Chapman, F. Spencer.

Memoirs of a Mountaineer. Helvellyn to Himalaya and Lhasa: The Holy City. With 31 pages of illustrations.

Original Edition (NOT a Reprint). London, The Reprint Society, 1945. 19 cm x 12,5 cm. 446 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Jacket slightly torn. In protective mylar.

Includes for example the following essays:

Helvellyn to Himalaya: From Liverpool to the Himalaya / Simvu / The Ascent and the Fluted Peak etc etc.
Lhasa: The Holy City: To Gyantse / Lhasa City / Our Life in Lhasa/ The Potala etc etc.

Frederick Spencer Chapman (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include the following: the Polar Medal, Gill Memorial Medal, Mungo Park Medal, and the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal. (Wikipedia).

When Chapman got back to civilisation (Columbo, Ceylon) after 3 years behind Japanese lines in Malaya, he was astonished to see in a bookshop a book by himself that he’d never heard of. His publisher perhaps thinking him dead, had authorized the Reprint Society to combine “Lhasa: The Holy City” and “Helvellyn to Himalaya” in one volume entitled “Memoirs of a Mountaineer” (1945).

• Keywords: Library & Collection Building · Mountaineering · Mountaineering – Collection · Mountaineering – Rare · Sport – Rare · Travel
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 70318AB