THROUGH TIBET TO EVEREST -- 1927 First Printing by Noel, Captain J. B. L. ( John ) - 1927

London: William Kimber, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. The book is in near fine condition with clean covers, no fading, very minor rubbing tips corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The uncommon dust jacket is much better than average for this book where nearly all have faded spine. This jacket has light to medium spine fading, surface flecking at spine ends, clean and complete. Very collectible condition. The book measures 222mm tall x 139mm, and has 199 pages + 8 pages ads, EP maps, 9 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Original tan cloth with red lettering spine. Book is in fine condition with some fore-edge foxing and a little foxing in margins of a few pages, mainly near the front. The binding is tight and solid. There are no creased or torn pages. There are no previous owner marks, no writing, no stamps, no underlining on any pages. Handsigned & dated autograph of Herbert Tichy is tipped-in on the pre-title page (like an errata slip, not fully pasted down, only pasted at hinge). The original dust jacket is in nice condition with no tears and no chips. The DJ has darkening of the spine and the inside front flap corner is clipped. The very ends of the spine of the DJ are lightly rubbed. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED (NOT GENERIC STOCK PHOTOS).

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A. D. M'Cormick. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Editioin. Rebound in dark brown leather spine and cover corners, raised bands spine with gilt lettering and gilt rules, patterned EPs. Binding covers in very good condition with a few marks that are enhanced by the photo being set at a high contrast (they don't show much -- or at all -- upon in-person inspection). The interior is in near fine condition: Old owner name penned to short-title and title page dated 1928, old bookseller mark on corner of first blank page, no other marks or writing on any pages, very clean and bright pages (no foxing, no fading or tanning, no odors, tight binding). The covers have a touch of rubbing very tips corners and top of spine. The book measures 238mm tall x 165mm, and has 709 pages, 300 illustrations, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hopkinson, 1936. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with slight darkening to spine, no previous owner marks or writing on pages, minor foxing on title page and two preliminary pages (other pages have no foxing), solid & tight binding, folding map at rear has two small brown spots (see photo) & map pocket has a tissue repaired tear. The uncommon original dust jacket has tiny loss at spine ends and corner tips, 2cm tear upper front, 4cm tear lower front flap crease with some browning along the tear, 3cm tear upper rear, 15mm & 10mm tear lower rear. The book measures 222mm tall x 14mm, and has 244 pages, 24 b/w photos, glossary of place-names, large folding color map in rear pocket, index, errata slip on page 236. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: John Murray, 1899. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1899 Fourth Edition. Inscribed by Whymper "Presented by the author" along the top edge of the front wrapper. Whymper usually inscribed these guidebooks in this manner. The handwriting is an exact match to other examples by Whymper. Bound in new grey cloth harcover with black lettering spine. Original front and rear covers of the book have been bound inside at the front and end of the new binding (after new fly leafs). Complete with all pages, illustrations, and maps. New covers are in fine condition. The original paper covers have some corner wear, but a generally clean and not rubbed. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Solid binding. A little foxing in margins of pages where folded maps or folded illustrations are present. Minor foxing on three other pages. All other pages are free of foxing. The book measures 195mm tall x 127mm, 205 pages (+ 44 pages of advertisements), 60 engravings, 2 city… Read More

London: David Bogue, 1853. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of the First UK Edition. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Rebound in light brown cloth with leather corners & spine, gilt lettering and rules spine. Note on EP states it was rebound in 1909. Some rubbing corners, clean, blank side of frontis has foxing and heavy soiling but the image side is relatively clean (a few tiny black spots) and with quite bright coloring compared to most, light foxing on title page and some old prices penned on the title page, minor foxing on some other pages, brown smudge marks on two facing pages (see photo), solid binding. The book measures 188mm tall x 121mm, and has 219 pages + 8 pages of ads, coloured frontispiece, b/w title vignette, 22 b/w in-text engravings, 1 smaller in-text vignette of a locket, 5 chapter heading vignettes. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Geneve - Paris: Editions Slatkine, 1980. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Quality 1980 reprint of the classic 1853 edition which has reached sale prices over $20,000 at auction. This reprint is limited to 300 numbered copies. This book measures 485mm tall x 325mm, and has pages [4] + 16 + [6] + 13 + 10 leaves of color plates with blank versos. The complete English text is present along with a complete translation of the text in French. The original 1853 edition was entirely in English (no French). The book was originally published with the illustrations in sepia over greyish background and not colored. Buyers had several examples hand-colored. This is a reproduction of one of the hand-colored examples. The 1853 original was issued in wrappers. This reproduction is bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt border front cover with a smaller reproduction of the front cover of the 1853 wrappers inset on the front. This is a complete reproduction… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper… Read More

London: Hopkinson, 1936. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with slight darkening to spine, no previous owner marks or writing on pages, minor foxing on title page and two preliminary pages (other pages have no foxing), solid & tight binding, folding map at rear has two small brown spots (see photo) & map pocket has a tissue repaired tear. The uncommon original dust jacket has tiny loss at spine ends and corner tips, 2cm tear upper front, 4cm tear lower front flap crease with some browning along the tear, 3cm tear upper rear, 15mm & 10mm tear lower rear. The book measures 222mm tall x 14mm, and has 244 pages, 24 b/w photos, glossary of place-names, large folding color map in rear pocket, index, errata slip on page 236. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.