Search Results: Titles starting with K from Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books

Tokyo: Waseda University Alpine Club, 1983 Oblong 4to. original red cloth gilt in slipcase (bumped & slightly marked, tape repair, one flap excised to allow ease of entry); pp. 140, with numerous full page colour plates & maps. Text in Japanese and English. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy of an uncommon acount of a significant expedition, recounting the first ascent of the West Ridge of K2. [Neate M68: Dramatic, finely reproduced colour illustrations].. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/In Slipcase.

Paris: B. Arthaud, 1954 F/F-. Small 4to. original printed paper wraps (one small spot to FFE, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed, spine slightly sunned); pp. 102, with 70 illustrations & a loose map. Text in French. A fine copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. F/F-.

Paris: B. Arthaud, 1954 VG+/VG. Small 4to. original printed paper wraps (slight spotting; lacks loose map) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed at extremities, discreet tape repair); pp. 102, with 70 illustrations. Text in French. A very good copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/VG.

New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1995 F/F. Folio. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 144, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.. First US. Hard Cover. F/F.

New York: Broadway Books, 2009 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. [viii (last blank)], 344 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. F.

New York: Broadway Books, 2009 F-/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth backed white boards gilt (tiny texter dot to tail edge, denoting one-time remaindered copy) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. [x (last blank)], 342, with illustrations. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

London: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1981 VG-/VG-. 4to. original blue boards( ex-library with minimal markings to early leaves only, binding a little rubbed & shaken) in dustwrapper (reprice label £12.50 net, rubbed & a little frayed]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good copy. [Neate M89].. First English. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-.

London: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1981 F/VG+. 4to. original blue boards in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher with replacement label affixed, discreet closed tearing to tail cap, faint crease to rear panel]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate M89].. First English. Hard Cover. F/VG+.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1981 F-/VG. 4to. original blue boards (a trifle rubbed & nicked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, fraying towards head of spine]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate M89].. First US. Hard Cover. F-/VG.

Yeovil: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987 F/F. 8vo. original pictorial laminated boards in dustwrapper priced £9.95 ; pp. 188 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1987.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/F.

Yeovil: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987 F/F-. 8vo. original pictorial laminated boards (trifling spots to top edge) in unpriced dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & creased, trifling fray to corner, minor sunning to red spine titling); pp. 188 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1987.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1992 VG/VG. 8vo. original blue rexine gilt (slight bruising to headcap, spine a trifle slanted) in dustwrapper priced $19.95 (a little rubbed and frayed); pp. 224, with illustrations. A very good copy. From the library of celebrated alpinist and mountain guide Al Burgess, with his name to FFE. On the verso FFE and half-title are nine appreciative inscriptions from Al's clients wishing him luck on his forthcoming K2 expedition. A unique item.. Association Copy. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Diadem Books, 1992 F/VG+. 8vo. original blue rexine gilt in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net (spine sunning, a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. 224, with illustrations. A near fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/VG+.

Ross-On-Wye: Carreg Ltd, 2006 F+/F+. 8vo. original blue textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 128 (last blank), with illustrations. A very fine copy, as new.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. F+/F+.

London: Collins, 1955 8vo. original blue boards gilt (ex-Library with RSM to top edges, FFE, half-title and title page excised, label remoaval mark to spine, boards varnished, a little rubbed; lacks dustwrapper, but front panel loosely enclosed; pp. 192 , with 22 illustrations. A reading copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First UK. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket.

London: Collins, 1955 8vo. original blue boards gilt (rubbed & bumped, some sunning and marking, FFE excised, some tanning and offsetting to paperstock, ex-Newington College Library with occ. RSMs, else internally clean & unmarked; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 192 , with 22 illustrations. A good copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.

London: Coronet Books, 1996 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed); pp. 272, with numerous illustrations. A near fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995. . Reprint. Soft Cover. F-.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1995 F/F. 8vo. original blue boards (trifling mark to FFE) in dustwrapper priced $24.95; pp. 272 (last blank), with numerous illustrations. A fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995. . First US. Hard Cover. F/F.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards in dustwrapper priced £17.99 (light crease to spine); pp. 272, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy. Flatsigned to title page 'Jim Curran'. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954 VG+/VG. 8vo. original red cloth backed boards gilt (paperstock a little toned, a few marks) in dustwrapper priced $6.00 (slight clip to upper flap, frayed with small chipping at corners. spine slightly sunned); pp. 334, with 27 b/w photographs, 9 colour photographs, plus text figures & a map. A very good copy. Flatsigned to half-title 'Robert H. Bates'. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.