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Morris, Jan An Outsider on Everest 2010 UK 1st, ltd ed 500, 4to, pp.17, wraps; new #25637 $24.95
The transcript of the 2nd Annual Sir Edmund Hillary Memorial Lecture delivered by Jan Morris at the Royal Geographical Society on 27th May 2010. Proceeds from this item assist The Himalayan Trust UK.[read more]
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Morrisey, Thomas 20 American Peaks & Crags 1978 Contemporary Chicago 1st, 8vo, pp.xvii, 210, 91 bw photos, appendices, blue cloth; dj w/ 3” clean tear front, near fine, cloth fine. #23055 $17.00
A nice earlier work on this beautiful region of Austria.[read more]
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Morrow, Pat Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits 1986 Camden House Camden East Ltd Ed, 4to, pp.175, 126 color photos, 7 route maps, blue cloth; signed, dj w/ small stain on back, unclipped, fine, cloth bright, fine #21317 $195.00
Pat Morrow was the first to successfully complete the Seven Summits quest with the inclusion of Carstenz Pyramid. This is the scarce hardcover edition which was only available via advance subscription.
Neate a30, SB M51.[read more]
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Morrow, Pat Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits 1986 Camden House Camden East 1st, 4to, pp.175, 126 color photos, 7 route maps, wraps; fine #9927 $9.00 $7.65
Pat Morrow was the first to successfully complete the Seven Summits quest with the inclusion of Carstenz Pyramid.
Neate a30, SB M51.
To see all of our Sale Items, click here.[read more]
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Morrow, Pat Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits 1986 Camden House Camden East 1st, 4to, pp.175, 126 color photos, 7 route maps, wraps; signed Pat & Baiba Morrow, fine. #18966 $45.00
Pat Morrow was the first to successfully complete the Seven Summits quest with the inclusion of Carstenz Pyramid. Neate a30, SB M51.[read more]
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Morrow, Pat Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits 1986 Camden House Camden East 1st, 4to, pp.175, 126 color photos, 7 route maps, wraps; signed Pat Morrow, fine #13601 $35.00 $29.00
Pat Morrow was the first to successfully complete the Seven Summits quest with the inclusion of Carstenz Pyramid. Neate a30, SB M51.[read more]
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Morrow, Pat & Baiba Morrow Footsteps in the Clouds: Kangchenjunga a Century Later 1999 Canada 1st, 8vo, pp.144, 70 color & 10 bw photos, wraps; very fine #17552 $19.00
A wonderful account of a seven-week journey to recreate the historic trek of Douglas Freshfield and Vittorio Sella round Kangchenjunga. The team faced a massive snowstorm, Tibetan Guards, and forbidden territory. Stunning color photos complemented by exquisite black and whites taken by Sella.
To [read more]
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Morse, Randy The Naked Mountain: An Adventure to the Deadliest Peak in the Himalaya 1982 Fleet Toronto 1st, 8vo, pp.193, 27 color photos, 4 maps, blue cloth; signed Aid Burgess, dj fine, cloth fine #9929 $35.00
The 1980 Canadian attempt on Nanga Parbat's 3000m Rupal Flank. Neate M156.[read more]
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Mortenson, Greg Stones into Schools 2009 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xxiii, 420, 29 color & 21 bw photos, 6 bw maps, tan cloth; dj & cloth new #25448 $26.95
Mortenson’s second book picks up where his bestselling ‘Three Cups of Tea’ left off in 2003. This traces his efforts to work in a new country, the secluded northeast corner of Afghanistan. His efforts to establish the first schools there were diverted by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan but h[read more]
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Morton, Hugh W. Reflections on High Places 2022 US 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 195, 25 color photos, sketch, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #27788 $27.95
In 1986, while on a trek in the Himalaya, adventurer Morton came face-to-face with Everest, an event that would dramatically change the course of his life. At 39-years-old, an age when many mountaineers are retiring, Hugh began a 30-year odyssey that would have him climbing major mountains around th[read more]
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Moushabeck, Michel Kilimanjaro: A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa 2009 US 1st, 8vo, pp.151, photo frontis, 95 color & 1 bw photos, color map, black cloth; dj & cloth new #25451 $29.95
A nice book which captures the essence of majestic Kilimanjaro (19,340’) with full-color photographs and an engaging and entertaining narrative that smoothly ties together personal observations with the mountain’s history, its people, and its ecology.[read more]
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Muhl, Ronnie Everest: Surviving the Death Zone – Tears and Triumphs on the North Side of Mt Everest 2008 South Africa 1st, 8vo, pp.xxii, 309, 88 color, 2 bw & 64 bw portrait photos, 2 maps, photo eps, black cloth; signed, dj bumped top spine, unclipped, fine, dj tight, fine #25296 $59.00
Muhl spent two seasons on the north side of Everest (2006, 2007) before succeeding as the 7th South African to reach the summit. In this book, he details the disastrous season of 2006 when he turned around at 8700m and his subsequent return in 2007 for eventual success. He has climbed six of the sev[read more]
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Muir, Bridgitte The Wind in My Hair 1998 Australia 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 293, 40 color photos, wraps; pages browned, very good #14648 $19.00
In 1997 Brigitte Muir became the first Australian woman to climb Everest, her third attempt, and thus became the first Australian to climb the Seven Summits. She describes her Seven Summits climbs and each of her attempts on Everest, via both the north and south sides. In 1996 she was a member of He[read more]
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Mulgrew, Peter No Place for Men 1965 Vane London 2nd, 8vo, pp.199, 52 bw photos, 2 maps, appendix, photo & map eps, blue cloth; signed Richard Irvin, dj near fine, cloth fine #9954 $25.00
Mulgrew, and George Lowe, were members of Hillary's 1960 Himalayan Expedition attempting Makalu on which Mulgrew suffered severe frostbite. This is the UK edition of 'I Hold the Heights'. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature.
Neate M173, Yak M270.[read more]
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Mulgrew, Peter No Place for Men 1964 Reed Wellington 1st, 8vo, pp.199, 52 bw photos, 2 maps, appendix, photo & map eps, blue cloth; dj rubbed, 2 small tears back, vg, cloth w/ clip to ffep, else fine #25509 $19.00
Mulgrew was a member of Hillary's 1960 Himalayan Expedition attempting Makalu on which Mulgrew suffered severe frostbite.[read more]
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Mumm, A. L. Five Months in the Himalaya: A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir 1909 Longmans Green NY 1st, 8vo, pp xv, 263, photogravure frontis w/ tissue guard, 23 photogravure plates w/ tissue guards, 4 fldg panoramas, 47 bw photos, 2 color fldg maps, teg, uncut, dark blue cloth; cloth spine separated from backstrip, corners rubbed, front hinge taped, AAC/Ladd bookplate, good #24913 $595.00 $428.40
Mumm was a London publisher who liked to travel and climb. He was with Freshfield in the Ruwenzori (1905) and on Longstaff’s expedition to Trisul (1907). This is the account of the Trisul expedition and, although he did not reach the summit, he did bring along oxygen, the first use for high-altitu[read more]
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Mumm, A. L. Five Months in the Himalaya: A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir 1909 Arnold London 1st, 8vo, pp xv, 263, photogravure frontis w/ tissue guard, 23 photogravure plates w/ tissue guards, 4 fldg panoramas, 47 bw photos, 2 color fldg maps, teg, uncut, dark blue cloth; rebound in red leather/buckram, spine lettering faint, front cover off, rear hinge taped, Field bookplate, NY Public Library stamp on fep, title page, some internal pages & maps, one map separated along fold lines, good #24912 $395.00 $284.40
Mumm was a London publisher who liked to travel and climb. He was with Freshfield in the Ruwenzori (1905) and on Longstaff’s expedition to Trisul (1907). This is the account of the Trisul expedition and, although he did not reach the summit, he did bring along oxygen, the first use for high-altitu[read more]
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Mummery, A. F. My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus 1974 Quartermain Lawrence rep, 8vo, pp.xii, 360, frontis, 10 bw full-page plates, 21 text illus, yellow cloth; w/ Ad Carter’s bookplate, dj w/ 1” tear top, vg+, cloth fine. #21285 $59.00
Mummery, an expert rock and alpine climber, made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He disappeared while leading an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895. A classic. Neate M181.[read more]
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Mummery, A. F. My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus 1946 Blackwell Oxford rep, 8vo, pp.xxiii, 256, 17 bw photos, grey cloth; dj chipped top spine, vg, cloth fine. #23857 $49.00
Mummery, an expert rock and alpine climber, made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He disappeared while leading an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895. A classic. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate M181.[read more]
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Mummery, A. F. My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus 1908 Unwin London 2nd ed 4th imp, thick 8vo, pp.xl, 361, frontis w/ tissue guard, 10 bw full-page plates (all but 1 w/ tissue guards), 22 text illus, teg, uncut, leather title patch, brown cloth; cloth rubbed, some spots on back, corners bumped, ‘Presentation Copy’ blindstamped on bottom of title page, front hinge starting, very good #26382 $175.00
Mummery, an expert rock and alpine climber, made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. Here are his climbs of the Matterhorn, Aiguille des Charmoz, Grépon, Dent du Requin, Aiguille du Plan, Aiguille Verte, Dych Tau, in the Caucasus, and more. Mummery disappeared while leading an expedition[read more]
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