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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, 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A historical reference to the Tordrillo Range, west of Anchorage, AK, covering each climb on the major peaks.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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Wolfe, Art The High Himalaya
2001 US 1st, oblong 8vo, pp.160, many color photos, black cloth; 1st, oblong 8vo, pp.160, 175 color photos, 2 color maps, black cloth #22197 $44.95 $5.00
Wolfe has been called “the most prolific and sensitive recorder of a rapidly vanishing natural world”. Now internationally acclaimed nature photographer Art Wolfe captures the magic of the world’s most magnificent mountain landscape, the high Himalaya.
Through wonderful photos taken on journeys t[read more]
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Wollaston, Mary, ed. Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston
2013 US 1st thus, 8vo, pp.xiii, 261, photo frontis, 3 bw photos, wraps; new #27737 $39.99
Wollaston (1875-1931), an English doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber, and explorer, served as Medical Officer for the 1921 British Mount Everest Expedition. Originally published in 1933, and edited by his wife Mary, this is a collection of extracts from Wollaston’s letters and diaries beginnin[read more]
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Wollaston, Nicholas My Father, Sandy
2003 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.192, 19 bw photos, black cloth; dj & cloth new #23027 $25.95
Sandy Wollaston was an explorer, undertaking expeditions to New Guinea, the Sahara, and Africa. In 1921, he was a member of the British expedition to make the first reconnaissance of Everest. Written seventy years after his father was murdered, Wollaston has produced a sensitive memoir that provid[read more]
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Wolownick, Dierdre The Sharp End of Life: A Mother’s Story
2019 US 1st, 8vo, pp.255, 12 color & 2 bw photos, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27926 $24.95
Wife and mother. Teacher and musician. Marathoner and rock climber. At 66, Dierdre Wolownick became the oldest woman to climb El Capitan in Yosemite. Here she shares her intimate journey, revealing how her climbing achievement reflects a broader story of courage and persistence.
Dierdre grew up u[read more]
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Woodside, Christine No Limits But the Sky: The Best Mountaineering Stories From Appalachia Journal
2014 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xxi, 263, 35 bw photos, wraps; new #26856 $18.95
This anthology of 25 stories, published from 1877 to the present, collects the most riveting, real-life adventure stories from America's oldest mountaineering and conservation journal, Appalachia. The explorers chronicled push the limits – of endurance, weather, altitude, or personal achievement. So[read more]
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Wright, J. E. B. Rock Climbing in Britain
1958 Mountaineering Assoc London 1st, 8vo, pp.142, 31 bw photos, 23 diag/maps, appendices, green cloth; dj rubbed, vg, cloth fine. #24118 $25.00
A selection of climbs and mountaineering routes in England, Wales and Scotland with a chapter on the difference between British and Alpine climbing . Wright was a founder of the Mountaineering Association and a professional guide. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his [read more]
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Wright, J. E. B. Rock Climbing in Britain
1958 Mountaineering Assoc London 1st, 8vo, pp.142, 31 bw photos, 23 diag/maps, appendices, green cloth; inscribed ‘Phil, I’ve climbed most of these areas. We should go. Cheers, Henry C. Barber’, dj near fine, cloth near fine #25178 $25.00 $20.00
A selection of climbs and mountaineering routes in England, Wales and Scotland with a chapter on the difference between British and Alpine climbing . Wright was a founder of the Mountaineering Association and a professional guide. Neate W129.
This book is from the Phil Hanson Collection. Phil'[read more]
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Wróz, Wojciech Swieta Góra Sikkimu
1982 Sport i Turystyka Warszawa 1st, 8vo, pp.212, 49 bw photos, map, wraps; vg+. #19519 $25.00
Account of the 1978 Polish ascent of Kangchenjunga. This team placed a total of five members, including Wróz, on both the Central and South summits. In Polish, no English translation.[read more]
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Wylie, Linda ed. Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
2001 US rep, 8vo, pp.xxiv, 240, 51 color & 1 bw photos, 3 maps, wraps; inscribed by Wylie to Audrey (Salkeld) & dated 20 May 2005, fine #27823 $25.00
Anatoli Boukreev is perhaps, for better or worse, best known for his role in the 1996 Everest disaster. His account of that event, The Climb, is a compelling read and became a bestseller. Wylie, Boukreev’s companion, provides a more complete picture of this great climber. There are accounts of his c[read more]
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Wyss, Max Albert The Magic of the Mountains: A Photographic Essay on the Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps
1966 Book Adventures NY 1st, 4to, pp.88, 42 color & 33 bw photos, sketches, blue cloth; cloth w/ 1” tear bottom spine, tight, vg #27399 $8.00 $6.80
To see all of our Sale Items, click here.[read more]
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Yakushi, Yoshimi Invitació a la Conferècia – Col-loqui a Càrrec de Yoshimi Yakushi
1999 Spain 1st, 8vo, pp.4, wraps; signed Yakushi, new; together w/ Conference text, pp.13; new. #21737 $29.00
This is an invitation pamphlet to a Spanish mountaineering conference featuring noted mountaineering bibliographer Yoshimi Yakushi. The pamphlet is signed and the accompanying text by Yakushi consists of five pages in Japanese, six in English, and a bibliography of his works.[read more]
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Yates, Simon Against the Wall
1997 Cape London 4th prtg, 8vo, pp.176, sketch frontis, 18 color photos, 2 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #24291 $95.00
Yates, perhaps best known as the climber who cut Joe Simpson's rope, describes a four-man ascent of a new route on the Central Tower of Paine with Paul Pritchard and Sean Smith.
Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award.[read more]
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Yates, Simon Against the Wall
1997 Cape London 1st prtg, 8vo, pp.176, sketch frontis, 18 color photos, 2 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth w/ UPC sticker to back, tight, fine #26411 $145.00
Yates, perhaps best known as the climber who cut Joe Simpson's rope, describes a four-man ascent of a new route on the Central Tower of Paine with Paul Pritchard and Sean Smith.
Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award.[read more]
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Yates, Simon The Flame of Adventure
2001 Cape London 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 220, 29 color photos, 2 maps, black cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #22067 $49.00 $39.00
Yates’ second book tells of his early climbing years in such places as the Tien Shan, the Eiger, tha Karakoram, and Australia. His adventures and descriptions of other climbers like Doug Scott and Joe Simpson are entertaining.
To see all of our Sale Items, c[read more]
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Yates, Simon The Flame of Adventure
2001 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 220, 29 color photos, 2 maps, wraps; fine #22261 $9.00
Yates’ second book tells of his early climbing years in such places as the Tien Shan, the Eiger, tha Karakoram, and Australia. His adventures and descriptions of other climbers like Doug Scott and Joe Simpson are entertaining.[read more]
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Yates, Simon The Wild Within: Climbing the World’s Most Remote Mountains
2012 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.239, 45 color photos, sketch, 4 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25999 $45.00
Yates’ third book takes us on unique expeditions to unclimbed peaks in the Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, the Wrangell St-Elias ranges on the Alaskan-Yukon border, and to Eastern Greenland. Laced with dry humour, he relates his own experience of the rapid commercialisation of mountain wilder[read more]
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Younghusband, Sir Francis Everest: The Challenge
1936 Nelson London 2nd, prtg, 8vo, pp.ix, 243, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, 3 maps, map eps, green cloth; cloth rubbed, spot on back cover, vg. #11737 $35.00
Everest through the 1936 attempt, Nanga Parbat, Kamet, Trisul, Nanda Devi, and early Himalayan pilgrims. This second printing contains a new account of the 1936 expedition. Neate Y28, SB Y10, Yak Y18.[read more]
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