* [EVEREST]. A group of 8 works, comprising:
HOWARD-BURY, Charles Kenneth (1881-1963). Mount Everest. The Reconnaissance. 1921. London: Edward Arnold, 1922. 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece, 3 large folding maps at end, numerous plates. -- BRUCE, Charles Granville (1866-1939). The Assault on Mount Everest 1922. London: Edward Arnold, 1923. 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece, 2 folding maps at end, numerous plates. -- NORTON, E.F. (1884-1954). The Fight for Everest: 1924. London: Edward Arnold, 1925. 8vo. Folding map, folding panorama, numerous plates. -- NOEL, J.B.L. (b. 1890) Through Tibet to Everest. London: Edward Arnold, 1927. 8vo. Numerous plates and in-text drawings. Modern morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, second impression. -- RUTTLEDGE, Hugh (b. 1884). Everest 1933. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934. 8vo. 4 maps (1 large folding map), numerous photogravure plates. With the scarce dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with inscription on first blank from an expedition member: 'E.L.C. very gratefully, from Tom Brocklebank. 2.X.34'. -- RUTTLEDGE, Hugh (b. 1884). Everest: The Unfinished Adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. 8vo. 2 folding maps, numerous photo plates. With slightly chipped dust jacket. -- TILMAN, H.W. (1898-1977). Mount Everest 1938. Cambridge: The University Press, 1948. 8vo. Frontispiece, 4 maps, numerous half-tones. With dust jacket. -- [Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research]. Everest. The Swiss Everest Expeditions. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 4to. 6 maps and sketches, numerous photo and color plates. -- All FIRST EDITION except where indicated, all in original publisher's cloth, condition generally good.
Estimate $1,000-1,500