Edward Whymper Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Edward Whymper Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 10, 2025
Travel. WHYMPER (Edward)
Est: £70 - £100
Travel. WHYMPER (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, John Murray 1892, 8vo, half title, frontis, plates, maps and illustrations, folding map in pocket (tears to folds), original cloth gilt, faded spine; WORDSWORTH (C) Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical, new edition 1853, large 8vo, map and plates, cloth, faded spine; FRASER (D) The Short Cut to India, 2nd impression 1909, 8vo, cloth; TWEEDIE (Mrs A) Through Finland in Carts, 1900, 8vo, cloth; WARD (Captain F. Kingdom) The Mystery Rivers of Tibet, 1923, cloth; 3 others - Farrer and Smythe (8)
Cheffins
Apr. 09, 2025
WHYMPER (Edward).
Est: €150 - €200
Travels amongst the great Andes of the Equator. Londres, John Murray, 1892. In-8°, cartonnage de l'éditeur. Seconde édition, illustrée de 138 gravures sur bois par Whymper dont 20 planches hors-texte, une carte lithographiée, un plan replié, une carte pliée en fac-similé et une carte pliée dans un rabat en fin de volume. Récit d'une expédition dans les Andes de l'Équateur par le célèbre alpiniste britannique, guidé par Jean-Antoine Carrel, avec une double ascension du Chimborazo et l'ascension du Cotopaxi. Un des ouvrages importants de Whymper. Cette seconde édition a paru la même année que l'édition originale. Sans le volume d'annexes scientifiques. Les angles de la carte dépliante in fine sont consolidés avec du scotch. Perret, 4559 - ACL p. 337 On joint : - VERNET (Jean) : Nos amies les cimes. Récits d'escalade dans les Alpes. Paris, J. Susse, 1948. in-8°, broché. Édition originale, illustrée de photographies de Georges Vernet. Exemplaire fatigué (dos consolidé au scotch, manque la dernière de couverture...) - GOS (Charles) : Alpinisme anecdotique. Neuchâtel, Victor Attinger, 1934. In-8°, broché. Édition originale. Une évocation de l'histoire de l'alpinisme. Cet ouvrage a inauguré la collection "Montagne" de Victor Attinger.
Alde
Dec. 09, 2024
WHYMPER (Edward).
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69. Londres, John Murray, 1871. In-8°, reliure plein chagrin brun et noir, riche ornementation dorée et frappée à froid, roulettes sur les champs, dentelle et roulette intérieures, tranches dorées. Édition originale de ce monument de la littérature alpine : un des 20 exemplaires de tête avec la justification manuscrite de Whymper : "This copy of Scrambles amongst the Alps is one of the twenty which were picked sheet by sheet and plate by plate for the earliest impression and were sold at three guinees each, unbound. Edward Whymper, June 20/71". Ce premier tirage est imprimé par R. Clark, Edinburgh (mention sur la dernière page). La préface est datée may 1871. La page de titre ne comporte aucune autre mention d'édition. L'illustration se compose de 20 planches hors-texte (incluant le frontispice), une coupe géologique dépliante et cinq cartes dépliantes en fin de volume, et 90 vignettes dans le texte par Edward Whymper. Récits des ascensions réalisées par Whymper, en particulier de ses tentatives au Cervin et de la dramatique première ascension. Edward Whymper (Londres 1840 – Chamonix 1911) est sans doute le plus connu des alpinistes de tous les temps. Fils d’un peintre et graveur, il a fait l’apprentissage du métier de dessinateur et de graveur dans l’atelier de son père. Il assista à l'Egyptian Hall au "diorama" d’Albert Smith sur son ascension du Mont-Blanc et fut fasciné par ce spectacle. Il effectua son premier voyage dans les Alpes en 1860, en mission pour l’éditeur Longman afin d’illustrer la seconde série des Peaks, passes and glaciers. C’est au cours de ce premier voyage qu’il a eu la révélation du Cervin. S'il doit sa notoriété surtout à la tragique épopée de la conquête de ce célèbre pic, il faut dire qu'il a accompli bien d'autres exploits alpins, réalisant les premières ascensions de nombreux grands sommets : la Barre des Écrins, l'Aiguille Verte, les Grandes Jorasses (sommet O.), le Mont-Dolent, l'Aiguille d'Argentière, le Grand Cornier et, dans les Andes de l'Équateur, le Chimborazo ; cette liste, non exhaustive, donne la mesure des qualités d'alpiniste de Whymper. Le drame du Cervin l’a profondément marqué ; d’un caractère plutôt ombrageux, il mena une vie solitaire, malgré un mariage tardif raté. Cela ne l’empêcha pas de rester fidèle aux Alpes, principalement à Zermatt et à Chamonix qu’il décrivit dans deux guides fort bien documentés et illustrés. Il est mort dans sa chambre d'hôtel à Chamonix. Exemplaire exceptionnel d'un des ouvrages de montagne les plus célèbres, dont le premier tirage de l'édition originale est devenu fort rare. Perret 4557 - Regards sur les Alpes 88 - Waeber I, 65 - Coolidge 210
Alde
Mar. 07, 2024
South America.- Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol., first edition, 1892-91; and a duplicate of vol. 1 (3).
Est: £150 - £200
South America.- Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispiece to vol. 1 only, 4 maps (3 folding), 33 plates, illustrations, spotting at beginning and end, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, sunned spines, bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 1892-91; and a duplicate of the first volume, 8vo (3). *** "This book was the first of the few great classics of South American mountaineering literature ..." (Neate)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 27, 2023
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide, first edition, John Murray, 1896.
Est: £300 - £400
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide, first edition, folding plate, 2 folding maps and plans, advertisements, scattered foxing, occasional light staining, original wrappers, neatly rebacked with original (slightly chipped) backstrip laid down, light creasing, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Neate W60], 8vo, John Murray, 1896. ⁂ Rare first edition of Whymper's popular guide.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 20, 2022
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol., including the supplementary appendix, 1892.
Est: £150 - £200
NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol., including the supplementary appendix, half-titles, plates and illustrations, 3 maps (2 folding), 1 folding plan, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Neate W66], 8vo, 1892. ⁂ Neate says, "This book was the first of the few classics of South American mountaineering literature ... It remains essential reading for anyone visiting Equador."
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Aug. 13, 2020
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, first edition, 1892; and 10 others, mountaineering (11)
Est: £120 - £180
NO RESERVE Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, first edition, frontispiece, plates and maps with 1 large folding map in pocket at rear, upper hinge starting, original cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners bumped, 1892; Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, fourth edition, maps, plates and illustrations, ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, faded and browned, 1893 § Stone (S. J.) In and Beyond the Himalayas, first edition, plates, a few repairs to margins, staining to frontispiece, half-title and endpapers, ink stamps erased from half-title, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, recornered, spine faded, 1896; and 8 others, mountaineering, 8vo (11)
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Jun. 23, 2020
Edward Whymper "Scrambles Amongst The Alps" published and bound with Lady Blanche Murphy's "Down The Rhine" (Burrows Brothers, Cleve..
Est: $40 - $80
Edward Whymper "Scrambles Amongst The Alps" published and bound with Lady Blanche Murphy's "Down The Rhine" (Burrows Brothers, Cleveland); undated but circa 1880's, signed inside the front by Oliver Hopkinson (1812-1905) and dated 1892 From the Francis Hopkinson Family Archives
William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
Oct. 31, 2019
Mountain Climbing.- Whymper (Edward) Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, first edition 'fourth thousand', 1871; and 2 others similar (3)
Est: £300 - £500
Mountain Climbing.- Whymper (Edward) Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, first edition 'fourth thousand', frontispiece, 22 plates, 1 folding, small loss to top edge, neatly repaired, illustrations, 5 folding maps, 1 colour, previous owner's pencil note to title and margins, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, spine ends restored, recased with new endpapers, a little rubbed, 1871; Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, frontispiece, 19 plates, illustrations, 4 maps, 3 folding, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892 § Rey (Guido) The Matterhorn, first English edition, translated by J.E.C. Eaton, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 34 plates, 13 tipped-in, some captioned tissue-guards, 1 taped in, occasional chipped edges, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1907, [Neate W65, W66, R25], 8vo, (3)
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Jun. 25, 2013
WHYMPER (EDWARD)
Est: £199 - £200
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 vol. (including "supplementary index"), 34 plates, 4 maps (3 folding, including one in pocket at end of first volume), illustrations in the text, later half calf, gilt morocco spine labels [Neate W66], large 8vo, John Murray, 1892[-91]
Bonhams
Jun. 19, 2012
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn . London: John Murray, 1880. 8° (221 x 157mm). 2 folding lithographic maps, one in colour, 14 plates and numerous illustrations. (Frontispiece detached.) Original blue pictorial cloth
Est: £300 - £500
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn. London: John Murray, 1880. 8° (221 x 157mm). 2 folding lithographic maps, one in colour, 14 plates and numerous illustrations. (Frontispiece detached.) Original blue pictorial cloth gilt, slipcase. HILLARY, Edmund. View from the Summit. Norwalk (CT): Easton Press, 2001. 8° (232 x 148mm). Plates. Original morocco, gilt arms on covers, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HILLARY with a printed certificate of authenticity also signed by Hillary. With 2 other volumes: Victor Tisssot's Unknown Switzerland (New York, 1900) and Evoe and Joyce Dennys' A Winter Sports Alphabet (London, 1926). (4)
Christie's
Dec. 11, 2011
WHYMPER, Edward.
Est: $900 - $1,000
Scrambles Amongst The Alps In The Years 1860-69. 8vo. 5 folding maps (1 colour), 21 plates (1 folding colour) & numerous text illus. contemporary half chagrin (some edge-wear). London: John Murray, 1871.
Walker's
Dec. 11, 2011
WHYMPER, Edward.
Est: $200 - $250
Travels Amongst The Great Andes Of The Equator. 8vo. 4 maps (3 folding), 20 plates & 118 text illus. contemporary calf (prize binding), gilt back (joints artlessly repaired). London: John Murray, 1892. Second Edition.
Walker's
Nov. 13, 2011
(Alpine Travel), Five titles, comprising two Whymper, Edward (1840-1911), Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, London: John
Est: $300 - $500
(Alpine Travel), Five titles, comprising two Whymper, Edward (1840-1911), Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, London: John Murray, 1893, fourth edition, cloth, and The Valley of Sermatt and the Materhorn, London: John Murray, 1897, inscribed by the author on original wrap cover, three-quarter calf, 8vo; Rey, Guido, The Matterhorn, London: F. Fisher Unwin, 1907; and two others, (lacking dust jackets, some owner's names, shelf wear).
Skinner
Jul. 17, 2011
WHYMPER EDWARD: (1840-1911) English Climber &
Est: £100 - £150
WHYMPER EDWARD: (1840-1911) English Climber & Explorer, the first to ascend the Matterhorn (1865). A.L.S., Edward Whymper, two pages, 8vo, Teddington, Middlesex, 14th December 1908, to Mrs. Henshaw. Whymper forwards his correspondent a photograph of himself, remarking 'It is more recent than the one in Mr. Wheeler's book. It is rather a savage portrait, but gives a correct view of the animal'. He continues 'I am glad to hear that the Eagle is prospering. Please give it a piece of buttered toast from me the next time you visit the Gardens.' With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the signed 3 x 5 photograph referred to, the oval image depicting Whymper standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink at the base of the white border and dated 1904 in his hand. VG, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Apr. 13, 2006
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn. London: John Murray, 1880. 8°.
Est: £400 - £600
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911). The Ascent of the Matterhorn. London: John Murray, 1880. 8°. 2 folding maps, one in colour, and numerous plates and illustrations (folding map split at folds, occasional light spotting). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt, uncut (spine rather soiled and head and foot worn and frayed, corners bumped). FIRST EDITION. WHYMPER, Edward. Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69. Ibid., 1871. 8°. 4 folding maps, one in colour, plates, one folding, and illustrations (top margins a little browned). Original green cloth, gilt spine, uncut (rebacked with almost all of original spine preserved). Provenance: C. M. Ingleby (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. (2)
Christie's
Feb. 08, 2006
Whymper, Edward
Est: £100 - £150
2B>Whymper, Edward Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69. London: John Murray, 1871. 8vo., frontispiece, illustrated, plates, 5 folding maps, original green cloth over bevelled boards, edges rubbed, short split in cloth to lower joint, frontispiece detached, lower inner joint split.
Lyon & Turnbull