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Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountain Climbing. by BONINGTON, Chris. General Editor. Audrey Salkeld, Editor. Foreword by John Hunt - 1994.

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Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountain Climbing. by BONINGTON, Chris. General Editor. Audrey Salkeld, Editor. Foreword by John Hunt - 1994.

Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountain Climbing.

by BONINGTON, Chris. General Editor. Audrey Salkeld, Editor. Foreword by John Hunt

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Seattle, The Mountaineers, 1994. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page: For Henry, Good climbing, Chris Bonington. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket.

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  • Publisher The Mountaineers,
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  • Date Published 1994.
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit.
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit.

by BONINGTON, Chris. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward

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The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and...

The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers

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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… Read More
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Royal Marines Conquer Another Antarctic Peak. Adelaide Island. Successful climb of the hitherto...
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Royal Marines Conquer Another Antarctic Peak. Adelaide Island. Successful climb of the hitherto unscaled Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island.

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Three original British Official nitrate photographs. Issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information. London. 7 February 1963. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Royal Marines conquer another Antarctic Peak. Pictures just received from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Protector, taken during the successful climb to the top of the hitherto unscaled 9,000 feet Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island inside the Antarctic Circle... made the final ten hour ascent in a night assault cutting steps and hand holds in a steep ice face... Each photograph has the original typewritten information pasted to reverse. Crown Copyright reserved (Admiralty) Stamped Daily Mail Filed 8 Feb 1963.*Halt for refreshment along Fuchs Piedmont during the 17 miles haul to base camp. In front are: Marines M Constance; M Pike; P Bitcheno; A Cawthorne. Middle row: Corporal J Morton and Marine R Brotherton. Behind: Captain T J Wills, RM, and Corporal G Kingdon.*Royal Marine detachment of HMS PROTECTOR… Read More
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit.
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit.

by BONINGTON, Chris. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward

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The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and...

The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers

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MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY
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Royal Marines Conquer Another Antarctic Peak. Adelaide Island. Successful climb of the hitherto...
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Royal Marines Conquer Another Antarctic Peak. Adelaide Island. Successful climb of the hitherto unscaled Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island.

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Heroic Climbs. A Celebration of World Mountaineering

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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

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A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park
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The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and...

The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers

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Louis Trigardt's Trek Across The Drakensberg 1837 - 1838
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)
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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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The North Apennines and Beyond with the 10th Mountain Division

The North Apennines and Beyond with the 10th Mountain Division

by Harris Dusenbery

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First Edition, stated
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780832305221
ISBN 10
0832305227
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Portland, OR: Binfort & Mort Publishing, 1998. First Edition, stated. Paperback. Fine / As New. Old price sticker on back cover. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books. A "day-to-day account of combat in World War II Italy from the viewpoint of an infantryman."
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$100.00