Himalayas
From No Shortcuts To the Top to The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them Being a Narrative Of Two Years' Residence In the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months Tour Into the Interior By a Lady Pioneer Illustrated By Herself, from Trans-Himalayan Traders to Buddhism In the Western Himalaya, we can help you find the himalayas books you are looking for. As the world's largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from Biblio.com, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee.
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No Shortcuts To the Top
by Ed With David Roberts Viesturs
ED VIESTURS still climbs and seeks out new adventures. He lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with his wife and three children. DAVID ROBERTS is a veteran author of mountaineering books, including On the Ridge Between Life and Death.
A Slender Thread
by Stephen Venables
Stephen Venables is the first and only Englishman to have climbed a famous new route on Everest, and without oxygen. This expedition was the pinnacle of a distinguished and risky Himalayan career. He is the author of Painted Mountains, (winner of the Boardman-Tasker Prize); Everest: Kanshung Face; and Himalayas Alpine-Style (with Andy Fanshawe).
Journal Of a Tour Through Part Of the Snowy Range Of the Himala Mountains, and To the Sources Of the Rivers Jumna and Ganges
by James Baillie Fraser
Kangchenjunga 1984, Traverse Of South and Central, and Ascent Of Main Peak
by Katsuhiko and M Kaji Kano
Himalayas Books & Ephemera
IN THE THRONE ROOM OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS -- 1986 large format paperback
by Rowell, Galen
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1986. Second Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of 1986 PAPERBACK Edition. Similar format as the 1977 first edition but new foreword by George Schaller, new preface, slightly fewer photos but with some new additions, and new afterword. Original glossy pictorial paperback. The book has clean covers, damp rippling to last 100 pages to lower 5 inches of inside area of pages (not sticking together and most without any tideline or...
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$15.00
Qomolangma-Sagarmatha 1988 -- WITH Team-signed Commemorative Cover
by Shinohara, Yoshichika (editor)
Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun-sha, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Only 200 copies of this book were produced. Included with this book is an envelope with Nepalese Everest stamp cancelled in Kathmandu commemorating the expedition. The envelope is handsigned by 6 members who summited and by the leader of the Nepalese faction, Pertemba Sherpa, who had previously climbed to the summit of Everest 3 times, the most notable being the 2nd ascent (2 days after the...
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$375.00
Himalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.
by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Paperback / softback. New. Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. His journey to Northern India, the Himalayas, Nepal and Tibet was undertaken between 1847 and 1851 to collect some 7,000 specimens for the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
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$63.06
Kashmir In The Crossfire -- FIRST EDITION
by Schofield, Victoria
London: L. B. Tauris, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no chips, no tears, complete. The book measures 237mm tall x 157mm, and has 354 pages, 10 maps, biblio, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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$20.00
Many People Come, Looking, Looking -- SIGNED First Edition
by Rowell, Galen
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED BY ROWELL on pre-title page. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with the usual sunning to cover extreme edges and spine ends, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than Rowell's signature), no foxing, clean, tight binding. The dust jacket is clean, has no tears, no chips, no rubbing, no fading, and is complete with original...
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$125.00
K2 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY -- UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY
by Curran, Jim
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket Issued?. First printing of the USA paperback version of the book: UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Original tan paperback with black lettering front and spine. The front cover has discoloration from direct exposure to water that has created a strong tideline. Rear cover and spine have no staining or soiling. The lower 4cm of the first 40 pages have very slight warping (not bad) but no staining or tideline. There is a 5mm wide tan...
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$10.00
K2 The Savage Mountain -- FIRST EDITION SIGNED By Authors
by Houston, Charles & R. Bates, et al
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clarence Doore. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA Edition. SIGNED by Charles Houston, by Robert Bates, and by Dee Molenaar on the title page. Original red cloth with gilt ice-axe decoration front, gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with minor marks to covers, slightly faded spine, old owner name on blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than the...
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$375.00
The Great Himalayan Passage. The Story of an Extraordinary Adventure on the Roof of the World
by Peissel, Michael
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1975. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION. The book measures 213mm tall x 14cm, and has 254 pages, 33 b/w & 26 color photos, 7 maps (including EP maps). Flying in a hovercraft on the rivers of Nepal: Kali Gandaki near Annapurna, Indrawati near Kathmandu, Arun near Makalu. azure boards, silver lettering spine. CONDITION: the book is in clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, minor tiny...
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$10.00
The Everest-Lhotse Adventure
by Eggler, Albert
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1957. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST UK EDITION. Excellent condition in fine DJ that has just a tiny bit of rubbing at the spine ends, no tears, no chips, clean. The book is clean and fine with old owner name penned to top of FFEP, no other marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding. Original tan boards, black lettering spine. This book has 222 pages, 31 b/w photos, color frontispiece, 2 maps, 1 route diagram, index. The...
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$35.00
The Big Walls -- SIGNED First Edition
by Messner, Reinhold
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Orginal green boards, gilt lettering spine. SIGNED BY MESSNER on pre-title page. On blank verso of free front endpaper are three gift inscriptions to an unnamed previous owner. The book is in nice condition with minor bump upper rear edge and tips lower cover corners (see photo), tight binding, clean, no marks or writing on pages other than the gift inscriptions already...
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$175.00
The Himalayan Journal Volume VIII 1936 Records of the Himalayan Club
by Kenneth Mason (editor)
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1936. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete with all pages, plates, folding panoramas, maps. Solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, soiling upper rear cover, minor tissue repairs spine. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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$85.00
Everest: The 1951 Reconnaissance Of The Southern Route -- Extract from the Geographical Journal June 1952
by Shipton, Eric
London: Geographical Journal, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1952 Geogarphical Journal extract article of the reconnaissance of the Khumbu route on Mount Everest. Black textured paper covers bound with plastic clip. White title patch printed in black. Fine condition with no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, clean. The extract measure 248mm tall x 159mm, and has 30 pages, 8 b/w photos, 2 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
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$20.00
The Geological Evolution of Tibet : Report of the 1985 Royal Society - Academia Sinica Geotraverse of the Qinghai - Xizang Plateau -- FIRST EDITION -- hardcover in dust jacket
by Chang Chengfa, Robert M. Shackleton, John F. Dewey, and Yin Jixiang (editors)
London: The Royal Society, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original teal cloth with black lettering spine. The book has clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, probably never used. The original dust jacket is clean with no tears, no soiling, no rubbing, no fading, complete with no loss. The book measures 303mm tall x 210mm, and has 413 pages, many graphs, charts, tables, maps in text,...
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$90.00
Everest -- The West Ridge -- SIGNED First Edition
by Hornbein, Thomas F
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST EDITION. SIGNED (no inscription) by Dr. Hornbein on the title page. This is the true 1965 first printing of the book. Original grey cloth, gilt lettering spine and front cover, illustrated EPs. This is a folio size book measuring 35cm tall x 26cm, and has 201 pages, 89 glossy color plates. This book is in excellent condition with no writing or marks...
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$375.00
Peaks and Passes of the Garhwal Himalaya -- The Guide-Book For Climbers and Cross-Country Alpinists -- FIRST EDITION
by Babicz, Jan
Sopot Poland: Alpinistyczny Klub Eksploracyjny, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition in English. Original paperback binding. New condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, solid binding, never used. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 199mm tall x 141mm and has 246 pages + [1], EP maps, many b/w sketches of peaks with routes...
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$65.00
The American Alpine Journal 1934 volume 2 number 2
by J. Monroe Thorington (editor)
New York: American Alpine Club, 1934. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1934 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Very uncommon. According to published records, the club had only 231 members in 1934. Original printed wrappers. Exceptional example with clean covers, no tears, sharp corners, faint tanning to spine, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, complete with all pages & photo plates and maps, solid binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK...
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$285.00
Hermann Buhl Climbing Without Compromise
by Messner, Reinhold & Horst Hofler
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book has a crack in the lower rear cover with corresponding tear to the dust jacket (See Photo), otherwise the book and jacket are in fine condition, clean, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The book measures 235mm tall x 183mm, and has 204 pages + [1], 43 color & 91 b/w photos, 2 sketches, route list, bibliography. Good biography of Buhl with lots...
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$12.00
FOOTPRINTS ON THE PEAKS MOUNTAINEERING IN CHINA -- 1995 FIRST EDITION
by Zheng, Zhou & Liu Zhenkai
Seattle: Cloudcap, 1995. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1995 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original dust jacket is in flawless new condition. The book is in new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, 100% clean, no rubbing, tight binding. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 235mm tall x 155mm, and has 228 pages, 6 maps, 41 b/w & 21 color photos, table of...
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$85.00
Cho Oyu -- SIGNED By Herbert Tichy
by Tichy, Herbert
West-Berlin: Ullstein, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. TEXT IN GERMAN. FIRST PRINTING of the First Germany Edition (following the 1955 Austria editions). INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated 1958 by Herbert Tichy on the pre-title page. The book measures 229mm tall x 154mm, and has 156 + [4] pages, 22 b/w photos, 1 map. CONDITION: The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, minor age tanning to pages, other than the author's signed inscription there are no...
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$160.00
Karakoram Himalaya -- FIRST SPANISH EDITION 1949
by Roch, Andre
Barcelona: I. G. Seix Y Barral HNOS., 1949. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First SPANISH Edition 1949. Original pale blue stiff paperback covers with brown lettering front and spine. The book has foxing spots to cover, faded spine, faded outside edge front cover, slight browning of pages but no foxing on pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any ages, solid binding. LACKING the dust jacket. The book measures 185mm tall x 142mm, and has 183 pages + [1], 32 b/w photos...
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$10.00
Darjeeling. Queen Of The Himalayas
by Mordecai, D & B P Agarwala
Darjeeling: Darjeeling Photo Stores, 1972. 1st Edition . Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Presumed first edition, no date [1972], oblong 8vo, 182mm tall x 226mm, not paginated [51 pages], 3 color & 21 tinted photos, folding map. Description of tourist attractions in and around Darjeeling including details for 3 treks. The photos are oddly tinted in blue, green, pink and other colors. Yakushi84 M243 page 274. Original b/w photo illustrated thin card covers with red lettering front. some rubbing...
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$45.00
The Geographical Journal volume XXVII No 2 February 1906 -- First Exploration of the Hoh Lumba and Sosbon Glaciers
by William Hunter Workman
London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1906. 1st Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original blue wrappers complete with all photos and maps, full issue. minor edge wear, tiny loss at spine foot, solid binding, no writing or marks on any pages. The Workman paper on the Karakoram has 16 pages of text, 8 b/w photos, and a folding color relief map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BING OFFERED.
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$75.00
Storm and Sorrow In The High Pamirs -- SIGNED 1977 FIRST EDITION
by Craig, Robert W
New York: The Mountaineers with The American Alpine Club, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1977 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original paperback binding (the first edition was only in paperback). INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Craig on the dedication page. The book is in near fine condition but has the usual fading to the yellow part of the spine, clean covers, tight binding (probably never read), sharp corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no...
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$85.00
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
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...
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$800.00
Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions Of George Mallory -- SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Breashears, David & Audrey Salkeld
Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED by David Breashears on the title pages. CONDITION: Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight binding, no foxing. The dust jacket is fine with no chips, no tears, clean, complete. The book measures 260mm tall x 215mm, and has 240 pages, 32 color & 95 b/w photos, 4 maps, index. Detailed history of the early Everest...
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$30.00
