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Wilby, Sorrel Beyond the Icefall
1989 Cloudcap Seattle 1st, 4to, pp.160, color frontis, 110 color & 2 bw photos, pict eps, appendices, pict cloth; dj & cloth new. #8778 $35.00
A large-format account of the 1988 Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition which placed three people on the summit via the South Col route, great photos. SB W13.[read more]
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 Wilcox, Joe White Winds
1981 Hwong Los Alamitos 1st, 8vo, pp.499, 64 bw photos, map, appendices, map eps, black cloth; signed, dated 5/18/81 & numbered #138, dj w/ tear to top edge, unclipped, vg, cloth fine #10239 $75.00
This 1967 ascent of Mt. McKinley resulted in the deaths of seven of the twelve climbers. An interesting study of what can happen when two disparate groups comes together. This was written in responst to Howard Snyder’s account ‘The Hall of the Mountain King’. This is an important addition to the oth[read more]
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Wilcox, Joe White Winds
1981 Hwong Los Alamitos 2nd, 8vo, pp.499, 64 bw photos, map, appendices, map eps, black cloth; inscribed & dated 3/1/97, dj w/ light rubbing, unclipped, near fine, cloth fine #27273 $45.00
This 1967 ascent of Mt. McKinley resulted in the deaths of seven of the twelve climbers. An interesting study of what can happen when two disparate groups comes together. This was written in responst to Howard Snyder’s account ‘The Hall of the Mountain King’. This is an important addition to the oth[read more]
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Wilcox, Walter Dwight The Rockies of Canada: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of “Camping in the Canadian Rockies”
1909 Putnam NY 3rd, 8vo, pp.ix, 300, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 37 bw photogravures w/ tissue guards, 3 bw photos, lg fldg map in pocket, teg, uncut, gilt-lettered green cloth; cloth rubbed, vg. #23873 $95.00
Wilcox was an original member of the Alpine Club of Canada who explored the Canadian Rockies in the 1890s. A classic work on this region. Neate remarks that this edition was largely rewritten. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate W73.[read more]
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Wilkins, Brian Among Secret Beauties: A Memoir of Mountaineering in New Zealand and the Himalayas
2013 Australia 1st, 8vo, pp.215, 54 color & 20 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps; new #26646 $59.95
Wilkins was one of a number of world-class New Zealand climbers who entered the world stage in the 1950s. In this memoir he shares his experiences of climbing in the Southern Alps and the Himalaya. He was a member of the New Zealand Alpine Club's 1954 expedition to Baruntse which also included Cha[read more]
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Wilkins, Thurman Clarence King: A Biography
1958 MacMillan NY 1st, thick 8vo, pp.ix, 441, photo frontis, 4 bw photos,black cloth; dj worn, edge tears, good+, cloth fine. #24206 $39.00
King was leader of the Fortieth Parallel survey which measured, mapped, and surveyed an enormous region of the West from eastern Wyoming through Nevada. He convinced Congress to establish the USGS and served as its first director. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his s[read more]
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Wilkinson, Freddie One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
2010 US 1st, 8vo, pp.vi, 342, 22 bw photos, white/blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25503 $24.95
When eleven men perished on the slopes of K2 in August 2008, it was one of the deadliest single events in Himalayan climbing, and it made headlines around the world. Yet none of the surviving Western climbers could explain precisely what happened. Their memories were admittedly fogged by exhaustio[read more]
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Williams, Howell, ed Landscapes of Alaska: Their Geologic Evolution
1958 Univ California Berkeley 1st, 4to, pp.xii, 148, photo frontis, 25 bw photos, 3 figs, 6 fldg maps, appendix, brown cloth; dj w/ large chips/tears, poor, cloth tight, fine #23788 $11.95
An interesting book, written for the layman, with chapters written by expert geologists covering the mountains, glaciers, moraines, fiords, and islands of Alaska. A number of the glossy bw plates are by Washburn.[read more]
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Willis, Clint Epic: Stories of Survival from the World’s Highest Peaks
1997 US 1st, 8vo, pp.342, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, wraps; vg #25177 $9.00
A terrific anthology with classic works from Bates, Boardman, Child, Climaco, Davidson, Herzog, Hornbein, Houston, Krakauer, Lansing, Matthiessen, Roberts, Shipton, Tasker, Tilman, & Venables.[read more]
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Willis, Clint High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2
1999 US 1st, 8vo, pp.321, 17 bw photos, wraps; fine #14263 $16.95 $9.00
Another great anthology from Willis encapsulating 75 years of writing about the two highest peaks in the world; from Smythe on Everest, to Bates and Houston on K2, to the present day.
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Willis, Clint The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
2006 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 536, 26 bw photos, black/tan cloth; signed, corners bumped from shipping, else dj & cloth new #24389 $29.95
Willis’ latest tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent in 1953. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His[read more]
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Willis, Clint The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
2006 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 536, 26 bw photos, black/tan cloth; dj rubbed, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #27584 $29.95 $9.95
Willis’ latest tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent in 1953. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His[read more]
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Wilson, Deziree Hamish MacInnes: The Fox of Glencoe
2021 Scotland 1st, 8vo, pp.366, 78 color & 73 bw photos, sketch, 2 figs, bw map, gray cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth tight, fine #27878 $35.00
Wilson chronicles the adventures of the legendary Hamish MacInnes (1930-2020) and his achievements in the field of mountaineering. Few people cram as much into a lifetime as Hamish did, and these memoirs reflect his restless curiosity and ability to marshal loyalty and support for the most outlandis[read more]
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Wilson, Edward L, et al Mountain Climbing
1897 Scribner's [NY] 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 358, frontis, 81 bw illus, blue cloth; xlib, cloth rubbed, tear to title page, vg #15059 $9.00 $2.00
This anthology includes Mount Washington in winter, Aetna, Ararat, St. Elias, and more.
Neate W98.
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Wilson, Graham Over the Hill: A String of Mountain Matters
2011 UK 1st, small 8vo, pp.168, bw photo, addendum slip, green cloth; dj & cloth new #25974 $29.95
Wilson’s book is a thoughtful and witty collection of essays on a whole range of subjects to do with mountains, from the naming of rock climbs to the Ordnance Survey, from C F Holland to the mountaineer‘s responsibility to the environment. It contains all the qualities of originality, wisdom and ir[read more]
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Wilson, John Joy of Mountains – A Climber’s Life: John Harrison (1932 – 1966)
2012 NZ 1st, oblong 8vo, pp.256, 45 color & 114 bw photos; 5 color & 21 bw illus, wraps; new #27201 $44.95
John Harrison died in an avalanche in 1966 when he was helping to search for four young climbers missing on the Otira face of Mount Rolleston in Arthur's Pass National Park, NZ. The death of one of the country’s leading climbers while he was on a search and rescue mission shocked the nation. In a no[read more]
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Wilson, Ken Hard Rock: Great British Rock-Climbs
1975 Hart-Davis London 1st, 4to, pp.xix, 220, 150 bw photos, many route drawings, brown cloth; w/ Ad Carter’s bookplate, dj w/ some corner staining, vg, cloth fine. #22849 $79.00
A classic book covering 60 of the finest rock climbs throughout the British Isles as described by experienced climbers such as Alvarez, Birtles, Bonington, Boysen, Burke, Crew, Estcourt, MacInnes, McNaught Davis, Nunn, Perrin, Robbins, Scott, and many others.[read more]
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Wilson, Ken The Games Climbers Play
1978 Diadem London 1st, thick 8vo, pp.688, photo frontis, 35 bw photos, 24 maps/cartoons, blue cloth; dj unclipped, very good, cloth miss ffep, tight, very good+ #11726 $15.00
A wonderful selection of over 100 articles from mountaineering magazines and journals. Covers a full range of climbing from rock and alpine climbs to expeditions.
Neate W107.[read more]
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Wilson, Rodman & Paul Crews Sr. Tordrillo: Pioneer Climbs and Flights in the Tordrillo Mountains of Alaska 1957-1997
1999 US 1st, 8vo, pp.220, photo frontis, 32 color & 68 bw photos, sketch, 6 maps, appendices, blue cloth; dj & cloth new. #19471 $29.00
A historical reference to the Tordrillo Range, west of Anchorage, AK, covering each climb on the major peaks. This is a nicely produced book.[read more]
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Wisedale, Sean Freeze Frame
2006 South Africa 1st, 4to, pp.vii, 231, photo frontis, 502 color & 22 bw hotos, pictorial cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25634 $69.00
Wisedale is a South African film-maker who has not only climbed the Seven Summits, the first African to do so, but has produced a documentary film on each peak. This profusely-illustrated book covers his climbs on Everest (1996, 2003), Vinson (1998), Aconcagua (2002), McKinley (2002), Elbrus (2003)[read more]
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