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Garibaldi, Guy, Claude Hardy & Dominique Martial Sagarmatha: L’Everest en Direct
1988 Ouest-France Paris 1st, 4to, [pp.126], 146 color photos, map, photo ep, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth near fine. #16894 $40.00
This 1988 French expedition planned to make a live television broadcast from the summit. The first summit pair reached the top only to have their TV equipment fail. A second attempt was abandoned after the bodies of two of their Sherpas were discovered at 8200m. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Garobbio, Aurelio Männer des Sechsten Grades [Men of the Sixth Grade]
1966 Albert Müller Zürich 1st German, 8vo, pp.360, 48 bw photos, blue cloth; dj w/ top edge ruffled, near fine, cloth fine #26510 $29.00 $19.00
A look at the then current state of climbing and those pushing the grade in the Alps. This was published seven years before Messner’s book ‘The Seventh Grade’. First published in Italian. In German, no English translation.
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Garton, Johanna Edge of the Map: The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff
2020 US 1st, 8vo, pp.238, 13 color photos, map, wraps; new #27683 $19.95
A dramatic and inspiring adventure story based on the lives of trailblazing mountaineer Christine Boskoff and her partner Charlie Fowler. Garton traces Christine’s life as a high-altitude climber and mountain guide - from a two-day climbing course while a Lockheed engineer in Atlanta to her remarkab[read more]
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Gattinger, T. E. Geologischer Querschnitt des Karakorum vom Indus zum Shaksgam: Geologische Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Himalaya-Karakorum-Expedition 1956
1961 Wien 1st, 8vo, pp.118, 29 bw photos (6 fldg pans in pocket), 7 sketches, 2 lg color & 1 lg bw fldg maps in pocket, 1 bw map, wraps; tight, pans & maps w/ orig folds & no tears, fine #27176 $95.00 $75.00
[Geological Cross Section of the Karakorum from the Indus to the Shaksgam: Geological Results of the Austrian Himalayan Karakorum Expedition 1956]
Geologist Gattinger was a member of the Austrian expedition led by Fritz Moravec which made the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956. This geological[read more]
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Gee, Christine, Garry Weare & Margaret Gee Everest: Reflections from The Top
2003 UK 1st, 16mo, pp.xvii, 140, sketch, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #22899 $19.95
A collection of thoughts by those who have been to the top of Everest. Most quotes are single-page and include such well-known climbers as Allison, Anker, Bonington, Burgess, Child, Hinkes, Messner, Scott, Simonson, Tabei, Venables, Wood, and others; over 120 in total. Similar in style to ‘The Quo[read more]
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 Geiger, Hermann Pilote des Glaciers
1955 Arthaude Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.189, 48 bw photos, 12 drawings, appendix, blue cloth; inscribed & dated 1957, dj w/ edge wear, vg, cloth vg+ #25278 $59.00 $19.00
Geiger was a noted Swiss mountain rescue pilot who developed the art of glacier landings in a fixed-wing plane. He had over 600 rescues to his credit before dying in a plane accident. In French.
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Geiger, John The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible
2009 US 1st thus, 8vo, pp.xiv, 299, wraps; new #26166 $14.95
An interesting book discussing how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. Studies include the experiences of Ann Bancroft, Hermann Buhl, Greg Child, Parash Das, Kurt Diemberger, Peter Hillary, Reinhold Mes[read more]
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Germain, Bernard Annapurna: Premier 8000 à Ski
1981 Nathan Paris 2nd, 8vo, pp.270, 40 color & 1 bw photos, map, wraps; fine. #13004 $29.00
Account of the 1979 French Annapurna Ski Expedition which placed two members on the summit. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Gervasutti, Giusto Gervasutti's Climbs
1957 Hart-Davis London 1st, 8vo, pp.201, photo frontis, 14 bw photos, burgundy cloth; dj worn, clipped, vg, cloth bright, several pencil marks, tight, fine #22479 $29.00
A remarkable autobiography by one of the leading Italian mountaineers of the 1930's, Guisto Gervasutti (1909-1946) made the first ascents of some of the finest routes in the Western Alps: the Right Freney Pillar; the South Face of Pointe Gugliermina; the East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, and major [read more]
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Gifford, Terry ed The Climbers' Club Centenary Journal
1997 Climbers' Club Exeter 1st, 8vo, pp.303, 87 bw photos, appendix, blue cloth; dj & cloth new. #14192 $35.00
A terrific collection of fine and entertaining articles from 100 years of the Climbers’ Club Journal published to celebrate the centenary 1898-1998. Includes works by Mallory, Young, Edwards, Noyce, and many more.[read more]
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 Gilkison, W. Scott Peaks, Packs and Mountain Tracks
1940 Whitcombe & Tombs Auckland 1st, small 8vo, pp.120, 10 bw photos, blue cloth; dj spine miss, good, cloth fine #23932 $45.00 $40.50
Personal memoirs and tales of adventure and exploration among the beautiful mountains and valleys of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Neate G24.
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Gill, Manohar Singh Himalayan Wonderland: Travels in Lahaul-Spiti
1973 Vikas New Delhi 2nd, 8vo, pp.viii, 179, 18 bw photos, black cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #23801 $29.00 $24.00
Account of customs and legends of this remote Himalayan valley near the Indo-Tibetan border. "Surely the gods live here....This is no place for men." - Kipling.
Yak G55.
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Gill, Manohar Singh Himalayan Wonderland: Travels in Lahaul-Spiti
1974 Vikas New Delhi 3rd, 8vo, pp.viii, 179, 16 bw photos, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #25594 $15.00
Account of customs and legends of this remote Himalayan valley near the Indo-Tibetan border. "Surely the gods live here....This is no place for men." - Kipling. Yak G55.[read more]
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Gill, Michael Edmund Hillary: A Biography
2019 UK 1st UK, ltd signed ed n/200, thick 8vo, pp.542, 81 color & 85 bw photos, 2 maps, map eps, pictorial cloth; signed on limitation page, dj & cloth new #27530 $69.95
Breaking fresh ground, this new and important biography of Sir Edmund Hillary stands apart from previous accounts of this truly great New Zealander. The author, Michael Gill, was a close friend of Edmund Hillary’s for nearly 50 years, accompanying him on many expeditions, and becoming heavily involv[read more]
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Gill, Michael Mountain Midsummer: Climbing in Four Continents
1969 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.220, 70 bw photos, brown cloth; dj w/ 1” tear front, rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #12047 $35.00 $29.00
Gill, a New Zealand physiologist, traveled extensively with Sir Edmund Hillary, including the attempts on Ama Dablam and Makalu, 1960-61, and Kangtega, 1963.
Neate G25, Yak G56.
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Gillette, Ned & Jan Reynolds Everest Grand Circle: A Climbing and Skiing Adventure through Nepal and Tibet
1985 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 216, 60 color & 11 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth; w/ Ad Carter’s bookplate, dj fine, cloth fine. #11395 $45.00
The 1981/82 Everest Grand Circle Expedition circumnavigated Everest and climbed Pumori (23,442') over four months and 300 miles. Now out of print. Neate G27, SB G06.[read more]
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Gillman, Peter Everest: The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour
1993 Little, Brown Boston 1st, 4to, pp.208, color frontis, 108 color & 57 bw photos, 7 maps, appendices, black cloth; dj new, cloth w/ slight adhesion marks to some pages, else new #18118 $35.00 $25.00
A marvelous anthology of writing and photographs, some previously unpublished. This was the first Everest history collection in a large-format, photographic presentation. Writing by Mallory, Longland, Salkeld, Lambert, Norgay, Fu-chou, Hornbein, Gyatso, Boardman, Coffey, Buhler, Stokes, Duff, Diembe[read more]
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Gillman, Peter & Dougal Haston Direttissima: The Eiger Assault
1966 Harper & Row NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 174, 15 color & 37 bw photos, blue cloth; signed Gillman & Chris Bonington, dj unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #9697 $125.00
The first direct route on the Eiger's North Face in 1966. A race between an American/Scottish team of three (Harlin, Haston, & Kor) and eight Germans. An epic with photos by Bonington.
Neate G28.[read more]
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Gillman, Peter & Dougal Haston Eiger Direct
1966 Collins London 1st, 8vo, pp.183, 15 color & 37 bw photos, blue cloth; dj w/ light edge wear, small tear top, unclipped, vg+, cloth fine #24860 $45.00
The first direct route on the Eiger's North Face in 1966. A race between an American/Scottish team of three (Harlin, Haston, & Kor) and eight Germans. An epic with photos by Bonington.
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Gillman, Peter & Dougal Haston Eiger Direct
1966 Collins London 1st, 8vo, pp.183, 15 color & 37 bw photos, blue cloth; dj w/ light edge wear, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #23896 $49.00
The first direct route on the Eiger's North Face in 1966. A race between an American/Scottish team of three (Harlin, Haston, & Kor) and eight Germans. An epic with photos by Bonington.
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