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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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    Allen, Charles.   THE BUDDHA AND DR FUHRER. £15    
      An Archaeological Scandal.   292pp. Index. Maps, plans and b/w photographs. Early investigation of Buddhist sites on the India-Nepal border.   Fine in fine dw.   2008 First edition, Haus Publishing.
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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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    Anderson, Mary M.   THE FESTIVALS OF NEPAL. £26    
         288pp. 21 colour photographs.   Very good in very good dw.   1971 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Antin, Parker.   HIMALAYAN ODYSSEY. £16    
      The Perilous Trek to Western Nepal.   290pp. Endpaper maps. 23 colour photographs. From Surkhet to Pokhara though the remotest valleys.   Bottom edge inked. Otherwise fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Fine, New York.
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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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    Bauer, Kenneth M.   HIGH FRONTIERS. £15    
      Dolpo and the Changing World of Himalayan Pastoralists.   270pp. Index. 26 b/w photographs. Card covers.   Fine.   2004 Columbia university Press, New York.
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    Baume, Louis.   SIVALAYA. £20    
      Explorations of the 8000 metre peaks of the Himalaya.   346pp. 29 maps and diagrams. Card covers. A Chronicle and Bibliography of Exploration. Detailed summaries of all expeditions to date.   Very good.   1979 The Mountaineers, Seatttle.
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    Bernstein, Jeremy.   THE WILDEST DREAMS OF KEW. £12    
      A Profile of Nepal.   186pp. Index. 29 photographs, some in colour.   Fine in dw with slight edge-loss.   1970 First, Allen & Unwin.
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    Bevan, A.J.   THE STORY OF ZARAK KHAN. £12    
         176pp. A Pathan from the North West Frontier who died in the Burma campaign.   Fine.   No date (preface dated 1949), Jarrolds.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £10    
      a Traveler's Guide.   446pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Very good indeed.   1991 Sixth edition, The Mountaineers. Seattle.
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    Bezruchka, Stephen.   TREKKING IN NEPAL. £12    
      a Traveler's Guide.   383pp. Card covers. Many maps and b/w photographs.   Fine.   1997 Seventh edition, Cordee.
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    Bista, Dor Bahadur.   PEOPLE OF NEPAL. £18    
         210pp. Index. Folding map. Many b/w photographs. Excellently written survey of all the regions and localities of Nepal.   Very good in chipped dw.   1967 First edition, Kathmandu.
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    Bista, Dor Bahadur.   PEOPLE OF NEPAL. £28    
         210pp. Index. Folding map. Many b/w photographs. Excellently written survey of all the regions and localities of Nepal.   Very good in very good dw.   1980 Reprint, Kathmandu.
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    Boardman, Peter.   SACRED SUMMITS. £35    
      A Climber's Year.   264pp. Index. 34 colour photographs. Climbs in New Guinea and Kanchenjunga and Gauri Sankar in the Himalayas.   Very good indeed in fine price-clipped dw. Inscription.   1982 First edition, Hodder.
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    Brook, Elaine and Donnelly, Julie.   THE WINDHORSE. £10    
         223pp. 32 photographs mainly in colour. The author travels in Nepal with a blind companion.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Cape.
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    Brown, Percy.   PICTURESQUE NEPAL. £65    
         204pp. Colour frontispiece and 45 full-page b/w photographs.   Very good indeed. An outstanding copy.   1912 First A.& C.Black.
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    Brown, Percy.   PICTURESQUE NEPAL. £55    
         204pp. 45 photographs.   Very good.   1912 First A.& C.Black.
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    Caplan, Lionel.   LAND AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN EAST NEPAL. £10    
      A Study of Hindi-tribal Relations.   235pp. Index. 20 b/w photographs. Card covers. A study of Limbu society and its relations with Brahmans.   Fine.   2000 second edition, Himal Books, Nepal.
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    Chattopadhyay, K.P.   AN ESSAY ON THE HISTORY OF MEWAR CULTURE. £12    
         119pp. First published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1924.   Very good in very good dw. Inscription.   1980 Educational Enterprise, Kathmandu.
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    Crane, Richard and Nicholas.   JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. £10    
         238pp. Index. From Chittagong to Urumchi via Kathmandu by bicycle. 29 colour photographs.   Fine.   1987 First edition, Bantam Press.
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    Cunningham, John.   KINGDOM IN THE SKY. £10    
      The Story of a British Medical Team in Nepal.   172pp. 34 photographs in colour and in b/w. Ex-public library copy.   Very good in very good dw.   1975 First Souvenir Press.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £8    
      A Nepal Journey.   273pp. Card covers. Photographs and drawings in b/w. After two years as a volunteer in a Nepali village he climbs Pharchamo (20,058m) alone.   Fine.   1986 Bradt Publications.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £10    
      A Nepal Journey.   273pp. Card covers. Photographs and drawings in b/w. After two years as a volunteer in a Nepali village he climbs Pharchamo (20,058m) alone. Signed by the author.   Fine.   1986 Bradt Publications.
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    Deutchle, Phil.   THE TWO YEAR MOUNTAIN. £12    
      A Nepal Journey.   273pp. Photographs and drawings in b/w. After two years as a volunteer in a Nepali village he climbs Pharchamo (20,058m) alone.   Fine in fine dw.   1986 First edition, Bradt Publications.
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    Dickinson, Matt.   THE DEATH ZONE. £12    
      Climbing Everest through the Killer Storm.   211pp. Photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Hutchinson.
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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, Ed.   TENZING, HERO OF EVEREST. £8    
      A Biography of Tenzing Norgay.   296pp. References and bibliography are included but not the photographs or map. Card covers.   Very good   2003, Advance Reader's Uncorrected Edition, National Geographic Adventure Press, Washington.
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    Douglas, Ed.   TENZING, HERO OF EVEREST. £14    
      A Biography of Tenzing Norgay.   296pp. Index. 2 maps and 10 photographs.   Very good   2003 First edition, National Geographic, Washington.
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    Eckersley, Penelope.   HOLDING THE SILENCES. £8    
      A Nepal Notebook.   176pp. Card covers. Colour photographs. Account of a month spent in a Buddhist monastery at Lawudo in the Solu Khumbu.      1998 First Abbey Press, Glastonbury.
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    Elliott, Major J.H.   GUIDE TO NEPAL. £12    
         120pp. Many b/w photographs. Sketch maps. Much factual information.   Very good in dw with a little loss.   1969 Third edition Newman, Calcutta.
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    Etherton, Colonel P.T.   THE LAST STRONGHOLDS. £65    
         297pp. Index. 79 b/w photographs. Account of Himalayan and Central Asian travels by ex-Consul-General at Kashgar. In the original red cloth.   Very good in dw with some loss to top and bottom edges.   1934 First edition, Jarrolds.
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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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    Fanshawe, Andy.   COMING THROUGH. £16    
      Expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse.   217pp. Index. 18 colour photographs.   Near-fine in fine dw.   1990 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Fisher, James F.   SHERPAS. £8    
      Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal.   205pp. Index. Illustrations in colour and b/w. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1997 Oxford University Press, India.
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    Fleming, Robert L et al.   BIRDS OF NEPAL. £15    
      With Reference to Kashmir and Sikkim.   358pp. 150 colour plates. Useful small format field guide.   Very good indeed in very good dw.   1979 second edition, Kathmandu.
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    Fletcher, Grace Nies.   THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU. £10    
      The Story of Two Doctors in Nepal.   219pp. 12 b/w photographs.   Very good in rubbed dw.   1964 Reprint, New York, Dutton.
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    Fletcher, Grace Nies.   THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU. £10    
      The Story of Two Doctors in Nepal.   219pp. 12 b/w photographs.   Very good in loose dw.   1964 Reprint, New York, Dutton.
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    Forbes, Duncan.   THE HEART OF NEPAL. £8    
         192pp. Index. 20 b/w photographs and a map. The life of the three ancient cities of the Kathmandu Valley.   Very good. Inscription. Top corners bumped.   1962 First Hale.
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    Forster, Elizabeth.   HIMALAYAN SOLO. £12    
         202pp. 32 b/w photographs. Ten years solo trekking in Nepal.   Fine in very good dw.   1982 First Anthony Nelson.
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    Franco, Jean and Terray, Lionel.   AT GRIPS WITH JANNU. £55    
         192pp. 66 photographs and 5 maps. Translated from the French by Hugh Merrick.   Near-fine in very good dw.   1967 First edition, Gollancz.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £12    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 Second impression, Granta.
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    Gould, Tony.   IMPERIAL WARRIORS. £18    
      Britain and the Gurkhas.   480pp. Index. 4 maps. 37 b/w photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 Second impression, Granta.
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    Gregson, Jonathan.   BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS. £6    
      The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty.   226pp. Index. 15 b/w photographs. Paperback.   Fine.   2003 Fourth Estate.
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    Gregson, Jonathan.   KINGDOMS BEYOND THE CLOUDS. £16    
      Journeys in Search of the Himalayan Kings.   510pp. Index. 19 colour photographs and 5 maps. He travels in Nepal, Mustang, Bhutan and Sikkim and meets traditional rulers.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First edition, Macmillan.
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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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    Gurung, K.K.   HEART OF THE JUNGLE. £15    
      The Wildlife of Chitwan, Nepal.   197pp. Photographs and drawings in b/w.   Fine in fine dw.   1983 First edition, Andre Deutsch.
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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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    Hagen, Toni.   NEPAL. £20    
      The Kingdom in the Himalayas.   180pp. 4to. An account of Nepal by first westerner to travel throughout the country, completing a geological survey. 29 magnificent photographs in colour and 42 in black and white of a time before development and pollution. 18 sketch maps. Translated from the German.   Very good. White boards a little dirty.   1961 First, Kummerly and Frey, Berne.
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    Harding, Mike.   FOOTLOOSE IN THE HIMALAYA. £16    
         242pp. Index. Treks in India and Nepal. Zanskar and Namche/Annapurna. Fine colour photographs.   Fine in very good dw.   1989 First edition, Michael Joseph.
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    Harding, Mike.   FOOTLOOSE IN THE HIMALAYA. £10    
         242pp. Treks in India and Nepal. Fine colour photographs. Full-size paperback edition.   Very good indeed.   1990 Michael Joseph.
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    Harding, Mike.   FOOTLOOSE IN THE HIMALAYA. £14    
         242pp. Index. Treks in India and Nepal. Zanskar and Namche/Annapurna. Fine colour photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 Second impression Michael Joseph.
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    Herzog, Maurice and Ichac, Marcel.   REGARDS VERS L'ANNAPURNA. £24    
         96pp. Photo-album of the 1950 expedition. 84 photographs, 9 in colour, with note in French on each. In plain card wrappers with pictorial dustwrapper. Separate folded map present.   Very good. Top edge of dw a little worn.   1951 First edition, Arthaud, Paris.
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    Hillard, Darla.   VANISHING TRACKS. £15    
      Four Years among the Snow Leopards of Nepal.   332pp. Index. 33 colour photographs. Four field sessions in the Langu Gorge, 1981-85.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First, Elm Tree Books.
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    Hillary, Louise.   HIGH TIME. £8    
      A family trek in the Land of the Sherpas.   192pp. Photographs in colour and black and white.   Fine in fine dw.   1973 First Hodder.
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    Hillary, Peter.   A SUNNY DAY IN THE HIMALAYAS. £25    
         166pp. 52 colour photographs. Climbs in Nepal on Ama Dablam and Kusung Kang.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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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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    Hillary, Sir Edmund.   VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT. £12    
         310pp. Index. Photographs in colour and b/w. Autobiography.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First edition, Doubleday.
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    Hosken, Fran P.   THE KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS. £35    
      A Record of Life and Change in Nepal.   327pp. 505 colour and b/w illustrations, maps and plans. Deleted from the British Library.   Minimal library markings but front hinge weak.   1974 First edition, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo.
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    Hunt, John.   LIFE IS MEETING. £14    
         286pp. Index. 24 b/w photographs and 11 maps. Autobiography.   Fine in fine dw.   1978 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton..
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    Hunt, John.   LIFE IS MEETING. £12    
         286pp. Index. 24 b/w photographs and 11 maps. Autobiography.   Very good in very good dw. Inscription.   1978 First, Hodder.
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    Husain, Asad.   BRITISH INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL. £18    
      1857-1947. A Diplomatic History of Nepal.   408pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   1970 First edition, Allen & Unwin.
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    Hutt, M.J.   NEPALI. £14    
      A National Language and its Literature.   252pp. Index.   Very good in fine dw. Some pencil notes.   1988 First, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.
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    Hutt, Michael.   NEPAL £25    
      A Guide to the Art and Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley.   239pp. Index. 263 black and white photographs. 16 colour plates. 22 maps and plans.   Fine in fine dw.   1994 First Kiscadale.
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    Izzard, Ralph.   THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN ADVENTURE. £15    
         302pp. 47 b/w photographs. Endpaper maps. 7 appendices.   Fine in very good dw.   1955 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Jackson, Monica and Stark, Elizabeth.   TENTS IN THE CLOUDS. £16    
      The First Women's Himalayan Expedition.   255pp. 36 b/w photographs and 5 maps. Ascent of 22,000 foot peak in Central Nepal.   Fine in fine dw.   1956 First edition, Collins.
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    Jain, Girilal.   INDIA MEETS CHINA IN NEPAL. £12    
         177pp. Index. A study of relations in the 1950s.   Very good. Inscription.   1959 First edition, Asia Publishing House, New York.
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    Jain, Girilal.   INDIA MEETS CHINA IN NEPAL. £15    
         177pp. Index. Events over the period of the end of Rana rule.   Very good in rubbed dw.   1959 First edition, Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
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    James, Harold and Sheil-Small, Denis.   THE GURKHAS. £8    
         291pp. Index. 37 plates and 6 maps. Ex-public library copy.   Well-read in worn dw.   1965 First Macdonald.
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    Jest, Corneille.   TARAP. £28    
      Une Vallee dans l'Himalaya.   158pp. Large 8vo. With 28 photographs in colour, 50 in b/w and 2 maps. An anthropological study of one of the Dolpo valleys with verse and excellent photography. Text in French. A lovely book.   Fine in fine dw.   1974 First edition, La Guide de Livre, Lausanne.
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    Kazami, Takehide.   THE HIMALAYAS. £8    
      A Journey to Nepal.   154pp. Small 8vo. Card covers. Account of treks round Annapurna. Illustrated with 110 fine mountain colour photographs.   Near-fine. Inscription.   1981 Kodansha International., Tokyo.
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    Kazami, Takehide.   THE HIMALAYAS. £10    
      A Journey to Nepal.   154pp. Small 8vo. Account of treks round Annapurna. Illustrated with 110 fine mountain colour photographs.   Near-fine in very good dw. Inscription.   1968 First Ward Lock.
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    Kelly, Thomas L. (photographs) and Dunham, Caroll.   THE HIDDEN HIMALAYAS. £35    
         200pp. The four seasons in the village and valley of Humla in remote north west Nepal recorded in stunning colour photographs and short but vivid text.   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, Abbeville Press, New York.
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    Kelly, Thomas L. (photographs) and Roberts, Patricia.   KATHMANDU. £24    
      City on the Edge of the World.   197pp. The everyday life of the city recorded in superb colour photographs and illuminated by excellent short text.   Fine in fine dw.   1989 First edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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    Kirkpatrick, Colonel.   AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAUL £35    
      being the Substance of Observations made during a mission to that Country in the Year 1793.   388pp. Index. 4to. Folding map and 14 plates (mainly folding). Facsimile reprint of 1811 original.   Very good indeed in very good dw.   1975 Asian Publication Services, New Delhi.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   A PLANTSMAN IN NEPAL. £35    
         291pp. Index. Map. 266 colour photographs and 73 in b/w. A lovely new edition. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. A long mountain circuit in Eastern Nepal. Interesting on the places and the plants.   Fine in fine dw.   1995 First thus, Antique Collector's Club.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. £12    
         194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation. Paperback edition.   Very good. Corners scuffed.   1983, Croom Helm.
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    Lancaster, Roy.   PLANT HUNTING IN NEPAL. £16    
         194pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 39 line drawings. Three months spent in 1971 gathering new and interesting plants for propagation.   Fine in slightly faded dw.   1981 First edition, Croom Helm.
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    Landor, A Henry Savage.   TIBET AND NEPAL. £25    
         233pp. Index. 75 paintings in colour and b/w by the author. Facsimile reprint of A & C Black 1905 original.   Very good indeed.   1993 AES, Delhi .
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    Leuchtag, Erika.   WITH A KING IN THE CLOUDS. £8    
         236pp. 27 b/w photographs. Account of close relationships with the Nepali royal family.   Very good in very good dw.   1958 First Hutchinson.
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    Matthiessen, Peter.   THE SNOW LEOPARD. £12    
         312pp. Index. To Dolpo with George Schaller. Bookclub edition in the original Chatto dustwrapper.   Fine in fine dw.   No date The Leisure Circle.
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    Matthiesson, Peter.   THE SNOW LEOPARD. £16    
         338pp. Index.   Near-fine in chipped dw.   1978 First Viking, New York.
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    Mayne, Peter.   FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES. £10    
      A Season in the Himalayas   320pp. 4 b/w illustrations. An exploration of an aristocratic Nepali family and its place in history.   Fine in fine dw.   1975 First edition, Bodley Head.
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    McDougal, Charles.   THE FACE OF THE TIGER. £12    
         180pp. Index. 17 b/w photographs and 13 figures. A long study of the tigers in Chitwan Park, Nepal.   Very good in torn dw. Front edge of title page torn.   1977 Claron Books, Delhi.
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    Mierow, Dorothy & Shrestha, Tirtha Bahadur.   HIMALAYAN FLOWERS AND TREES. £12    
         208pp. Index. Over 400 colour photographs of plants and many identification diagrams and maps. Dorothy Mierow was with the Peace Corps in Nepal from 1962 to 1978. A very useful and portable field-guide. Card covers.   Fine.   1987 Second edition, Sahayogi Prakashan, Kathmandu.
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    Mishra, Hemanta R. and Jefferies, Margaret.   ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE HERITAGE OF NEPAL. £10    
         192pp. Card covers. Many photographs in colour and b/w.   Fine.   No date (1990s) The Mountaineers, Seattle.
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    Morris, John.   A WINTER IN NEPAL. £10    
         232pp. Index. 46 photographs. Bibliography. Travel and Gurkha life in 1960 by pre-war Everester.   Very good.   1963 Second impression, Hart-Davis.
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    Morris, John.   A WINTER IN NEPAL. £12    
         232pp. Index. 46 photographs. Bibliography. Travel and Gurkha life in 1960 by pre-war Everester.   Very good in very good dw.   1963 First Hart-Davis.
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    Mulgrew, Peter.   NO PLACE FOR MEN. £16    
         199pp. 52 b/w photographs and 2 diagrams. With Hillary on Makalu in 1957. The author suffers severe frostbite.   Very good in very good dw.   1965 reprint, Nicholas Vane.
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    Murphy, Dervla.   THE WAITING LAND. £12    
      A Spell in Nepal.   216pp. Index. 16 photographs and a map.   Near-fine in very good dw.   1967 First Murray.
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    Niven, Colonel Bruce.   THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM. £15    
      Volume 2 The Gurkhas and their Homeland.   110pp. 4to. Colour photographs with brief texts.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Niven.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £65    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good in worn dw. Owner's name.   1928 First edition, John Lane.
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    Northey, W.Brook and Morris, C.J.   THE GURKHAS. £55    
      Their Manners, Customs and Country.   282pp. Index. 69 photographs. Folding map.   Very good. A nice, clean copy.   1928 First, John Lane.
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    O'Connor, Bill.   THE TREKKING PEAKS OF NEPAL. £8    
         224pp. Index. Sketch maps and b/w photographs. Card covers.   Near-fine. Owner's name.   1991 Crowood Press.
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    O'Connor, Bill.   THE TREKKING PEAKS OF NEPAL. £9    
         224pp. Index. Sketch maps and b/w photographs. Card covers.   Fine   1996 Reprint, Crowood Press.
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    Oliphant, Laurence.   A JOURNEY TO KATMANDU (CAPITAL OF NEPAUL) £350    
      with the Camp of Jung Bahadoor including a Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home.   214pp. Small 8vo. In plain 19th century binding. Jung Bahadoor was returning from England where he had led an Embassy to Queen Victoria.   A clean, tight copy of a very scarce book.   1852 First edition, John Murray.
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    Oliphant, Laurence.   THE RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA and A JOURNEY TO KATMANDU. £12    
         465pp. Small 8vo.   Fine in fine dw.   1998 Konemann Travel Classics, Koln.
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    Ortner, Sherry B.   LIFE AND DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST. £18    
      Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering.   376pp. Index. 30 b/w photographs and 3 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1999 First, Princeton University Press.
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    Ortner, Sherry B.   LIFE AND DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST. £18    
      Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering.   376pp. Index. 30 b/w photographs and 3 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First, Oxford University Press, India.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £20    
      A Lost Tibetan Kingdom.   288pp. Index. 18 photographs in colour, 18 in black and white. 6 drawings and 4 maps.   Near fine in dw with minor edge wear. Bookplate.   1968 First edition, Collins.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £15    
      The Forbidden Kingdom.   318pp. Index. 18 photographs in colour, 18 in b/w. 3 maps. Drawings.   Very good indeed in worn dw.   1967 Reprint, Dutton & Co., New York.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £12    
      A Lost Tibetan Kingdom.   288pp. Index.   Very good indeed in dw with some loss to front panel. Small tippex mark on front endpaper.   1972 second impression, Collins.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £25    
      The Forbidden Kingdom. Exploring a Lost Himalayan Land.   288pp. Index. 18 photographs in colour, 18 in black and white. 6 drawings and 4 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1967 Second printing Dutton, New York.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £15    
      A Lost Tibetan Kingdom.   288pp. Index. 18 photographs in colour, 18 in black and white. 6 drawings and 4 maps.   Very good.   1968 First edition, Collins.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £14    
      A Lost Tibetan Kingdom.   288pp. Index. 18 photographs in colour, 18 in black and white. 6 drawings and 4 maps.   Near fine in dw with minor edge wear and some fading.   1972 Reprint Collins.
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    Peissel, Michel.   MUSTANG. £14    
      A Lost Tibetan Kingdom.   288pp. Index.   Very good in worn dw. Binding a little slack.   1968 First edition, Collins.
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    Peissel, Michel.   TIGER FOR BREAKFAST. £18    
      The Story of Boris of Kathmandu - adventurer, big-game hunter, and Host of Nepal's famous Royal Hotel.   282pp 24 photographs and map.   Very good in slightly chipped dw.   1966 First edition, Hodder and Stoughton..
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    Pitt, Peter   SURGEON IN NEPAL. £12    
         225pp. Service in the British Military Hospital in Dharan. Presentation copy signed by the author.   Very good indeed in slightly chipped dw.   1970 First Murray.
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    Powell, E.Alexander.   THE LAST HOME OF MYSTERY. £12    
      Adventures in Nepal.   332pp. Index. B/w photographs.   Very good in worn dw.   1929 Reprint, New York, Century Co.
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    Pradhan, K.L.   BRIAN HODGSON AT THE KATHMANDU RESIDENCY 1825-1843. £18    
         275pp. 12 appendices of documents and letters. 2 illustrations and 4 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   2001 First edition, Spectrum, Delhi.
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    Razetti, Steve.   TREKKING AND CLIMBING IN NEPAL. £12    
      25 Adventure Treks in the Mighty Himalaya.   176pp. Index. Card covers. Many photographs and maps in colour.   Fine.   2003 Updated edition, New Holland.
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    Regmi, Mahesh C.   THATCHED HUTS AND STUCCO PALACES. £18    
      Peasants and Landlords in 19th Century Nepal.   173pp. Index.   Near-fine in like dw.   1978 First edition, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
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    Regmi, Mahesh C.   THATCHED HUTS AND STUCCO PALACES. £12    
      Peasants and Landlords in 19th Century Nepal.   173pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   1978 First edition, Vikas, New Delhi.
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    Ripley, Dillon.   SEARCH FOR THE SPINY BABBLER. £14    
      An Adventure in Nepal.   301pp. Index. Folding map. Coloured frontispiece and 18 b/w photographs. American ornithologist travels in remote Nepal.   Very good in very dw.   1978 Reprint, Bibliotheca Himalayica, Kathmandu.
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    Ripley, Dillon.   SEARCH FOR THE SPINY BABBLER. £14    
      An Adventure in Nepal.   301pp. Index. American ornithologist travels in remote Nepal   Very good.   1953 First Gollancz.
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    Roberts, David.   TRUE SUMMIT. £12    
      What really happened on Maurice Herzog's first legendery ascent of Annapurna.   239pp. Index.   Fine in fine dw.   2000 First edition, Constable.
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    Roskelly, John.   LAST DAYS. £12    
         211pp. 33 small colour photographs. Climbs on Tawoche and Menlungtse.   Fine in fine dw.   1992 First edition, Hodder & Stoughton.
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    Salkeld, Audrey.   PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES. £16    
      Approaches to Tibet.   256pp. Accounts of two journeys, to the North side of Everest and into Mustang. Colour photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1991 First Cape.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £18    
      Journeys in the Himalaya.   292pp. Index. 14 colour photographs. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 First, Andre Deutsch.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £14    
      Journeys in the Himalaya.   292pp. Index. 14 colour photographs. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Very good. Owner's name.   1980 First edition, Andre Deutsch.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £8    
         292pp. Index. Fully illustrated. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Fine in fine dw.   1980 Travel Book Club.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £14    
      Journeys in the Himalayas.   292pp. Index. 14 colour photographs. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Very good.   1980 First New York, Viking.
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    Schaller, George B.   STONES OF SILENCE. £16    
      Journeys in the Himalayas.   292pp. Index. 14 colour photographs. Six years exploration by a distinguished field biologist. One journey was the subject of Peter Matthiessen's `The Snow Leopard'.   Very good in chipped dw.   1980 First, Viking, New York.
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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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    Scot, Barbara J.   THE VIOLET SHYNESS OF THEIR EYES. £10    
      Notes from Nepal.   270pp. 50 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Feminist perspective on travels in Pokhara and Khumbu regions. Card covers   Very good.   1993 First Calyx Books, Oregon.
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    Scott, Doug.   HIMALAYAN CLIMBER. £25    
      A Lifetime's Quest to the World's Greater Ranges.   192pp. 4to. Illustrated with many of the author's superb colour photographs.   Fine in near-fine dw. Small inscription.   1992 First, Diadem.
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    Seddon, C., Blaikie, P. and Cameron, J.   PEASANTS AND WORKERS IN NEPAL. £14    
         214pp. Based on field work in 1974 and 1975.   Very good in very good dw.   1979 First edition, Aris and Phillips, Warminster.
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    Shipton, Eric.   The Expedition to Cho Oyu. £16    
      The Geographical Journal Vol CXIX Part 2.   11pp. Map and 5 b/w photographs. Mountain exploration with Hillary and Lowe. This issue also includes Kingdon-Ward on 'The Assam Earthquake of 1950' (12pp, map, 4 b/w photographs). In the original blue wrappers.   Very good.   Royal Geographical Society, June 1953.
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    Singh, Arjan.   TIGER HAVEN. £15    
         239pp. 18 colour and many b/w photographs. Wildlife sanctuary established on the border of Nepal.   Fine in fine dw.   1973 First Macmillan.
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    Singh, Hashmat and Das Pallav.   TREKKING IN THE HIMALAYAS. £14    
         160pp. 4to. Excellent trekking maps in colour and many colour photographs. Covers Sikkim, Nepal and India.   Fine in fine dw.   2002 First edition, Silverdale Books.
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    Smith, E.D.   JOHNNY GURKHA. £12    
      Friends in the Hills.   176pp. 25 b/w photographs. A history. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Leo Cooper.
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    Smith, E.D.   WARS BRING SCARS. £12    
      Friends in the Hills.   144pp. Index. Card covers. 20 b/w photographs and 2 maps. Gurkha service in Greece, India, Malaya and Borneo 1945-64. The author served for 36 years with the Gurkhas ultimately commanding a regiment.   Fine.   1993 First edition, R.J.Leach, Aylesford.
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    Smythies, Olive.   TEN THOUSAND MILES ON ELEPHANTS. £15    
         220pp. Index. 21 b/w illustrations. Life in Naini Tal and Burma with Forest Service husband.   Very good.   1961 First edition, Seeley Service.
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    Smythies, Olive.   TEN THOUSAND MILES ON ELEPHANTS. £24    
         220pp. Index. 21 b/w illustrations. Life in Naini Tal, Nepal and Burma with Forest Service husband.   Near-fine in very good dw.   1961 First edition, Seeley Service.
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    Snellgrove, David.   HIMALAYAN PILGRIMAGE. £10    
      A Study of Tibetan Religion by a Traveller through Western Nepal.   304pp. Includes a journey through Dolpo. 44 plates of black and white photographs. Paperback edition.   Fine.   1981 Prajna, Boulder Colorado.
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    Somerville-Large, Peter.   TO THE NAVEL OF THE WORLD. £12    
      Yaks and Unheroic Travel in Nepal and Tibet.    225pp. Index. Journeys to Everest Base Camp and Mount Kailas.   Fine in fine dw.   1987 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Stevenson, Andrew.   ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT. £12    
      Himalayan Journey.   224pp. Endpaper map in colour.   Fine in fine dw.   1997 First edition, Constable.
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    Stiller, Ludwig F.   THE SILENT CRY. £18    
      The People of Nepal: 1816-39.   344pp. Index. Light card covers.   Very good.   1976 First, Kathmandu.
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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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    Styles, Showell.   THE MOATED MOUNTAIN. £12    
         255pp. 32 b/w photographs and drawings in the text. Endpaper sketch maps. Attempt on Baudha near Manaslu.   Very good.   1955 First edition, Hurst & Blackett.
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    Taylor, Peter.   COOPER'S CREEK TO LANTANG II. £18    
         239pp. 24 plates. 1963 Australian first ascent.   Very good indeed in slightly edge-worm dw.   1965 First edition, Angus & Robertson.
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    Thapa, Netra B.   A SHORT HISTORY OF NEPAL. £10    
         303pp. Card covers.   Fine.   1973 First Kathmandu.
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    Thomas, Bryn.   TREKKING IN THE ANNAPURNA REGION. £8    
         256pp. Index. 20 colour plates and 40 detailed trekking maps. Pocket-size with soft covers.   Fine.   1993 First edition, Nepal Trekking Guides.
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    Tilman, H.W.   NEPAL HIMALAYA. £45    
         272pp. Index. 61 b/w photographs by the author. Two expeditions, 1949 and 1950. Appendix on natural history by Oleg Polunin   Very good. Blue cloth darkening a little and corners rubbed.   1952 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   NEPAL HIMALAYA. £60    
         272pp. Index. 61 b/w photographs by the author. Two expeditions, 1949 and 1950 to the Langtang and Annapurna ranges. Appendix on natural history by Oleg Polunin   Very good indeed in chipped and rubbed dw.   1952 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   NEPAL HIMALAYA. £55    
         272pp. Index. 61 b/w photographs by the author. Two expeditions, 1949 and 1950. Appendix on natural history by Oleg Polunin   Very good. Spine cloth very slightly rubbed but a nice copy.   1952 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tilman, H.W.   WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET. £45    
         232pp. Index. 54 photographs and 6 maps. 1939 mountain exploration in Sikkim and around Kanchenjunga with an account of his war in Albania.   Very good indeed. Bookplate.   1946 First edition, Cambridge University Press.
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    Tucci, Sandro.   GURKHAS. £12    
         160pp. 4to. Superb colour photographs. Brief text.   Fine in fine dw.   1985 First edition, Hamish Hamilton.
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    Tuker, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis.   GORKHA. £15    
      The Story of the Gurkhas of Nepal.   319pp. Index. 31 b/w photographs and a folding map.   Very good. Spine a little cocked.   1957 First edition, Constable.
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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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    Valli, Eric (photographs).   TSANGBOU. £25    
      Entre Nepal et Tibet   118pp. 4to. French text by Christine de Cherisey. 84pp of fine colour photographs.   Fine in fine dw.   1983 First edition, Hachette.
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    von Furer-Haimendorf, Cristoph.   HIMALAYAN TRADERS. £18    
      Life in Highland Nepal.   316pp. Index. 44 b/w photographs and 7 maps.   Fine in fine dw.   1975 First, Murray.
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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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