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Dittert, René Passion des Hautes Cimes
1952 Marguerat Lausanne 1st, 8vo, pp.204, 12 bw photos, 6 sketches, 3 maps, wraps; partially unopened, vg+. #18702 $29.00
Dittert’s autobiography prior to his participation in the Swiss Everest expeditions of 1952. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Dittert, René, G. Chevalley & R. Lambert Forerunners to Everest: The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952
1954 Harper NY 1st, 8vo, pp.256, color frontis, 27 bw photos, 9 maps, blue cloth; dj w/ light edge wear, vg+, cloth fine #10890 $35.00
The Swiss, and Tenzing, came very close to success and paved the way for the British to follow in the following year. This makes a good companion volume to the SFAR photo book "Everest: The Swiss Everest Expedition". Neate D32, SB D18, Yak C87.[read more]
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Dittert, René, G. Chevalley & R. Lambert Forerunners to Everest: The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952
1954 Harper NY 1st, 8vo, pp.256, color frontis, 27 bw photos, 9 maps, blue cloth; dj w/ large chip front affecting title, good+, cloth fine #9631 $29.00
The Swiss, and Tenzing, came very close to success and paved the way for the British to follow in the following year. This makes a good companion volume to the SFAR photo book "Everest: The Swiss Everest Expedition". Neate D32, SB D18, Yak C87.[read more]
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Dobroch, Bartek & Przemysław Wilczynski Broad Peak: Niebo i Piekło [Broad Peak: Heaven and Hell]
2014 Poland 1st, 8vo, pp.430, 59 bw photos, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth new #27223 $39.95
The authors examine the history of Polish mountaineering on the 8000m peaks and then focus on the 2013 Polish expedition to attempt Broad Peak in winter. Led by veteran mountain Krzysztof Wielicki, this small expedition consisted of some of Poland’s most experienced winter mountaineers including Mac[read more]
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Dompnier, Robert Bhutan: Kingdom of the Dragon
1999 Shambhala Boston 1st, 4to, pp.177, photo frontis, 224 color photos, color map, red cloth; dj top spine pulled, bump to right corner, near fine, cloth fine #25135 $25.00 $20.00
A beautifully photographed work on the people and country of Bhutan.
This book is from the Phil Hanson Collection. Phil's love of rock and ice climbing transcends to his collection of treasured books. He discovered his passion for the sport later in life, when Henry Barber gave a motivational s[read more]
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Donahue, Topher Bugaboo Dreams: A Story of Skiers, Helicopters & Mountains
2008 Canada 1st, 8vo, pp.296, photo frontis, 52 color & 88 bw photos, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27758 $17.00
Take the snowiest mountains in Canada, an army of adrenaline-addicted skiers, and throw a helicopter into the mix for an unforgettable story of mountain adventure and the invention of an entire industry. The idea is simple: helicopter up to the top of the mountain, then ski back down. The reality is[read more]
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Donati, Elio I Conquistatori del K2
1954 Societá Editrice Torino 1st, 8vo, pp.230, 61 bw photos, map, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth near fine #23821 $145.00
A contemporary account of the Italian first ascent of K2 in 1954. Includes a chapter by Lacedelli on the final summit push. Uncommon. In Italian, no English translations.[read more]
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Donatsch, Peter Alle Viertausender der Alpen (All Four-Thousanders of the Alps)
2007 AT Verlag Aarau 2nd, 4to, pp.256, photo frontis, 158 color photos, chart, 51 maps, photo eps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #27448 $29.00
Donatsch, together with well-known mountain photographers and authors, shows an exceptional view of all 82 four-thousander peaks in the Alps, from the Piz Bernina over the Bernese and Valais Alps to the Mont Blanc and Gran Paradiso. He portrays the various mountain figures in knowledgeable and enter[read more]
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Douglas, Ed Mountaineers: Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest
2011 Smithsonia, Royal Geographic Soc, Alpine Club NY 1st, 4to, pp.360, photo frontis, 357 color & 397 bw photos, 93 color & 59 bw illus, 17 maps, map eps, pictorial cloth; dj & cloth new #25847 $39.95
Celebrating a rich tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first scaled the heights of this planet. This is a lavish visual survey of the world’s greatest mountaineers – who they were, where they went, and how their conque[read more]
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 Douglas, Ed Statement: The Ben Moon Story
2015 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 230, 49 color & 63 bw photos, black cloth; signed Douglas & Moon, dj & cloth new #26904 $39.95
On 14 June 1990, at Raven Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District, twenty-four-year-old Ben Moon squeezed his feet into a pair of rock shoes, tied in to his rope, chalked his fingers and pulled on to the wickedly overhanging, zebra-striped wall of limestone. Two minutes later he had made rock-climbing h[read more]
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Douglas, Ed The Magician’s Glass – Character and Fate: Eight Essays on Climbing and the Mountain Life
2017 UK Ltd Signed ed n/200, 8vo, pp.xii, 178, black cloth; signed on limitation page, dj & cloth new #27288 $59.95
Award-winning writer Douglas presents a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing.
In the title essay, he writes about failure on Annapurna III in 1981, one of the boldest attempts in Himalayan mountaineering on one of t[read more]
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Drasdo, Harold The Ordinary Route
1997 Ernest Press UK 1st, 8vo, pp.258, illus, wraps; new. #11480 $25.95 $23.95
Reflective essays on climbing, mainly in Britain, with stimulating comments as Dresdo examines the trials and rewards of the sport.[read more]
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Dreyfus, Paul Sylvain Saudan: Skieur de l’Impossible
1975 Arthaud Paris rep, 8vo, pp.281, 17 bw photos, errata slip, wraps w/ dj; dj bumped top spine, vg+, internally bumped, near fine #24580 $39.00
Saudan earned his reputation as an extreme skier on near-vertical slopes. This includes accounts of his descents of l’Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc, the Eiger, and more. In French, no English translation.
Perret 3906.[read more]
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Drummond, Edwin A Dream of White Horses: Recollections of a Life on the Rocks
1997 UK reprint, 8vo, pp.224, 17 bw photos, wraps; some page corners w/ fold marks, else fine #25593 $9.00
Drummond’s work first appeared in Ascent magazine and here they form a loose autobiography. Included are 17 essays and 23 poems focused principally on climbing – first ascents on St. John’s Head and the Troll Wall, a solo ascent of El Capitan’s Nose, and an audacious solo attempt on the North Ameri[read more]
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Duane, Daniel El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes
2000 US 1st, 4to, pp.143, photo frontis, 34 bw photos, map eps, orange cloth; signed Glen Denny, Andy Kirkpatrick, Ed Webster, dj unclipped, very fine, cloth tight, very fine #21104 $59.00
The first book devoted to the unique history of El Capitan, Yosemite’s perfect 3000’ granite wall. Duane recounts adventures by Harding, Robbins, Bridwell, Middendorf, Corbett, and Burk. The historic photos are nicely presented.[read more]
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Dunn, Robert The Shameless Diary of an Explorer
1907 Outing Publishing NY 1st, small 8vo, pp.viii, 297, photo frontis, 10 bw photos, 2 fldg maps, giilt dec red cloth; signed Brad Washburn, front cover bright, spine lettering darkened, some discoloration to back cover, tight, maps w/ orig folds & no tears, near fine #10999 $450.00
Journalist Dunn was with Dr. Cook on this first circumnavigation of Mt. McKinley in 1903. An important work in the early history of McKinley.
Neate D55.[read more]
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Dunn, Robert World Alive: A Personal Story
1956 Crown NY 1st, 8vo, pp.469, red cloth; dj chipped top spine, rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #22189 $39.00
The bustling autobiography of a champion peregrinator whisks us with a word across seas, continents, up volcanos and mountains, into newsrooms, and political frays. Dunn started his newspaper career under Lincoln Steffens; he covered such varied phenomena as Carric Nation, the Martinique volcanic di[read more]
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Dupre, Lonnie Alone at the Top: Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter
2018 US 1st, 8vo, pp.191, photo frontis, 23 bw photos, appendices, wraps; new #27514 $17.95
What goes through your mind when you’re dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had made a career out of working in teams to survive in extreme conditions and places most humans wouldn'[read more]
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Dyhrenfurth, Günter Oskar Der Dritte Pol: Die Achttausender und ihre Trabanten [The Third Pole: The 8000ers and their Satellites]
1960 Nymphenburger München 1st, 8vo, pp.263, 35 bw photos, figs, 16 maps, map eps, pink cloth; cloth spine starting, tight, vg+. #23109 $35.00
Despite the title this is actually a different work from Dyhrenfurth’s ‘The Third Pole’ which was published in English. This is broader in that it covers the 8000ers, 7000ers, and other principal Himalayan peaks. Also includes a large bibliography. In German, no English translation.[read more]
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Dyhrenfurth, Günter Oskar Himalaya: Unsere Expedition 1930 [Himalaya: Our Expedition 1930]
1931 Scherl Berlin 1st, thick 8vo, pp.380, photo frontis, 119 bw photos, fldg panorama photo, 1 fldg profile, blue cloth; cloth fine #26966 $195.00 $95.00
Account of the large, 11-member, International Himalayan Expedition of 1930, led by Dyhrenfurth, which attempted Kangchenjunga (8586m). Kangchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world, was attempted numerous times but was not successfully climbed until 1955. None of the members of the 1930 team h[read more]
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