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HARRY AYRES: MOUNTAIN GUIDE, - Michael Mahoney, 1st Edn 1982. Whitcoulls, Christchurch, original blue cloth, VG+ inside with previous owner's sig on fep, sl chipped original dustjacket . Foreword by Ed Hillary. Ayres was New Zealand's pre-eminent guide during 1940s and 50s - plus his involvement at Scott base during Trans-Antarctic expedition - a fine biography by Father Mahoney, himself a guide who knew Ayres well. SIGNED by Mike Mahoney THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

FORBIDDEN JOURNEY - ELLA MAILLART, 1st UK edn., 1949 edn., Heinemann, London, B&W plates, fold-out map, foxing to page ends, OIriginal scarce jacket with a coiuple of chips missing, Rough journey from Peking to Kashmir undertaken with Peter Fleming - you'd hardly know they travelled together. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MOUNT EVEREST - The Reconnaissance, 1921 - Howard-Bury & Mallory, Edward Arnold, London, 1922. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Uk Edition. 355 pp, 3 large fold-out maps VG+, frontispiece with tissue-guard and 32 B&W photographs. British expedition led by Howard-Bury to north side of Everest, eventually reached the North Col to open the way for subsequent attempts on the North ridge. A classic account of this early Mount Everest mountaineering expedition that walked from Darjeeling into Tibet, with a team including George Mallory, almost no foxing, clean and tight inside, rubbed edges to original blue boards, gilt titles, one bumped corner, overall VG. Previous owner's signature and stamp fep.
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THE CRYSTAL HUNTERS, George Manville Fenn, Partridge, London, 1897, new edition, 400 page hardback - a boy's adventures in the higher alps (fiction) - sl dulled/worn covers but fine illustrations, shaken - THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH - Scout Marr of the Quest expedition, 1923 1st edn., Cassell and Co., London, 245 page hardback, original green cloth with gilt title, covers Vg - one sl wear mark on spine, decoration on front board, B&W plates, endpaper with section cut - written by James Marr, the Boy Scout who voyaged on Quest with Shackleton and Wild...an insight to the voyage on which Shackleton died in Grytviken, South Georgia. Marr went on to have a significant polar career. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

LAND OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE FLOOD - Scottish scenes and scenery delineated, Jabez Marrat, Wesleyan Conference Office, London, 1879, 224 page hardback, richly decorated brown cloth with gilt designs on front and spine, top spine end frayed, front half of fep missing, nicely illustrated with B&W sketches of a number of Scottish landscapes or famous buildings, colour map of Scotland with pen scribbles, despite faults scarce with this original attractive binding. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

CLIMBING AND EXPLORATION IN THE KARAKORAM HIMALAYAS, William Martin Conway,T Fisher Unwin, London, 1894, 1st edition, 700 pages, original orange/brown cloth with decorations, gilt titles, profusely illustrated by expedition member AD McCormick, fold-out map of Karakoram This copy was owned by prominent NZAC member Charlie Collins, his signature on prelim with a piece missing - This was the first major attempt to explore the Karakoram. The six-man expedition ascended the Hispar Glacier,and the Biafo and the Baltoro and achieved a height record. A remarkable achievement. Unfortunately most of the photographic plates which were to be used to illustrate the book were lost. This volume is also particularly significant for Conway's narrative of the expedition's sighting of K2 and reference to the mountain by its Indian Atlas letter and number code. This code was subsequently adopted as the standard name for the world's second highest mountain.
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Reconnoitering Central Asia, Charles Marvin, London 1886, Swan. Green pictorial cloth,VG+, small pin hole in spine, 421p., B&W plates, bibliography, 3rd. edition. Early pioneer's accounts of Vamberey, Marsh, Baker, Macgahan Capt. Napier, Macgregor, Burnaby, Petrusevitch, Butler, Pas- hino, Grodekoff, O'Donovan, Stewart, Alikhanoff & Lessar's travels mostly in disguise throught the forbidden territory. An excellent insight to 19th century travels and explorations during what was known as the Great Game..the rivalry between Russia and Britain set on the stage of High Asia. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

AHAB'S TRADE - The saga of South Seas Whaling - Granville Mawer, St Martin's Press, New York, 1st edition, 1999, VG+ with good dustjacket, Great B&W illustrations, 390 pages, Gladiator one minute galley slave the next. Danger and abuse, excitement and tedium, these were the lot of open boat whalemen in the South Seas for more than two centuries. The good, the mad, and the ugly tell their tales of high-seas excitement, focusing on the history of South Sea whalers known as the Nantucketers. A history of the whaling industry in British, French, Australian and New Zealand waters. Describes the world of whaling, its unique pressures, its difference from other seaman's trades, and the stories of those who survived the occupation. A fine piece of research. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

BOLD BEYOND BELIEF, BILL DENZ - New Zealand's mountain warrior, - privately published by Paul Maxim, Maxim Books, Wellington, 2011 1st edn,first print run - signed by the author to title page - a great piece of research to pull together this fascinating biography of Denz, New Zealand's most prolific hard climber. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE INDIAN ALPS AND HOW WE CROSSED THEM BY A LADY PIONEER, Nina Mazuchelli 1st edn., Logman's Green, London, 1876, expertly recased with original spine, original red cloth with gilt decoration, gilt titles, large fold-out map of Eastern Nepal, beautiful colour plates, B&W sketches throughout, Married to an English army chaplain, Nina Mazuchelli set out from her home in Darjeeling accompanied by the local District Officer to explore the Eastern glaciers of the Himalayas. Although provisioned with every conceivable comfort from bedsteads to a dinner service, they were not prepared for the rigorous conditions and were forced to abandon their expedition. The author was carried throughout by bearers - a beautiful copy of a very scarce book.
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ONLY TWO FOR EVEREST - LYN MCKINNON, - 1st edn., Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2016, revised edn., 2017, 335 page softbound, richly illustrated colour and B&W plates - Signed by author to title page, How a first ascent by Earl Riddiford & Ed Cotter shaped climbing history - superb biography of Ed & Earl...a delight, thoroughly researched important biography - THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE SEVENTH GRADE, Reinhold Messner, Kaye & Ward, London, 1st Uk edn., 1973, This copy signed by Messner on fep 160 page VG hardback B&W plates, VG+ jacket, fading of red title to spine, previous owner's stamp on fep, Messner's first book...mainly climbs in The Alps, ends with his Nanga Parbat expedition 1970 - scarce, especially signed THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE MOUNTAIN - Jules Michelet, Nelson & sons, London, 1st Uk edn., 1872, fine original red leather binding, gilt titles, 54 etchings, fp cut, book prize fep, foxing, from the author of The Sea, The Bird, The Insect...a series of essays on nature in the mountains, crystals hunters, the structure of glaciers etc...mainly in European Alps but also plates & sections of text on The Himalaya, Java, Spitzbergen Lovely. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THE GLITTERING MOUNTAINS OF CANADA - J Monroe THORINGTON, #655 out of a limited print run of 1500, Lea publishers, Philadelphia, 1925, original blue cloth with gilt titles, 310 page VG+ hardback with large fold-out B&W plates and fold out map of Colombia Icefields - A record of exploration and pioneer ascents in the Canadian Rockies 1914-1924, a near-pristine copy of the scarce limited edition. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

UNDER A SHELTERING SKY - JOURNEYS TO MOUNTAIN HEARTLANDS 1993-2003 - Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House,Christchurch, 2003, 1st New Zealand Edn: VG+ large format hardback in original black cloth with original VG+ dustjacket, as new - 12 journeys & mountain travel/expeditions in Tibet, Greenland, New Zealand, Antarctica, China, Mongolia, Alaska, Patagonia, Bhutan & Nepal This copy signed by Colin Monteath.
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ANTARCTICA - Beyond the Southern Ocean - signed by Colin Monteath, 2nd edn., 1997 - four essays with associated colour plates from author's first 20 seasons in Antarctica - wildlife, sub-antarctic islands, tourism and mountaineering, Ross Island/Scott Base/Dry Valleys/DC10 accident/Mt Erebus - VG+ in VG jacket - THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

ANTARCTICA - LAND OF SILENCE - Colin Monteath, David Ling publishers, Auckland, 95 pages, 1st edn., 2010, softbound - signed by author & polar photographer Colin Monteath - Introductory essay plus 100+ colour plates selected from 32 seasons in Antarctica -THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

Erebus The Ice Dragon - A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano - Colin MonteathMassey University Press, Auckland ISBN# 9781991016362
: Boxed limited edition of 100 with black and white boards & silver font - signed & numbered bookplate. This copy # 79. Casebound, colour jacket, 350 pages, 13 richly illustrated chapters, colour & historic B&W images & paintings throughout, satellite images, original artwork,Illustrated Timeline from 1841-2020, glossary, extensive bibliography, Appendix on 1979 air crash names and Erebus medal etc, Index.

First Antarctic book on history of a single mountain.* 180 years of human history on Ross Island & Erebus since discovery in 1841 by James Clark Ross.* Chapter outlining Antarctica's volcanoes on and around the continent* Chapters on Shackleton (1908) & Scott (1912) expeditions…1st and 2nd ascents of Erebus* 50 years since discovery of Erebus lava lake in 1972 by New Zealand scientist Philip Kyle.* Ascents and early science 1959 - 1960s* Inner crater descent 1978 plus… Read More

EREBUS THE ICE DRAGON - A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano - Colin MonteathMassey University Press, Auckland ISBN# 9781991016362Casebound, colour jacket, 350 pages, 13 richly illustrated chapters, colour & historic B&W images & paintings throughout, satellite images, original artwork, Illustrated Timeline from 1841-2020, glossary, extensive bibliography, Appendix on 1979 air crash names and Erebus medal etc, Index.* First Antarctic book on history of a single mountain.* 180 years of human history on Ross Island & Erebus since discovery in 1841 by James Clark Ross.* Chapter outlining Antarctica's volcanoes on and around the continent* Chapters on Shackleton (1908) & Scott (1912) expeditions…1st and 2nd ascents of Erebus* 50 years since discovery of Erebus lava lake in 1972 by New Zealand scientist Philip Kyle.* Ascents and early science 1959 - 1960s* Inner crater descent 1978 plus detailed chapters on science & adventure throughout 1970s & modern science to 2020.(outlining Philip Kyle's 44 seasons on… Read More