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365. HORNADAY, William t.: Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava.
New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925, in-8vo, frontispiece +
XIX + 366 p., richly illustrated, small legacy stamp ‘Guggisberg’,
original publisher’s red clothbound, spine faded. Very good copy.
HRB 97709 (€ 84) CHF 100.-
366. HUc & GABet: Travels in Tartary, Tibet and China. 1844-
1846. Translated by William Hazlitt. Now edited with an introduction
by Professor Paul Pelliot. In 2 volumes. London, George Routledge
& Sons, Ltd., 1928, gr. in-8vo, 1 fold-out map frontispiece + XLIV
+ 387 p. / VIII + 406 p. + 4 leaves, small legacy stamp on first free
flyleaf ‘Guggisberg’, publisher’s red cloth, spine sunned, small stain
on spine. HRB 97304 (€ 84) CHF 100.-
367. HUNt, John: The ascent of Everest. London, Hodder &
Stoughton, 1953, gr. in-8vo, XX + 300 p., illustrated + 48 photographic
plates some of which in colour, orig. blue clothbound, with
orig. dustjacket (inside dj corner with price chipped). Else clean and
fine copy. HRB 4195 (€ 84) CHF 100.-
First edition. This is the story of how, on 29th May, 1953, two men, both
endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, inspired by an unflinching
resolve, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin
their comrades. The work contains even more than that: the reasons
for trying to climb it and how much success depended on previous expeditions,
careful planning, close-knit team-work and all the hundred
and one details which had to be taken into account. YAKUSHI H269 a.
368. HUXleY, leonard: Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton
Hooker. Based on materials collected and arranged by Lady Hooker.
In 2 vols. London, John Murray, 1918, in-8vo, frontispiece
+ X + 546 p. / frontispiece + VI + 569 p., illustrated + 1 folding
map, some handwritten pencil corrections, small legacy stamp
‘Guggisberg’, original publisher’s pictorial blue clothbound, corners
light bumped, cloth of the 1st vol. wrinkled. Very good copy.
HRB 97632 (€ 420) CHF 500.-
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 – 1911) was one of the greatest British
botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was one of the founders
of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin’s closest friend. He was Director
of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, for twenty years, in succession to
his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours
of British science.