1. Gos, Charles [Barnes, Malcolm trans].

Alpine Tragedy.

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, no year (c.1948). 16 cm x 23.7 cm. X, 282 pages. 35 photographs on plates at rear. 6 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright, clean and sharp cornered.

2. Pilley, Dorothy [Mrs I.A. Richards].

Climbing Days.

London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1935. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. XIII, 352 pages. 69 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Good condition only with stronger signs of external wear and staining to boards. Boards rubbed. Wear and rubbing to spine but binding still firm and strong. Occasional spotting to otherwise clean interior. Preowner details on front endpaper. Loose emphemera within: Daily Telegraph obituary of Dorothy dated 2 October 1986.

3. Freshfield, Douglas W.

Below the Snow Line.

London, Bombay, Sydney, Constable and Company Limited, 1923. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. VII, 270 pages. 9 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to head and heel of front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to bookblock edges and on preliminary pages. Interior otherwise bright and clean. Name of preowner on front endpaper.

4. Smythe, F.S.

Over Tyrolese Hills. Photographs by the Author.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, no year (c.1937). 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 292 pages. 35 other illustrations. Fold-out map at rear showing the Tyrolese Alps. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with lettering on spine. Vignette on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.

5. [Herbert, E.S.] Young, Geoffrey Winthrop.

Mountain Craft. With 28 Illustrations.

First edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., no year (c.1920). 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVII, 603 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind title lettering on front board. Deckled fore and tail edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean with occasional foxing. From the library of mountaineer and solicitor E.S.Herbert, with his name to the endpaper.

6. Smythe, F.S.

Camp Six – An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition.

First edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 307 pages. 36 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding very firm. Interior very bright and clean.

7. [Yama-to-Keikoku]

Yama-to-Keikoku.

12 issues (bound in two Volumes) Tokyo, Yama-to-Keikokusha, no year. Octavo. 245 pages (Vol. 38-39) and 792 pages (Vol.169-178). Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean interior lightly tanned throughout. Former Library copy. Alpine Club Library stamps on preliminary pages.

8. Kittl, Ernst.

Mittheilungen der Section für Naturkunde des Österreichischen Touristen-Club.

8 volumes in 4. Wien, Steyrermühl, 1889 – 1895. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm / 22.5 cm x 30 cm Circa 700 pages. Vol.I, 100 / Vol. II-III & V-VI, 352 pages / Vol.IV, 92 pages / Vol.VII-VIII, 172 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover / Halbleder. With gilt lettering on spine. 2 green marbled boards and 2 dark coloured boards. Vol.IV and Vol.VII-VIII in very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bindings firm and strong. Interiors clean and unmarked. Slight tanning throughout. Spines of Vol.I and Vol. II-III & V-VI in poor condition but overall still firm. Backstrip missing. Board corners rubbed. Interior clean. Tanning throughout.

9. Anrick, Carl-Julius (editor) / Anrick Calla (editor)

Svenska Turistföreningens Tidning.

8 volumes. Stockholm, Carl-Julius Anrick, 1933 – 1958 21.5 cm x 29 cm. Circa. 4367 pages. Vol.1933-34, 379 pages / Vol.1935-36, 410 pages / Vol.1937-38, 446 pages / Vol.1939, 255 pages / Vol.1940-45, 1183 pages / Vol.1946-50, 955 pages / Vol.1951-54, 764 pages / Vol. 1955-58, 764 pages. Hardcover. 7 volumes with green cloth with gilt lettering on title label on spine. One volume with brown cloth and gilt lettering on spine. Gilt roundel of the Alpine Club on all spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some tanning to otherwise clean and bright interior. All binding good and firm and square.

10. Società Rododendro.

Bollettino della Società Rododendro [ogni numero compresa una sezione / each issue including a section: “Sezione Automobilistica” / Compreso il numero unico “Paganella” per l’anno 1905 / With the extra number for 1905 “Paganella”].

Five Volumes (bound in 2). Trento, Società Rododendro / Scotoni & Viiti, 1904-1908. 21 cm x 30 cm. Vol.1-2, 200 pages / Vol.3-5, 240 pages. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout both volumes. Beautifully illustrated coloured paper issue covers in Vol.1-2. Fold-out map of ‘Val Nambino, Val Agola e Val Dalgone’ in Vol.3-5. Hardcover / Excellent, contemporary library Buckram with gilt lettering on spine / Illustrazione delle copertine [Art Nouveau] di Tevini e Vitti / [Original, beautifully decorative wrappers with art nouveau cover-art by Tevini and Vitti bound within]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some occasional abrasions to the brochure – covers bound within. Interior unmarked. Binding strong and firm. Alpine Club stamps throughout. / Includes many pages with advertising on early car travel / Advertising for “Puch”, “Adler” and “Neckarsulmer” Motociclette / Local Advertising for tourism in the italian Trento [Trient / Alto Adige / Suedtirol] /