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New York: Lyons & Burford, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED by author on the short title page. The book measures 234mm tall x 155mm, and has 180 pages. CONDITION: The book is in fine condition. Previous owner name penned to corner of first blank page, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean. The dust jacket has some of the usual sunning to the spine, no chips, no tears, clean, complete with unclipped flap corners.
NEW CLIMBS IN NORWAY: An Account of Some Ascents in the Sondmore District. Illustrated by A.D. McCormick and from Photographs by OPPENHEIM, E.C - 1898
by OPPENHEIM, E.C
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NEW CLIMBS IN NORWAY: An Account of Some Ascents in the Sondmore District. Illustrated by A.D. McCormick and from Photographs
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London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Original dark green cloth gilt lettered, with photographic label on front cover. pp [2], x, (258), [2] + frontispiece with captioned tissue guard; 17 illustrations in text, many full-page, top edge gilt. Library discard, with black panel on spine; shadow of removed label on front and rear pastedown; small rubber stamp to front free endpaper and lower margin of page 73; ink notation on verso of title leaf; small chip to fore edge of front free endpaper; creases and short tear to inner margin of tissue guard; inner hinges quite neatly repaired with rice paper; rubbing to the cover label; light red check mark to title page; else a VG unworn copy, text quite clean, now tight in the binding, cover gilt bright. A scarce and desirable mountaineering book.; Octavo .
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Eiger Dreams. Ventures Among Men and Mountains. -- SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
by Krakauer, Jon
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Cho Oyu. By Favour of the Gods. With Tipped-in dated TICHY SIGNATURE
by Tichy, Herbert
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London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Original tan cloth with red lettering spine. Book is in fine condition with some fore-edge foxing and a little foxing in margins of a few pages, mainly near the front. The binding is tight and solid. There are no creased or torn pages. There are no previous owner marks, no writing, no stamps, no underlining on any pages. Handsigned & dated autograph of Herbert Tichy is tipped-in on the pre-title page (like an errata slip, not fully pasted down, only pasted at hinge). The original dust jacket is in nice condition with no tears and no chips. The DJ has darkening of the spine and the inside front flap corner is clipped. The very ends of the spine of the DJ are lightly rubbed. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED (NOT GENERIC STOCK PHOTOS).
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Edward Whymper
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London: Hodder And Stoughton Limited, 1940. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. FIRST EDITION. 226mm tall x 143mm, 330pp, 24 b/w plates, engravings by Whymper, 2 fldg maps, index. Biographical portrait of Whymper who made the first ascents of Chimborazo, Cayambe, Antisana, Carihuairazo, Sara Urco, Cotocachi, Sincholagua. He was perhaps best known for his first ascent of the Matterhorn and the ensuing accident on the descent that killed half the party. At the end of his climbing career he travelled to the Canadian Rockies (1901 & 1903) to explore & climb in a publicity capacity for the C.P.R. (one chapter on this in the book). Most of the book is on climbs in the Alps, and very much is directly quoted from Whymper's letters & communications. original red cloth, gilt lettering spine. uncommon DJ is present but has chipping at corners and loss at top of spine (see photo), book has fading on spine where DJ is chipped (nearly all copies of this book that don't have DJs have faded…
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Climbing And Exploration In The Karakoram-Himalayas
by Conway, William Martin
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A. D. M'Cormick. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Editioin. Rebound in dark brown leather spine and cover corners, raised bands spine with gilt lettering and gilt rules, patterned EPs. Binding covers in very good condition with a few marks that are enhanced by the photo being set at a high contrast (they don't show much -- or at all -- upon in-person inspection). The interior is in near fine condition: Old owner name penned to short-title and title page dated 1928, old bookseller mark on corner of first blank page, no other marks or writing on any pages, very clean and bright pages (no foxing, no fading or tanning, no odors, tight binding). The covers have a touch of rubbing very tips corners and top of spine. The book measures 238mm tall x 165mm, and has 709 pages, 300 illustrations, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes
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Bern: Kümmerly & Frey, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Coleman, Edmund T. . 1985 deluxe facsimile reprint. Excellent reprint of one of the scarcest books in the literature of mountaineering. This reprint has the publisher's introduction in german but all of the original text from the Coleman original is in English. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the editor of this edition, Gherardo Priuli. Original maroon imitation leather clamshell slipcase with gilt lettering front, debossed borders & corner decorations front & rear, grey imitation leather spine with gilt lettering, inside leaves are unbound as issued contained in a dark brown wrapper with gilt lettering on front. CONDITION: fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no rubbing, no foxing, no tears, no creases. The large case is in fine condition.
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The Everest-Lhotse Adventure -- SIGNED
by Eggler, Albert
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA EDITION. SIGNED by Ernst Reiss on the photo opposite page 145 that shows Reiss, Luchsinger and von Gunten on the Lhotse face below the couloir that leads to the summit. Reiss along with Luchsinger made the first ascent of Lhotse described in this book. Original blue boards, silver lettering spine. Generally nice condition, clean covers, tight binding, complete with all pages & photo plates, no previous owner marks or writing on any page other than the signature of Reiss, no foxing. The dust jacket has edge wear, some soiling rear panel, 1cm chip upper rear corner. This book has 222 pages, 31 b/w photos, color frontispiece, 2 maps, 1 route diagram, index. The leader's account of the Swiss expedition that in 1956 made the 1st ascent of Lhotse (8511m by Ernst Reiss & Fritz Luchsinger via Geneva Spur & the Reiss Rinne) & made 2nd & 3rd ascents of Everest (2nd by…
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The Pioneers Of The Alps
by Cunningham, C. D. & Captain W. De W. Abney
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper…
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The Karakoram Mountains Of Pakistan -- FIRST EDITION
by Shirahata, Shiro
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Seattle: Cloudcap, 1990. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original black cloth, silver lettering cover & spine. The book is in new condition: no rubbing, no fading, no foxing, no owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no chips, no fading, no tears, no soiling, original price still present on flap corner. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book is large format and measures 37cm tall x 27cm, and has 192 pages, 101 fine color photos. Text in English. Probably the best photo album of Karakoram, Nanga Parbat, Hindu Raj, & Hindu Kush. Detailed captions are at the rear indexed by small versions of the big photos. The book includes a short essay by the author describing his several trips to obtain the photos in this book. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Mountaineering In The Land Of The Midnight Sun -- 1908 FIRST EDITION
by Le Blond, Mrs. Aubrey
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing First Printing of First USA Edition 1908 (same format and binding as the UK first edition). Original green cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, TEG, colored illustration front cover. Corners and spine ends rubbed with a little fraying, tight binding, old private owner bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no writing or marks on any pages, no foxing, faint smudge mark lower front cover corner, general fading to spine cloth, rear EP paper cracked but hinge holding fine and strong. The book measures 225mm tall x 150mm and has 304 pages, 71 b/w photos, folding map. One of only a few pre-WWII books on mountaineering in Norway. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Twenty Years In The Himalaya -- 1910 FIRST EDIITON
by Bruce, C. G.
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London: Edward Arnold, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION 1910. Rebound in navy cloth with gilt lettering spine. Complete with all plates, maps, pages. Text block very slightly trimmed. Old owner name and date 1932 on front pastedown where bookplate removed. No other owner marks or writing on any pages. Solid binding, clean pages, light foxing on only a few pages (nearly all pages have no foxing). Crease mark lower front cover and cracking to front pastedown paper corresponding to crease mark on cover (see photo). Page 81 has a small paper repair in the outside margin (see photo). The book measures 213mm tall x 150mm and has 335 pages + 20 pages of ads at end, 60 b/w photos, colored folding map at end, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED
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New Climbs in Norway: an account of some ascents in the Sondmore district. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick and from photographs.
by E. C. Oppenheim
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T.Fisher Unwin, 1898. Illustrated by A.D. McCormick and from Photographs. Blind stamping on cover and backstrip. Image on front cover. Gold text on front cover and backstrip. Binding loose. Hinge loose at front and back. Text in good condition. Pages cut. .This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Murder On The Matterhorn
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Murder on the Matterhorn (1951, F.A. Thorpe, Large Print Edition, for vision Impaired ) By Glyn Carr. ARTISAN HOUSE, ANSTEY, LEICESTERSHIRE.THIS LARGE PRINT EDITION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY KIND PERMISSION OF GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON. EXLIB. GOOD CONDITION /VERY GOOD ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PROTECTED BY MYLAR WRAP. Please see stock photo. Our jacket is VG with no library stickers on it. "This cleverly constructed story presents the neatest imaginable puzzle in detection". RARE/SCARCE.
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A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park
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San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1966. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Revised edition. 155 pp, with index, photographs, maps. Near fine copy in original pictorial cloth, slight spotting to top edge. Dust jacket has a few minor chips and tears. Edwards, who spent nine years as a seasonal ranger and naturalist at Glacier, provides descriptions of numerous peaks and routes, supplemented by general and area maps and 48 pages of photographs by Ansel Adams, Philip Hyde, Cedric Wright, Bob and Ira Spring, and others.
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MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY
by Smythe F. S. [Frank]
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. First edition in this format, being the first issue of the Uniform Edition. Illustrated with 24 of the author's photographs nicely reproduced on glossy double-sided plates, and with a map of the route taken over Mont Blanc. 8vo, in the original red cloth, lettered on the spine in black and in the original dustjacket. xi, 229 pp. A very pleasing copy, the text is essentially fine and very fresh, the binding strong and sturdy with very little wear but with some mottling and fading to the red dye, the jacket a bit toned on the spine and rear and with some very minor edge-rubbing but in all quite attractive and complete. FIRST PRINTING OF THE TITLE IN THE FORMAT UNIFORM WITH OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR. The textblock of the Uniform Edition is somewhat larger then the original and uses a larger, bolder typeface. Smythe was one of the greatest mountaineers of his age, and was also a pioneer in mountain photography. In this book he recounts a mountaineering…
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The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers
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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1879. Fourth edition, "remodelled and augmented," 12mo, pp. xxix, [1], 406; color folding map frontispiece, 26 plates of maps and plans, including 16 double-paged and 4 folding; map back endpapers, additional text illustrations throughout; original red gilt-lettered cloth (dampstain to top upper cover edge), all edges marbled; upper hinge starting to crack, some shelf wear; previous ownership signatures (some cancelled in manuscript) on front endpaper, else interior very good and sound. Hinrichsen E45.
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Louis Trigardt's Trek Across The Drakensberg 1837 - 1838
by Fuller, Claude ; Fouche, Leo (Ed)
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Capetown S.A.: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1932 Interesting Book, Apparent First, Which Describes In Detail A Trek Across The Drakensberg, Complete With One Trifold Plate, Five Maps And Some B/W Photographs. . No Dust Jacket If Issued. Some Age Toning But Quite Sound And Clean, Rated Very Good. Verso of title page contains a stamp of former owner, Hiram Blauvelt, "Bluefield" Oradell, New Jersey. He was a notable big game hunter, conservationist and philanthropist. His Wildlife Art Museum, established in 1957 in the large stables next to his house is still operating. 171 pages plus prelims.
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
by Jon Krakauer
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)
by Krakauer, Jon
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NY: Villard Books, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in original printed clear acetate dust jacket. Published NY: Villard Books, 1998. Square 8vo., 9 1/4" x 9 1/4", xxii+407pp., illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Cream cloth with blue titles and cover design, color pictorial endpapers. "Now, in Into Thin Air: The Illustrated Edition, readers are given a new dimension of insight into this harrowing story with the addition of more than 250 photographs that show the people, the places, and the history, illustrating not only the ill-fated 1996 climb, but the pursuit of Everest itself. The book includes the complete text of Into Thin Air, with a new Postscript by the author, and is lavishly illustrated with stunning black-and-white photographs, the majority of which were taken during the 1996 expedition by the climbers themselves." Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight crinkle at the crown. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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NZ$169.94