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    Adams, Vincanne.   TIGERS OF THE SNOW AND OTHER VIRTUAL SHERPAS. £15    
      An Ethnography of Himalayan Encounters.   304pp. Index. 24 b/w illustrations.   Very good. Some marking and annotation in the text.   1996 First edition, Princeton University Press.
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    Ahluwalia, Major H.P.S.   FACES OF EVEREST. £25    
         238pp. Index. A climbing history. The author reached the summit with the Indian expedition of 1965. 4to. Many photographs in colour and black and white.   Very good in very good dw. From a college library with minimal markings.   1978 First edition, New Delhi.
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    Ament, Pat.   CLIMBING EVEREST. £10    
      A Meditation on Mountaineering and the Spirit of Adventure.   146pp.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Ragged Mountain Press, USA.
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    anon.   ANOTHER ASCENT OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PEAK - QOMOLANGMA. £20    
         120pp. Card wrappers. Photographs in colour and b/w. Photographic record of 1975 mass ascent. With Spanish translation loosely inserted.   Near-fine.   1975 Foreign Languages Press, Peking.
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    Band, George.   EVEREST. £14    
      50 Years on Top of the World.   256pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   2003 Collins, for The Mount Everest Foundation.
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    Bonington, Chris and Clarke, Charles.   EVEREST THE UNCLIMBED RIDGE. £12    
         132pp. Index. 64 colour photographs. The expedition in which Boardman and Tasker died. A climb from Tibet.   Fine in fine dw but with prize bookplate.   1983 First Hodder.
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    Bonington, Chris and Clarke, Charles.   EVEREST THE UNCLIMBED RIDGE. £18    
         132pp. Index. 64 colour photographs. The expedition in which Boardman and Tasker died. A climb from Tibet.   Fine in fine dw.   1983 First Hodder.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. £18    
         352pp. Index. 56 plates in colour and b/w. Unsuccessful attempt with Haston and MacInnes.   Fine in slightly chipped dw.   1973 First edition, Hodder.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. £35    
         352pp. Index. 56 photographs in colour and b/w. Signed by the author on the half-title.   Fine in near-fine dw.   1973 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST THE HARD WAY. £18    
      The First Ascent of the South West Face.   239pp. Index. 85 colour photographs. Summit success by Haston and Scott. The ascent next day by Boardman and Pertemba with the loss of Mick Burke.   Fine in fine dw.   1976 First edition, Hodder.
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    Bonington, Chris.   EVEREST THE HARD WAY. £35    
      The First Ascent of the South West Face.   239pp. Index. 85 colour photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. Summit success by Haston and Scott. The ascent next day by Boardman and Pertemba with the loss of Mick Burke.   Fine in fine dw.   1976 First edition, Hodder.
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    Boukreev, Anatoli and DeWalt, G.Weston.   THE CLIMB. £15    
      Tragic Ambitions on Everest.   372pp. 11 colour photographs. Account of the disaster of 1996. This edition includes material not in the US original.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First UK, Macmillan.
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    Burgess, Al and Palmer, Jim.   EVEREST CANADA. £20    
      The Ultimate Challenge.   214pp. 115 colour photographs. Account of 1982 expedition.   Fine in edge-rubbed dw.   1983 First Stoddart, Toronto.
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    Cameron, Ian.   MOUNTAINS OF THE GODS. £16    
      The Himalays and the Mountains of Central Asia.   248pp. Index. Many illustrations in colour and b/w. In association with The Royal Geographical Society.   Fine in fine dw.   1984 First edition, Facts on File, New York.
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    Cameron, Ian.   TO THE FARTHEST ENDS OF THE EARTH. 150 years of World Exploration. £16    
      The History of the Royal Geographical Society 1830-1980.   288pp. Index. Many illustrations in colour and b/w. Chapter on 'The Discovery and Ascent of Everest'.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First, Macdonald.
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    Clarke, Charles.   EVEREST. £10    
         61pp. 4to. By the Medical Officer of the 1975 expedition. Useful information on expedition planning. Many colour photographs.   Fine in pictorial boards.   1978 First edition, Sackett & Marshall.
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    Coburn, Broughton.   EVEREST. £25    
      Mountain without Mercy.   256pp. 4to. With spectacular stills from the Imax film 'Everest'. The making of the film in the context of the disasters of that year.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First National Geographic Society USA.
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    Conefrey, Mick and Jordan, Tim.   MOUNTAIN MEN. £12    
         281pp. Index. Chapters on Maurice Wilson, Fritz Wiessner, Charles Houston and others.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 Da Capo Press, Cambridge MA.
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    Denman, Earl.   ALONE TO EVEREST. £10    
         255pp. 13 b/w photographs and 4 maps. Not quite alone - he was with Tenzing.   Very good.   1954 First edition, Collins.
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    Dittert, Rene et al.   FORERUNNERS TO EVEREST. £12    
      The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952.   256pp. Colour frontispiece and 24 b/w photographs. 9 maps and sketches.   Very good.   1954 First Allen & Unwin.
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    Douglas, Ed.   CHOMOLUNGMA SINGS THE BLUES. £12    
      Travels round Everest.   226pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Constable.
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    Douglas-Hamilton, James.   ROOF OF THE WORLD. £12    
      Man's First Flight over Everest.   192pp. Index. Account of the 1933 expedition. Many b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1983 First edition, Mainstream Publishing.
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    Eggler, Albert.   THE EVEREST-LHOTSE ADVENTURE. £22    
         222pp. Index. 24 photographs. The Swiss second ascent of Everest.   Very good in very good dw. Owner's name.   1957 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Eggler, Albert.   THE EVEREST-LHOTSE ADVENTURE. £15    
         222pp. Swiss second ascent.   Very good. Owner's name.   1957 First Allen & Unwin.
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    Evans, Charles.   EYE ON EVEREST. £10    
      A Sketchbook from the Great Everest Expedition.   123pp. Drawings on every page.   Very good in remains of dw.   1955 First edition, Dobson.
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    Faux, Ronald.   EVEREST. £10    
      Goddess of the Wind.   115pp. Index. Illustrated in b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1978 First edition, Chambers, Edinburgh.
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    Fellowes, Air-Commodore P.M.F. et al.   FIRST OVER EVEREST. £30    
      The Houston Mount Everest Expedition 1933.   279pp. Index. 57 illustrations, maps and plans. 3D glasses in rear pocket.   Very good indeed.   1933 Reprint month of publication Bodley Head.
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    Fellowes, P.M.F and others.   DER ERSTE FLUG UBER DEN MOUNT EVEREST. £15    
      Die Houston Mount Everest Expedition 1933.   303pp. Text in German. 48 illustrations and maps.   Very good indeed.   1934 First edition, S.Fischer, Berlin.
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    Finch, G.I.   THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER. £55    
         340pp. 78 b/w photographs. Autobiography of 1922 Everester. Mainly Alpine with his account of the Everest expedition.   Very good.   1924 Second impression, Arrowsmith.
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    Firstbrook, Peter.   THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY AND IRVINE. £12    
         224pp. Index. 3 maps and b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First BBC.
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    Green, Dudley.   MALLORY OF EVEREST. £12    
         143pp. Index. Short biography with interesting photographs and extracts from letters and documents. Limp covers.   Fine.   No date (preface dated 1990), Faust Publishing Company.
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    Gregory, Alfred.   PICTURE OF EVEREST. £15    
         Full-page colour photographs from the 1953 expedition. In white boards.   Near-fine.   1954 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Greig, Andrew.   KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. £12    
      Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge.   249pp. Index. 48 colour photographs and 3 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Hutchinson.
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    Gurtner, Othmar (introduces).   EVEREST. £18    
      The Swiss Everest Expeditions.   A short introduction with 144 annotated photographs from the Swiss expeditions of 1952. 4to.    Very good.   1954 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Habeler, Peter.   EVEREST IMPOSSIBLE VICTORY. £14    
         223pp. 23 colour photographs and many in b/w. Oxygen-free climb with Messner.   Fine in near-fine price-clipped dw.   1979 First edition, Arlington Books.
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    Habeler, Peter.   EVEREST IMPOSSIBLE VICTORY. £12    
         223pp. 23 colour photographs and many in b/w. Oxygen-free climb with Messner.   Fine in near-fine laminated dw.   1979 First edition, Arlington Books.
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    Haston, Dougal.   IN HIGH PLACES. £16    
         168pp. Index. 17 photographs. His climbing autobiography including Scotland, the Eiger, Annapurna and Everest.   Very good in very good dw. Slight yellowing to edges and marks at the front edges of some plates. Inscription.   1973 Second impression Cassell.
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    Hemmleb, Jochen et al.   GHOSTS OF EVEREST. £12    
      The Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory and Irvine.   206pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Hillary, Edmund.   HIGH ADVENTURE. £12    
         225pp. Colour frontispiece. 31pp of b/w photographs. His climbing autobiography.   Very good indeed. Inscription.   1955 First Hodder.
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    Hillary, Sir Edmund and Lowe, George.   EAST OF EVEREST. £16    
         70pp + 48pp of photographs. Exploration between Everest and Makalu. The Barun valley in 1954.   Very good but spotting to fore-edges.   1956 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Holzel, Tom and Salkeld, Audrey.   THE MYSTERY OF MALLORY AND IRVINE. £12    
         322pp. Index. 35 photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First Cape.
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    Hornbein, Thomas F.   EVEREST: THE WEST RIDGE. £12    
         181pp. 15 plates of colour photographs.   Very good indeed.   1971 First UK, Allen and Unwin.
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    Hornbein, Thomas F.   EVEREST: THE WEST RIDGE. £55    
         198pp. 4to. 73 magnificent colour photographs. Hornbein and Unsoeld reach the summit after the first ascent of the West Ridge in 1963. The original Sierra Club Exhibit format.   Notes and marking in ink throughout but otherwise very good. The photographs are immaculate.   1966 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Howard-Bury, Charles.   MOUNTAINS OF HEAVEN. £12    
      Travels in the Tien Shan Mountains, 1913.   176pp. Index. 19 b/w photographs and 2 maps. His journal edited by Marian Keaney.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Izzard, Ralph.   THE INNOCENT ON EVEREST. £12    
         256pp. 44 b/w photographs. Journalist covering the 1953 Ascent.   Near-fine in slightly chipped dw.   1955 Second impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Jenkins, Peter.   ACROSS CHINA. £15    
         351pp. Travelling with 1984 American Everest expedition. More travel than climbing.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First US, Morrow.
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    Krakauer, Jon.   INTO THIN AIR. £12    
      A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster.   293pp. Events of May 1996.   Very good in very good dw. Small dent to front board.   1997 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Krakauer, Jon.   INTO THIN AIR. £10    
      A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster. The Illustrated Edition.   409pp. Events of May 1996. With over 250 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 Villard, New York.
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    Macfarlane, Robert.   MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND. £12    
      A History of a Fascination.   306pp. Index. Highly-praised study of the culture of mountaineering with a chapter on Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   2003 Second impression, Granta Books.
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    Macfarlane, Robert.   MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND. £15    
      A History of a Fascination.   306pp. Index. Highly-praised study of the culture of mountaineering with a chapter on Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   2003 First edition, Granta Books.
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    Meade, C.F.   APPROACH TO THE HILLS. £15    
         265pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Includes account of attempts on Kamet in 1910-13.   Very good. Inscription. Spine a little faded.   
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    Messner, Reinhold.   BIS ANS ENDE DER WELT. £25    
      Alpine Herausforderungen im Himalaya und Karakorum   255pp. Many illustrations in colour and b/w. Loosely inserted is a German promotional postcard signed by Messner.   Fine in fine dw.   1990 First, BLV, Munchen.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   DER GLASERNE HORIZONT. £25    
      Durch Tibet zum Mount Everest.   322pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w. Text in German.   Fine in fine dw.   1982 First, BLV, Munchen.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   EVEREST, EXPEDITION TO THE ULTIMATE. £26    
         254pp. Many photographs in colour and b/w. First ascent without oxygen.   Fine in fine dw.   1979 First edition, Kaye & Ward.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   EVEREST, EXPEDITION TO THE ULTIMATE. £22    
         254pp. Many photographs in colour and b/w. First ascent without oxygen.   Fine in near-fine dw. Spine panel of dw faded as usual.   1979 First edition, Kaye & Ward.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   THE CRYSTAL HORIZON. £24    
      Everest - The First Solo Ascent.   322pp. Index. Many photographs in b/w and colour. His 1980 climb.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Crowood Press.
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    Messner, Reinhold.   THE SECOND DEATH OF GEORGE MALLORY. £12    
      The Enigma and Spirit of Mount Everest.   205pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, St Martin's Press, New York.
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    Morris, James.   CORONATION EVEREST. £5    
         128pp. Paperback edition. By `The Times' correspondent with Hunt's expedition.   Very good. Corners bumped.   1993 Boxtree.
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    Morshead, Ian.   THE LIFE AND MURDER OF HENRY MORSHEAD. £14    
      A True Story from the Days of the Raj.   207pp. Index. 51 maps and illustrations. Ex-Everest climber and surveyor on many expeditions was murdered in Burma in 1931. His life and death investigated by his son.   Fine in fine dw.   1982 First edition, Oleander Press.
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    Murray, W.H.   THE STORY OF EVEREST. £8    
         230pp. Index. B/w photographs.   Near-fine.   1953 Revised edition Dent.
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    National Geographic Magazine.   MOUNT EVEREST. £5    
         Large folding map. Colour printed contour map on one side and computer generated profile of the Himalays on the other.   Very slight splitting at the folds.   1988. National Geographic Society, Washington.
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    Noel, Captain J.B.L.   THE STORY OF EVEREST. £35    
         258pp. 38 photographs. Everest 1922 and 1924. US edition of 'Through Tibet to Everest'.   Very good indeed.   1931 Reprint, Blue Ribbon Books, New York.
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    Noel, Captain J.B.L.   THROUGH TIBET TO EVEREST. £10    
         302pp. Index. 26 illustrations. Pocket edition.   Binding shaken and boards marked.   1931 Reprint Arnold.
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    Noyce, Wilfrid.   SOUTH COL. £8    
      One Man's Adventures on the ascent of Everest, 1953.   303pp.4 colour and 48 b/w photographs. 5 maps.   Very good. Owner's name.   1954 First edition, Heinemann.
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    Paris Match.   HIMALAYA. £12    
      Une grand document en colour: la gloire et la mort pour les Francais de l'Annapurna.   13pp feature by Maurice Herzog with many photographs in colour. Yves Morin dies on Annapurna.   Very good.   1 June 1979.
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    Paris Match.   LA TRAGIQUE EXPEDITION DE CLAUDE KOGAN IN EXCLUSIVITE. £10    
         15pp feature with many photographs in b/w. Kogan and Claudine van der Stratton die on Cho-Oyu.   Very good internally but paper wrappers detached at the staples.   31 October 1959
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    Paris Match.   LA TRAGIQUE EXPEDITION DE L'HIMALAYA 1951. £12    
         10pp feature with many photographs in colour and b/w. Duplat and Vigne die in attempt on the summit of Nanda Devi.   Very good.   10 Nov 1951.
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    Paris Match.   PARIS A SACRE MAURICE HERZOG HEROS NATIONAL No 1. £8    
         6pp feature with photographs in b/w. Homecoming for Herzog after Annapurna climb.   Very good.   17 February 1951.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST 1933. £65    
         390pp. Index. 59 monochrome plates. 3 folding maps.   Very good. A very clean, bright copy.   1934 Third impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST 1933. £16    
         390pp. Index. 59 monochrome plates. 3 folding maps. Ex-public library copy.   Battered but complete. Maps and plates fine.   1934 Reprint, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST 1933. £45    
         390pp. Index. 59 monochrome plates. 3 folding maps.   Very good. Some light spotting and a litle wear to corners.   1934 Third impression, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST 1933. £10    
         299pp. With 17 plates.   Very good.   1936 Popular edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE. £45    
         295pp. Large 8vo. Index. Large folding map. Includes a portfolio of 63 annotated plates of photographs and 13 portrait sketches of the climbers. The book of the 1936 expedition.   Very good. The front board has been creased. Otherwise a nice copy.   1937 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE. £36    
         295pp. Large 8vo. Index. Large folding map. Includes a portfolio of 63 annotated plates of photographs and 13 portrait sketches of the climbers. The book of the 1936 expedition.   Internally clean but boards rubbed and marked.   1937 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Ruttledge, Hugh.   EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE. £72    
         295pp. Large 8vo. Index. Large folding map. Includes a portfolio of 63 annotated plates of photographs and 13 portrait sketches of the climbers. The book of the 1936 expedition.   Very good. A nice copy.   1937 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Sayre, Woodrow Wilson.   FOUR AGAINST EVEREST. £18    
         251pp. B/w photographs. Illicit 1962 attempt on the North Col without porters.   Very good.   1964 First Barker.
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    Schmidt, Jeremy   HIMALAYAN PASSAGE. £25    
      Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan.   297pp. Many fine colour photographs by Patrick Morrow and 6 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1991 First edition, The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Shipton, Eric.   THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951. £24    
         128pp. 98 excellent b/w photographs. Finding a new route through Nepal.   Very good in chipped dw.   1952 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Shipton, Eric.   UPON THAT MOUNTAIN. £12    
         222pp. His first climbing autobiography.   Corners bumped. Inscription. Otherwise very good.   1943 First edition, Hodder and Stoughton.
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    Shipton, Eric.   UPON THAT MOUNTAIN. £15    
         222pp. 30 plates and 4 maps.Climbs in Kenya and on Everest and Nanda Devi.   Very good. A bright copy of a wartime book which does not age well.   1943 First edition, Hodder and Stoughton.
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    Shipton, Eric.   UPON THAT MOUNTAIN £10    
         222pp. 30 plates and 4 maps. His climbing autobiography. Includes chapters on Kenya, Everest and Nanda Devi.   Very good.   1944 Reprint Hodder and Stoughton.
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    Simpson, Joe.   DARK SHADOWS FALLING. £12    
         208pp. 27 colour photographs. He climbs on Pumori and considers the recent deaths on Everest.   Fine in fine dw. Owner's name.   1997 First edition, The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Simpson, Joe.   DARK SHADOWS FALLING. £8    
         208pp. 27 colour photographs. He climbs on Pumori and considers the recent deaths on Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 Second impression, Cape.
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    Smythe, F.S.   CAMP SIX. £8    
         315pp. Pocket edition without illustrations.   Very good in slightly chipped dw.   1938 Hodder.
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    Smythe, F.S.   THE MOUNTAIN SCENE. £12    
         153pp. With 78 of the author's photographs. 38 of the Alps, 30 of the Himalayas including the highest photograph then taken on Everest.   Very good indeed.   1938 Second edition A.& C.Black.
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    Snaith, Stanley.   AT GRIPS WITH EVEREST. £12    
         240pp. Index. 8 b/w photographs. Account of the early expeditions to Everest and other Himalayan peaks.   Very good. Boards faded.   1937 First Percy Press.
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    Steele, Peter.   DOCTOR ON EVEREST. £14    
         222pp. 32 b/w photographs and 3 maps. Account by a member of the 1971 International Expedition. Amongst much ill-feeling Haston and Whillans reached 8,350.   Near-fine in fine dw.   1972 First Hodder.
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    Stephens, Rebecca.   ON TOP OF THE WORLD. £10    
         196pp. Colour photographs. The first British woman to climb Everest.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First edition, Macmillan.
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    Stonor, Charles.   THE SHERPA AND THE SNOWMAN. £12    
         209pp. Index. 37 photographs. Scientific expedition failed to find the Yeti.   Very good indeed.   1955 First edition, Hollis & Carter.
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    Stonor, Charles.   THE SHERPA AND THE SNOWMAN. £12    
         209pp. Index. 37 photographs. Scientific expedition failed to find the Yeti.   Very good indeed in dw with sme wear to edges.   1955 First edition, Hollis & Carter.
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    Stonor, Charles.   THE SHERPA AND THE SNOWMAN. £8    
         209pp. Index. 37 photographs. Scientific expedition failed to find the Yeti.   Edges spotted. Otherwise very good. Bookplate.   1955 First edition, Hollis & Carter.
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    Summers, Julie.   FEARLESS ON EVEREST. £12    
      The Quest for Sandy Irvine.   290pp. Index. 39 b/w photographs. The author is the great niece of Irvine. Based on recently discovered family papers. Inscription.   Near-fine in fine dw.   2000 First Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Tilman, H.W.   MOUNT EVEREST 1938. £20    
         160pp. Index. 33 plates and 4 maps.   Very good. A bright copy with small address label and neat inscription.   1948 Reprint, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   MOUNT EVEREST 1938. £28    
         160pp. Index. 33 plates and 4 maps.   Very good. Boards faded. Inscription.   1948 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   MOUNT EVEREST 1938. £14    
         160pp. 33 plates and 4 maps.   Ex-public library copy in library binding.   1948 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Ullman, James Ramsey (retells).   MAN OF EVEREST. £12    
      The Autobiography of Tenzing   320pp. Index. 4 plates in colour and 45 in b/w. Not just Everest, but his work with the pre-war expeditions.   Very good. Spine faded as usual.   1955 First edition, Harrap.
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    Ullman, James Ramsey.   AMERICANS ON EVEREST. £16    
      The official account of the ascent led by Norman G.Dyhrenfurth.   429pp. 7 photographs in colour and 67 in b/w.   Very good.   1964 First edition, Lippinciott, Philadelphia.
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    Unsworth, Walt.   EVEREST. £25    
         578pp. Index. 17 plates in colour, 55 in b/w. 5 maps and 4 diagrams. The definitive reference work on all expeditions from 1921-1979. With full bibliography. The real story behind much of the mythology.   Fine in fine dw.   1981 First edition, Allen Lane.
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    Unsworth, Walt.   EVEREST. £18    
         704pp. Index. 52 b/w photographs. Check list of expeditions. List of sumitteers. Second edition of this standard work updated to include all expeditions to 1988.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 New edition, Oxford Illustrated Press.
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    Venables, Stephen.   EVEREST, KANGSHUNG FACE. £24    
         236pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w. To the summit from the East.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Hodder.
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    Venables, Stephen.   EVEREST, KANGSHUNG FACE. £16    
         236pp. Index. Many photographs in colour and b/w. To the summit from the East.   Fine in near-fine dw.   1989 First edition, Hodder.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £16    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good indeed in edge-worn dw.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £8    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Fine in near-fine dw.   No date, The Travel Book Club.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £12    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Fine in fine dw.   1981 Reprint, Gordon Wright, Edinburgh.
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    Weir, Tom.   EAST OF KATMANDU. £12    
         138pp. Many b/w photographs and 2 maps. Peaks and passes near Everest in 1952.   Very good. Lettering rather faded. Bookplate.   1955 First edition, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.
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    West, John B.   EVEREST: THE TESTING PLACE. £14    
         187pp. Index. 18 colour photographs. Account of American medical research expedition.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First, McGraw-Hill, New York.
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    Wibberley, Leonard.   THE EPICS OF EVEREST. £12    
         217pp. Account of the expeditions to 1953. Drawings. An introductory account.   Very good indeed.   1955 First Faber.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE. £12    
         243pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 4 maps.   Cloth torn on back board. Otherwise sound.   1936 Reprint, Nelson.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE. £16    
         243pp. Index.   Very good. Boards a little rubbed.   1936 Reprint, Nelson.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. £15    
         319pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. New foreword by Chris Bonington. An account of the first three expeditions.   Fine in fine dw apart from inscription.   1974 New edition, E.P.Publishing, Wakefield.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. £12    
         319pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. A account of the first three expeditions.   Some spotting throughout, mainly to edges and margins. In worn dw.   1934 Reprint, Arnold.
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    Younghusband, Sir Francis.   THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST. £15    
         319pp. Index. 16 b/w photographs and 2 maps. A account of the first three expeditions.   Very good. Cloth a little rubbed.   1926 Reprint, Arnold.
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