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Ɵ MOUNTAINEERING: a group of seven first editions, 3 SIGNED by the authors, 1929 - 2010. comprises: HUNT, Sir John. (1928 - 2003). & BRASHER, Christopher. (1928 - 2003). The Red Snows. An Account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958. SIGNED. Hutchinson of London, 1960. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 145mm), publisher's red cloth, dustwrapper clipped, SIGNED by both authors to the title page, photo. illustrated throughout, in-text map pp. 72-73, 176pp: SMYTHE, F.S. (1900 - 1949). Climbs and Ski Runs. Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. INSCRIBED. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., London and Edinburgh, 1929. first edition, 8vo., (224 x 152mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, facsimile dustwrapper, INSCRIBED by the author to front free e/p., 'Yours Sincerely / F.S. Smythe', half-title, b/w. photo. illustrations, 307pp: MARCEL, Kurz. editor. (1887 - 1967). The Mountain World 1954. George Allen Unwin Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (245 x 80mm), publisher's brown cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, photo. illustrations, 12 maps and sketches, 224pp: together with four others, 8vo., publisher's cloth, MALLORY, George Leigh. Climbing Everest. Gibson Square, 2010. dustwrapper unclipped, 256pp: HOWARD-BURY, Charles. Mountains of Heaven. Travels in the Tian Shan Mountains 1913. Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. dustwrapper unclipped, 176pp: HOWARD-BURY, Charles. and MALLORY, George Leigh. Everest Reconnaissance. The First Expedition of 1921. Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. dustwrapper unclipped, 254pp: RODWAY, George. (editor). George Ingle Finch's Struggle for Everest. SIGNED. Carreg Ltd. 2008. dustwrapper unclipped, SIGNED by George Rodway to half-title, 232pp. each volume within a removeable clear wrapper. (7)