Libris A E Tydeman, 1938
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The Geographical Journal (2). Vol Lx number 4, October, 1922. Photographs from Everest Expedition, Royal Geographical Soceity & Vol Lx number 6, Dec, 22. The Mt Everest expedition of 1922. Articles by C G Bruce, E L Strutt, George Leigh Mallory, Cpt G I Finch, article by N Odell (not Everest)
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Books (5), 'The Alpine Journal.' 1961 Vol 1 & 2 1962 Vol 1 & 2 1963 Vol 1
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Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Hillary Signed Cover. 25th Anniversary of 1st Everest climb issued by Kingdom of Nepal. Commemorative coin bound within stamped & postmarked cover bearing 2 signatures
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Books (3) Himalayas. 'The Kanchenjunga Aventure,' F S Smythe, Gollancz, 1st edition 1930 p.455; 'Kangchenjunga, the Untrodden Peak.' Charles Evans, Hodder & Stoughton. Hardback, dust jacket, 1st edition 1956, 'The 1955 Expedition' colour & monochrome photos. Ex library copy; & 'Kamet Conquered,' F S Smythe (1920 expedition), Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. Ex library copy
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Books (3), 'The Making of a Mountaineer'. George Ingle Finch, 1st edition May, 1924 Arrow Smith London. 78 photos, 1 drawing, 2 diagrams. Hardback gold embossed cover. Inscribed inside front endpaper to William Mcall from Ajr (?). Slight foxing on fore edge, almost none on pages; 'Comment on Devient Alpiniste,' George Ingle Finch. Translated from English (how to become a mountaineer), George de Malherbe. Librarie d'ardelle Chambery, 1926. Falling apart at 1st few pages, tears & loose pages; & 'The Struggle…
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Books (5), Everest. 'Everest the Challenge,' Sir Francis Younghusband, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, London. 1st pub. 1936. Harback, 16 illus, 4 maps & diagram; The Geographical Journal December, 1936, address: 'The Mount Expedition of 1936,' Hugh Ruttledge. With photographs; 'The Story of Everest 1921-1952,' W H Murray, J M Dent & Sons Ltd, London. 1st edition, 1953193 pages. Hardback, dust jacket has minor tears top & bottom, black and white illus & maps (14), 24 pages of photos; & 'The Ascent of Everest,'…
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Books (7), Everest. 'After Everest,', Howard Somerville, Hodder & Stoughton St Pauls House, London. 1st edition in this form, 1938 (1st printed 1936) p.320, 2 maps. Hardback 18 x 11 cm, foxing; 'My Climbs in the Alps & Caucasus,' A F Mummery, Thomas Nelson & Sons, reprint June 20 1908. Harback, p.378; 'The Glaciers of the Alps & Mountaineering in 1861,' John Tyndall, J M Dent & Sons; 'Mount Everest 1938,' H W Tilman, publisher, Cambridge, at the University Press,1st edition, 1948. Hardback, several illus &…
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Books (2), 'Everest 1933,' Hugh Ruttledge, Hodder & Stoughton, (5th imp), May, 1936. Publisher's note says 'the first popular edition consisting of the narrative which forms the major part of the original book.' Forward by Francis Younghusband, chapter by F S Smythe, foldout map at back. 17 black and white photos; & 'Everest, the Unfinished Adventure,' Hugh Ruttledge, expedition Everest of 1936. Hodder & Stoughton, 1937 1st edition. Hardback with dust jacket, worn at edges,light coloured & slightly soiled.…
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Books (7), Mountaineering. Incl. 'Two Mountains & A River,' Tillman, 1949; '6 Great Mountaineers,' Clark, 1956; 'Memoirs of a Mountaineer,' Chapman, 1945; 'The Red Snows,' Hunt & Brasher, 1960; 'The Avalanche Enigma,' Fraser, 1966; 'Annapurna,' Herzog, 1954; & 'Climbing the Fisher's Tail,' Noyce, 1958
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Books (9), Mountaineering Selection. Inc. 'Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1935,' Tony Astill, 2005; 'Dark Shadows Falling,' Joe Simpson, 1997; 'Ghosts of Everest,' Hemmleb, 1999; 'Everest, the Reconnaissance,' (1921) Charles Howard-Bury, 1991; 'A Mountain in Tibet,' Charles Allen, 1982; 'Peaks & Lamas,' Marco Pallis, 1948; 'A Photographic Record of the Mount Jolmo Lungma Scientific Expedition,' Science Press Peking, 1974; 'Another Ascent of the World's Highest Peak,' Foreign Languages Press Peking, 1976;…
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Books (6), Edmund Hillary Group, one signed. 'The National Geographic Magazine,' 1954 July, Hunt & Hillary on Everest; 'The Boys Book of Exploration,' edited by Sir Edmund Hillary, Cassell 1957 1st edition. Signed on title page by Ed Hillary. Hardback, dust jacket with worn edges. Photographs of Yeti footprints. Inscribed from Auntie Doreen to David pp 194; 'No Latitude for Error,' Sir Edmund Hillary Hodder & Stoughton Library copy, 1st edition, 1961; 'High Adventure,' Edmund Hillary, Hodder & Stoughton.…
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Books (8), George Mallory. 'Boswell the Biographer,' Mallory, 1912; 'Into the Silence,' Wade Davis (signed 2011); 'Wildest Dream,' Gillman, 2000; 'The Search for Mallory & Irvine,' Firstbrook, 1999; Ghosts of Everest,' Hemmleb, Johnson & Simonson, 1999; 'Climbing Everest - The Complete Writings of George Mallory,' 2010; 'The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine,' Holzel & Salkeld, 1986; & 'Mystery on Everest - A Photobiography of George Mallory,' Salkeld, 2000
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Books (3) Himalayas. 'Nanga Parbat ,' Incorporating the Official Reports of the Expeditons of 1953, Karl M Herrligkoffer, Elek Books London, 1st edition, 1954. Hardback dust jacket. Colour, black and white photos, maps. Foxing to1st half dozen pages, rest a bit yellowed, edges brownish, rest in good condition, edges yellowed. Boards, good condition, bit of browning on spine; 'Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage,' Hermann Buhl, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956,1st edition. Hardback dust jacket, p.352. Ex library copy, dust…
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Books (9), Everest. Incl. 'Everest - The West Ridge,' Hornbein, 1980; 'Everest-The South West Face,' Bonington, 1973; 'Climbing High,' Gammelgaard, 1999; 'Everest - The Hard Way,' Bonington, 1976; 'Everest - The Unclimbed Ridge,' Bonington & Clarke, 1983; 'Everest, Impossible Victory,' Habeler, 1979; 'Everest,' Messner, 1979; 'Left for Dead,' Weathers, 2000; 'Conquest of Everest,' lowe & Jones, 2013
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Books (9) Mountaineering. Incl. Annapurna South Face,' Bonington, 1971; Annapurna - A Womans Place,' Blum, 1984; 'K2 Lies & Treachery,' Marshall, 2009; 'No Way Down - Life & Death on K2,' Bowley (signed 2010); 'K2 the Price of Conquest,' Lacedelli & Cenacchi, 2006; 'Eiger - The Vertical Arena,' Anker, 2000 (damaged cover); 'Eiger Direct,' Gilman & Haston, 1966; 'The Eiger,' Haston, 1974; & 'The White Spider,' Harrer, 1995
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Books (9), Everest Expeditions. Incl. 'The Everest Adventure' (2nd Indian 1964); 'Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951;' 'Maurice Wilson, a Yorkshireman on Everest;' 'I'll Climb Everest Alone;' 'Alone to Everest;' 'Forunners to Everest;' 'High in the Thin Cold Air;' 'No Place for Men;' & 'South Col'
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Book, 'Einstein Albert, Sidelights on Relativity'. First english translation published Methuen, London 1922. Spine heavily sunned, interior binding cracked & title page loose
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Book,'Nonni Panopolitani Poetae Conversio Graeca Evangelii'. Published Jacob Roussin, 1620. Vellum bound book of Greek epic poetry with parallel text in Latin. Hand written note in Italian bound in as frontispiece
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Book, 'Brideshead Revisited'. Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall & The Book Society.1st edition, 1st printing, 1945. Fine, red boards, no jacket, no inscriptions
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Book, 'Black Mischief.' Evelyn Waugh, Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1932. 1st edition. Red & black cloth, one centimetre split at head of spine, lower joint slightly chafed, otherwise very good
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