THIS MY VOYAGE

BY TOM LONGSTAFF

1950 FIRST UK EDITION

FIRST UNDISPUTED ASCENT OF A 7000 METER PEAK

FIRST ASCENTS & NEW ROUTES WORLDWIDE

EVEREST 1922, KARAKORAM 1909, NANDA DEVI 1905, BUGABOOS WITH C. KAIN 1910


This is the first printing of the first UK edition of THIS MY VOYAGE by Tom Longstaff. This book was published in 1950 by John Murray in London. The book measures 226mm tall x 145mm, and has 324 pages, 23 b/w plates, 15 maps, large section of chapter notes, index. Account of Longstaff’s explorations & mountaineering. He made the first ascent in 1907 of Trisul (7120m), probably the first 7000er ever climbed. Longstaff was among the most travelled pioneering mountaineers of his generation. His expeditions included discovery of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, Everest 1922 expedition, Spitsbergen in 1921 & 1923, Alps, Greenland in 1928, Siachem Glacier “discovery” in the Karakoram, several significant first ascents in the Caucasus in 1903, Hindu Kush, Garhwal, Kumaon, first ascent of NW face of Mt Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies & one of the first visits by a mountaineer to the Bugaboo Range. Longstaff was very impressed by Ushba in the Caucasus describing it as “more beautiful even than the twin-peaked Nanda Devi, its Himalayan counterpart, and putting the Matterhorn to shame by its massive symmetry of composition.”

CONDITION: Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with clean covers, no rubbing, previous owner name penned to top of first blank page, no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, foxing on some pages opposite photo plates, fore-edge foxing, clean. The original dust jacket has tiny 5mm loss to spine corners (see photo), some fading of the spine, very minor soiling rear panel. Price: $150.

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