VITTORIO SELLA. Northern Spurs of Siniolchum, Zemu Glacier (HS 43); Simvu, Zemu Glacier (HS 44); Kangchenjunga, Zemu Glacier (HS 45); Peaks N. of Kangchenjunga, Zemu Glacier (HS 46), c.1899, Sella numbers HS 43, 44, 45&46. 10.6x43" gelatin silver prints, printed 1901, mounted on 13.2x56.7" heavy gray board. Prints mounts are taped on mount verso.

1. 43 Inscribed in pencil on the print top edge: N. Siniolchun; Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Centreforts septentrionaux du Siniolchun. [sic]; Inscribed in pencil mount verso: HS / 43-46 / Sikkim / from Zemu Glacier 18,000 ft
2. 44 Inscribed in pencil on the print top edge: Simvoo; Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Simvoo 6797 m
3. 45 Inscribed in pencil on the print top edge: Kanchinjinga; Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Kangchinjinga, 8580 m
4. 46 Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in pencil on the print top edge: 24090 ft.; Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Montagnes a N. du Kanchinjinga [sic]

One of the highlights of this auction is the 4 panel gelatin silver print panorama of Kangchenjunga from Zemu Glacier.

Four main glaciers radiate from Kangchenjunga, the Zemu Glacier pointing north east, Talung Glacier pointing southeast, Yalung glacier pointing southwest and Kangchen glacier pointing northwest. There are 120 glaciers in this range.

This sale of lots from this auction will directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund; Conservation Research and Climate Action; and the Modernization and Preservation of the AMC Library and Archives.

For my own generation I am not afraid to use the word. But others will come, and, standing on our shoulders, will boast, as men did in Homer's day, that they are much better than their fathers. Who can tell The story of the Alps and Caucasus seems to show that every virgin peak must sooner or later meet with its conqueror. From the saddle between Simvu and Siniolchum - on which but for that inexpressibly inopportune snowstorm I might already have been standing - some slope or rib may be revealed by which a more fortunate mountaineer will one day attain to the last surge of the fantastic snowy eave that hangs over those shining cliffs. Let him be careful to treat that snow with due respect, or in more senses than one he may enjoy a Pisgah view. p 126. Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration, by Douglas Freshfield, London, Edward Arnold 1903

Very Good, HS 43 has edge wear marks from being folded on another panel. Overall edge silvering: edge wear and abrasions where panels touch each other. Mount is dirty and has marks and mount verso has tape marks.