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THE SCOTTISH HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION, W H Murray, Dent, London, 1st edn., 1951., VG hardback with torn though scarce jacket - protected in archival plastic cover, colour plates, Map/drawing as endpaper, climbs in Panch Chuli peaks - Garhwal/Kumoan region of NW India, Scarce. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

WHITE LIMBO - The First Australian climb of Mt Everest - Lincoln Hall, 1st edn. 2nd imp 1987 Kevin Weldon, Sydney, VG+ in VG+ dustjacket - richly illustrated account of the 1984 ascent of the Tibetan North face without oxygen, still unrepeated 39 years on. - signed by four expedition members Greg Mortimer, Tim Macartney-Snape, Andi Henderson & Colin Monteath . THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

POLAR CASTAWAYS - signed by both authors - The Ross Sea party 1914-17 of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Richard McElrea & David Harrowfield, 1st edition, 2004, Canterbury University Press, Christchurch This copy signed to title page by David Harrowfield & Richard McElrea, - 315 page hardback VG+ with VG jacket, B&W plates, maps, By far the best account of Shackleton's Ross Sea party, in part because it tells of the often overlooked saga of the Aurora adrift rudderless in the Ross Sea - utterly harrowing . THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

ICY HERITAGE - David Harrowfield, Historic sites of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctic Heritage Trust, 88 page softbound, 1995, signed by the author to the title page - hard to find THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MEN AND GODS IN MONGOLIA, Henning Haslund, Dutton and co., New York, 1st US edition, 1935, 358 page hardback in original brown cloth, gilt decorations, ex-lib with usual markings, good map, 57 B&W illustrations - Based on the author's service with Sven Hedin's Central Asiatic Expedition in Turkestan and Tienshan, 1927-30. Primary source on Mongols, beliefs, music, occultism, laws, strong men of Torguts. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

TENTS IN MONGOLIA (Yabonah) (Adventures and Experiences Among the Nomads of Central Asia) Henning Haslund, Dutton & Co., New York, 1st US edition, 4th imp, 1934, B&W plates, map, Adventures among the nomads of Central Asia - chiefly Mongolia - on Krebs danish expedition - THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

IN HIGH PLACES - Dougal Haston - Cassell, London, 1st Edn., 1972, VG+ dustjacket, original VG+ original pale blue cloth hardback, - Hardman Scottish climber Haston's autobiography - Eiger Direct, Cerro Torre, Annapurna South face, Everest SW face Dougal Haston.
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PIERCING THE CLOUDS - Tom Fyfe: First to climb Mt Cook - John Haynes, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1994, 200 page softbound, B&W plates, map, no inscriptions, Super biography of one of Nw Zealand's most influencial pioneer climbers. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

THROUGH ASIA, Sven Hedin, Methuen, London, 1898, 2 vols, original red cloth, bindings solid but spines frayed/ need repair, perfect candidates for rebinding, 100s illustrations throughout ,Two fold-out colour maps of The Pamirs, Tarim basin, Takalmakan and northern Tibet - tough journey through Central Asia - Priced accordingly.
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TRANS-HIMALAYA - Discoveries and adventures in Tibet, Sven Hedin, 3 vols, Vols 1 & 2 published 1909, this imp 1910 and the rarer Vol3, published 1913. Original red cloth, gilt titles, some sun fading and minor insect damage to boards, VG+ inside including B&W and colour plates...and superb large fold-out maps of Hedin's remarkable journeys across southern Tibet, Kailas, etc...including the range he named the Trans-Himalaya. The Swedish explorer devoted his third journey, 1906-8, to the region lying between Shigatse and Leh and to the north of the Brahmaputra. He produced maps of the area, which had not been previously visited and revealed the existence of a large range of mountains lying parallel to the Himalaya on the Tibetan side. Hedin visited the sources of the major Asian rivers that rise near Mt Kailas and Lake Manasarowar. He never did reach Lhasa. Overall, despite minor binding damage,a fine set, very hard to find in the 3 vols.
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BIG HORSE'S FLIGHT - The trail of war in Central Asia, Sven Hedin, Macmillan, London, 1936 1st Uk edn., Original pale blue cloth, gilt titles, some wear to 245 page hardback, front fep missing, some foxing, very nice B&W plates, large fold-out colour map of Sinkiang China VG+ "In August, 1933, Hedin was commissioned by the Central Government in Nanking to conduct an expedition to Sinkiang in order to mark out two motor roads between China proper and that remote province. the story of the bloody war in Sinkiang1931-1934" THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER, Sven Hedin, Cassell & Co, London, 1st UK edn., 1926, 500 page hardback in original brown cloth, gilt titles & design, cloth bubbled on front board, Outside covers VG with original camel endpapers, inner hinges weakening, 168 drawings by author, colour frontespiece of camel at sunset in desert, VG+ with tissue guard...but plate loose, autobiography covers his whole travelling life throughout Central Asia and Tibet - tough trips. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

MOUNTAIN, Sandy Hill, with essays by Raul Barrenche, Robert Macfarlane, Jennifer Jordan and Nando Parrado,, Rizzoli, New York, 2011, 1st USA edition, large format 350 page VG+ hardback with VG+ jacket, A most unusual but moving/ educational selection of big images, colour and B&W.
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TWO GENERATIONS, Peter & Ed Hillary, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984 1st edn., 223 page VG+ hardback, VG jacket, colour plates - autobiography of father & son. Signed by Ed Hillary to fep. A nice clean bright copy. "written with good humour and total honesty by a father and son who do not always look eye to eye, but share a zest for adventure which they communicate unstintingly" THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY- Jet boating up the ganges, 1st edn., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979, 268 page hardback, B&W and colour plates VG+, some foxing on endpapers, some fading to jacket spine Signed by Ed Hillary to title page. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

HIGH ADVENTURE - EDMUND HILLARY - 1st edn.,1st impression, 1955, Hodder & Stoughton, London, VG, minor foxing, tape marks on fep, good jacket with minor marks top and bottom, - Ed Hillary's account of his 1953 climb, "My favourite book" - this copy signed E.P. Hillary on reverse title page (rare to be signed this way) THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

EVEREST - THE WEST RIDGE - Tom Hornbein, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1966. First UK Edn: of the famous Sierra Club Publication celebrating the 1963 American ascent of Chomolungma's West ridge via Hornbein couloir accessed from Nepal...led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth Large format with stunning super glossy plates, each with 2-3 page essay. Good jacket wiuth small piece missing base of spine.
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