Mountains with a Difference by Young, Geoffrey W - 1951

JM Dent & Sons, 1957. 1st ed G+ as ex library but very few stamps or marks in G+ (slightly chipped) dw. A history of climbers involvement with Snowdonia district, and some of its' associated literature [Neate Y22]

Methuen & Co, 1934 revised. 3rd ed 1934 VG- as spine a little dirty or title has faded no dw. regarded as the classic manual of mountaineering, he was a scholar and a great climber, one of the most influential figures of the early 20th century, includes expeditions to Caucasus, Spitsbergen, Corsica, Norway, New Zealand, Himalaya [Neate Y19]

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Sydney Spencer; O. Eckenstein; C. F. Meade; et al.. An early edition of this comprehensive guide to mountaineering around the world, with illustrations throughout. The third edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription of "E. Dudley Ward" to the front free end paper, and to the verso of the first plate in the text, with notes on tying a bowline on a bight. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further plates, reproduced from photographs by Sydney Spencer, Oscar Eckenstein, C. F. Meade, Jean Gaberell and Norman Collie, with numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. An informative work on mountaineering written by a variety of experts, edited by the British climber Geoffrey Winthrop Young. This comprehensive work offers advice in leading expeditions, the necessary equipment, mountaineering with and without guides, methods of climbing, ice and snow craft, and mountaineering in… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1928. First American edition, from British sheets, with a new title page. 8vo. xiv, (2), 368 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Mountaineer Robert L.M. Underhill's copy, with his ownership signature on the front endpaper, dated in the year of publication, his pencil notes concerning the book on a rear endpaper, and a number of his pencil markings to the text. Underhill (1889-1983) was an "American mountaineer best known for introducing modern Alpine style rope and belaying techniques to the U.S. climbing community in the late 1920s and early 1930s" (Wikipedia); he edited the journal "Appalachia" for the Appalachian Mountain Club, 1928-1934. Neate 939: "Accounts of his greatest climbs." Very good copy with a wonderful association. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (a little flecked). (8795).