Wanderings in the Himalayas [Himagiri Vihar]

by Swami Tapovanji Maharaj. Translated from the Malayalam by T N Kesava Pillai.

Born in 1889 in Kerala, Swami Maharaj studied and lived the spiritual life from a very early age. He rejected marriage and a career and in 1923 he completely renounced evcerything worldly and became a sanyasin. He wnet to live in the Himalayas and he spent the rest of his life wandering in that region.

Madras, Chinmaya Publication Trust, 1960.

Hardback. No dustjacket. Pages: xxx + 327.
2 foldout maps. Sanskrit text with translation. Frontispiece,
Rubbing to edges & corners of the cover, damp stains on cover, frayed spine, first two pages are coming loose from binding, foxing up to title page, worming on the cover & throughout half of the book, light browning in the pages. Condition: Good.
Size: 140 x 210 mm. Weight: 640g.

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Kanchenjunga (COPY 1)

by John Tucker. Foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt.

This book describes the reconnaissance expedition of 1954 which established the bases used by the 1955 expedition which finally conquered Kanchenjunga.

London, Elek Books, 1955. First edition.

Hardback. No dustjacket. 224 pages.

40 B&W photographs including 2 full page photographs. 5 maps. Index.
Edges & corners of cover & spine are rubbed, spine is fading. Condition: Good.
Size: 140 x 225 mm. Weight: 480g.

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Kanchenjunga (COPY 2)

by John Tucker. Foreword by Brig. Sir John Hunt.

This book describes the reconnaissance expedition of 1954 which established the bases used by the 1955 expedition which finally conquered Kanchenjunga.

London, Elek Books, 1955. First edition.

Hardback. No dustjacket. 224 pages.

40 B&W photographs including 2 full page photographs. 5 maps. Index. Edges & corners of cover & spine are rubbed, spine is fading. Cover frayed & wormed. inside pages have some pinhole-sized worming. Creases on first few pages, foxing & browning in the pages. Condition: Poor.
Size: 140 x 225 mm. Weight: 480g.

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Challenge: An Anthology of the Literature of Mountaineering

by William Robert Irwin.

A very good selection of excerpts from the classic literature of mountaineering. It contains essays by 25 authors with firsthand accounts of mountaineering in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Himalayas, the Rockies and the Andes.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1950. First edition.

Hardback. Pages: xx + 444. No dustjacket. Glossary; index.
Slight rubbing to corners of the cover, light browning in the pages, top stain, clean copy internally. Condition: Very Good.
Size: 155 x 230 mm. Weight: 900 g.

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Himalaya Venture

by Fritz Kolb. Translated by Lawrence Wilson.

"Lightweight climbing and exploration, in 1939 and 1946, in Lahoul and Padar, by two Austrians who were interned in India during World War II." -- J Neate, Mountaineering Literature

London, Lutterworth Press, 1959.

Hardback. 147 pages. Dustjacket.

32 B&W photographs including 4 full page photographs. 3 maps. Bibliography.
Dustjacket is tattered to its edges, slightly faded spine, edges of cover & spine are slightly rubbed, top stain, first & last few pages are foxing, light browning in the pages. Condition: Good.
Size: 140 x 220 mm. Weight: 400 g.

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Mountains in Colour

by Frank S Smythe

Four great mountain regions -- the Himalayas, North America, Switzerland and Great Britain -- are superbly photographed and described in this book by a great mountaineer and mountain photographer.

London, Max Parrish, 1949. First UK edition.

Hardback. 155 pages. No dustjacket.
57 colour photographs including 22 full pages. Rubbing to edges & corners of the cover,  slightly faded spine, endpapers are foxing, light browning in the pages. Condition: Very Good.
Size: 220 x 290 mm. Weight: 820 g.

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Himalaya: Mountains of Destiny

by Walter Leifer. Translated from the German by Ursula Prideaux.

This is a fascinating study in the geopolitics of the 1,200 million people occupying territories adjoining the world's greatest natural frontier. The author believes that the inhabitants of this region can regain their independence by playing off the Chinese against the Russians.

London, Galley Press, 1962. First English-language edition.

Hardback. No dustjacket. Pages; x + 176.
14 B/W photographs including 11 full pages. Index. Edges & corners of cover & spine are slightly rubbed, spine is fading, browning in the pages; otherwise a nice copy. Condition: Very Good.
Size: 140 x 220 mm. Weight: 440 g.
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Kanchenjunga: The Story of an Unprecedented Mountaineering Experience

by John Tucker. Foreword by Sir John Hunt.

New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1966.

Hardback. 224 pages. Dustjacket.
40 B/W photographs including 2 full pages, 5 maps, index. Dustjacket is slightly torn - protected by enclosing it in plastic; small tear on front cover; some writing on front endpaper by blue pen; otherwise a clean copy. Condition: Good.
Size: 140 x 225 mm. Weight: 460 g.

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Himalaya Shuttlecock

by Hans Kopp. Translated from the German by H C Stevens.

During World War II the author was interned in Dehra Dun in British India. He escaped six times -- and crossed the Himalayas during each escape! -- but was recaptured on each occasion.

London, Hutchinson, 1957.

Hardback. 191 pages. Dustjacket.
21 B&W photographs including 8 full pages; map. Torn dustjacket, slight rubbing to edges & corners of the cover, some foxing, & browning of the pages. Condition: Very Good
Size: 140 x 215 mm. Weight: 420 g.

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From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

by Sven Hedin

A collection of travel stories from the great Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin. The tales take us with him in this travels in Stockholm, Berlin, Teheran, the Caucassus, Persia, Mesopotamia, the Kirghiz Steppe, China, Japan, Egypt and Africa. Includes Hedin's photos, drawings and maps.

London, Macmillan, 1912.
Hardback (leatherbound). 407 pages. B&W plates. Maps.
Weight: 830 g (29.1 oz).
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