KURZ (Marcel). Himalayan Chronicle. Zurich, Swiss Foundation for Alpine Explorations, 1959-1963. 2 volumes, large in-8°, publisher's cloth bindings with illustrated dust jackets, in hardback slipcases. First edition, printed in 600 numbered copies (numbers 520 and 128), illustrated with 69 plates, 15 orographic sketches and a perspective sketch, and 18 plates, 8 orographic maps and a route sketch for the supplement. A reference work on the ascents of the great Himalayan peaks during the period 1940-1955. Marcel Kurz (Neuchâtel 1887 - 1957) was a Swiss mountaineer. He distinguished himself first and foremost as a pioneer of winter mountaineering and ski mountaineering: first ski ascents of the Grand Combin and Chardonnet (1907), second Chamonix-Zermatt route (1909), etc. After joining the Swiss Federal Topographical Service, he pursued a career as a cartographer and editor of guides for mountaineers. He was also a keen explorer of distant mountain ranges; in 1921, he climbed Mount Olympus and drew up a detailed map of the massif. In 1926-1927, he climbed Mount Cook and Mount Tasman; in 1930, during an expedition to Kangchenjunga, he climbed Jongsong Peak (7,459 m.). He returned to the Himalayas on several occasions and became an erudite chronicler of this massif. A fine copy in perfect condition. Also included: - ROCH (André), ZOGG (David), STEURI (Fritz) and HUBER (Ernst): Schweizer in Himalaya. Zurich, Amstutz & Herdeg, 1939. In-8°, publisher's cloth binding. First edition, illustrated with 123 photographs and 3 maps. Account of the Swiss expedition of 1939, which conquered the Dunagiri and the Gauri Parbat. - GHIGLIONE (Piero): Himalaya - Karakoram. Novarre, De Agostini, 1946. In-4°, paperback. First edition, illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates. A fine album of photographs of the Karakoram.