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Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good. 1853. First Edition. Half leather over gilt decorated brown cloth. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. 2 book plates from prior owners. Illustrated with 2 color maps: a folding one of Norway and one of Ymes-Field. 10 lithographic views (includes frontispiece) and 22 wood engravings. [(xxiv includes separate Errata sheet & also Corrections & Additions) 349pp] . Additional Journals on time spent in France. Leather with a few scuff marks. A few pages age toned. Western Europe, Norway, Scandinavia, Travel; Chromolithographs, Wood Engravings (maps); Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 349 pages .
SCRAMBLED AMONGST THE ALPS: IN THE YEARS 1860-69 1871 by Edward Whymper - 1871
by Edward Whymper
SCRAMBLED AMONGST THE ALPS: IN THE YEARS 1860-69 1871
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NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS VISITED IN 1851; FOLLOWED BY JOURNALS OF EXCUSIONS IN THE HIGH ALPS OF DAUPHINE BERNE AND SAVOY
by Forbes, James D.
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To Kiss High Heaven Nanda Devi
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London: William Kimber, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. The book is in near fine condition with clean covers, no fading, very minor rubbing tips corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The uncommon dust jacket is much better than average for this book where nearly all have faded spine. This jacket has light to medium spine fading, surface flecking at spine ends, clean and complete. Very collectible condition. The book measures 222mm tall x 139mm, and has 199 pages + 8 pages ads, EP maps, 9 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Ice-Bound Heights Of The Mustagh: An Account Of Two Seasons Of Pioneer Exploration And High Climbing In The Baltistan Himalaya
by Workman, Fanny Bullock & William Hunter
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth, blue-brown-grey-white-black decoration of mountain scene front cover, TEG, gilt lettering cover & spine. minor faint soiling front covers, solid binding, old gift inscription penned to the front free endpaper dated Xmas 1907 (which means the book was sold before the publication date on the title page), no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, bright clean pages, COMPLETE with all plates and maps. A nice example of the book in collectible condition. The book measures 243mm tall x 161mm, and has 444 pages, 166 b/w photos & 4 watercolor plates in color, 2 folding maps, index. THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. A Record Of Scientific Exploration In Eastern Equatorial Africa. And A General Description Of The Natural History, Languages, And Commerce Of The Kilima-Njaro District. Kilimanjaro.
by Johnston, Sir H.H.
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, And Co., 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. The book measures 23cm tall x 14cm, and has pages xv + [1] blank + 572 + 36 (publisher's catalog), photogravure frontis portrait of the author & 14 other full page plates, 64 in-text illustrations, 6 maps (3 in color, 2 are fldg), 14 engraved plates, index. Account of early expedition attempt to climb Kilimanjaro in 1884. Johnston claims to have reached approximately 4973m. rebound in red cloth in style similar to original binding with original illustrated front cover retained as front cover of new binding, black & white illustration of Kilimanjaro on front cover, black lettering front cover, black coated EPs. previous owner name faintly penned on blank side of frontis, scotch tape (tape itself is long gone) yellowish stain at gutter of frontispiece & title page (frontis was obviously once held in place by scotch tape), minor foxing on plates only, binding tight, covers &…
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Through The Heart Of Asia Over The Pamir To India -- TWO VOLUMES first edition
by Gabriel Bonvolat
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London & New York: Chapman & Hall -- A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Albert Pepin. TWO VOLUMES First Edition. Mixed publisher set with volume I being the London issue and volume II being the New York issue. Nearly identical light wear pattern to both volumes with exactly the same spine tone, suggests that this was a very early pairing, if not an original pairing by the publishers. The only difference in the London and New York volume is the publisher name stamped to base of spine and the addition of "New York: A.C. Armstrong And Son" printed on the title page below the "London: Chapman And Hall". In fact, the title page of volume II for the New York issue is a cancel (meaning that it was/is a separate sheet that has been glued to a stub at the title page, the UK title page having been excised and replaced with the New York page). Cancels for title pages for UK-USA joint publications were fairly common during the period when this…
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NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS VISITED IN 1851; FOLLOWED BY JOURNALS OF EXCUSIONS IN THE HIGH ALPS OF DAUPHINE BERNE AND SAVOY
by Forbes, James D.
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Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good. 1853. First Edition. Half leather over gilt decorated brown cloth. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. 2 book plates from prior owners. Illustrated with 2 color maps: a folding one of Norway and one of Ymes-Field. 10 lithographic views (includes frontispiece) and 22 wood engravings. [(xxiv includes separate Errata sheet & also Corrections & Additions) 349pp] . Additional Journals on time spent in France. Leather with a few scuff marks. A few pages age toned. Western Europe, Norway, Scandinavia, Travel; Chromolithographs, Wood Engravings (maps); Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 349 pages .
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To Kiss High Heaven Nanda Devi
by Languepin, J.-J.
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London: William Kimber, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. The book is in near fine condition with clean covers, no fading, very minor rubbing tips corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The uncommon dust jacket is much better than average for this book where nearly all have faded spine. This jacket has light to medium spine fading, surface flecking at spine ends, clean and complete. Very collectible condition. The book measures 222mm tall x 139mm, and has 199 pages + 8 pages ads, EP maps, 9 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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Ice-Bound Heights Of The Mustagh: An Account Of Two Seasons Of Pioneer Exploration And High Climbing In The Baltistan Himalaya
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth, blue-brown-grey-white-black decoration of mountain scene front cover, TEG, gilt lettering cover & spine. minor faint soiling front covers, solid binding, old gift inscription penned to the front free endpaper dated Xmas 1907 (which means the book was sold before the publication date on the title page), no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, bright clean pages, COMPLETE with all plates and maps. A nice example of the book in collectible condition. The book measures 243mm tall x 161mm, and has 444 pages, 166 b/w photos & 4 watercolor plates in color, 2 folding maps, index. THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. A Record Of Scientific Exploration In Eastern Equatorial Africa. And A General Description Of The Natural History, Languages, And Commerce Of The Kilima-Njaro District. Kilimanjaro.
by Johnston, Sir H.H.
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, And Co., 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. The book measures 23cm tall x 14cm, and has pages xv + [1] blank + 572 + 36 (publisher's catalog), photogravure frontis portrait of the author & 14 other full page plates, 64 in-text illustrations, 6 maps (3 in color, 2 are fldg), 14 engraved plates, index. Account of early expedition attempt to climb Kilimanjaro in 1884. Johnston claims to have reached approximately 4973m. rebound in red cloth in style similar to original binding with original illustrated front cover retained as front cover of new binding, black & white illustration of Kilimanjaro on front cover, black lettering front cover, black coated EPs. previous owner name faintly penned on blank side of frontis, scotch tape (tape itself is long gone) yellowish stain at gutter of frontispiece & title page (frontis was obviously once held in place by scotch tape), minor foxing on plates only, binding tight, covers &…
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Through The Heart Of Asia Over The Pamir To India -- TWO VOLUMES first edition
by Gabriel Bonvolat
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London & New York: Chapman & Hall -- A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Albert Pepin. TWO VOLUMES First Edition. Mixed publisher set with volume I being the London issue and volume II being the New York issue. Nearly identical light wear pattern to both volumes with exactly the same spine tone, suggests that this was a very early pairing, if not an original pairing by the publishers. The only difference in the London and New York volume is the publisher name stamped to base of spine and the addition of "New York: A.C. Armstrong And Son" printed on the title page below the "London: Chapman And Hall". In fact, the title page of volume II for the New York issue is a cancel (meaning that it was/is a separate sheet that has been glued to a stub at the title page, the UK title page having been excised and replaced with the New York page). Cancels for title pages for UK-USA joint publications were fairly common during the period when this…
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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 Âľ X 8 Âľ. 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
by Carr, Glyn
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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
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Great first edition review copy which includes a copy of the author's photo that appears on the back of the dust jacket. Also includes a typed announcement from the publishers. (See photos.) There's some mild fading and foxing. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is wrapped in a protective cover. Price includes shipping within the U.S.
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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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