1. 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.

2. Wilson, Claude.

Mountaineering. With illustrations by Ellis Carr.

London, George Bell & Sons, 1893. 12 cm x 17 cm. 208 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering and pictorial on front baord. Good condition only with signs of external wear and fading. Spine and hinges are worn and faded. Binding a little shaky but holding. Interior is bright and clean. [The All- England Series]

3. Whymper, Edward.

A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. With 79 Illustrations & Maps.

Fourteenth Edition. London, John Murray, 1910. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. XIV, 224 pages. 79 illustrations. One fold-out panormic photograph of Schwarze Glacier at rear. Fold-out map at rear showing ‘The Valley of Zermatt and the Central Pennine Alps.’ Softcover – publisher’s originally illustrated wrappers. Good- condition with stronger signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Rear cover is loosened and repairs have been made to the binding with some sellotape . Binding firm and strong otherwise.

4. Tilman, H.W.

Two Mountains and a River.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1949. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 232 pages. 83 illustrations on 37 plates. 6 maps, including sketch map of the mountainous region of Central Asia dominated by the Hindu Kush, Himalaya and Karakoram ranges Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bump to lower corner of front board. Signs of damp staining to foot of some pages throughout book. Interior otherwise bright and clean and sharp cornered. Summary of book on loose ephemera within book.

5. 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.

6. Moore, A.W. [ E.H. Stevens Ed.].

The Alps in 1864 – A Private Journal. Edited by E.H. Stevens.

Volume II (of Two Volumes). Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1939. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. XI, 524 pages.18 illustrations and Maps on pastedowns and endpapers of the Saas Grat, Turtmann and Bies Glaciers, the Moming Glacier, the Aletschhorn and the Wetterhorner. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Small vignette on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ink stains to top edge. Interior bright and clean. Ex-libris stamps near front. [Blackwell’s Mountaineering Library]

7. 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.

8. Abraham, George D.

The Complete Mountaineer. With Seventy-Five Illustrations.

Third Edition revised. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., no year (c.1923). 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 468 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean.

9. Abraham, George D.

First Steps to Climbing. With 24 Special Copyright Illustrations by Messrs. G.P. Abraham, Ld., Kerswick.

London, Mills & Boon Limited, 1923. 13 cm x 18.8 cm. 126 pages. 24 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some light foxing occasionally to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

10. Smythe, F.S.

Kamet Conquered.

First edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. 15 cm x 23.5 cm Frontispiece, XVI, 420 pages. 59 additional illustrations. Fold-out trace map at rear showing route of 1920 Kamet Expedition. Hardcover [publisher’s original dark cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to board edges at top and bottom. Some light foxing to title- and halftitle pages and very occasional hints of foxing to an otherwise bright and clean interior.