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 Bonington, Chris The Next Horizon: Autobiography II
1973 Gollancz London 1st, 8vo, pp.304, 6 color & 69 bw photos, 15 maps/diagrams, brown cloth; signed Joe Brown & Doug Scott, dj spine w/ slight fading as usual, unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #21225 $149.00
Chris' second book picks up with an expedition to the Central Tower of Paine, the Eiger Direct, Ecuador, Hunza, and Annapurna.
Neate B132, Yak B213.[read more]
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Bonington, Chris The Next Horizon: Autobiography II
1973 Gollancz London 1st, 8vo, pp.304, 6 color & 69 bw photos, 15 maps/diagrams, brown cloth; signed Bonington & Doug Scott, dj spine w/ slight fading as usual, unclipped, fine, cloth page edges rubbed, tight, fine #11074 $149.00
Chris' second book picks up with an expedition to the Central Tower of Paine, the Eiger Direct, Ecuador, Hunza, and Annapurna.
Neate B132, Yak B213.[read more]
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Bonington, Chris The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World
1973 Stein & Day NY 1st, 8vo, pp.352, 24 color & 58 bw photos, 2 drawings, 3 maps (1 fldg), appendices, blue cloth; signed Bonington & Doug Scott, dj chipped, vg, cloth near fine #16818 $95.00 $76.00
Account of 1972 Southwest Face attempt, US edition of 'Everest Southwest Face'. Neate B129, SB B25, Yak B214.
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Bonington, Chris The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World
1973 Stein & Day NY 1st, 8vo, pp.352, 24 color & 58 bw photos, 2 drawings, 3 maps (1 fldg), appendices, blue cloth; inscribed, dj w/ ½” tear top spine, unclipped, near fine, cloth fine #19534 $39.00
Account of 1972 Southwest Face attempt, US edition of 'Everest Southwest Face'.
Neate B129, SB B25, Yak B214.[read more]
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Bonington, Chris & Charles Clarke Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge
1984 Norton NY 1st, 8vo, pp.132, 80 color & 15 bw photos, map, map eps, black cloth; signed Bonington, dj near fine, cloth fine #18562 $79.00 $63.20
The 1982 British attempt on the unclimbed Northeast Ridge on which Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker disappeared. Neate B131, SB B28.
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Bonington, Chris & Charles Clarke Tibet’s Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri
1999 Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 254, 91 color photos, 2 illus, 7 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #16690 $29.95 $23.96
Bonington, Clarke, Curran, and team made several attempts over several years to reach the summit of 6860-metre Sepu Kangri and did reach the West Summit, just 200 meters shy of the Main Summit. An enthralling account of their climb and human encounters along the way. Bonington is well known for hi[read more]
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Bonington, Chris & Charles Clarke Tibet’s Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri
1999 Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 254, 91 color photos, 2 illus, 7 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; signed Bonington & Jim Curran, dj & cloth new #18279 $59.00 $47.20
Bonington, Clarke, Curran, and team made several attempts over several years to reach the summit of 6860-metre Sepu Kangri and did reach the West Summit, just 200 meters shy of the Main Summit. An enthralling account of their climb and human encounters along the way. Bonington is well known for hi[read more]
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Bonington, Chris & Charles Clarke Tibet’s Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri
1999 Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 254, 91 color photos, 2 illus, 7 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; signed Bonington, dj & cloth new #19046 $39.00 $31.20
Bonington, Clarke, Curran, and team made several attempts over several years to reach the summit of 6860-metre Sepu Kangri and did reach the West Summit, just 200 meters shy of the Main Summit. An enthralling account of their climb and human encounters along the way. Bonington is well known for hi[read more]
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Bonington, Chris & Doug Scott Great Climbs
1996/7 UK 1st thus, 4to, 2 vol, vol I pp.192, color frontis, 417 color & 5 bw photos, vol II pp.192, color frontis, 446 color & 3 bw photos, wraps; slipcased boxed set, new #25007 $64.95 $51.96
A boxed set of Bonington’s ‘Mountaineer’ and Scott’s ‘Himalayan Climber’. 'Mountaineer' is a great photo book covering Chris' entire career. 'Himalayan Climber' covers Scott's career as a climber all over the world.
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Bonington, Chris, Doug Scott, et al Changabang
1976 Oxford NY 1st, 8vo, pp.118, photo frontis, 4 color & 52 bw photos, map, tan cloth; dj w/ slight pulling to top edge, else fine, cloth fine #9544 $49.00 $39.20
The first ascent of Changabang (22,520') in 1974. Neate B128, Yak B215.
To see all items in our Chris Bonington Sale, click here.[read more]
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Bonington, Chris, Doug Scott, et al. Changabang
1976 Oxford NY 1st, 8vo, pp.118, photo frontis, 4 color & 52 bw photos, map, tan cloth; signed Doug Scott, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #18907 $75.00
The first ascent of Changabang (22,520') in 1974.
Neate B128, Yak B215.
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Booth, Pat Edmund Hillary: Life of a Legend
1994 Moa Beckett Auckland 2nd ed, 4to, pp.208, 13 color & 117 bw photos, grey cloth; dj near fine, cloth fine. #12503 $59.00
A great book on Hillary's life and accomplishments, profusely illustrated with many photos not published elsewhere. Hard to find.[read more]
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Booth, Pat Edmund Hillary: Life of a Legend
1993 Moa Beckett Auckland 1st, 4to, pp.208, 13 color & 117 bw photos, grey cloth; dj fine, cloth w/ minor pen mark to title page, fine. #19544 $69.00
A great book on Hillary's life and accomplishments, profusely illustrated with many photos not published elsewhere. Hard to find.[read more]
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Booth, Pat Graeme Dingle: Dangerous Journeys
1995 Hodder Auckland 1st, 4to, pp.192, photo frontis, 24 color & 40 bw photos, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #20635 $45.00
A nicely done biography of New Zealand mountaineer Graeme Dingle, including other New Zealand mountaineers and climbs on Jannu, Trango, Everest, Mt. Cook, etc.[read more]
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Borgognoni, A. & G. Titta Rosa Scalatori: Le Più Audaci Imprese Alpinistiche da Whymper al ‘Sesto Grado’ Raccontate dai Protagonisti [Climbers: The Most Audacious Mountaineering Stories from Whymper to the 'Sixth Grade' Recounted by the Protagonists]
1939 Editore Ulrico Hoepli Milano 1st, thick 8vo, pp.xvi, 415, 116 bw photos, 13 illus, stiff wrappers; signed Armando Aste, Riccardo Cassin, & Cesare Maestri, wraps rubbed on edges, bottom portion of spine wrap is missing, vg-. #27219 $495.00
An important anthology of mountaineering literature devoted to the history of mountaineering. The first two chapters includes writings by Whymper, Mummery, Sella, Lammer, Guido Rey, Henry, Gugliermina, and others. The third chapter relates the advent of the sixth grade in the Dolomites by Solleder, [read more]
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Boscarino, Alessandro K2: Storia della Montagna Impossible (K2: History of the Impossible Mountain)
2018 Italy 1st, folio, pp.36, 111 bw photos, 7 illus, 5 maps, illus eps, pictorial cover; slipcase lightly bumped from shipping, issued w/o dj, new #27532 $75.95
A 22’-wide Folding Folio on K2!
A unique, folding, pictorial presentation of the history of K2 from its earliest discovery through the first ascent in 1954. This visually impressive work stands 19” high by 12” wide (22’ wide when unfolded) and comes in a slipcase. I was pleased to be able to prov[read more]
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Boukreev, Anatoli & G. Weston DeWalt The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
1997 St. Martin's NY 2nd, 8vo, pp.xi, 256, 24 color & 1 bw photos, 2 maps, sketch, chart, white cloth; dj near fine, cloth fine #8659 $15.00 $12.00
This is Anatoli Boukreev’s dramatic personal account of his role on Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness team and the 1996 Everest disaster. He presents his perspective and sheds new light on the events and his account of the pre-expedition maneuvering for clients, permits, and oxygen makes fascinating[read more]
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Bowen, Mark Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
2005 US 1st, thick 8vo, pp.463, 16 color & 19 bw photos, 3 figs, map, blue/white cloth; signed Bowen, ‘American Alpine Club Annual Meeting, March, 2007’, dj fine, cloth fine #24136 $29.00
A fascinating book presenting the work of the world’s premier paleoclimatologist on the world’s highest equatorial peaks in search of clues to global warming. Bowen accompanied scientist Lonnie Thompson on several expeditions, and includes accounts of other expeditions as well, to deep-drill into gl[read more]
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Bowen, Mark Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
2005 US 1st, thick 8vo, pp.463, 16 color & 19 bw photos, 3 figs, map, blue/white cloth; dj vg+, cloth w/ underlining, else vg+ #25724 $9.00
A fascinating book presenting the work of the world’s premier paleoclimatologist on the world’s highest equatorial peaks in search of clues to global warming. Bowen accompanied scientist Lonnie Thompson on several expeditions, and includes accounts of other expeditions as well, to deep-drill into g[read more]
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Bowie, Nan Mick Bowie: The Hermitage Years
1969 Reed Wellington 1st, 8vo, pp.196, 41 bw photos, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #9549 $35.00
Biography of Bowie who guided for 40 years on Mount Cook. Neate B144.[read more]
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