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Here is a fine selection of Mount Everest Books for sale - Old, New and Secondhand. - Authors include : Lieut.-Col. Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, George Leigh Mallory, John Noel, A.F.R. Wollaston, Charles Granville Bruce, Theodore Howard Somervell, George Ingle Finch, John Baptist Lucius Noel, George Ingle Finch, Lt. Col. Edward Norton, Sir Francis Younghusband, Hugh Ruttledge, Michael Spender, Frank Sidney Smythe, Harold William Tilman, Bip Pares, Eric Shipton, André Roch, Leslie Vickery Bryant (Dan), Chevalley G., Dittert R. & Lambert, Alfred Gregory, John (Brigadier Sir, C.B.E., D.S.O.) Hunt, James (Jan) Morris, Bill Murray, Wilfrid Noyce, Norgay Sherpa Tenzing, Charles Evans, Edmund Percival Hillary, James Ramsay Ullman, Jennifer Bourdillon, George Lowe, Dennis Roberts, Tom Stobart, Thomas F. Hornbein, David Robertson, Peter Steele, Michael Ward, Chris Bonington, Walt Unsworth, Raymond Greene, Doug Scott, Norgay Sherpa Tenzing, Charles Clarke, Ronnie Faux, Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner, Joe Tasker, Tom Holzel, Audrey Salkeld, Stephen Venables, Dudley Green, Peter Gillman, Rebecca Stephens, Showell Styles, Anatoli Boukreev, Jon Krakauer, David Breashears, Jochen Hemmleb, Ed Webster, George Band and Tony Astill.

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huge choice of mountaineering books : Probably the largest selection of the best MOUNTAINEERING books and mountain paintings and engravings for sale anywhere. Mount Everest 1921 George Leigh Mallory and Mount Everest 1935 led by Eric Shipton. Mount Everest ephemera are also a speciality.

It was usual for the leader to write the expedition book, but one not written in it's own time was that of the Mount Everest Reconnaissance 1935 led by Eric Shipton. This was corrected when Tony Astill wrote and published the book of this ‘Forgotten Adventure’ which won the coveted James Monroe Thorington Award for Best Book Mountaineering History at the Banff Mountain Festival 2006.

Climbing Mount Everest became an obsession of the nation in the 1920's and when Mallory and Irvine lost their lives an inexhaustible interest was created about the highest mountain in the world, first ascended  in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.

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Ahluwalia H.P.S. HIGHER THAN EVEREST.  Memoirs of a Mountaineer.  Vikas. 1973 1st.  pp188.  b/w illus. e.p. route photos. ex-lib. r.s.m. in dw Very Good- £24

Tony Astill MOUNT EVEREST : The Reconnaissance 1935. 'The Forgotten Adventure'. Privately Published by the Author. December 2005 Author's Edition. One of a few large paper copies, uncut.  pp 380.  128 photographic illustrations. 10 new maps. [3 fold.] foreword by John Hunt, introduction by Sir Edmund Hillary. Especially bound for the author. blue half calf, five raised bands, gilt title. Winner James Monroe Thorington award for best book in mountaineering history at Banff 2006.  with dw Fine £400

Blessed B. THE TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN.   Bloomsbury. 1991 1st.  pp217.  cold. photos  in dw Fine £12

Bonington C. EVEREST SOUTH WEST FACE. Foreword by Lord Hunt.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1973 1st.  pp352.  56 cold. and b/w illus. 7 maps and diagrams. Signed by the author 'Chris Bonington'. un-pc dw Near Fine £55

Bonington C. EVEREST THE HARD WAY. Foreword by Lord Hunt.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1980 rpt.  pp239.  85 cold. illus. 13 maps and diagrams.  in dw Near Fine £10

Bonington C. & Clark C. EVEREST. The Unclimbed Ridge.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1983 1st.  pp132.  many cold. and b/w plates. Signed by Chris Bonington. owner signature Geoff Millburn. un-pc dw Near Fine £30

Boukreev A. THE CLIMB. Tragic Ambitions on Everest.  Macmillan.  1997 1st. U.K.  pp372.  cold. illus.  un-pc dw New £28

Bruce Brig.-Gen. Hon.  C.G. THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922.    Edward Arnold & Co. 1923 1st.  pp339.  frontis. 35 plates and 2 maps [fold.]  orig. red cloth gilt. a little mottled, sp. faded. uncut.  in laser copy dw Near Fine-  £385

Bryant (Dan) L.V. NEW ZEALANDERS AND EVEREST. with a foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary.  A.H. & A.W. Reed.  1953 1st.  pp48.  21 illus. map. orig. photo pict. wrappers.  Very Good £50

Carr H. THE IRVINE DIARIES. Andrew Irvine and the enigma of Everest 1924  Gastons-West Col.  1979 1st.  pp143.  frontis. 14 illus.  in dw Fine £75

Chinese Expedition.    A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE MOUNT JOLMO LUNGMA SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION. (1966-1968)   Science Press.  1977 1st.  pp120.   with many illus. in colour and b/w. fold. panorama. e.p. map. plain wrappers with pict.  in dw Near Fine £40

Denman E. ALONE TO EVEREST.   Collins.  1954 1st.  pp255.  frontis. 12 illus. 4 maps.  in un-pc dw Very Good £28

Dittert R., Chevalley G. & Lambert R. FORERUNNERS TO EVEREST. The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952.  Allen & Unwin.  1954 1st.  pp256.  cold. frontis. 24 plates. 9 maps. insc. in un-pc dw Near Fine- £25

Dyhrenfurth.  SIX TO THE SUMMIT.          

Eggler A. THE EVEREST-LHOTSE ADVENTURE.   Allen & Unwin.  1957 1st.  pp224.  cold. frontis. 24 plates. sketch map.  from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. in dw Fine £30

Everest 1953  6 PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS. 'From a Kodachrome transparency'.  Himalayan Committee. 1953   rare set of 6 cold. photographic cards 5 x 3.5" views of Everest (images on request)   Fine £90

expedition postcard  CUMBRIAN EVEREST EXPEDITION 1984.   1984   Expedition postcard SIGNED by 9 team members.  with 1 Chinese stamp postmark Lhasa.  Very Good £50

Fellowes Air-Comm.  P.F.M. FIRST OVER EVEREST. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933.  John Lane.  1934  4th. rpt.    pp279.  with 57 illus. from photos, diagrams and maps. with 3D glasses in e.p. in dw Near Fine £70

Finch Capt. G.I. CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST.   George Philip & Son.  1935 3rd. ed. rpt.  pp72.  Philips "New Prospect" Readers for Schools. with 23 illus. text figs. orig. pict. card wrappers. Rare.  Near Fine- £95

Finch Capt. G.I. CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST. This is the first printed account by Finch.  Ward, Lock & Co.  c1925 1st.  pp26.  16 illus. with photographs by the Author and a map. The first three Everest expeditions extract from a Boy's Annual now bound in marbled card boards, with printed label.  Near Fine £35

Finch G.I. DER KAMPF UM DEN EVEREST.   Brockhaus. 1925 1st.  pp207.  90 plates and 2 maps. cold. pict. boards. Scarce Account not published in English. hinges broken and corners rubbed.  Very Good- £75

Finch G.I. THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER.   Arrowsmith.  1924 2nd. imp.  pp340.  78 photos. drawing. 2 diagrams. orig. cloth gilt.  Near Fine- £75

First Day Cover  Indian Mount Everest Expedition, 1965 15-8-1965 Indian Posts & Telegraphs 1965   pictorial envelope with 0.15 India stamp postmarked 15-8-65 Calcutta G.P.O. Indian Mountain Everest Expedition 1965.   Very Good £65

First Day Cover  Indian Mountaineering. 15-5-73 Indian Posts & Telegraphs 1973   pictorial envelope with 20 up India stamp postmarked 15-5-73 Bombay G.P.O. Indian Mountaineering   Very Good £65

Firstbrook P. LOST ON EVEREST. The Search for Mallory & Irvine. BBC Worldwide Ltd. 1999 1st.  pp224.  b/w illus. maps.  in un-pc dw Near Fine- £15

Gillette N. & Reynolds J. EVEREST GRAND CIRCLE. A Climbing and Skiing Adventure through Nepal and Tibet  The Mountaineers. 1985 1st.  pp216.  cold. illus. Geoff Millburn copy signed. in un-pc dw Fine £18

Gillman P. (intro.) CLIMBING EVEREST. The Complete Writings of George Mallory.  Gibson Square.  2010 1st. pp256. a few b/w text illus. rare Signed by the author. in dw. New £75

Green D. MALLORY OF EVEREST.   Faust Pub. 1990 1st.  pp143.  many illus. p.b. cold. illus. cover.  Very Good £12

Gregory A. The Party and High Altitude Sherpa Team at Advance Base on 31st May. Reproduction must be acknowledged The Times - World Copyright reserved by Himalayan Committee. r.s.m. on verso The Times 1953  original photograph. 'AG 63' in pencil on verso. 8" x 10"  26 x 20 cms  published in The Ascent of Everest. Plate 47  Very Good £500

Gregory A. THE PICTURE OF EVEREST. A book of full-colour reproductions of the Everest scene.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st.  pp92.  43 full-colour reproductions of photographs of Everest with e.p. chart of the Ascent. dw sp. and back sun faded and brown. in dw Very Good+ £30

Greig A. KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE. Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge.  Hutchinson. 1986 1st.  pp249.  cold. illus.  in dw Fine £14

Gurtner O. EVEREST. The Swiss Everest Expeditions in Photographs.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st.  pp144.  144 cold. and b/w plates. sketch maps. orig. cloth faded overall.  Very Good- £45

Habeler P. EVEREST IMPOSSIBLE VICTORY.  conquering Everest without oxygen.  Arlington.  1979 1st.  pp223.  many illus. 23 in colour.  in un-pc dw Near Fine- £35

Hagen T. MOUNT EVEREST. Formation, Population and Exploration of the Everest Region.  1963 1st.  pp195.  31 plates. 24 figs. 3 maps [1 large fold. in e.p.] quite rare. in un-pc dw Very Good £95

Haswell P. POG CLIMBS MOUNT EVEREST.   Walker Books.  1990 1st.  pp28.  cold. illus by the author throughout. cold. illus. boards.  Very Good £24

Hawkins S. FAR, FAR THE DISTANT PEAK. The Life of Wilfred Noyce, Mountaineer, Scholar, Poet. Curbans Books. 2014 1st.  pp325.  illus.  in dw New. £25

Hedin S. MOUNT EVEREST.    Brockhaus, Leipzig. 1923 1st German.  pp194.  8 woodcut views von Georg Baus. 9 charts, 3 profiles.  orig. dec. boards.   Very Good £180

Hemmleb J., Johnson L.A. & Simonson E.R. GHOSTS OF EVEREST.   Macmillan.  1999 1st.  pp206.  many cold. and b/w illus.  in dw As New £20

Hillary E. A SET OF FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIR EDMUND HILLARY. of a visit to Kenyon Ropes, Chapel Field Works Dukenfield  1953  8.25" x 6.25" with card signed 'E.P. Hillary', together with a signed head notepaper letter from William Kenyon, the managing director. Kenyon made the ropes for the Everest Expedition 1953 so these represent part of the history of the first ascent.   Very Good- £685

Hillary E.P. ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953.   African Consolidated Theatres Limited.  1953 1st.  pp24.  b/w illus. advertisements. Printed  illus. covers. Contents include completely different advertisements and shortened text. rare programme for the 1953/4 tour of South Africa by Sir Edmund Hillary under the auspices of The Royal Geographical Society.  Very Good £85

Hillary  BEYOND EVEREST. 30pp illustrated extract from National Geographic November 1955. Bound in blue boards. Fine.        

Hillary E.P. Sir Edmund Hillary (right) and Sherpa Tenzing were in a happy mood.....' Some lines have been drawn on the faces to enhance the features for newspaper printing - only noticeable on very close inspection.  I.A. REUTER PHOTOS LTD. 1955  20.5 x 13 cms.  original photograph used Guardian newspaper 21 Jul 1955 ?  Very Good- £245

Hillary E. UNITED NATIONS FIRST DAY COVER. signed 'Ed Hillary'.     first day cover envelope illus. datemark 9-AM 3c United Nations stamp. postmark United Nations New York Dec 10 9-AM 1953  Near Fine £100

Hillary - Everest. E. BRASS TELESCOPE, 3 sections, extends to 29 inches. Magnification 25x - 40x. Hillary - Everest is engraved in the first telescopic section.  Made in England. c1953   stamped 'Hilary-Everest X25 X40 and 63.5 max. length. in 3 sections bound in leather.  Very Good £450

Hillary & George Lowe E. & G. EAST OF EVEREST. An Account of the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954  Hodder & Stoughton. 1956 1st.  pp118.  48 pages of photogravure illus. 2 maps. tipped in signature of Norman Hardie. in dw Near Fine £125

Hillary and Tenzing  25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST Commemorative Booklet     containing stamps of Machin type in imperforate condition.   Mint. £20

Hindley G. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration. Int. Learning Systems. 1973   pp91.  very many cold. and b/w illus. a potted history of Mountaineering. Signed by Tony Streather.  Very Good £35

Holland G.S THE MOUNT EVEREST REGION.  Royal Geographical Society. 1971 1st.  1:100,000 scale map. 75 x 80 cms. flat.  New £65

Hornbein T.F. EVEREST THE WEST RIDGE.   George Allen & Unwin.  1971 1st. U.K.  pp181.  15 cold plates. Geoff Millburn copy. in pc dw Very Good £20

Hornbein T.F. EVEREST THE WEST RIDGE.   George Allen & Unwin.  1971 3rd.  pp181.  15 cold plates. from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. in dw Fine £20

Howard-Bury Lieut.-Col. C.K. EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE. The First Expedition of 1921. Edited by Marian Keaney.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1991 1st.  pp254.  illus. maps.  in dw New. £15

Howard-Bury Lieut.-Col. C.K. MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE: 1921.   Edward Arnold & Co. 1922 1st.  pp350.  frontis. 32 illus. 3 cold. fold. maps. orig. blue cloth gilt. sp. wrinkled and marked.  Very Good- £295

Howard-Bury Lieut.-Col. C.K. MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE: 1921.   Edward Arnold & Co. 1922  Limited Editon.   photogravure frontispiece very slightly foxed, with 14 extra plates inc. 2 panoramas, 3 folding maps. number 84 of 200 large paper copies. original vellum-backed cloth, red buckram, large paper uncut, t.e.g.   Near Fine- £2,800

Hunt J. LIFE IS MEETING.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1978 1st.  pp286.  24 illus.  in dw Near Fine £35

Hunt J. LIFE IS MEETING.   R.U. 1979   pp286.  24 illus.  in dw Near Fine £10

Hunt J. MY FAVOURITE MOUNTAINEERING STORIES.   Lutterworth Press.  1978 1st.  pp127.  line decorations by Douglas Phillips. r.s.m. in dw Near Fine- £18

Hunt J. THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 Jan. 3rd.  pp300.  cold. frontis. 7 cold. plates. 48 b/w. text illus. by Charles Evans.  in dw Near Fine £20

Hunt Brigadier Sir John and Sir Edmund Hillary.  THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL.  The Royal Geographical Society. 1953 Dec. 1st.  pp385-399.  13 illus. 2 maps and diagram. orig. blue printed wrappers.  Near Fine- £45

Izzard R. THE INNOCENT ON EVEREST.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1954 1st.  pp256.  frontis. many illus.  in dw Near Fine £18

Johnson A. SIR EDMUND Hillary. An Extraordinary Life.  Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd.  2005 1st.  pp232.  many cold. and b/w illus. signed by Jan Morris. quite unique! in dw New £65

Jones M CANOEING DOWN EVEREST.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1979 2nd.  pp192.  cold. and b/w illus. Geoff Millburn copy. ex-libris label. in pc dw Very Good- £10

Kohli M.S. NINE ATOP EVEREST. Story of the Indian ascent.  Orient Longmans. 1969 1st. pp384. 56 art plates in colour and monochrome.  in dw New £45

Krakauer J. INTO THIN AIR.   Villard.  1998 1st. U.S. Illustrated Edition (starts 2)  pp405.  illus. with woodcut engravings, photo illus. e.p. maps.   Good £18

Krakauer J. INTO THIN AIR.   Villard.  1997 1st. U.S. (starts 2)  pp293.  illus. with woodcut engravings, photo illus. e.p. maps.  in dw Very Good £35

Mackenzie M. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MALLORY AND IRVINE. The Wildest Dream.  John Murray.  2009 1st.  pp248.  cold. illus.  in dw New £20

Mallory G.L. MOUNT EVEREST : THE RECONNAISSANCE. read with the preceding paper 'The 1921 Mount Everest Expedition' by C.K. HoWard-Bury, at the joint meeting of the R.G.S. and A.C. on 20 December 1921.  Alpine Club Journal no. 224. May  1922   pp195 - 250. 22 photo. illus. [offprint] bound in marbled boards with paper label.  Fine £120

Marshall H. MEN AGAINST EVEREST.   Country Life.  1954 1st.  pp64.  frontis. illus. 2 maps. Geoff Millburn copy signed with address. in un-pc dw Very Good £24

McCallum J.D. EVEREST DIARY. based on the diary of Lute Jerstad.  Follett.  1966 1st.  pp213.  illus.   Very Good- £15

Messner R. EVEREST. Expedition to the Ultimate.  Kaye & Ward. 1979 1st.  pp254.  cold. & b/w photos. diagrams. Signed by Audrey Salkeld, translator. in dw Near Fine £65

Messner R. THE CRYSTAL HORIZON. Everest - The First Solo Ascent.  Crowood. 1989 1st.  pp322.  many cold. & b/w plates. diagrams. Signed by Audrey Salkeld, translator. in un-pc dw Fine £45

Messner  R. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ASCENT OF MT. EVEREST WITHOUT OXYGEN. by Mr. Reinhold Messner & Mr. Peter Habeler on May 8, 1978  Nepal Mountaineering Association. 2003   by Mr. Reinhold Messner & Mr. Peter Habeler on May 8, 1978 special cancellation May 8, 2003 over UIAA Golden Jubilee Mt. Everest Nepal R.3 stamp.   £95

Morin M. EVEREST. From the first attempt to the final victory.  Harrap. 1955 1st.  pp205.  many cold. & b/w illus. maps. Geoff Millburn copy. insc. in un-pc dw Near Fine £25

Morris (foreword by) J. EVEREST. 60th anniversary  Ammonite Press.  2013 1st.  pp288.  400 photographs from the Royal Geographical Society. Splendid and heavy. Signed by Jan Morris. un-pc dw New £85

Morrow P. BEYOND EVEREST. Quest for the Seven Summits.   Camden House.  1986 1st. pp176. with many illus. in colour and b/w. cold. pict. wrappers.  New £10

Mountainous Nepal  Substantial Mint Stamp Collection (much never hinged) from 1949 with all key definitive sets to 1984 in mounts on 32 illus. sheets.    1949  - 1984    430 Nepal Postage Stamps in sets.  some sets with mountain views, but mainly of Nepal interest.  Mint. £600

Muhl R. EVEREST. Surviving The Death Zone.  2008 1st. pp314. cold. illus. maps.  in dw New £25

Murray W.H. THE STORY OF EVEREST. 1921-1952.  J.M. Dent. 1953 1st.  pp193.  14 maps and diagrams and 24pp. of photographs. orig. blue cloth gilt. This first edition is quite rare. in un-pc dw Near Fine- £45

Noel Capt. J. MOUNT EVEREST 1924           

Noel Capt. J.B.L. MOUNT EVEREST. complete Series of 20 photographic Cigarette Cards.  John Player & Sons.  1924 1st.  depicting views from the 1922 Mount Everest expedition, 2 from photographs by Dr. T.H. Somervell and mostly not reproduced elsewhere. rare.  Near Fine £150

Noel Capt. J.B.L. OXYGEN DRILL IN CAMP.  Mount Everest Committee. 1924   illustrated sepia postcard. a very rare Everest postcard from 1924. no. 14 of the series of ?  almost Mint. £50

Noel Capt. J.B.L. THROUGH TIBET TO EVEREST.   Edward Arnold & Co.  1927 1st.  pp302.  frontis. and 25 illus. orig. blue cloth gilt. uncut. The rare first edition. in col. copy dw Near Fine- £245

Noel Capt. J.B.L. THROUGH TIBET TO EVEREST.   Edward Arnold & Co.  1927 rpt. December  pp302.  frontis. and 25 illus. orig. blue cloth gilt. in col. copy dw Very Good- £75

Noel Together with  A collection of nine celluloid colour negatives (14 x 11.5 cms)       images of the Noel Lantern slides. images published in The Times Mount Everest Supplement 1999.  Very Good

Noel Together with Capt. J.B.L. MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION 1924 original glass lantern slides     4 glass lantern slides, 2 cracked 8.5 x 10 cms. hand coloured tint a) No. 20. Camp below North Col. b) North Face of Everest c)  ALL presumably from the Noel Lecture Tour     

Noel, Somervell, Howard-Bury etc. Capt. J.B.L. MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION 1921.  Mount Everest Committee. 1924  postcards 9 x 14 cms. The 3rd. Set of 6. Rare. illustrated sepia postcard with full title verso. 3 are 'browned, see image. Nos. 13-18 The First View of Mount Everest. Oxygen Drill in Camp.Family og the Governor of Tibet. North East Ridge of Mount Everest. Passage of the East Rongbuk Glacier. Mount Everest from the Base Camp.   Very Good-. £145

Noel, Somervell, Howard-Bury etc. Capt. J.B.L. MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION 1921.  Mount Everest Committee. 1924  postcards 9 x 14 cms. The First Set of 6. Rare. illustrated sepia postcards with full title verso. Nos. 1-6 Eastern Spurs of Mount Everest. The Governer of Kharta and his wife. The Rongbuk Monastery and Mount Eveerst. Ice Caverns on the Rongbuk Glacier. Camp 4 on the North Col. The Highest Photograph ever taken.   Very Good. £185

Norton Lt. Col. E.F. THE FIGHT FOR EVEREST: 1924.   Edward Arnold.  1925 1st.  pp372.  cold. frontis. & 7 cold. plates by T.H. Somervell. 24 mono. panorama. map. orig. green cloth gilt. crease in spine. o.w.  Near Fine- £375

Noyce W. ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953.   African Consolidated Theatres Limited.  1953 1st.  pp24.  very scarce illustrated 'booklet' published to accompany the South African Everest Lecture Tour. Not in 'Neate'.  Printed  illus. covers. Contents include completely different advertisements and shortened text. rare programme for the 1953/4 tour of South Africa by Sir Edmund Hillary under the auspices of The Royal Geographical Society.  Near Fine £95

Noyce W. THROUGH TIBET TO EVEREST.   1953 1st.  A very scarce slide show pamphlet. This is possibly unique to accompany the Everest Lectures   Very Good £185

Noyce and Taylor, Richard R. EVEREST IS CLIMBED.   A Puffin Picture Book.  No 100 1954 1st.  pp32.  cold. and monochrome illus. by Richard Taylor, written for children.  coloured illustrated wrappers. uncommon.  Very Good- £35

'On Top of the World'  Everest Conquered.... a triumph for SMITHS de luxe 'EVEREST' Wristwatches.   1953   One of the original watches which were the official selection of the gallant Everest team and produced to commemorate the Ascent of Everest in 1953. these are advertised in 'The Times Mount Everest Supplement July 1953'   £575

Pye D. GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY.   O.U.P. 1927 1st.  pp183.  6 illus. orig. cloth sl. rubbed. spare label used over original.   Very Good- £95

Roberts D. I'LL CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST ALONE. The Story of Maurice Wilson   Robert Hale Ltd. 1957 1st.  pp158.  frontis. 18 illus. Geoff Millburn copy. d/w is smaller than book at top and bottom. un-pc dw Very Good- £145

Roberts D. I'LL CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST ALONE. The Story of Maurice Wilson.  The Wide World. The True Adventure Magazine for Men.  1957 Oct.   pp12+8+10 several illus. in 3 issues. orig. cold. pict. wrappers. Rare.  Near Fine £95

Robertson D. GEORGE MALLORY.   Faber and Faber. 1969 1st.  pp279.  frontis. 20 plates. 5 maps. ex-lib. marks on f.f.e.p. otherwise  in dw Near Fine- £95

Roch A. EVEREST 1952.   Jeheber. 1952 1st.  pp110.  many cold. and b/w plates. cold. photo wrappers. orig. cold. pict. covers. in dw Very Good £45

Ruttledge H. EVEREST 1933.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1934 1st.  pp390.  frontis. 58 plates. 3 text diagrams. 4 maps. tipped in ink signature of F S Smythe 5/12/33 is in this copy. un-pc dw Near Fine £350

Ruttledge H. EVEREST 1933.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1934 1st.  pp390.  frontis. 58 plates. 3 text diagrams. 4 maps. from the library of Una Cameron insc. with pen ink and sketch of deer 1934. Bookplate pasted below. un-pc dw Near Fine £240

Ruttledge H. EVEREST 1933.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1936 5th.  pp291.  frontis. 16 plates. fold. map.   Near Fine £18

Ruttledge H. EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1937 1st.  pp288.  63 plates. 2 fold. maps. pencil-head sketches of expedition members. from the library of Una Cameron with her bookplate. un-pc dw Very Good £240

Ruttledge H. EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1937 1st.  pp288.  63 plates. 2 fold. maps. inc. the 1935 Mount Everest Reconnaissance map by Michael Spender. expedition members pencil-head sketches. orig. blue cloth gilt. top sp. split. rubbed and usual wear. in laser copy dw Very Good- £65

Sayre W.W. FOUR AGAINST EVEREST.   Arthur Barker.  1964 1st.  pp251.  12pp of b/w illus. maps. Geoff Millburn copy. Baume r.s.m. in pc dw Very Good £40

Shipton  EVEREST: THE 1951 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SOUTHERN ROUTE.   The Geographical Journal.  1952 June Vol. CXVIII Part 2. pp117 - 141 panorama, map diagram, map, 7 illus. complete issue in orig. blue printed covers.  Near Fine- £45

Shipton E. MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE 1935.  A Postcard of the Team, but printed in 1998, with Rongbuk Base Camp cache.  Only 500 printed.     shows Shipton, Tilman, Warren, Bryant, Kempson, Wigram and Spender. Proceeds to the Himalayan Trust (UK)   New £10

Shipton E. MOUNT EVEREST Reconnaissance Expedition 1951. Special Supplement. Price 1/-   The Times. 1951   pp16.  fully illustrated with photos and diagrams, adverts. Rare original newspaper. 1" tear pp13-14 and 1" missing pp 15-16.  Good-

Shipton E. MOUNT EVEREST Reconnaissance Expedition 1951. Special Supplement. Price 1/-   The Times. 1951   pp16.  fully illustrated with photos and diagrams, adverts. Rare original newspaper. 1" tear pp13-14 and 1" missing pp 15-16.  Good-

Shipton E. MOUNT EVEREST Reconnaissance Expedition 1951. Special Supplement. Price 1/-   The Times. 1951   pp16.  fully illustrated with photos and diagrams, adverts. Rare original newspaper. browning to folds.  Very Good- £75

Shipton E. THAT UNTRAVELLED WORLD. An Autobiography.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1969 1st.  pp286.  27 illus. 9 maps.  in dw Near Fine £45

Shipton E. THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE : A paper read at the evening meeting of the Society on 2 December 1935.  1936 Feb. Vol LXXXVII No 2 pp16. 5 full page, 2 half page illus. full page map.  bound in card covers.  Very Good £35

Shipton E. THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1952 1st.  pp128.  many b/w photo illus. covers faded as usual.  Very Good- £45

Shipton E. THE MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE. : A paper read at the Evening Meeting of the Society 0n 2 December 1935.  Royal Geographical Society. 1935 Vol LXXXVII No 2  pp98-112. 7 photo illus. map. orig. blue printed wrappers.  Near Fine £100

Shipton E. UPON THAT MOUNTAIN.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1947 4th.  pp222.  frontis. 30 illus. 4 maps. boards marked.  Very Good- £25

Shipton E. UPON THAT MOUNTAIN.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1943 rpt.  pp222.  frontis. 30 illus. 4 maps.   Near Fine £18

Smythe F.S. CAMP SIX An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1937 1st.  pp307.  frontis. 35 illus. orig. blue cloth gilt. becoming rare.  Very Good £125

Smythe F.S. CAMP SIX. An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition.  Hodder & Stoughton. 1937 1st.  pp307.  frontis. 35 illus. orig. blue cloth gilt. ex-Boots library, becoming rare. but quite  Good £55

Smythe F.S. CAMP SIX. Foreword by Brigadier Sir John Hunt.  A. & C. Black.  1956 rpt.  pp219.  thus. frontis. 7 illus.  un-pc dw Near Fine- £35

Somervell T.H. AFTER EVEREST.   H & S. 1936 1st.  pp339.  cold. frontis. 21 illus.e.p. map. fold map. orig. green cloth gilt.  Near Fine- £68

Steele P. DOCTOR ON EVEREST.   Hodder & Stoughton. 1972 1st.  pp222.  32 illus. 3 maps. review copy from the library of Malcolm Barnes editor of the Mountain World. Author signature tipped in on title page. in dw Near Fine £65

Steele P. ERIC SHIPTON. Everest and Beyond.  Constable.  1998 1st.  pp290.  illus. 21 maps drawn by the author. ex-lib copy. in dw Good £8

Stephens R. ON TOP OF THE WORLD. The first British woman to climb Everest.   Macmillan.  1994 1st.  pp196.  cold. illus. and illus. e.p.'s.   in dw Fine £25

Stobart T. ADVENTURER'S EYE. The Autobiography of Everest Film-Man  Popular Book Club.  1958   pp248.  23 illus.   Very Good £3

Sufrin  TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD.  Platt & Munk. 1966 1st. U.S.      

Summers J. FEARLESS ON EVEREST. The Quest for Sandy Irvine.  Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2000 1st.  pp290.  39 illus.   in dw Fine £20

Tasker J. EVEREST THE CRUEL WAY.   Eyre Methuen.  1981 1st.  pp166.  12 plates.  in £6.95 un-pc dw Fine £175

Tatchell Mac THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT EVEREST. Hillary and Tensing within sight of their goal.  Macmillan's History Pictures.  1953 1st.  cold. pictorial poster for schools.   Very Good £85

Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Indian Posts & Telegraphs First Day Cover commemorating the Conquest of Everest. 3 'Conquest of Everest' stamps. 29-5-53   2nd. Oct. 1953.   with one brown 14As and one purple 2As. Conquest of Everest stamps.  Rare Fine £75

Tenzing Norgay Sherpa signed MOUNT EVEREST FIRST DAY COVER 29th. May 1978 Thyangboche Monastery 29 May 78 Base Camp 1953  Nepal Philatelic Society.     SIGNED by TENZING first day cover envelope with 4 25th Aniversary of the First Ascent of Mt. Everest Nepal r.2.30 stamps.  Near Fine £395

Tenzing  TENZING AND FAMILY ARRIVE LONDON AIRPORT. PHOTOGRAPH  United Press Photo. 1953 5th. July 17 x 22 cms.  United Press, New York Bureau. photograph details in stencil on verso. Mt. Everest Conquerer in London. Tenzing Norkey, the Sherpa Tribesman ... waves happily  July 3.  Very Good £145

Tenzing (Signed) Norkay Sherpa Photo Portrait Post Card of Tenzing bearing Everest postage stamp set used on 1st Day Cover. Post mark Darjeeling 2 X 53  typed on back 'Autographed 1st Day of Issue. T ENZING NORKAY CONQU ERED EVEREST 29.5.'5 3. 1 of 100 Post Cards bearing Tenzings autograph. signed by Tenzing in blue biro across his chest.     typed on back 'Autographed 1st Day of Issue. T ENZING NORKAY CONQU ERED EVEREST 29.5.'5 3. 1 of 100 Post Cards bearing Tenzings autograph. signed by Tenzing in blue biro across his chest.   Very Good- £850

Tilman H.W. MOUNT EVEREST 1938.   C.U.P.  1948 1st.  pp160.  60 a/b photo illus. 4 maps. orig. brown cloth gilt, corner of f.e.p. cut..  Very Good- £35

Tuckey H. EVEREST The untold story of Griffith Pugh.  2013 1st  pp400. 31 illus. port., map.  in dw New £20

Ullman J.R. AMERICANS ON EVEREST.   Michael Joseph. 1965 1st. UK  pp429.  7 cold. and many b/w plates. cellotape marks on un-pc dw Very Good £30

Ullman J.R. KINGDOM OF ADVENTURE EVEREST.   Collins.  1948 1st.  pp320.  frontis. 29 illus. 4 maps. with spare section pp273-288 21s. un-pc dw Near Fine £35

Ullman J.R. MAN OF EVEREST. The Autobiography of TENZING.  R.S. 1956   pp320.  29 illus. in original box. almost in dw Mint £25

Ullman J.R. THE AGE OF MOUNTAINEERING.   Collins.  1956 1st.  pp384.  illus. maps & sketches.  in dw Fine £18

Unsworth W. EVEREST.   Allen Lane.  1981 1st.  pp578.  55 plates. 4 figs. 5 maps.  in dw Near Fine- £30

Venables S. HIGHER THAN THE EAGLE SOARS. A Path to Everest.  Hutchinson.  2007 1st.  pp370. many cold. illus. and some b/w maps.  in dw New £20

Washburn B. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EVEREST MAP          

Wedgwood Glass   WEDGWOOD HANDMADE GLASS EVEREST GOBLET. engraved pink glass engraved '25th Anniversary of the Conquest of Everest 1953 - 1978'  by Edmund Hillary and Norkay Tenzing 29th May 1953. 1978 Ltd edition no. 380 of 1500 only.  engraved with iconic image of Tenzing standing on the summit and of the route in the Western Cwm with summits of Everest and Lhotse. 16 cms. tall. limitation number etched on base. In original presentation box.   £400

"Welcom" The MOUNT EVEREST Wonders of the World Jig-Saw Puzzle. Over 200 pieces Made in England by Williams Ellis & Co. Ltd. London EC4 c 1940's   Printed in Full Colours. Fully Interlocking making a complete picture size 14" x 10" In the original box Price 6d. Very rare now.  Very Good £180

Wibberley L. THE EPICS OF EVEREST.   Faber.  1955 1st.  pp217.  text illus. and sketch maps. Baume r.s.m. in un-pc dw New £20

Younghusband Sir F. EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE.   Thomas Nelson 1936 1st.  pp243.  frontis. 15 illus. 4 maps and diagrams. . in colour laser copy of original  in dw* Near Fine £35

Younghusband Sir F. EVEREST: THE CHALLENGE.   Thomas Nelson 1936 rpt. April  pp243.  frontis. 15 illus. 4 maps and diagrams. school prize label.  Very Good- £28

Younghusband Sir F. THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST.   Edward Arnold.  1926 rpt. Nov.  pp319.  frontis. 15 plates. 2 maps.   Near Fine £24

Younghusband Sir F. THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST.   Edward Arnold.  1926 1st.  pp319.  frontis. 15 plates. 2 maps. Scarce first edition.  Near Fine £7

Younghusband Sir F. THE EPIC OF MOUNT EVEREST.   Edward Arnold.  1939 school edition rpt.  pp319.  frontis. 7 plates. 2 maps. orig. blue cloth.  Very Good £8

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