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Tokyo, Japan:: Yama To Keikoku Sha Publishing Co,,, 1968.. Very good (previous owner's name.). First thus. One of a series of Alpine calendars designed to offer a glimpse into the beauty of the Japanese mountains and to share the pleasures of mountaineering in Japan, Illustrated with full color, full page photographs. Includes a section of postcards in the rear with photographs of butterflies and birds, Bilingual edition with the text in both Japanese and English. Spiral bound with clear acrylic protective outer covers.

San Francisco:: Sierra Club Books,, (1998.). SIGNED -. Near fine.. Trade paperback. The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, ÒA WomanÕs Place Is on Top.Ó Foreword by Maurice Herzog.The Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword by the author. INSCRIBED on the half title page by Blum "To . . . Success on Top!" A somewhat oversized trade paperback illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 258 pp.

San Francisco:: Sierra Club Books,, (1980.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (light edgewear to the dj).. 3rd printing. The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, ÒA WomanÕs Place Is on Top.Ó Foreword by Maurice Herzog. Somewhat oversized illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 256 pp.

San Francisco:: Sierra Club Books,, (1980.). Hardcover -. Very good in a good dust jacket (overall edgewear to the dj).. 2nd printing. The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, "A WomanÕs Place Is on Top." Foreword by Maurice Herzog. Somewhat oversized illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 256 pp.

San Francisco:: Sierra Club Books,, (1980.). SIGNED -. Near fine.. Trade paperback. The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, ÒA WomanÕs Place Is on Top.Ó Foreword by Maurice Herzog. INSCRIBED on the half title page by Blum "To . . . Success on Top!" A somewhat oversized trade paperback illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 258 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name mostly hidden by dj flap.). First printing. Her first novel (2nd book); this was called 'the best written and most compelling novel relating to mountain climbing I have ever read' by Arlene Blum.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Her first novel (2nd book); this was called 'the best written and most compelling novel relating to mountain climbing I have ever read' by Arlene Blum.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Her first novel (2nd book); this was called 'the best written and most compelling novel relating to mountain climbing I have ever read' by Arlene Blum.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page " For... thanks for all the help getting me up the mountain.' Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The personal account of the only female member of a 9 person expedition on Mt. McKinley in Alaska in May 1992. The story of how they survived when the most violent weather system on record (one which killed 11 climbers), slammed into the mountain, pinning them on an ice shelf at 14,000 feet for almost 2 weeks. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs on gloss paper. 256 pp.

London:: Victor Gollancz Ltd.,, (1973.). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket. (prev owner's name.). Later printing. The early experiences of one of Britain's best known climbers - his earliest climbing in Kent, Wales and Scotland, climbs in the Alps and Nepal, including an ascent of Annapurna II. Foreword by Eric Shipton. Illustrated with 43 black and white photographs. 208 pp.

New York:: Villard,, (1997.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.). Later printing. A gripping account of the deadliest season on Mount Everest, one in which Krakauer survived but five of his fellow climbers did not. Not just an adventure story: this also focuses on why climbers take such risks, and the consequences of the growing commercialization of climbing in the Himalayas. Illustrated with wood cuts and photographs. Brief bibliography. 293 pp. Map endpapers.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Author's first novel (third book) one which takes the reader inside the world of big-wall rock climbing. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp

San Francisco:: Harper & Row,, (1978). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark). First printing. Japanese high altitude skier Yuichiro Miura, at age 37, became the first person to ski on Mt. Everest on May 6th, 1970. The entire descent, approximately 4,200 vertical feet, took about 2 minutes and 20 seconds - it was recorded in the 1975 documentary 'The Man Who Skied Down Everest,' the first sports film to win an Academy Award for best documentary. This book recounts the story of this event, illustrated with both full-color and black and white photographs. Notably, many years later, in 2003, at the age of 70, Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and then, in 2008, he climbed Everest again at over 75 years old and again in 2013 at age 80! 170 pp.

London:: A. & C. Black, Ltd.,, 1988.. First edition -. Near fine.. First printing. Large trade paperback, illustrated with many detailed photographs, showing equipment, rope techniques, climbing techniques, safety practices and more. Index. 192 pgs.

London:: George G. Harrap & Co.,, 1955.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in green cloth, lacking the dj (the front flap of the dj and the rear cover with the author information have been taped onto the front endpapers.). First edition. 'A record of mountaineering and wild life in the Himalaya'. Jackson's Himalayan reminiscences concluding with the Kangchenjunga Reconnaissance. 32 photographic plates, colored frontispiece, maps and line drawings, appendix of insects collected. 213 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author is an emergency room physician, a ski patrol doctor, an emergency wilderness physician, and a member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. He "shares personal stories of harrowing and suspenseful rescues and recoveries, including the recent Mount Hood disaster, which claimed the lives of three climbers.[and] we confront some of the ethical challenges a wilderness physician faces in making tough choices about who can be saved and at what cost." Illustrated with color photographs. x, 293 pp.

Boston:: Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, , (1982). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Barber was a climbing superstar, known as "Hot Henry" and an early advocate of clean climbing as well as a prolific solo climber who claimed many first solo ascents, mostly in the 1970s. This book, written when Barber was just 28, discusses his climbing career from his teens in Yosemite, Australia,and elsewhere, through the controversy surrounding his 1978 attempt on , when his climbing partner Rob Taylor was seriously injured with a badly broken ankle and accused Barber of abandoning him. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Glossary. xxvii, 291 pp.

New York:: Coward-McCann,, 1964.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corner slightly bumped.). First American edition. The story of the first joint British Soviet mountaineering expedition in which the team reached the summit of Pik Kommunizma, the highest mountain in Soviet Asia's Pamirs, and an expedition which saw the death of 2 British climbers. Illustrated with maps and photographs in color and black and white. 264 pp, index.

Washington, D.C.:: The Sierra Club,, 1960.. First edition -. Near fine in printed green wrappers. . First printing in wrappers. Includes an article on climbing El Capitan by Royal Robbins, a section of photographs on endangered places by Philip Hyde with text by Brower, an article on scenic roads and more. Illustrated with photographs throughout. 92pp.

Seattle:: Mountaineers Books,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A memoir by this ground-breaking mountaineer - "He has lost toes to frostbite, suffered pulmonary edema, survived avalanches and icy bivouacs. [He] recounts his experiences on the high peaks and his transition from teenage exploits to middle-age prudence. He offers stirring tales of adventure: a dramatic rescue on Denali, an impulse climb on the North Face of the Eiger, tackling a frozen waterfall in Canada's Banff National park. Roskelley claims three 8000-meter peaks; he was the first American to reach the summit of 27,000-foot Mahalu in Nepal." and more (Publishers Weekly). Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs. Glossary, chronology of major climbs. 223 pp.