GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY (1886-1924) AND ANDREW COMYN IRVINE (1902-1924)
GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY (1886-1924) AND ANDREW COMYN IRVINE (1902-1924)

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GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY (1886-1924) AND ANDREW COMYN IRVINE (1902-1924)

Noel E. ODELL (photographer). 5 photographs of the 1924 Everest Expedition, inscribed on verso in Odell's autograph, comprising: 'Everest from the Pang La, 17,200ft (40 miles distant) Mallory, Irvine, & porters in foreground', 'At entrance to Rongbuk valley, Tibet, Geo. Mallory, B. Beelham & 'Sandy' Irvine', 'Resi Chu below Rhenok - George [Mallory] bathing', 'Mallory, in Resi Chu?', 'Mallory and Irvine en route Sikkim', Northern India and Tibet, 1924, 36 x 56in. (8 x 13.7cm) (the third slightly yellowed), in an envelope inscribed in Odell's autograph 'George Mallory 1924, copies given to Clare Mallory June '35'; together with a modern enlargement of the first.

[Together with:] H.M. MURDOCH F.R.P.S. (photographer). Portrait photograph of George Mallory, Dartmouth Street Bridge, 2 March 1923, half length, inscribed on verso 'George H. Leigh-Mallory one of the first men to climb Mount Everest 1921-22', 7 x 5in. (19 x 13.3cm), tipped at upper edge onto card.

[And:] SWAINE (photographers). Studio portrait photograph of Andrew Irvine, n.p., n.d., head and shoulders in profile, 5.13/16 x 4in. (14.7 x 10cm), mounted on card.

[And:] G.P. ABRAHAM F.R.P.S. (photographer). Studio portrait photograph of Andrew Irvine, Keswick, n.d., head and shoulders, 66 x 46in. (15.6 x 11cm), mounted on board. (5)

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