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The Big Three – An Everest TrilogyThese three British expeditions in First Editions are considered cornerstones of any fine Everest book collection and were the first concerted attempts to climb the highest mountain on Earth.Sold as Set – All 3 With Original Cloth Boards, VG. $3,000The Everest R...

Mount Everest 1938H. W. TilmanCambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1948, First U.K. Edition. Peter Lloyd was a climber on this expedition and told this book collector that Tilman’s food rations were so poor everyone lost a huge amount of weight! Lloyd also climbed Nanda Devi with Tilman on First...

Across ThibetGabriel BonvalotCassell, New York, 1892, First American Edition. Scarce hardcover with elaborate gilt-lettered illustration on front cover, beveled edges, gilt lettering and portrait on slightly spotted spine. 417 pages, folding colour map of author's route, Frontispiece and 105 other i...

The Valley of FlowersFrank SmytheHodder & Stoughton, London, 1938. Deluxe Limited Edition, number 197 of 250 copies only, Signed F.S. Smythe" opposite Half-Title page. Ephemera included. Hardcover, no Dustjacket. Rare. Near Fine. $1,500

Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of EverestAnne Keiser and Cynthia RamsayLionheart Books, Atlanta, 2002, First American Edition. Bookplate Signed by Edmund Hillary, with Letter of Authenticity from The Himalayan Trust. Highlights lifetime association between Hillary and Sherpa People of Solu Khumbu with schools and hospitals.Dustjacket, Fine.