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Victory Over K2; Second Highest Peak in the World by Desio, Ardito; Translated by David Moore - 1956

by Desio, Ardito; Translated by David Moore

Victory Over K2; Second Highest Peak in the World by Desio, Ardito; Translated by David Moore - 1956

Victory Over K2; Second Highest Peak in the World

by Desio, Ardito; Translated by David Moore

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. Near Fine, faint crease at bottom edge of spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket, tiny tear and faint creases at spine ends. .273 pp., illustrated with 63 black and white photos and 4 maps. Classic account of the first expedition to scale K2. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. Signed on the half-title page by Chris Bonington. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Bottom front flap of dust jacket has sticker, with U.S. price, pasted over British price. An oval W.W. Norton sticker is pasted at the bottom of the rear jacket flap. This is the British first with stickers applied to the jacket flaps, intended for U.S. distribution.. The account of the historic first ascent of the highest peak in Western China.
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The Mountains of Greece

The Mountains of Greece: A Walker's Guide (A Cicerone guide)

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As new laminated softcover, revised & updated edition not stating the year. 176p. 17,5X12,8cm.Greece is not all sun and sea - three-quarters of the country is mountains. They are unexplored, undeveloped and very beautiful. Though rugged, Alpine meadows soften the harshness of the crags, forests fill the ravines, and springs and rivers abound - especially in central and northern Greece. Originally published in 1986, this is the first comprehensive guide to the Greek mountains to appear in any language. As well as detailed descriptions of hiking routes, it provides background information about mountain life and practical help with getting around, accommodation, etc. The hikes range from a month-long traverse of the Pindos range to day-length walks on the outskirts of Athens. Of all grades, they are well within the capabilities of a reasonably fit and committed walker. (from back cover)
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Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia on the Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17th, 1912. And...
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Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia on the Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17th, 1912. And Obituary Notices and Portrait of Clinton Dent

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Stent & Sons, Printers. Guildford. 1913. Octavo. (1), 52, (2)pp. 13 plates, 1 folding letter. Original green cloth, gilt to cover. Marbled endpapers. Slightly bumped/rubbed to extremities.
Provenance: From the library of E. W. Steeple (1872 - 1940) pioneer mountaineer, author, member of the Swiss Alpine Club and founder chairman of the Midland Association of Mountaineers. Bookplate Ex Libris Midland Association of Mountaineers from the Steeple Bequest 1942. With cancellation stamp 16.1.81.
Clinton Thomas Dent (1850-1912) First President of the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club.
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Himalayas

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Harry N Abrams, New York, 1971. 1st ed in English Fine in VG dw in VG- slip case (as slight fading to top and bottom of front cover of slip case). Covers the Nepal, Punja, Sikkim and Hindu Kush Himalayas. Very large format edition, cream boards with black and red titling, colour photo-pictorial DJ, in black cloth board wrap-around slipcase with Japanese-style clasps and paper title label glued to front cover. 248-full page illustrations in full colour and 6 fold-out colour plates, 6 maps and diagrams. Please note that this is an oversized and very heavy item and thus postage will be more than that quoted as default. [Neate S72]
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Murder On The Matterhorn

Murder On The Matterhorn

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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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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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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. Signed on the half-title page by Chris Bonington. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Bottom front flap of dust jacket has sticker, with U.S. price, pasted over British price. An oval W.W. Norton sticker is pasted at the bottom of the rear jacket flap. This is the British first with stickers applied to the jacket flaps, intended for U.S. distribution.. The account of the historic first ascent of the highest peak in Western China.
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The Mountains of Greece

The Mountains of Greece: A Walker's Guide (A Cicerone guide)

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As new laminated softcover, revised & updated edition not stating the year. 176p. 17,5X12,8cm.Greece is not all sun and sea - three-quarters of the country is mountains. They are unexplored, undeveloped and very beautiful. Though rugged, Alpine meadows soften the harshness of the crags, forests fill the ravines, and springs and rivers abound - especially in central and northern Greece. Originally published in 1986, this is the first comprehensive guide to the Greek mountains to appear in any language. As well as detailed descriptions of hiking routes, it provides background information about mountain life and practical help with getting around, accommodation, etc. The hikes range from a month-long traverse of the Pindos range to day-length walks on the outskirts of Athens. Of all grades, they are well within the capabilities of a reasonably fit and committed walker. (from back cover)
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Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia on the Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17th, 1912. And...
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Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia on the Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17th, 1912. And Obituary Notices and Portrait of Clinton Dent

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Stent & Sons, Printers. Guildford. 1913. Octavo. (1), 52, (2)pp. 13 plates, 1 folding letter. Original green cloth, gilt to cover. Marbled endpapers. Slightly bumped/rubbed to extremities.
Provenance: From the library of E. W. Steeple (1872 - 1940) pioneer mountaineer, author, member of the Swiss Alpine Club and founder chairman of the Midland Association of Mountaineers. Bookplate Ex Libris Midland Association of Mountaineers from the Steeple Bequest 1942. With cancellation stamp 16.1.81.
Clinton Thomas Dent (1850-1912) First President of the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club.
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Himalayas
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Himalayas

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Harry N Abrams, New York, 1971. 1st ed in English Fine in VG dw in VG- slip case (as slight fading to top and bottom of front cover of slip case). Covers the Nepal, Punja, Sikkim and Hindu Kush Himalayas. Very large format edition, cream boards with black and red titling, colour photo-pictorial DJ, in black cloth board wrap-around slipcase with Japanese-style clasps and paper title label glued to front cover. 248-full page illustrations in full colour and 6 fold-out colour plates, 6 maps and diagrams. Please note that this is an oversized and very heavy item and thus postage will be more than that quoted as default. [Neate S72]
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Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From...
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Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes

by Coleman, Edmund T.

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Bern: Kümmerly & Frey, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Coleman, Edmund T. . 1985 deluxe facsimile reprint. Excellent reprint of one of the scarcest books in the literature of mountaineering. This reprint has the publisher's introduction in german but all of the original text from the Coleman original is in English. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the editor of this edition, Gherardo Priuli. Original maroon imitation leather clamshell slipcase with gilt lettering front, debossed borders & corner decorations front & rear, grey imitation leather spine with gilt lettering, inside leaves are unbound as issued contained in a dark brown wrapper with gilt lettering on front. CONDITION: fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no rubbing, no foxing, no tears, no creases. The large case is in fine condition.
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Ascent of K2: Second Highest Peak in the World

by Desio, Ardito; Moore, David (Translated by)

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London: Elek Books, 1955. DJ has many large tears and loss. Poor. However, apart from foxing to closed edges and board edges, book clean and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus/Poor. 8vo.
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Ascent of K2 Second Highest Peak in the World

by Desio, Ardito; Moore, David (Translated by)

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London: Elek Books, 1955. DJ rubbed, and chipped to edges with a couple of 1cm tears to front. Foxing to closed edges and top and base edges of boards, pp, however, in very good order.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/Good Minus. 8vo.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

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 ¾ X 8 ¾. 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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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

Murder On The Matterhorn

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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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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
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MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY

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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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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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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
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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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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (The Illustrated Edition)
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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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