Search Results: Mountaineering from Aquila Books

Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2000. Softcover. fine. First edition. 168 pp. Oblong softcover with colored illustrated front and back cover. B/W photos and references in text. A very attractive guide with interesting historical references. Fine condition. 2000

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. fine. One of 50 signed copies on Japanese Vellum. [i-v], vii-xx, [1], 2-404pp. Quarto. Finely bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe & Zaehnsdorf in modern 3/4 brown morocco over brown cloth. Cloth edged in double gilt fillets on both boards. Spine in 6 compartments. Titles to second and third; remaining stamped in gilt. Raised bands tooled in gilt. Date stamped to foot of spine. Light shelfwear to bottom edge of boards. Corners lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown and small circular ink stamp to title page, else clean internally. Limited to 50 hand-numbered copies, this being #34. Signed by Meyer on limitation page. A handsome copy. Neate M92. Alpine Club Library Catalogue page 212. A finely bound example of the exceedingly scarce signed edition limited to 50 copies on Japanese Vellum of this classic of African Mountaineering. Meyer's expedition completed the first undisputed ascent of the Kibo Peak of… Read More

Long Acre, London: Odham's Press Limited, 1958 First Edition. 256 pp. Octavo. Original light blue cloth. Illustrated with B/W plates with photos. Clean and tight textblock. Minor shelfwear. Boards slightly bowed. Dust jacket is unpriced clipped and has a few small chips at the corners otherwise a fine bright copy The autobiography of Britian's adventure film-man. While studying at Cambridge, Stobart made the decision to film original explorations. Besides Everest, he filmed in Antarctica, on Safari in Africa, crocodile-infested waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the Himalayas. An extraordinary life, full of adventures. This copy is signed by Charles Wylie and George Lowe on pages 200 and 201. A great copy with nice expedition signatures 1958

Philadelphia: American Alpine Club, 1907; 1911; 1914. 16, 19, 22 pp. Quarto. (34.2 X 27.2 cm.) 3 numbers (all published) Original printed dark green wrappers. First volume with a bit of chipping on the edges. The next 2 parts all in very nice condition. Part 1 with 5 plates and a folding map; Part 2 with 11 plates and a folding map and Part 3 with 11 plates and a folding map. Neate L29; F12, and B175. An interesting early series conceived of by the American Alpine Club. Each issue contains a single subject article, written by a single author. The first article is by Professor Joseph N. Le Conte and entitled "The High Sierra of California", second article is by Professor Charles E. Fay and entitled "The Canadian Rocky Mountains" and the third article is by Alfred H. Brooks and entitled "Mountain Exploration in Alaska" Each article is well illustrated and contains a nice folding maps at the rear. The series was short lived and do not seem to have survived… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. x, 294, (4) pp. First edition. Octavo. Bound in blue cloth, decorated with an illustration of the Alps on the cover. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Spine faintly sunned. Corners and spine tips lightly rubbed. Gilt top edge. Previous owner's ex-libris on the front pastedown. Most pages throughout the book are in excellent condition, clean and bright. Seventy colour plates with tissue guards. Four pages of publisher's advertising at the rear. A beautiful copy. Historian and mountaineer W. Martin Conway's descriptions of one of the most stunning mountain ranges in the world continues to be engaging well over a century after they were first written. Whilst Conway often focused on mountaineering expeditions, in this volume he describes the beautiful Alpine glaciers and explains how the mountains were created. He also details pastures, peaks and volcanos. The watercolour print illustrations throughout add to the loveliness of the book. 1904

London: MacMillan and Co., 1890. xv,(1),251,(4) pp. Small Octavo. (19.6 X 13.5 cm.) Original bright red cloth. Gilt title on spine. All edges untrimmed. Top edge somewhat dust soiled. Frontis piece., 10 plates. Folding map at end (route shown in red). Publishers catalogue at the end. Overall a much superior copy with on the slightest fading on the spine. Neate G50. An Irish civil servant and one of the first to climb Canada, making the first ascent of Mt. Bonney in the Selkirks in 1888. First title dealing with mountaineering in Canada. Green's explorations lead to the discovery of Lake Louise and the building of the Chateau Lake Louise being built on its current location. 1890

Calgary: Aquila Books, 1998. Undetermined. fine. 1st limited edition 26 copies. [26],xv,251pp. Small Octavo. 8 plates and 1 illustration in text plus folding map. Fine exact facsimile of the original edition with a new introduction and portrait of the author. The book is bound in red goat skin with a patinated sterling silver medallion by Lois Green inset on front cover and matching slipcase in red Dutch book cloth. Included in the book is an original Palladium photograph titled "Mount Tupper" by Craig Richards. Fine condition First book on the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Because of Green's explorations the famous Chateau Lake Louise hotel was situated and built by Canadian Pacific Railway. 1998

London: John Murray, 1940. Hardcover. very good. 1st U.K. edition. 265pp. Octavo. Blue cloth. Illustrated dustjacket. Shows minor aging (dust soiling, bumped corner). Very tight, presentable copy. Quite scarce. very good Neate. 1940

London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1927 First Edition. xvi,17-224pp. Octavo. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Blind lettering on the front board. Fore edge and bottom of the text block untrimmed. Minor foxing throughout and a few roughly opened pages. 150 plates from photos. Original printed dustwrapper which is slightly soiled and worn but overall a great copy complete with the rare dustwrapper. Neate G05. Seems more like a travel title than a how to for Alpine photography. Part of the the great Witherby series which are a great interesting travel book series. 1927

London: Bickers and Son, 1914 First UK edition. xix,188 pp Octavo. Bound in the original red cloth. Gilt title on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. spine very slightly faded. 34 plates (including frontispiece) from photos. Folding map (at end). a very good copy AB 17124; Neate S176. Account of the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1913. Both the US and UK editions are uncommon these days but the UK seems particularly so. 1914

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1900]. xvi,241 pp. Quarto. Rebound in modern gray cloth with the title panel from the original binding mounted on the spine. Resewn as the original binding was perfect bound and most copies fall apart. Top edge gilt. Photogravure frontispiece. There is a marginal dark stain on the edge of the frontis which offsets slightly onto the edge of the title page. 33 gravure plates from photos by Vittorio Sella; 1 double-page lithographed plate of microscopic organisms; 4 folding panoramas; 2 folding color maps; numerous half tone illustrations. Overall very clean and a much stronger copy due to the new sewing. Neate F24.: "the first of three very important and successful expeditions masterminded by the Duke of Abruzzi". and is "narrated" by the Italian surgeon, scholar and mountain traveller, Filippo de Filippi, the official recorder for the Duke's expeditions. The folding panorama's and the maps are spectacular! Sella was a… Read More

London: Constable and Company Limited, 1923. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. viii,270pp. Octavo. 9 full page illustrations in text (maps). Original green cloth; Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down with his neat handstamp on front free endpaper. very good F63. Climbs in Corsica, the lesser Alps, and elsewhere. 1923

London: Nicholas Vane, 1965. Hardcover. 1st English Translation. 183pp. Octavo in original blue cloth and gray endpapers with colour plates from photos and b&w illustrations (some full paged) in text from photos. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Dustjacket with some chips at top and bottom of spine and corners. Very good condition Neate R15. Famous French mountaineer and a member of the team that the made the 1st 8000 meter peak Annapurna. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 10th International Mountain and Exploration Film festival at Trento, Italy, 1961. 1965

London: Kaye & Ward, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint 183pp. Octavo in original blue cloth. Colour plates from photos and B&W illustrations (some full paged) in text from photos. Yellow endpapers. Dustjacket has one inch closed tear on lower front but otherwise very minor wear. Very good condition. Neate R15. Famous French mountaineer and a member of the team that the made the 1st 8000 meter peak Annapurna. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 10th International Mountain and Exploration Film festival at Trento, Italy, 1961. 1965

Camden East, On: Camden House, 1986. Advance proof. very good. 1st edition. 175 pp.pp. Quarto. Illustrated with coloured photos. Original pictorial wrappers. Signed by Pat and Barb Morrow and M. Messner. Very good condition 1986

New York: American Alpine Club, The, 1946. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 298,[1]pp. Octavo in original grey cloth Not illustrated. very good Neate b15. Index of peaks from both North and South America by state-region-country with article references from the leading journals (primarily American) up to 1945. 1946

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Octavo. Original red lettered black cloth. 50 illustrations (including frontispiece) from photos. Decorative chapter headings and endings. Three maps including a two page, sketch map and folding map at the end. Text block is tight and overall very clean. Dust wrapper in very nice condition with a couple of small chips and a bit of soiling to the rear panel. Neate S697. Shipton's account of exploring the Karakoram on the north side. Truly a very nice copy of this scarce Shipton title, very scarce in the wonderful pictorial wrapper and especially so in this condition. Ballooning explorer, Steve Fossett's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. 1938

New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, r1979. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xii,244pp. Octavo in original gray cloth backed blue paper covered boards and dust jacket with plates from photos and double-paged illustration (map). Signed by Ridgeway on title page. very good Account of the 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition. 1979

Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye: Carreg, r2004. Hardcover. as new. 1st Edition (One of approximately 30 copies signed by Schmuck and Wintersteller). 208pp. Octavo in original blue cloth and dust jacket with colour and b&w illustrations in text from photos. Signed by Richard Sale on title page and by expedition leader Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, and the liason officer Qader Saeed. as new Account of the first ascent of Broad Peak (without supplemental oxygen) by Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller, followed by Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger. Based on the diaries of Scmuck and Wintersteller, translated from the German by Michaela Gigerl and John Hirst, with additional unpublished material from Hermann Buhl, and the recollections of Diemberger and Qader Saeed, the Pakastani liason officer. Appendix of all summit climbs from 1957-2004 at end. Buhl was lost two and a half weeks later after an unsuccessful attempt on Chogolisa peak with Kurt Diemberger, when a cornice broke while descending… Read More

Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye: Carreg, 2004. Hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 208pp. Octavo in original blue cloth and dust jacket with colour and b&w illustrations in text from photos. Signed by Richard Sale on title page and by summiter Fritz Wintersteller, liason officer Qader Saeed, and Reinhold Schmuck (son of expedition leader Marcus Schmuck) fine Account of the first ascent of Broad Peak (without supplemental oxygen) by Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller, followed by Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger. Based on the diaries of Scmuck and Wintersteller, translated from the German by Michaela Gigerl and John Hirst, with additional unpublished material from Hermann Buhl, and the recollections of Diemberger and Qader Saeed, the Pakastani liason officer. Appendix of all summit climbs from 1957-2004 at end. Buhl was lost two and a half weeks later after an unsuccessful attempt on Chogolisa peak with Kurt Diemberger, when a cornice broke while descending along the S.E. Ridge. 2004