BONINGTON ChristianMareMagnum
I Chose to Climb [with] The Next Horizon [with] The Everest Years. [Foreword to first volume by Eric Shipton]. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRILOGY COMPLETE; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED
3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; cloth (blue/brown/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First volume with personal armorial bookplate on front free endpaper. The trilogy comprises: I Chose to Climb (sixth impression, 1977), The Next Horizon (first impression, 1973) and The Everest Years (first impression, 1986). Neate 90, 94 (first and second volumes respectively).
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB222,92 €
