Auction No 367, Category: Mountaineering

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

C.G.Bruce "Himalayan Wanderer" 1934, orig.cloth; Joe Tasker "Everest: The Cruel Way" 1981, in d/jkt;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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C.G.Bruce Himalayan Wanderer 1934, orig.cloth; Joe Tasker Everest: The Cruel Way 1981, in d/jkt; Ralph Barker The Last Blue Mountain, Chatto & Windus, 1959,in d/jkt; and a collection of other Mountaineering books, mostly in djkts, very largely first editions, one signed by Chris Bonnington. Good to VF (18)

Herbert Tichy "Cho Oyu: By Favour of the Gods", 1st UK Edn, 1957; Alison Hargreaves "A Hard Day's Summer:

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Herbert Tichy Cho Oyu: By Favour of the Gods, 1st UK Edn, 1957; Alison Hargreaves A Hard Day’s Summer: Six Classic North Faces Solo, 1994, 1st Edn; Chris Bonington I Chose to Climb, 1966, 1st Edn; all in VG/VF djkts, plus 3 other Climbing books. Fair to VF (6)

Jack Soper & others "The Black Cliff: The History of Rock Climbing on Clogwyn du'r Arddu", 1971 in d/jkt;

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Jack Soper & others The Black Cliff: The History of Rock Climbing on Clogwyn du’r Arddu, 1971 in d/jkt; F.Umlauft The Alps, 1889, pictorial cloth, VG; Claud Schuster Peaks and Pleasant Pastures, 1911; and a collection of other mountaineering titles. Good to VF (18)

C.G. Bruce "The Assault on Mount Everest 1922", and E.F. Norton "The Fight for Everest 1924",

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £88
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C.G. Bruce The Assault on Mount Everest 1922, and E.F. Norton The Fight for Everest 1924, both Edward Arnold first editions in original gilt cloth bindings with new endpapers and other signs of repair; uncut two sides. Plates and maps complete and fine internally.

Edmund Hillary "High Adventure" Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, 1st Edn., signed by the author on the half-title,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Edmund Hillary High Adventure Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, 1st Edn., signed by the author on the half-titlespine faded o/w VG; and Wilfrid Noyce Climbing the Fish’s Tail, 1958, in slightly chipped price-clipped djkt. (2)