Rare Mountaineering Books

SCRAMBLED AMONGST THE ALPS: IN THE YEARS 1860-69 1871 by Edward Whymper

London: John Murray City, 1871. First Edition.. half Leather. very good Plus/no dust Jacket. The Author. Copyright date is 18...

$830.00

Across East African Glaciers An Account Of The First Ascent Of Kilimanjaro by Meyer, Hans

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First UK Edition translated from the Germ...

$3,500.00

The Conquest Of Everest -- SIGNED By Ed Hillary, Charles Evans, George Lowe + Insert Signed By TENZING & By HUNT by Hunt, John & Sir Edmund Hillary

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED by ...

$3,422.00

Appalachia. The Journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Vol 1, 1876-78 by Appalachian Mountain Club

Hardcover, original brown cloth with gold lettering. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. 308pp. Interesting contemporar...

$300.00

View From Ben Nevis by Shearer, Jas E

RS Shearer & Son, Stirling, 1895?. 1st ed? VG no dw. fold out panoramic view from the summit of Ben Nevis, approx 18 x 33cm c...

£400.00

Scenes From the Snowfields: Illustrations of Upper Mont Blanc. by Coleman, Edmund

Kümmerly & Frey, 1985. 1985 reprint Fine Limited ed (no.13 of 100) loose in VG+ slip case. reproduction of the 1859 edition...

£110.00

Le mie montagne by Bonatti, Walter

Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, 1962. Third Edition. Hardcover. Published in the same year as the first edition. 299pp. Bright oran...

$1,000.00

THE ASCENT OF EVEREST by HUNT. JOHN.;

Hodder & Stoughton. London.,1953. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Hunt, dated 1960, on the title page. Illustrated with 48 mono a...

£375.00

DON WHILLANS PORTRAIT OF A MOUNTAINEER + with Everest Expedition postcard SIGNED by Whillans by Whillans, Don & Alick Ormerod

london: Heinemann, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Loosely...

$325.00

Cho Oyu. By Favour of the Gods. With Tipped-in dated TICHY SIGNATURE by Tichy, Herbert

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Original tan cloth with red lettering spine. Book i...

$475.00

The Ascent Of Everest -- FIRST PRINTING **SIGNED By Hillary, Hunt, Evans, Band, & Lowe by Hunt, John

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED by HILLARY & EVANS & BAND...

$1,800.00

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH -- FIRST EDITION -- SIGNED By Rebuffat by Rebuffat, Gaston

London: Nicholas Vane, 1965. First Edition 1st Printing. Original Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 1965 FIRST PRINTING of FIrst UK ...

$375.00

The Ascent Of Everest -- FIRST PRINTING **SIGNED By Hillary, Hunt, Lowe with Additional Tenzing Autograph by Hunt, John

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by HILLARY & HUNT & LOWE ...

$2,787.00

Climber's Guide to the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington -- SIGNED by Beckey, Fred

New York: American Alpine Club, 1953. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1953 SECOND EDITION, expanded. T...

$300.00

Wasdale Climbing Book by Cocker, Michael

Ernest Press, 2006. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw (no 47 of 150 limited edition) signed by Michael Cocker. Yes. based on accounts from t...

£100.00

There are some terrifying and inspiring stories about people climbing huge mountains, and many rare and antique books have been devoted to mountaineering and rock climbing. From first edition novels about mountain climbing to multi-volume sets about famous expeditions, there is a wide variety of rare mountaineering and rock climbing books to choose from in the Biblio Rare Book Room.

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