(Mountaineering, Exploration, Travel, Hunting), a collection...

Hammer

£900

(Mountaineering, Exploration, Travel, Hunting), a collection of sixteen late 19th/early 20th Century mountaineering and exploration books relating to the Himalayas, Alps, Rockies, Andes, Dolomites etc, including Edward WHYMPER, 3 titles: 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69', London, John Murray, 1871, 4th thousand, 5 folding maps, 23 full page engraved plates + 92 illustrations in text as called for, 432pp, original green cloth, spine decorated and lettered in gilt (VGC). Edward Whymper (1840–1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. Whymper also made important first ascents on the Mont Blanc massif and in the Pennine Alps, Chimborazo in South America, and the Canadian Rockies. His exploration of Greenland contributed an important advance to Arctic exploration, 'The Ascent of the Matterhorn', London, John Murray, 1880, 1st edition, 2 folding maps + 14 full page engraved plates + 91 illustrations in the text as called for, xxii, 325pp, original blue decorative cloth gilt, bevelled edges, gilt blocked illustration of the Matterhorn to front cover (VGC), 'Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator', L, John Murray, 1892, 2nd edition, folding lithographic map in rear pocket + 3 further maps (of which 2 folding) + 20 full page engraved plates + 118 ills. in text as called for, original decorative cloth gilt, bevelled edges; Lieutenant P.T. Etherton: 'Across the Roof of the World: a Record of Sport and Travel Through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia', London, Constable & Co, 1911, 1st edition, folding map, portrait frontis + numerous full page plates and ils. in text as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. The author hunted sheep, gazelle, ibex, wapiti, and roe deer. Czech, p. 73: "This book represents a wonderful blend of travel, explorations, and big game hunting."; Guido Rey: 'The Matterhorn', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1907, 1st edition, 14 tipped in tinted plates + 11 full page plates from photographs + 23 in text ills. by Edouardo Rubino as called for, 336pp, original cloth, leather gilt labels to spine, top edge gilt, others uncut; Hugh Tuttledge: 'Everest: The Unfinished Adventure', L, Hodder & Stoughton, November 1937, 1st edition, portrait ills. of the 13 expedition members on 7 full page plates at front (including Hugh Ruttledge as the portrait frontispiece) + 2 folding maps & portfolio of sixty-three photographic plates at rear, as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. After his attempt to summit the mountain in 1933, Ruttledge was invited to lead the sixth British attempt on Everest in 1936. Because of recent failed expeditions, the pressure on Ruttledge's large and talented team to succeed was great, but heavy snow and an early monsoon forced them to abort their summit attempt; James D. Forbes: 'Norway and Its Glaciers, Visited in 1851; Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy', Edinburgh, A & C black, 1853, 1st edition, 2 coloured lithograph maps (of which 1 folding at rear) + 10 coloured lithographic plates (including frontis) + 22 wood engravings in text as called for, xxiv,349pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt (VGC). Bookplate of Peter Bicknell (1907-1995), British architect, author, exhibition curator and mountaineer, attached to FFEP; Sir William Martin Conway: 'THE FIRST CROSSING OF SPITSBERGEN. Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Descriptions of Several Mountain Ascents, of Boat Expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a Voyage to North-East-Land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island', L, Dent, 1897, 1st edition, 8 colour lithographic plates (after sketches by H.E. Conway) + 2 large folding colour maps + numerous photographic black & white plates & ills. as called for, xii,371pp, original quarter beige over green bevelled edge cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. The author spent the summers of 1896 and 1897 exploring the interior of West Spitsbergen. They made 13 mountain ascents, produced a survey sketch of about 600 sq miles of central West Spitsbergen, almost completed a circumnavigation of the main island; Samuel Turner: 'Siberia. A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905, 1st edition, portrait frontis + 2 folding maps + numerous full page & in text black & white ills. from photgraphs as called for, original red pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. A journey across Siberia and the pioneering winter exploration of the Altai Mountains, the highest mountains of Siberia; Lewis R. Freeman: 'On The Roof Of The Rockies. The Great Columbia Icefield Of The Canadian Rockies', NY, Dodd Mead, 1925, 1st US edition, frontis + 60 full page ills. from photographs as called for, xiii,[3],270pp, original pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper (scarce in d/w); J. Monroe Thorington: 'The Glittering Mountains of Canada - a Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924', Philadelphia PA, John W. Lea, 1925, 1st edition, limited edition (1059/1500), numbered, 65 plates from photos (including frontispiece), 4 panoramic plates and 6 maps as called for, original cloth gilt; Walter Dwight Wilcox: 'The Rockies of Canada. A Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Camping in the Canadian Rockies", NY & London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909, 3rd edition, large folding colour map in pocket at rear + numerous photogravure and other ills. by the author as called for, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; plus Sanger Davies 'Dolomite Strongholds', 1894, John Tyndall 'The Glaciers of the Alps', 1860, Marsh 'Two Seasons in Switzerland', 1895 & Javelle 'Alpine Memories', 1899 (16)