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

The Climb (Signed) by Anatoli Boukreev & G. Weston DeWalt

United States: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book has light bumping ...

$500.00

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. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. In original embossed blue cloth with gilt title on ...

$700.00

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

The Crystal Horizon: First Solo Ascent (SIGNED 1st, PSA-Certified) by Messner, Reinhold

The Crowood Press, 1989. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near-Fine/Near Fine. Signed. SIGNED BY REINHOLD MESSNER! Autograph has been PROFES...

$260.00

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

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

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

A GUIDE TO CHAMONIX AND THE RANGE OF MONT BLANC by WHYMPER, Edward

London: John Murray. 1911. wrappers. Small 8vo, pp. xiv, 206. Stiff illustrated paper covers are somewhat darkened & worn at...

$175.00

SUPPLEMENT TO A SELECTION OF SOME 900 BRITISH AND IRISH MOUNTAIN by DOCHARTY, William McKnight

1962. DOCHARTY, William McKnight. THE SUPPLEMENT TO A SELECTION OF SOME 900 BRITISH AND IRISH MOUNTAIN TOPS AND A SELECTION OF...

$495.00

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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