May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 355

Price Realized: $ 720
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CONWAY, WILLIAM MARTIN, Sir. Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. Photographic portrait of Conway and plates and text illustrations after paintings by A. D. McCormick. Half-titles. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, original cloth, spines darkened at rubbed at bottom; contents clean. Bookplates of Cecil Mocatta and E. Reginald Taylor, F.S.A. London, 1894
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first edition, de luxe issue, with an extra suite of the plates. number 59 of 150 sets, signed by conway; without the 2 additional volumes of scientific reports and maps. "This work describes the first major British expedition to explore and climb in the Himalaya, one of the greatest of all mountain explorations"--Farquhar/Cox 43. Neate C103.