The Age of Mountaineering by Ullman, James Ramsey - 1956

Textbook Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Textbook Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Textbook Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Collins, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. In green cloth. No jacket. .

J. B. Lippincott, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. A good copy of the first edition hardcover in jacket ('first printing' stated). Jacket has some chips, tears and wear; book has some darkening and wear to edges of binding; top edge of text spotted; ink inscription on half title.

London: Collins, 1956 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 384 pp. Endpaper maps, illustrations, appendices, index. Jacket has some minor rubbing, light edgewear. Near Fine/Very Good.

J. B. Lippincott, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . Chipping and edgewear to dustjacket. The Age of Mountaineering is undoubtedly the most important of all Mr. Ullman’s books. In it he tells the story of man’s conquest of the world’s high places, from Paccard and Balmat on Mount Blanc in 1786 to Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953. The book does not pretend to be an exhaustive history of mountaineering. Rather, it is a lively running account of the classic events that have made mountain climbing such an adventurous and fascinating pursuit and is frankly slanted more for the general reader than for the already converted mountaineer.More significant than the accounts themselves is the underlying philosophy which permeates the entire book. “Mountaineering,” Mr. Ullman says, “is not merely a story of the conquest of mountains, but of the conquest of fear. It is not merely a… Read More

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1954. 1st imp. stated. HB. Quarter brown cloth over cream cloth, 8vo., 352pp. Clean book in dust jacket with substantial wear, tears. Book condition VG in Good DJ.

Lopndon: Collins, 1956 Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly chipped at head of spine and small closed tear at head of lower jacket cover. Maps as front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean texrt with b/w plates.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Stated second printing of author's work, which chronicles worldwide mountaineering, including the climbing of Mount Everest. With maps at endpapers showing comparative heights of peaks on various continents, and with numerous b&w photo, additional maps, tables and backmatter with further mountaineering information and index. --- In blue and beige cloth-covered boards w/titling in white and gilt on spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunning to spine and gift inscription to half title page, else a clean, sturdy copy.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 364 pages .