1924

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[ American auction catalogue. ] The William Gates Collection. Manuscripts, Documents, Printed Literature, relating to Mexico and Central America.

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The William Gates Collection of material relating to Mexico and Central America; The American Art Association, Inc., New York
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American Art Association, Inc. Madison Avenue, 56th to 57th Street, New York. 1924.
£80.00

Medium-sized unpaginated 8vo. With frontispiece, one plate, and reproductions in text. Stitched, in printed card wraps. Internally in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, in grubby, aged and worn wraps with slight loss to one corner of back cover. Subtitle reads: 'With special significance to Linguistics, History, Politics and Economics, covering the Five Centuries of Mexican Civilization from the Aztec Period to the Present Time'. Descriptions of 1580 lots sold over five sessions. Catalogue preceded by three-page 'Resume of the collection written by Mr.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('John Hunt') to 'My dear Morgyn'.

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Sir John Hunt [Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine] (1910-1998), British army officer and mountaineer, leader of the 1953 expedition on which Hillary reached the summit of Everest
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19 March 1983; headed 'Henley address' on deleted Royal Geographical Society letterhead.
£76.00

12mo, 2 pp. Good, on lightly creased paper. Lists four books about the 1924 Everest expedition. Suggests that the recipient 'ask the librarian of the Alpine Club, 74 South Audley Street London W.1. for the name of the bookseller who specializes in second-hand mountaineering literature'.

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