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American Alpine Club (AAC). American Alpine Journal 1981
1981 AAC NY wraps; vg+ #11152 $25.00
The American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is considered to be the best mountaineering reference journal in the world. Each issue is packed with information from Alaska to Tibet. It contains articles by well-known mountaineers from around the world, a summary of the years most important climbs and expediti[read more]
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American Alpine Club (AAC). American Alpine Journal 1983
1983 AAC NY wraps; vg+ #11153 $25.00
The American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is considered to be the best mountaineering reference journal in the world. Each issue is packed with information from Alaska to Tibet. It contains articles by well-known mountaineers from around the world, a summary of the years most important climbs and expediti[read more]
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American Alpine Club (AAC). American Alpine Journal 1985
1985 AAC NY wraps; fine #9423 $25.00
The American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is considered to be the best mountaineering reference journal in the world. Each issue is packed with information from Alaska to Tibet. It contains articles by well-known mountaineers from around the world, a summary of the years most important climbs and expediti[read more]
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American Alpine Club (AAC). American Alpine Journal 1986
1986 AAC NY wraps; fine #9424 $25.00
The American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is considered to be the best mountaineering reference journal in the world. Each issue is packed with information from Alaska to Tibet. It contains articles by well-known mountaineers from around the world, a summary of the years most important climbs and expediti[read more]
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Amery, Rt. Hon. L. S. In the Rain and the Sun: A Sequel to Days of Fresh Air
1946 Hutchinson London 1st, 8vo, pp.250, color frontis, 65 bw photos, sketch, map, blue cloth; cloth w/ front of dj tipped-in after title page, vg. #23909 $19.00
Amery, a President of the Alpine Club from 1944-6, reflects on climbs in the Alps, Rockies, Africa, and NZ which he made in the 1920's. Three mountain peaks in the world bear his name. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate A44.[read more]
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Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912
1912 Murray London See full details below; cloth corners bumped, nice color, vol 1 front hinge weakening, other hinges tight, both vols w/ inscription ‘Father 29 Nov 1912 from W.B. L.’, vol 1 w/ bp, map w/ orig folds & no tears, very good #26584 $1,995.00 $1,795.00
1st ed, 1st prtg, thick 8vo, 2 vol, vI pp.xxxv, 392, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 81 bw illus, 2 maps (1 fldg); vII pp.x, 449, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 52 bw illus, 20 maps/charts (1 fldg), appendices, teg, burgundy red cloth, spines decorated w/ embossed & red-orange, blue, & white painted [read more]
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 Amy, Bernard, ed Technique de l’Alpinisme
1977 Arthaud Paris 1st, 4to, pp.404, 319 bw photos, 266 figs, map, appendices, pictorial cloth; signed on tipped-in publisher’s card, w/ Ad Carter’s bookplate, issued w/o dj, cloth w/ edge tears top/bottom spine, vg. #23642 $45.00
A most comprehensive book covering all aspects of mountaineering from ethics to objectives, legalities, and technique. Heavily illustrated to supplement one’s knowledge of the language! In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Anderson, Robert Mads Nine Lives: Expeditions to Everest
2020 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.203, 48 color photos, wraps w/ French flaps; signed sticker, new #27709 $29.95
Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. After nearly getting killed on his first expedition, Anderson then led a team up a new route without oxygen or Sherpa support, climbed solo on the remote North Face to finally guide a team to the top of the world.
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Anderson, Warwick To the Untouched Mountain: The New Zealand Conquest of Molamenqing, Tibet
1983 Reed Wellington 1st, 8vo, pp.242, 34 color photos, map eps, appendices, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #12001 $27.00
A nicely done account of the 1981 New Zealand Molamenqing Expedition. At the time, this was the third highest unclimbed mountain in the world (7,703m), located on the Tibet-Nepal border near Shishapangma. The team succeeded without utilizing a reconnaissance and without high-altitude porters.
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Ang Rita Sherpa & Susan Höivik, eds Triumph on Everest: A Tribute from the Sherpas of Nepal
2003 Nepal 1st, 8vo, pp.151, 39 color & 57 bw photos, wraps; fine #22943 $19.00
An interesting item, done to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, with a number of profiles and sections contributed by Sherpa climbers. The first section is on Mountains and Mountaineers while the second is on the Khumbu and the Sherpas. Note: This is not edited by the c[read more]
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Anker, Conrad & David Roberts The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest
1999 US 1st, 8vo, pp.191, 21 bw photos, brown/white cloth; dj & cloth new #17832 $22.00 $15.00
Seventy-five years following George Mallory’s disappearance on Mt. Everest, heading for the top, Conrad Anker discovered Mallory’s body lying face down in the scree at 27,000 feet. Seventeen days later Anker free-climbed the notorious Second Step. Reflecting on the climb, Anker describes his discove[read more]
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Ardito, Stefano Tales of Mountaineering
2007 Italy 1st thus, 4to, pp.320, photo frontis, 424 color & 234 bw photos, 23 color & 34 bw illus, 9 color maps, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #24735 $35.00
A fabulously rich large-format book from Ardito. This describes the most exciting achievements on the summits of the world and includes an extensive chronology. Originally published as ‘History of the Great Mountaineering Adventures’. This book weighs 6 pounds![read more]
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Armitage, Lieut. Albert B. Two Years in the Antarctic: Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition
1905 Arnold London 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 315, photo frontis, 27 bw photos, 54 illus, color fldg map, appendices, green cloth w/ spine lettered in gilt; cloth w/o the front cover lettering & illus of most copies, bottom front corner bumped, name dated 1935, tight, vg #25643 $995.00 $945.00
Armitage was second in command of Scott’s British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04). He presents a lighter side of the expedition than in Scott’s official account and covers his sledge journeys, during two seasons, to the western mountains and ascent of Victoria Land. Prior to this expedition[read more]
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Arnold, Daniel Early Days in the Range of Light: Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers
2009 US 1st, thick 8vo, pp.ix, 421, 39 bw photos, map, blue cloth; dj & cloth bumped lower corner, else new #25413 $29.95
A very nice historical look at the Sierra Nevada, from 1864 – 1931, with chapters on William Brewer, Clarence King, John Muir, Bolton Colt Brown, Joseph LeConte, James Hutchinson, Ernest Andrews, Francis Farquhar, Charles Michael, and Norman Clyde. Arnold spent four years retracing the routes of the[read more]
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Ascent: The Best of Ascent: Twenty Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience
1993 Sierra Club SF 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 384, frontis, 19 bw photos, appendices, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #10050 $25.00
Some of the best from Ascent. Includes fiction and non-fiction by Galen Rowell, Warren Harding, Royal Robbins, Kitty Calhoun Grissom, Terry Gifford, David Roberts, and others.
Ascent was published annually as the mountaineering journal of the Sierra Club, under the primary editorship of Alan Ste[read more]
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Ascent: Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal Ascent 1967 Vol 1, #1
May 1967 4to, pp.48, bw photos, wraps; light rubbing, near fine #23198 $125.00
This first issue is the hardest to find. In this issue:
- Ascent of Hummingbird Ridge, Mount Logan by Allen Steck
- Pens Over Everest by Bernard Hollowood
- American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition by William Long
- A Visitor to Yosemite by Ian Howell
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Ascent: Sierra Club Mountaineering Journal Ascent 1973 Vol 2, #1
July 1973 4to, pp.64, bw photos, wraps; fine #23201 $29.00
In this issue:
- Mirror Mirror by Ed Drummond
- West Side Story by Greg Donaldson
- First on Alberta by Chris Jones & Jean Weber
- Canadian Faces in Winter, Photos by Jim Stuart
- The North Face of Alberta by George Lowe
- The Taurus Mountains of Tu
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Ashenden (pseudo. Nowill, Sidney Edward Payn) The Mountains of My Life: Journeys in Turkey and the Alps
1954 Blackwood London 1st, 4to, pp.xii, 212, photo frontis, 27 bw photos, blue cloth; dj chipped top spine & front cover, large tear back, clipped, address label of Audrey Salkeld on front flap, good, cloth w/ fade mark top spine & top of front cover, tight, vg #23066 $15.00
Nowill climbed extensively throughout Europe and here tells of his climbs in Smyrna, Switzerland and the Matterhorn, the Taurus Range in Turkey, the Dolomites, and more.
Neate A66.[read more]
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Athans, Sandra K. Tales from the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest with Pete Athans
2013 US 1st, 4to, pp.64, 39 color & 2 bw photos, sketch, color map, pictorial cloth; dj & cloth new #26315 $31.95
Pete Athans, nicknamed Mr. Everest, has stood on top of the world seven times, encountering danger and excitement along the way - from avalanches to deadly snowstorms. Written by Pete’s sister, this children’s book provides an up-close look at the mountain and follows Pete from base camp to the sum[read more]
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Atwood, Wallace W. The Rocky Mountains
1945 Vanguard NY 1st, 8vo, pp.324, 32 bw photos, 8 drawings, 2 maps, pale green cloth; inscribed, cloth tight, map w/ orig folds & no tears, fine #25580 $29.00
The third volume in the American Mountain Series with chapters on mountain scenery, camping, geography, ice age geology, mining history, ghost towns, Native Americans, ranchers, farmers, National Parks, and more.[read more]
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