A Trilogy of Everest Books, "The Big Three" (First Editions)

A$1,800 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

SOLD Lot contains three volumes on Everest: Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921 by Lieut.-Col C. K. Howard-Bury; The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922 by Brigadier-General Hon. C. G. Bruce; The Fight for Everest: 1924 by Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Norton. A very good set of the trilogy recounting the unsuccessful British attempts to scale Mount Everest through the early 1920s. Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921. First Australian Edition. Sydney: The Australasian Publishing Co., LTD. ( London: Edward Arnold Co.), 1922. 4to. Original navy blue publisher's cloth. Pages: x, 356. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, folding map at rear. Bound in original dark blue publisher's cloth. Gilt titling to cover and spine. Cover margins ruled in blind. Edges uncut. Very good. Some silverfish damage to covers, mainly front cover. A touch of rubbing at edges and corners. Top corner mildly bumped. Gilt remains bright and bold. Contents in very good condition. Endpapers age toned. Some foxing here and there. Plates in fantastic condition, clean, bright, and bold. Original frontis tissue guard present. Previous owners inscription pencilled to upper FFEP. W. Williams and Berkelouw Booksellers stickers at lower. An overall attractive copy. The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922. First Edition. London: Edward Arnold Co., 1923. 4to. Original burgundy publisher's cloth. Pages: x, 339. Advertisement for first book at rear. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, folding map at rear. Bound

• Binding: Hardcover

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