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New [National Geographic]. Harvard, Andy & James Morrissey The Forgotten Face of Everest + Conquest of the Summit
July 1984 Washington pp.8, 3 color & 1 bw photos, 2 color maps + pp.12, 12 color photos; near fine #13241 $2.00
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New [National Geographic]. Whittaker, James & Wickwire, James Americans Climb K2: The Ultimate Challenge; On to the Summit
May 1979 Washington 8vo, pp.18, 15 color photos, 3 maps; pp.10, 7 color photos; entire issue, chipped/bent top corner, vg #9968 $5.00 $2.00
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New  Alexander, Eric The Summit: Faith Beyond Everest’s Death Zone
2011 US 2nd prtg, 8vo, pp.223, 72 color & 15 bw photos, drawing, appendix, wraps; signed, new #25611 $19.95
Alexander presents a powerful story of guiding people with disabilities to six of the Seven Summits. Here are his accounts of Ama Dablam (2000 with Erik Weihenmayer), Everest (2001 with Erik Weihenmayer), Elbrus & Mt Cook (2002), Pisco (2003), Kilimanjaro (2004, 2007), Aconcagua & Denali (2005), and[read more]
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New Allan, Sandy In Some Lost Place: The First Ascent of Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge
2015 UK Ltd Numbered/Signed Ed 100, 8vo, pp.xiii, 185, 65 color & 6 bw photos, map eps, green cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #26941 $145.00
Limited, Signed, & Numbered Edition of 100
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya – the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain. At ten kilometres in length, the Mazeno is[read more]
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New Ament, Pat Climber's Choice: The Best Climbing Writers Present Their Work
2002 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 284, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, burgundy/blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #22279 $29.00
A nice selection of 23 writings by such notables as – Bonatti, Bonington, Child, Diemberger, Gill, Higgins, Irvine, Long, McNaught-Davis, Osius, Perrin, Pratt, Pritchard, Robbins, Sherman, Simpson, Synott, Venables, Webster, and others.[read more]
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New American Alpine Club (AAC) Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2021
2021 AAC CO wraps; new #27797 $14.95
This annual investigative publication provides detailed reports of climbing accidents that occurred during the year. Analyses of what went wrong in each situation gives experienced and beginning mountaineers the opportunity to learn from other climbers' mistakes. From inadequate protection, clothing[read more]
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New Barker, Ralph The Last Blue Mountain
1959 Chatto & Windus London 1st, 8vo, pp.212, photo frontis, 28 bw photos, 3 maps/diagrams, blue cloth; dj w/ edge chips, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #24790 $125.00
Account of the tragic 1957 Haramosh (24,270') expedition to the Karakoram, prepared from expedition diaries and discussions with survivors. A great read. Nice copies are becoming hard to find.
Neate B42, Yak B48.[read more]
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New Bates, Robert Mountain Man: The Story of Belmore Browne - Hunter, Explorer, Artist, Naturalist and Preserver of our Northern Wilderness
1988 Amwell Press Clinton Ltd ed #96/1000, 4to, pp.xvii, 424, color frontis, 33 color illus, 98 bw photos, sketches, 4 maps, appendix, page ribbon, linen eps, gilt dec blue leatherette, grey slipcase; signed Bates & Jim Rikhoff, slipcase fine, issued w/o dj, covers fine #26492 $185.00 $165.00
Belmore Brown was a member of Cook's 1906 expedition to Mt. McKinley and returned again in 1910 and 1912 when he nearly reached the summit. This is a wonderful tribute to Browne. This special, signed, limited edition was created for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. It has a different blue b[read more]
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New Bates, Robert H., et al. Five Miles High: The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by the Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
1939 Dodd, Mead NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, fldg chart, appendices, map eps, red cloth; cloth w/ slight darkening to ‘F’ in ‘Five’ on spine, tight, fldg chart w/ original folds & no tears, fine #25305 $350.00
This is the classic story of the 1938 First American Karakoram Expedition to K2. This small team made a tremendous attempt on the mountain and nearly reached the summit. An important and scarce work in the original edition.
Neate B58.[read more]
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New Bauer, Paul Himalayan Campaign: The German Attack on Kangchenjunga – The Second (sic) Highest Mountain in the World
1937 Basil Blackwell Oxford 1st, 8vo, pp.xviii, 174, 82 bw plates, 3 maps, tan cloth; dj rubbed, edge wear, clipped, very good, cloth bright, tight, fine #22471 $159.00
Accounts of German attempts on Kangchenjunga in 1929 & 1931. Quite scarce in the dust jacket.
Neate B60, Yak B74.[read more]
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New Bauer, Paul Kanchenjunga Challenge
1955 Kimber London 1st, 8vo, pp.202, photo frontis, 11 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth; dj spine faded, unclipped, vg+, cloth tight, fine #12005 $69.00
Primarily a rewrite of 'Himalayan Campaign' this recounts the 1929 and 1931 German attempts on Kanchenjunga as well as the first ascent of Siniolchum (22,605') in 1936.
Neate B62.[read more]
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New Baume, Louis C. Sivalaya: Explorations of the 8000-metre peaks of the Himalaya
1978 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.316, frontis, 29 illus & maps, red cloth; cloth tight, fine #23181 $39.00
The reference on the 14 8000ers with a history of each peak up to 1977 and bibliography. This book belongs on every shelf of the serious collector for the list of reference books it contains.
Uncommon.
Neate B66, SB B07, Yak B80.[read more]
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New Beckey, Fred Challenge of the North Cascades
1969 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 280, photo frontis, 46 bw photos, 13 maps, appendix, pale green cloth; signed, dj lightly rubbed, 1” chip on back, unclipped, very good, cloth tight, fine #22135 $250.00
Beckey’s classic covers 30 years of climbing in the Pacific Northwest, includes Baker, Adams, Forbidden Peak, Rainier, and others, plus a 32-year summary of his climbs. Dee Molenaar has drawn the maps.
Neate B73.[read more]
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New Bettembourg, Georges The White Death
1981 Reynard House Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.313, 12 sketches, white cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #24772 $89.00
Climbs on Broad Peak, Kanchenjunga, Kusum Kanguru, Everest, and Nuptse, with Pete Boardman, Doug Scott, and Joe Tasker. This is a nice copy of a very scarce book which was limited to 500 copies.
Neate B98, SB B13, Yak a06.[read more]
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New Bhanja, K. C. Lure of the Himalaya: Embodying Accounts of Mount Everest Expeditions by Land and Air
1944 Gilbert Darjeeling 1st, 12mo, pp.255, 2 bw photos, chart, light blue cloth; dj browned, unclipped, vg, cloth w/ one pencil name (Sept 4, 1945) & one pen name, one page w/ underlining, tight, very good+ #27839 $69.00
An interesting little book on the early Everest attempts. Interestingly,one of the two photos appears to be Vittorio Sella’s photo of K2!
Neate B101.[read more]
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New Blanchard, Barry The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains
2014 US 1st, 8vo, pp.440, 36 color & 53 bw photos, black cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #26820 $39.00
With riveting descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cade[read more]
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New Boardman, Peter The Shining Mountain: Two Men on Changabang’s West Wall
1978 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.192, 12 color & 15 bw photos, 2 sketches, map, blue cloth; signed Doug Scott, dj w/ wear bottom spine & corners, clipped, vg, cloth w/ former label mark on ffep, tight, fine #9520 $115.00
The amazing 1976 alpine-style ascent by Boardman and Joe Tasker. This UK edition has some color photos which were black and white in the US edition.
Winner of the 1979 John Llewelyn Rhys Prize.
See Neate B120, Yak B192.[read more]
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New Bonatti, Walter On The Heights
1964 Rupert Hart-Davis London 1st, 8vo, pp.248, 19 bw photos, brown cloth; signed, dj rubbed w/ overall wear, unclipped, vg-, cloth near fine #25638 $895.00
Bonatti's climbs have taken him all over the world. In this book he gives his account of the 1954 Italian K2 expedition, his first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in 1958, as well as Patagonia, and climbs throughout the Alps.
Neate B126, Perret 541, Yak B208.[read more]
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New Bonatti, Walter The Great Days
1974 Gollancz London 1st imp, 8vo, pp.189, 35 bw photos, blue cloth; dj w/ two small tears, clipped, near fine, cloth w/ glue remnant from label on fep, else fine #26002 $195.00 $155.00
Bonatti’s second autobiographical work covers the Walker Spur, Eiger, Siberia, the Matterhorn, and more. Reprinted several times but the 1st printings are quite hard to find in any condition.
Neate B124.
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New Bonington, Chris Chris Bonington's Everest
2002 UK 1st, 4to, pp.256, photo frontis, 139 color & 4 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed Bonington & Doug Scott, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27479 $95.00
To mark the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, Bonington has drawn upon his original accounts and diaries of his own four Everest expeditions (1972, 1975, 1982, 1985). His writings on these expeditions and reflections on the changes that have taken place in Himalayan climbing make for [read more]
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