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198243639NY:: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0517546965 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First American printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Clarkson N. Potter, hardcover books
1992Embry 134356Hodder & Stoughton 1992. First edition first printing. Slight lean to spine else fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket with a very short closed tear in mylar cover. Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. First edition, first printing. unknown books
19822962London:: Hodder and Stoughton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0340265140 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a W. W. Norton label on the rear flap. . Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover books
198467194NY:: Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 039301875X . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First American edition. Small green star stamped on front paste-down else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Norton, hardcover books
198278062London:: Hodder and Stoughton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0340265140 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with a W. W. Norton label on the rear flap. . Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover books
1987Embry 162317Viking 1987. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Viking, 1987. First U.S. edition. unknown books
197360057London:: Victor Gollancz. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0575003472 . Black and white photographs. Fourth impression. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Victor Gollancz, hardcover books
1976Embry 91085Random House 1976. First U.S. edition. Fine with a bit of sunning to edges in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Color photos. Random House, 1976. First U.S. edition. unknown books
1973289741New York.: Stein and Day. 1973. 1st edition. Blue cloth gilt spine title. . Very good in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and chipping. . 24x15.5 cm. . Signed “Best Wishes Ch Bonington†on the title page. Stein and Day. hardcover books
197140952NY:: McGraw-Hill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0070064903 . Color photographs. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 334 pages . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
199252345London:: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0563209186 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First British edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover books
19764500New York: Random House 1976 First American edition. Foreword by Lord Hunt. xiv 2 303pp. Numerous color photographs. Glossary index. Cloth-backed boards. Thin fade line at top edge of boards else a fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Thrilling account of the 1975 climb of the towering South West Face of Everest. Bonington draws on first-hand accounts of his fellow climbers and vividly portrays the tensions emotions and tragedy of this most spectacular ascent in the history of climbing. Includes sixty-four pages of full-color photographs. Neate: 96. Random House hardcover books
19824471London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1982 First edition. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with mostly color and black & white photographs; maps Cloth. A very fine copy with unclipped pictorial dust jacket. The main Himalayan chain of the unexplored mountains of Tibet and Chinese Central Asia is now open to foreigners. The British Mount Kongur expedition was the first to be allowed into China. This excellent work discusses the expedition that conquered the summit. The author was part of the 4 man expedition. Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. hardcover books
1991009118New Haven and London: Yale Center For British Art 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Magnificent monograph with text by Patrick Noon. 315 pp. A fine clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Perhaps the best book on this artist. Very heavy volume. <br/><br/> Yale Center For British Art hardcover books
1973111571London: Victor Gallancz 1973. First edition of the second volume in Bonington's autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A nice association. The Next Horizon the second volume in Chris Bonington's autobiography after I Chose to Climb picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer photographer journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including Doug Scott and Don Whillans throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity thrill and discovery. The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the Central Tower of Paine. Bonington then recounts his ascents across the globe; from the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland the Eiger in Switzerland to Sangay in Ecuador to name but a few. He concludes in the summer of 1972 with preparations for his ambitious autumn Everest expedition. Victor Gallancz hardcover books
2000111431London: Casell and Company 2000. First edition of this work by Bonington. Quarto original cloth illustrated endpapers illustrated throughout. Signed by Chris Bonington on the half-title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example with noted provenance. One of the world's leading mountaineers celebrates twenty of the great adventures of the twentieth century in a richly illustrated volume that ranges from an account of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon to a chronicle of Sir Edmund Hillary's conquest of Everest. Casell and Company hardcover books
2000111347London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000. First edition of this work by Bonington and Clarke. Octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association. The authors describe their attempt to reach the peak of Sepu Kangri a daunting mountain deep in central Tibet Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover books
1986111631London: Hodder & Stoughton 1986. First edition of this work by Bonington. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1835D7020London et al: Simpkin and Marshall T. W. Stevens et al 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. Full green morocco ornate border gilt-stamped on boards details and lettering in gilt-stamped in spine compartments 5 raised bands inside gilt dentelles a.e.g.; 4to 8.25 x 10.75 inches; collates complete pp. iv 68 plus 78 engraved plates. Spine the slightest bit sunned; some light scuffing along joints; corners gently bumped. Internally pristine. <br/><br/> Simpkin and Marshall, T. W. Stevens, et al hardcover books
1828D2439Paris: Firmin Didot pour Lami Denozan 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 210 x 132mm. viii cxlvi 48pp. notes and glossary. Illustrated with hand-colored engraved title with marginal vignettes of female personifications and muses by Richard Parkes Bonington. Illustrated throughout with 10 half-page lithographs printed on chine-collé carefully hand-colored heightened in gilt and mounted; six are by Richard Parkes Bonington and four are by Henry Monnier and 15 decorative initials highlighted with colors inspired by ornaments found on the Books of Hours printed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 19th-century full red morocco decoratively tooled in gilt five raised bands gilt doublures marbled endpapers all edges gilt; lightly foxed throughout miniatures remain bright and fresh; spine slightly scuffed. Armorial bookplate of J. Austin Stevens Junior to front pastedown. First Edition of this rare and unusual book OCLC locates only four copies all in German libraries. Férdinand Langlé littérateur dramatist and occasional necromancer focused his literary interests on the nostalgic and the romantic. In 1828 he edited Les Contes du Gay-Sçavoir a witty collection of medieval ballads and fables. The text is printed in Gothic characters and illustrated to imitate the style of medieval manuscript illumination; it is followed by endnotes and a glossary printed in Roman type. The major illustrator of the work Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter who also worked in lithography. He was a close and admired friend of painters Eugene Delacroix and Antoine-Jean Gros. Gordon Ray speaking of Bonington says his importance in the development of lithography can hardly be overstated.His designs for Vues pittoresques de lEcosse and Contes des Gay-Sçavoir are by no means negligible. Boningtons career as a lithographer was short but splendid. - Art of the French illus. book pp. 173 & 176. Fine fresh and bright rare colored copy of this nostalgic work on the medieval period. Brunet III 819; Carteret III p. 172 livre tres rare; Curtis 54-60; Ray 114 <br/><br/> Firmin Didot pour Lami Denozan hardcover books
1993111326London: Diadem Books 1993. First edition of this work by the legendary mountaineer. Quarto original cloth illustrated. Association copy inscribed by the author to fellow explorer Steve Fossett on the half-title page "To Steve Fellow adventurer and mountaineer who has achieved so much on land at sea and in the air. Warm good wishes Chris." From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association copy linking these two pioneering explorers. In this work Chris Bonington recounts his participation in many mountain climbing expeditions from Great Britain and the Alps to the Himalayas and describes how mountaineering has changed over the years. Diadem Books hardcover books
