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I'm Alan Hubbard, who are you?
by HUBBARD, Alan
I'm Alan Hubbard, who are you?
HUBBARD, Alan
Alan Hubbard, 2020, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, glossary of terms, decorated end papers, illustrated from five b/w and 40 colour photographs, 337 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, staining to fore-edge of several pages towards the rear. Wraps clean and crisp. Lovely copy.
BIOGRAPHY, CLIMBING, ALAN HUBBARD, MEMOIRS, COMMENT ON SOCIAL HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BRITAIN
46225 BIOG/CLIMB/H £19.50
HUBBARD, Alan
Alan Hubbard, 2020, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, glossary of terms, decorated end papers, illustrated from five b/w and 40 colour photographs, 337 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, staining to fore-edge of several pages towards the rear. Wraps clean and crisp. Lovely copy.
BIOGRAPHY, CLIMBING, ALAN HUBBARD, MEMOIRS, COMMENT ON SOCIAL HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BRITAIN
46225 BIOG/CLIMB/H £19.50
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£19.50
Everest Calling
by Siggins, Lorna
Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1994. Presume 1st, No Addl. Printings . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Good looking item, not newish, but carefully handled, no marking, or structural issues. bright, crisp text. Loosely laid in Buddha Air map. Tiny light stain top edge. Jacket a trifle edgeworn, no long tears, sharp i nits mylar wrapper. From the cover, "Ascent of the dark side: The Mallory-Irvine Ridge." *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and...
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$22.80
Rope Techniques - incorporating improvised techniques in mountain rescue
by March, Bill
Cicerone Press 1st thus 1992 . 8vo pb 199pp F+ 220 gms.
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£5.00
Easter Climbs (The British Alpine Club)
by HARKER, G
Easter Climbs (The British Alpine Club)
HARKER, G.
Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1913, hardback, VG, brown stiff card boards, guilt title to front, 141 pp. b&w frontis. Rubs to spine ends, scattering of foxing on page edges, no inscriptions, sound tidy copy. CLIMBING, THE LAKES, WALES, ISLE OF MANN, SHROPSHIRE
46279 CLIMB £26.50
HARKER, G.
Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1913, hardback, VG, brown stiff card boards, guilt title to front, 141 pp. b&w frontis. Rubs to spine ends, scattering of foxing on page edges, no inscriptions, sound tidy copy. CLIMBING, THE LAKES, WALES, ISLE OF MANN, SHROPSHIRE
46279 CLIMB £26.50
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£26.50
Great Ascents and 5 Other Mountaineering Titles
by Newby, Eric
NY: Viking, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Recently we acquired a large group of mountaineering titles. These, while quite decent, did not meet the stand alone sale test and are therefore sold as a group with one book priced domestic media mail shipping. details above are for the Newby (sub-title, "A narrative history of Mountaineering,") the others will be briefly summarized. A hardcover, jacketed copy of Geoff Tabin's "Blind Corners"ICS, 1993, handsome....
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$33.41
Leading Out Women Climbers Reaching for the Top
by Da Silva, Rachel
Seal Pr. Very Good. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1878067206 . MASS MARKET PAPERBACK " Women Climbers Reaching for the Top" ; 8.90 X 5.90 X 1 inches; 324 pp pages .
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$8.00
MOUNTAINEERING Freedom of the Hills -- November 1985 Fifth Printing of Fourth Edition in DUST JACKET
by Ed Peters (chief editor)
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. November 1985 Fifth printing of the Fourth Edition. The book has some tiny foxing spots to the top edge of the text block but no foxing on page faces, rubbing to spine corners, clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, complete. The dust jacket has loss at the spine corners, loss at outside corner tips, edge rubbing, original printed price still present on front flap corner.The book measures 235mm...
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$15.00
Montagnes De Notre Terre
by Hiebeler, Toni
Paris: Arthaud, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. FIRST EDITION. Original blue cloth with white lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight binding, no foxing. The dust jacket has a 10cm tear upper rear, 3cm tear lower front, 1cm chip upper rear. The book measures 345mm tall x 233mm, and has 208 pages, 191 color photos (most are full-page size), 11 pages of tables peaks & first ascent info, EP map, index. Text in german, no...
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$45.00
From Arafat to Everest
by Squirrell, Mark
Brolga Publishing, Melbourne, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. about the author and acknowledgements. Between pages 136 and 137 there are 16 pages of colour photography. Colour photographic paperback binding with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and red and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author garnered the coveted "Green Beret" as a commando with the Australian Special Forces. He...
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A$25.03
Going High : The Story of Man and Altitude
by Charles S. Houston
American Alpine Club, 1981. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.48
To the Top of the World : Alpine Challenges in the Himalaya and Karakoram
by MESSNER, Reinhold
To the Top of the World : Alpine Challenges in the Himalaya and KarakoramMESSNER, ReinholdISBN: 0898863325Mountaineers Books, Seattle, 1996, US Edition, hardback with illustrated dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black/gilt, illustrated throughout from colour photographs from related expeditions and copies of six paintings by Jean-Georges Inca, 256 pp.Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, label residue on front flyleaf. Wrapper clean and crisp,...
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£10.50
Rambles in High Savoy
by Gos. Francois
Rambles in High SavoyGos. FrançoisLongmans, Green and Co. Ltd. London 1927Hardback VG, Beige boards with linen spine.. 169pp, illustrated with b/w photographs and colour map. Boards rubbed on edges and corners, two book plates, lightly foxed, pages edges dust stained, square sound binding. CLIMBING, FRANCE, SAVOY, ALPS42731 CLIMB £11.50
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£11.50
THE MOUNTAINEERING HANDBOOK
by Curtis W. Casewit, Dick Pownall
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. .
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$34.74
To the Top of Denali: Climbing Adventures on North America's Highest Peak
by Bill Sherwonit
Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Books, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F/N, pb, used, perfect bound color illusrated stiff paper wraps, ix-xvi, 347 pages. Interior clean and bright, no marks, binding tight. No wear to wraps, no chips or tears, wraps are clean and near bright..
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$7.00
Chamonix And The Range Of Mont Blanc. A Guide. 1899 INSCRIBED By Whymper
by Whymper, Edward
London: John Murray, 1899. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1899 Fourth Edition. Inscribed by Whymper "Presented by the author" along the top edge of the front wrapper. Whymper usually inscribed these guidebooks in this manner. The handwriting is an exact match to other examples by Whymper. Bound in new grey cloth harcover with black lettering spine. Original front and rear covers of the book have been bound inside at the front and end of the new binding (after new fly...
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$415.00
Rock Climbing
by Peter Livesey
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/None. 116 pages. Blue and brown colored cloth binding with black text on upper and spine. There is a picture of a man rock climbing on the upper. Cover shows no shelf wear. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Black and white photographs illustrate the necessary equipment and techniques for rock climbing..
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$8.00
Games And Recreational Methods For Clubs, Camps And Scouts -- 1924 FIRST EDITION
by Smith, Charles F
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing of First Edition 1924. Original tan cloth with brown lettering front cover & spine, publisher's emblem debossed on front cover. The book has clean covers, no rubbing, old ownership note written on first blank page "property of Omaha walking club received" otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, collectible condition. The book measures 187mm tall...
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$45.00
Yuraq Janka Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko Peru -- FIRST EDITION in NEW condition
by Ricker, John F
New York: American Alpine Club, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original glossy pictorial paperback. New condition purchased directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. In publisher's original shrink-wrap with the four (on two sheets) folded loose maps under the shrink-wrap. The book measures 228mm tall x 152mm, and has 180 pages, several b/w photos, 4 large folding maps on 2 sheets of paper (loose as issued)....
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$30.00
The Hermitage Years
by Bowie, Mick
A H & A W Reed rep 1969 . sunning to top + btm edges of bds, tr + min crsing to d/w o/w VG/VG 446 gms.
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£8.00
How to Rock Climb! 2nd Edition
by Long, John
Chockstone Press. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0934641641 . Paperback Book "The most complete instruction book ever written." ; 8.90 X 6 X 0.70 inches; 176 pp pages .
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$6.00
Mountaineering
by Dent, C T
London: Longmans Green & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Scattered browning throughout. 1892. Second Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). xx, 439pp. Numerous illustrations. .
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£36.00
Arizona Mountains, A Hiking & Climbing Guide -- FIRST EDITION
by Martin, Bob & Dotty
Evergreen: Cordillera Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1987. Original stiff glossy paperback. The book is in new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no rubbing, no foxing, clean, tight binding. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 215mm tall x 140mm, and has 178 pages + [6], several b/w photos, map, index. PHOTOS ARE...
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$30.00
Harry Ayres: Mountain Guide
by Mahoney, Michael
Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Handsome book and jacket. Hardcover has no marking, no bumping. Jacket has no tears or edgewear. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the strict, traditional standards. For this reason, we have virtually zero returns.*
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$42.89
The Sea and the Snow. The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard Island
by TEMPLE, Philip
The Sea and the Snow. The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard Island
TEMPLE, Philip
Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1966, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards blue/white, illustrated end papers in addition to 22 b/w photographs, 188 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to edges and corners, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, light dust staining to top edge. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper with bumps to top edge of front and back panels,... Read more about this item
TEMPLE, Philip
Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1966, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards blue/white, illustrated end papers in addition to 22 b/w photographs, 188 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to edges and corners, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, light dust staining to top edge. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper with bumps to top edge of front and back panels,... Read more about this item
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£21.50
Lure of Everest Story of the First Indian Expedition
by Brigadier Gyan Singh
The Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Review copy originally sent to The Observer - includes the original letter. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean. Introduction by Jawaharlal Nehru. Dustcover fairly worn on top and bottom edges but generally intact. Please contact us for photographs.
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£50.00
