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  • Schoolhouse in the Sky – Sir Edmund Hillary

    Schoolhouse in the Sky – Sir Edmund Hillary

    Published by Hodder in 1964.

    Sir Edmund Hillary returns to the Himalayas in 1963 to fulfil a promise to assist the Sherpa community. Also the assaults on Taweche and Kangtega two unclimbed peaks.

    A remarkable book … more than climbing

    $40.00

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  • Bowhead Whale – 1793 (Balaena Mysticetus) – Shaw and Nodder

    Bowhead Whale – 1793 (Balaena Mysticetus) – Shaw and Nodder

    The Bowhead Whale then known variously as the Great Northern Whale, Toothless Whale, Greenland Whale, Artic Whale etc etc. They grow up to 18 metres and 100 tonnes and have no dorsal fin. It has the largest mouth of any animal. Whilst once endangered a moratorium in 1966 has saved the species which is now no longer under threat.

    Copper engraved and hand coloured by Shaw & Nodder and published in London on 1st March 1793 (marked in the plate). Shaw was in charge of the Natural History Department at the British Museum. Frederick Nodder was a natural history artist and worked for Banks on his Florilegium.

    Framed in Voyager Natural History style within black cored cream mat and beaded gilt frame.

    Early Whale Engraving in fine condition … click on the image to see all my whaliness! … hmmuuuueooowmh

    $180.00

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  • Rondoy – An Expedition in the Peruvian Andes – David Wall – First 1965

    Rondoy – An Expedition in the Peruvian Andes – David Wall – First 1965

    Published by John Murray, London. A very good copy of a special climbing book.

    The LSE expedition to climb 19,300 foot Rondoy in the Peruvian Andes in 1963. Bebbington (the leader) and Sadler lost their lives. A well told and emotional story with special photographs of the breath-taking Mountain scenery.

    Exceptional Climb

    $40.00

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  • Mes Invites n’arrivent pas – Gosse – Gazette du Bon Ton Pochoir – 1913

    Mes Invites n’arrivent pas – Gosse – Gazette du Bon Ton Pochoir – 1913

    Stunning Bon Ton pochoir … in our opinion one of the most striking.

    Mes invites n’arrivent pas aaa and how dare they when she has gone to so much trouble to look good for them. A striking evening outfit designed by Redfern.

    An early pochoir, September 1913 and such a deco look fro seven years before that art/fashion arrived.

    Price $140.00 unframed.

    And click on the image to see it in all its beauty

    $140.00

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  • Signed Letter – Elspeth Huxley -1982 (References Kenya)

    Signed Letter – Elspeth Huxley -1982 (References Kenya)

    Type written and signed clearly by author and African legend Elspeth Huxley. Embossed address.

    To Crosby … returning a signed book … and responding to the recipient’s suggestion of starting a business selling signed book. Elspeth will oblige and is prepared to sign half a dozen but suggests that the postage may be prohibitive. She closes with reference to Kenya and a recent visit “It has changed of course, but where has not?” and mentions the TV serial “I think the producers did an excellent job in re-creating the atmosphere etc of 1913/14, insofar as they could”.

    The TV serial of course is the Flam Trees of Thika along with Mottled Lizard her most lyrical work. She was five years old in 1912 when her parents arrived at Thika. Her husband was the grandson of the great Thomas Huxley. She published many works and fell out with Harold Macmillan who refused to publish her description of female mutilation of the worst type.

    Elspeth Huxley highly respected and knew Africa. Boldly Signed.

    We also have a nice copy of the “Flame Trees ….

    $60.00

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  • Jamba – Wilfred D Hambly – First edition 1947

    Jamba – Wilfred D Hambly – First edition 1947

    A rather stunning book in looks and narrative … a first edition published by Pellegrini, Chicago in 1947.

    An unusual fantasy in deepest Africa … the story of Jamba and the beautiful Miapia. The writer was a serious anthropologist who led the Field Museum Expedition into a little then known part of Africa and lived amongst the Ovimbundu. This work is influenced by his observations.

    A beautiful book with intelligent background – Voyager favourite.

    $50.00

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