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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
Lot No.
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Description:
Books on the Himalayas & Tibet (5). Howard-Bury,C.K. Mount Everest. the Reconnaissance, 1921.Sydney, Australasian Publishing Co., Ltd., London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1922. Frontispiece, 32 photo plates, 3 large folding maps, (12),356pp., edges untrimmed, owner's signature (1924) in inner margin of title page, some occasional very pale spotting, large 8vo., later 1/4 black morocco, cloth boards. a very good copy. the reconnaissance expedition to prepare for the unsuccessful expedition of 1922 and the ill-fated expedition of 1924; Conway, William Martin [and] McCORMICK, A. D. Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. London, T.Fisher Unwin, 1894.300 illustrations by McCormick, large folding map spotted and repaired along folds without loss, xxviii,709pp., some occasional minor signs of use, large 8vo., later 1/2 morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards. a very good copy.Without the scarce second volume containing the scientific reports; White, J.Claude. Sikhim & Bhutan. Twenty-one years on the North-East Frontier, 1887-1908. London, Edward Arnold, 1909. First edition. Portrait frontispiece of the author, 38 photo plates (6 photogravures), 2 facsimile documents (1 folding), large folding map, xix,(1),332pp., 32pp. adverts., some light spotting to early pages, old ownership signature [1912] in inner margin of title page, large 8vo., recent 1/2 calf to style, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards. a very good copy. the plates are fine photographs by the author himself; Waddell, L.A. Among the Himalayas. second Edition. Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co., 1900. Numerous illustrations by A.D.McCormick and from photographs, large folding map, xvi,452pp., 32pp. adverts., 8vo., recent 1/2 calf. spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards. a very good copy. First published 1899.There is a faint blindstamp on the titlepage 'Presented By Archibald Constable & Co.' ; Landon, Perceval. Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission sent there by the English Government in the Year 1903-4. Written, with the help of all the principal Persons of the Mission, by Perceval Landon. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1905. First edition. Two volumes. Portrait frontispiece to each volume, total of 40 plates, 13 coloured and 22 good quality photogravures, 6 maps and plans, and a large folding map. (20), 414pp. & (12).426pp., a very occasional foxing spot, old [1914] ownership signature in inner margin of titlepage of each volume, large 8vo., recent binding in red morocco, spines gilt with contrasting title label, marbled boards. a very good set.
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Category:
Unclassified