Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bob Worth Mountain Books

Bradt Publications, 1996 reprint. 3rd ed VG pb. very good guide to climbing & hiking in Ecuador [Neate Q887]

Gornergrat Railway, 1936. 1st ed VG fold out colour panorama. fold out 360 degree colour panorama, 8 sections of 10cm x 14.5cm each, reverse has b&w photos and text in English

Simon & Schuster, 2004. 1st UK ed VG in VG dw. true story of a young climber who got his arm trapped behind a boulder while descending an easy gorge, after five days trapped he cut his own arm off below the elbow in order to escape, later made into a film "127 hours"

Coronet Books, 1996. 3rd ed VG pb. fiction: a snow-boarder arrives in Nepal and meets an elderly Tibetan Buddhist monk

Manchester Evening News, 1935 2nd imp. G++ (as some pencil annotations inside front cover of walks done; also pencil dates and ticks inside on individual walks) in card cover. collection of 46 walks in the Peak District, originally printed in the Manchester Evening News,

Secker & Warburg, 1957 3rd reprint. 3rd reprint 1957 VG- as some foxing to page edges in G- as small tear dw. originally an Englishman, he claimed his body had been possessed by the spirit of a Tibetan lama

Snowdon Mountain Railway Ltd, undated c 1950?. assumed 1st ed thus, VG pb. small format 8x11.5cm 32 page pb full of atmospheric b&w photos from the period

Lustre Press, 2001. 1st ed VG pb. large format, 80 pages well illustrated introduction to Ladakh, Manali & Zanskar

Ernest Benn, 1929. 3rd impression Essex Library ed VG no dw. small format, reminiscences of climbing in the Alps, from the man who later became Pope Pious XI [Neate R10]

Cassell & Co, 1966. 1st ed VG in VG dw. fiction: romance and climbing set amongst the Lakeland hills [Neate X304]

New Holland, 2000. 1st ed VG+ pb. well illustrated guide to 25 'adventure treks' throughout Nepal, includes ascents of some Trekking Peaks, with maps and colour photos

Kaye & Ward, 1973 revised. revised ed 1973 VG no dw. great large format photo album of the Matterhorn many colour and b&w photos [Neate R16]

Thames & Hudson, 1956. 1st Eng ed VG in G+ dw. large format, many wonderful full page b&w photos from the Alps to Everest [Neate R18]

Diadem, 1981. 1st ed VG in VG dw. fiction: climbing set in the late sixties, in North Wales and Yosemite [Neate X308]

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a native history of Siberia

Charles H Clarke, undated c.1864?. possible 1st UK ed G++ no dw (this specific edition not in Neate). Fiction: 408pp. Small 8vo. Several embossed stamp marks as from a private library, plain brown cloth, no dw. An early American mountain adventure novel set in the high ranges 'due north from Calcutta'. A very good reading copy of a scarce title. [Neate X309]

Isle of Skye Mountain Rescue Assoc, c.1985?. 1st ed VG pb. 16 page booklet of walks from Sligachan on Skye, issued to raise funds for the rescue team

Carreg, 2000. 1st Eng ed VG in VG dw signed by Richard Sale. Yes. biography of Wanda, the top woman high altitude climber until her death on Kangchenjunga, includes expeditions to Everest, Makalu, K2, Annapurna, Kangchenjunga, Cho Oyu signed by Richard Sale

Editions Rencontre, Lausanne, 1978. 1st ed VG ( seven extra large sports cards). set of 7 extra large sports cards (each 16cm x 12cm) depicting mountain related topics, large photo, some colour, some b&w, on front and lots of related text, in English, on reverse. (1306429-10) Maurice Herzog, leader and first to climb Annapurna; (1306430-19) Lionel Terray, who was with Herzog on Annapurna; (1306441-10) Hermann Buhl, first to climb Nanga Parbat; (1306433-23) The Sherpas, photo is of Tenzing & Lambert on the Jungfrau; (1306435-14) Atmospheric conditions on the Col de Geant; (1306436-18) Annapurna; (1306440-06) Mont Blanc;

Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st Eng ed G only as ex library but very few stamps in VG dw . Eiger, Hindu Kush, Mt Kenya, Bhutan, Greenland, Aconcagua