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Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. First edition in this format, being the first issue of the Uniform Edition. Illustrated with 24 of the author's photographs nicely reproduced on glossy double-sided plates, and with a map of the route taken over Mont Blanc. 8vo, in the original red cloth, lettered on the spine in black and in the original dustjacket. xi, 229 pp. A very pleasing copy, the text is essentially fine and very fresh, the binding strong and sturdy with very little wear but with some mottling and fading to the red dye, the jacket a bit toned on the spine and rear and with some very minor edge-rubbing but in all quite attractive and complete. FIRST PRINTING OF THE TITLE IN THE FORMAT UNIFORM WITH OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR. The textblock of the Uniform Edition is somewhat larger then the original and uses a larger, bolder typeface. Smythe was one of the greatest mountaineers of his age, and was also a pioneer in mountain photography. In this book he recounts a mountaineering… Read More

Harry N Abrams, New York, 1971. 1st ed in English Fine in VG dw in VG- slip case (as slight fading to top and bottom of front cover of slip case). Covers the Nepal, Punja, Sikkim and Hindu Kush Himalayas. Very large format edition, cream boards with black and red titling, colour photo-pictorial DJ, in black cloth board wrap-around slipcase with Japanese-style clasps and paper title label glued to front cover. 248-full page illustrations in full colour and 6 fold-out colour plates, 6 maps and diagrams. Please note that this is an oversized and very heavy item and thus postage will be more than that quoted as default. [Neate S72]

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First UK Edition translated from the German edition. Original green cloth binding with decorated front cover & spine, gilt lettering front & spine, original green coated end pages. The book has tissue-repaired inside hinges, strong binding and stable, former owner bookplate on the front pastedown, a bookstore stamp on upper edge of the verso of the FFEP along with seller's mark in pencil in the same area, no other marks or writing on any pages, a little fore-edge foxing but no foxing on page faces, light cover wear with some surface rubbing at the corners, generally clean. Complete with all maps and illustrations. The plates with the original photos are clean with no darkening/browning of the margins that is sometimes found with this book. The book measures 26cm tall x 18cm and has 404pp, 3 colored folding maps, colored frontispiece, 8 mounted b/w photos, 12 illustrated plates, 19 text illustrations, 11… Read More

NY: Smithmark, 1994. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Smithmark, 1994. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14 1/4", 144pp., illustrated with full color photographs, many full-page. Inscription on fly leaf, else near fine in very good dust jacket with light wear at the crown. . Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio.

Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. First edition in this format, being the first issue of the Uniform Edition. Illustrated with 24 of the author's photographs nicely reproduced on glossy double-sided plates, and with a map of the route taken over Mont Blanc. 8vo, in the original red cloth, lettered on the spine in black and in the original dustjacket. xi, 229 pp. A very pleasing copy, the text is essentially fine and very fresh, the binding strong and sturdy with very little wear but with some mottling and fading to the red dye, the jacket a bit toned on the spine and rear and with some very minor edge-rubbing but in all quite attractive and complete. FIRST PRINTING OF THE TITLE IN THE FORMAT UNIFORM WITH OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR. The textblock of the Uniform Edition is somewhat larger then the original and uses a larger, bolder typeface. Smythe was one of the greatest mountaineers of his age, and was also a pioneer in mountain photography. In this book he recounts a mountaineering… Read More

Harry N Abrams, New York, 1971. 1st ed in English Fine in VG dw in VG- slip case (as slight fading to top and bottom of front cover of slip case). Covers the Nepal, Punja, Sikkim and Hindu Kush Himalayas. Very large format edition, cream boards with black and red titling, colour photo-pictorial DJ, in black cloth board wrap-around slipcase with Japanese-style clasps and paper title label glued to front cover. 248-full page illustrations in full colour and 6 fold-out colour plates, 6 maps and diagrams. Please note that this is an oversized and very heavy item and thus postage will be more than that quoted as default. [Neate S72]

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First UK Edition translated from the German edition. Original green cloth binding with decorated front cover & spine, gilt lettering front & spine, original green coated end pages. The book has tissue-repaired inside hinges, strong binding and stable, former owner bookplate on the front pastedown, a bookstore stamp on upper edge of the verso of the FFEP along with seller's mark in pencil in the same area, no other marks or writing on any pages, a little fore-edge foxing but no foxing on page faces, light cover wear with some surface rubbing at the corners, generally clean. Complete with all maps and illustrations. The plates with the original photos are clean with no darkening/browning of the margins that is sometimes found with this book. The book measures 26cm tall x 18cm and has 404pp, 3 colored folding maps, colored frontispiece, 8 mounted b/w photos, 12 illustrated plates, 19 text illustrations, 11… Read More

NY: Smithmark, 1994. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Smithmark, 1994. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14 1/4", 144pp., illustrated with full color photographs, many full-page. Inscription on fly leaf, else near fine in very good dust jacket with light wear at the crown. . Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio.