Rare Mountaineering Books

The Fight for Everest 1924 by Norton, Edward F

Edward Arnold, 1925. 1st ed VG+ no dw. the official story of the 1924 attempt on Everest in which Mallory & Irvine disappeare...

£200.00

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

MOUNTAINEERING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA by King, Clarence

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. The author was the first director of the U. S. Geo...

$175.00

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

WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE'S A WAY: AN ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY NEW ROUTE AND WITHOUT GUIDES by Hudson, Charles Rev & Edward Shirley Kennedy

London: Longman, Brown and Green. Good+. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. In original embossed blue cloth with gilt title on spin...

$150.00

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 Denali ~ Mt. McKinley by Stuck, Hudson

NF. New York, Scribners, 1914, 1st US Edition. 8vo, [xix] 188pp., 34 full page photographic illustrations including frontis wi...

$550.00

Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountain Climbing. by BONINGTON, Chris. General Editor. Audrey Salkeld, Editor. Foreword by John Hunt

Seattle, The Mountaineers, 1994. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page: For Henry, Good climbing, Chris Bonington. First ...

$100.00

Sir Edmund Hillary's Sagarmatha by Hillary, Sir Edmund

Singapore: The Himalayan Trust, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Brown hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A signe...

$375.00

NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS VISITED IN 1851; FOLLOWED BY JOURNALS OF EXCUSIONS IN THE HIGH ALPS OF DAUPHINE BERNE AND SAVOY by Forbes, James D

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good. 1853. First Edition. Half leather over gilt decorated brown cloth. Interior of tex...

$600.00

Ski Runs in the High Alps by Roget, François F

Fisher Unwin, 1913. 1st ed VG+ no dw gilt cover. the principle book in English by a Swiss academic who was outstanding among...

£200.00

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

The Big Walls: History Roots Experiences. by MESSNER, Reinhold. Translated by Audry Salkeld

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Signed by the legendary Reinhold Messner and scarce thus. First U.S. edition / First p...

$265.00

The Seventh Grade: Most Extreme Climbing. by MESSNER, Reinhold

New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Signed by the legendary Reinhold Messner. First U.S. edition / First printing. Red pap...

$450.00

The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide

This is a rare, early 8th edition of "The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide" from 1931. This edition is one of only a few where the Gu...

$325.00

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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