Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)

Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909, 2 volumes (First Edition)

By Filippo de Filippi

Stock Code:
1110002870125
Publisher:
London: Constable and Company, 1912.
Pages:
[ii], frontispiece, xvii, 469.
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2 volumes, clothbound hardcover (large 4to.)
$2,580.00 Condition:  New

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Contains the main and supplementary volumes.

First Edition. London: Constable and Company, 1912. Large 4to. Original green publisher's cloth. Pages: [ii], frontispiece, xvii, 469. Numerous plates, panoramas, photographs, and illustrations throughout. Supplementary volume contains complete set of guide, 18 panoramas, and 3 maps.

Bound in original green publisher's buckram. Titling to spine in gilt. Cover margins ruled in blind. Edges uncut. Second volume like, however comprises a large pocket with a portfolio of original documents and maps. Contains a preface by H.R.H. The Duke of Abruzzi. Translated to English by Caroline De Filippi-Fitzgerald and H.T. Porter. Supplementary volume contents collated and complete. Contains a list of illustrations and index, 18 folding panoramas, and 3 folding maps. Very good. Both volumes in original cloth binding but have had some restoration work to hinges. Mild sunning to spines of both volumes with fading to gilt. Some rubbing to covers, edges, and corners. Main volume front hinge secured with white cloth tape. Scattered foxing throughout main volume. Retains original plate tissue guards with printed descriptions. Plates marvellously preserved; clear and bright. Supplementary volume hinge previously strengthened with burgundy cloth tape. Some foxing to inner covers. Panoramas and maps in excellent condition.

The full account of the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to K2 in the Karakoram in 1909. Filippo de Filippi (1869-1938), Italian surgeon, scholar and mountaineer, was the official recorder of the Duke's expedition and in 1913-14 led the Italian Himalayan Scientific Expedition. The classic work on the Baltoro region; a most accurate and well-illustrated reference source. 

Full title: Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909: An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Abruzzi.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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