Trafford Books
  1. < back to catalogue

Auction No 402, Tag: Climbing

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

W. M. Conway "Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas", T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £80
MORE DETAILS

W. M. Conway Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894, containing Scientific Reports; two large folding maps in pockets front & rear; tissue-guarded frontispiece; original gilt & printed cloth binding with gilt medal design to front cover. Maps with splits to the folds. Rear cover slightly marked o/w VG. 127pp

More Images

J. Norman Collie "Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges", David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £310
MORE DETAILS

J. Norman Collie Climbing in the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges, David Douglas, 1902, 1st Edn; original gilt cloth, slightly snagged top of spine o/w near fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; all plates & maps fine & complete, one plate loose; vii,(3),315(1)pp

Younghusband "The Heart of a Continent", 1904, VG; Freshfield "Round Kangchenjunga", 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally;

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILS

Younghusband The Heart of a Continent, 1904, VG; Freshfield Round Kangchenjunga, 1903, 1st Edn, spine badly damaged, VG internally; Murray The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951, VG; Anderson High Mountains & Cold Seas: a biography of H.W. Tilman, 1980 in VG d/jkt; and three other Himalayan related. Mixed condition. (7)

Leone Sinigaglia "Climbing in the Dolomites", T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £62
MORE DETAILS

Leone Sinigaglia Climbing in the Dolomites, T.Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st Edn; tall octavo, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight wear at extremities, VG; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere; slight foxing to prelims o/w fine internally with map and all plates. 224pp

More Images

J.M. Archer Thomson "Climbing in the Ogwen District", Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILS

J.M. Archer Thomson Climbing in the Ogwen District, Edward Arnold, 1910; orig.cloth, gilt, discolouration and some wear to spine, fine internally with all plates, 124pp; together with Herbert Carr A Climbers' Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, 1926. (2)

Leslie Stephens "The Playground of Europe", Longmans, Green & Co,1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILS

Leslie Stephens The Playground of Europe, Longmans, Green & Co, 1871, First Edition, contemporary half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, spine rubbed; bookplate of George F.M. Grant; b/w frontispiece; slight spotting to prelims o/w fine internally; x,(2),321pp     

Harold Raeburn "Mountaineering Art", Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley "Climbing Days", 1935,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

Harold Raeburn Mountaineering Art, Fisher Unwin, 1920, 1st Edn., spine near-detached, VG internally; Dorothy Pilley Climbing Days, 1935, 1st Edn; and five related titles. Mixed condition. (7)

"The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal", Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £350
SOLD £150
MORE DETAILS

The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Darien Press, Volumes 1 to 19, 1891-1932, complete in bound volumes, vols 1 to 4 in worn half-leather bindings, the remainder in VG gilt cloth; a few pages with fox marks but mostly fine internally with plates & folding maps; together with Garden & Parker Index to the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Vols.I to X, 1911.  (20)