HIMALAYAS, MOUNTAINEERING, NEPAL AND SHERPA LIFESTONOR (CHARLES) 277 views of the Himalayas, sherpa life in Nepal and the expedition led by Stonor, in 1954, in search of the Yeti, on 24 gelatin silver contact sheets, most sheets captioned in white ink by Stonor, a few images marked up, images 60 x 60mm., sheet size 295 x 240mm., [1954]; together with a first edition of Charles Stonor's The Sherpa and the Snowman, 1955 (25)FootnotesA fine collection of 24 contact sheets of 277 photographic views taken by Charles Stonor in 1954, whilst leading the Daily Mail Himalayan Expedition in Search Of the Yeti ("The Snowman Expedition") in 1954. Stonor's account, The Sherpa and the Snowman, was published in 1955, using only a few of the images present in these sheets. The range of images are indicated by Stonor's ink captions, including: "Sherpa life in Namche Bazaar", "Sherpa traveller from Llhasa", "Thyangboche Monastry", "Mount Tawiche", "Everest Range" (3 sheets), "Members of the 1954 Himalayan Expedition...", "Scenes in and around Thani", "Jumbesi" [including inscribed rocks, and potato planting], "Formations in the Hongu Glacier", "Sherpas... near Toshi", "Scenes near Ghat in the lower Dhudkosi Valley" [including a man carving sacred inscriptions on stone], "The Bothkosi Valley... near Phorche Village", "Hermit & cell above Dingboche", "Mount Makhalu... Barum Glacier", "Footprints of the Abominable snowman". Provenance: Charles Stonor; gifted to family member, and by descent to current vendor.
HIMALAYAS, MOUNTAINEERING, NEPAL AND SHERPA LIFESTONOR (CHARLES) 277 views of the Himalayas, sherpa life in Nepal and the expedition led by Stonor, in 1954, in search of the Yeti, on 24 gelatin silver contact sheets, most sheets captioned in white ink by Stonor, a few images marked up, images 60 x 60mm., sheet size 295 x 240mm., [1954]; together with a first edition of Charles Stonor's The Sherpa and the Snowman, 1955 (25)FootnotesA fine collection of 24 contact sheets of 277 photographic views taken by Charles Stonor in 1954, whilst leading the Daily Mail Himalayan Expedition in Search Of the Yeti ("The Snowman Expedition") in 1954. Stonor's account, The Sherpa and the Snowman, was published in 1955, using only a few of the images present in these sheets. The range of images are indicated by Stonor's ink captions, including: "Sherpa life in Namche Bazaar", "Sherpa traveller from Llhasa", "Thyangboche Monastry", "Mount Tawiche", "Everest Range" (3 sheets), "Members of the 1954 Himalayan Expedition...", "Scenes in and around Thani", "Jumbesi" [including inscribed rocks, and potato planting], "Formations in the Hongu Glacier", "Sherpas... near Toshi", "Scenes near Ghat in the lower Dhudkosi Valley" [including a man carving sacred inscriptions on stone], "The Bothkosi Valley... near Phorche Village", "Hermit & cell above Dingboche", "Mount Makhalu... Barum Glacier", "Footprints of the Abominable snowman". Provenance: Charles Stonor; gifted to family member, and by descent to current vendor.
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