Mallory and Howard-Bury Expedition to Mt. Everest, 1921, including 6 papers in three issues of the Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographic Society, published in London by the Society, 6 issues (January-June), 1922 These are among the Earliest-Printed Works on the Mount Everest Expeditions, including photos and three large folding maps. 8vo, viii, 492pp, numerous photo plates, plus six folding maps (including three for Everest) and one very large one for Arabia. Leather backed cloth boards; ex-library, with a call number on spine and several interior stamps, though none on the maps. Nearly all of the maps are fine, the exception being the Arabia map, which has numerous tears and splits. Overall a VG volume. $350
Includes the following Everest-related papers:
George Mallory, “Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance”, February issue, pp 100-112.
Howard-Bury, “The Mount Everest Expedition”, pp (81)-99, February issue, featuring 5 plates of photographs, including one folding panorama. I can’t help but think that these are among the first publications of photos of the area.
“The Mount Everest Expedition maps and plates,” pp 131-137, February issue.
The February issue includes two folding maps: (1) Map 1, “Preliminary Map to Illustrate the Route of the Mt. Everest Expedition of 1921”, which is a close regional map. 14”x 16” (2) Map II, “Preliminary Map of Mount Everest Constructed at the RGS…” 14”x 16”, which is a far more detailed map almost entirely limited to Everest.
A.M Heron, “Geological results of the Mt. Everest Expedition of 1921, pp 418-436, in the June 1922 issue, with 1 plate. This is followed by a folding map, “Map III, the Geology of the Mount Everest Region”, 12” x19”.
Also a book review of Howard-Bury’s great classic, Mount Everest, the Season, 1921”, which appears on pp 459-462.
Also includes an earlier paper, “the Mount Everest Expedition”, which lists members and equipment on one page (p 207).
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