Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 1,690
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE. Karakoram and Western Himalaya, 1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. 36 plates and numerous text illustrations after photographs by Vittorio Sella. xvii, [1], 469 pages. With portfolio containing 18 photographic panoramas on 17 leaves, 3 folding maps, and index booklet. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 266x214 mm, original cloth, minimal wear; foxing on fore edges slightly showing internally, otherwise a clean, attractive set. Bookplates of Herbert McLean Evans and H. L. Tevis. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1912

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first trade edition in english, American issue, of the narrative of a mountaineering expedition intended to test human climbing limits, which included an unsuccessful attempt on K2. "Classic work on the Baltoro region; a most accurate and well illustrated reference source"--Neate F26. Farquhar/Cox 45; Yakushi (1994) F71b.