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Lot #54: Small Lot of Six Books on Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Trekking, and Nature

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I have just received a large collection of vintage and antique books (publishlished from 1900 to the 1980's) on mountaineering, mountain climbing, trekking, and nature that I will be selling off in small lots. There are some good books in these lots for either collecting, reading, or resale. All of the books are in used condition and many of the books have old prices written in pencil on the inside front cover or the ffep and some may have varying degrees of foxing from age. The books are ALL HARDCOVER, many with dust jackets, some first editions, some British editions, some American editions, some ex-lib. I will be posting the bibliographic information of every book in each lot so you may look them up (for subject information and value) if you are so inclined. Here are the six books in this lot: "A Yak for Christmas" by Louise Hillary (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968) 244pp. BCE. VG book in VG DJ. "Seven Years in Tibet" by Heinrich Harrer (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1954) 314pp. First Edition. VG book in fair DJ. "Out of This World" by Lowell Thomas, Jr. (New York: The Greystone Press, 1950) 320pp. VG book in good DJ. "Himalayan Circuit" by C. D. Khosla (London: MacMillan & Co, Ltd., 1956) 233pp. VG book in good DJ. "The Springs of Adventure" by Wilfrid Noyce (New York: World Publishing Company, 1958) 255pp. First edition. VG book, no DJ. "A Conquest of Tibet" by Sven Hedin (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1934) 400pp. ex-lib. Library rebind. Good book, no DJ. Located upstairs. Pickup category timeslot {A}

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Sun, March 22 2026 Category A: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Pickup Location:  Elm Street, San Jose, CA, 95126 View Map (opens in new window)


Bidding Starts:

Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 1:00:00 AM UTC

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Friday, March 20, 2026 between 3:00:00 AM and 3:15:00 AM UTC

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