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 Piana, Paul Big Walls: Breakthroughs on the Free-Climbing Frontier
1997 Sierra Club SF 1st, 4to, pp.190, photo frontis, 104 color & 3 bw photos, 4 route drwgs, appendix, orange cloth; inscribed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #8823 $55.00 $45.00
Beautifully illustrated with photos by such leading photographers as Hatcher, Rowell, and Wald.
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Pierre, Bernard A Mountain Called Nun Kun
1955 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 189, 20 bw photos, 5 maps/diagrams, appendices, red cloth; dj tape reinforced on corners, vg, cloth w/ name, fine #12092 $29.00
Account of the 1953 French expedition which made the first ascent of Nun Kun (23,410'). It was on this expedition where Claude Kogan set a new altitude record for women.
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Pierre, Bernard Ils Ont Conquis l’Himalaya [They Conquered the Himalaya]
1981 Loisirs Paris rep, 8vo, pp.256, 27 color & 33 bw photos, 4 maps/sketches, white cloth; dj w/ small edge tears, near fine, cloth fine. #19725 $39.00
Historical overview of major ascents in the Himalaya starting with the early expeditions at the turn of the century. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Pierre, Bernard Ils Ont Conquis l’Himalaya [They Conquered the Himalaya]
1981 Loisirs Paris rep, 8vo, pp.256, 27 color & 33 bw photos, 4 maps/sketches, white cloth; cloth fine #19726 $35.00
Historical overview of major ascents in the Himalaya starting with the early expeditions at the turn of the century. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Pierre, Bernard Ils Ont Conquis l’Himalaya [They Conquered the Himalaya]
1979 Plon Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.250, 27 color & 33 bw photos, 3 maps, wraps; spine faded, vg+. #16898 $25.00
Historical overview of major ascents in the Himalaya starting with the early expeditions at the turn of the century. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Pierre, Bernard & Claude Aulard Escalades er Randonnées au Hoggar et dans les Tassilis [Climbs and Excursions in Hoggar and the Tassilis]
1985 Arthaud Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.260, 12 color & 14 bw photos, 55 maps/route drawings, wraps; inscribed to Ad Carter, w/ Ad’s bookplate, fine. #23751 $35.00
Pierre climbed extensively with participation in the first ascents of both Salcantay and Nun Kun to his credit. Here he describes an extensive climbing expedition, conducted in 1950, in the Hoggar mountains and Tassili region of Algeria. This is an expanded edition from his original 1952 publicati[read more]
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Pierse, Simon Kangchenjunga: Imaging a Himalayan Mountain
2005 Wales 1st, oblong 8vo, pp.127, color frontis, 18 color & 41 bw photos, 1 fig, map, wraps; new. #24129 $29.95
A marvelous book created as a catalogue to accompany an exhibition of 56 paintings, prints and photographs of the third highest mountain in the world. The exhibition, which showed at The Alpine Club in London in May-June 2005 as part of a series of events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the fir[read more]
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New Pilley, Dorothy Climbing Days
1935 Bell London 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 352, 69 bw photos, green cloth; cloth rubbed, bookplate of Fell & Rock Climbing Club on fep, tight, very good #11575 $35.00
Pilley was a leading British climber in the 1920's. Here she tells of her travels and climbs throughout Europe.
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Pilley, Dorothy Climbing Days
1965 Secker & Warburg London 2nd, rev, 8vo, pp.xxviii, 352, 35 bw photos, map eps, brown cloth; cloth tight, vg+ #23752 $18.00 $15.30
Pilley was a leading British climber in the 1920's. Here she tells of her travels and climbs throughout Europe.
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Pilley, Dorothy Climbing Days
1935 Harcourt, Brace NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 352, 69 bw photos, blue cloth; cloth worn top/bottom spine, 2 bookplates, good #16986 $9.00
Pilley was a leading British climber in the 1920's. Here she tells of her travels and climbs throughout Europe.
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Piotrowska, Danuta, ed. K2 1986: In Memoriam Tadeusz Piotrowski
2015 Poland 1st, square 8vo, pp.144, photo frontis, 102 bw photos, sketch, map, photo eps, pictorial cloth; signed, issued w/o dj, cloth w/ slight bump from shipping, else new #27340 $89.95
Tadeusz Piotrowski (1939-1986) was one of the great Polish mountaineers specializing in winter ascents. These included Trollryggen (Norway, 1972, 1974, 1977), Noshaq (Afghanistan, 1973), Tirich Mir (Afghanistan, 1978), Rakaposhi (Pakistan, 1979), Distaghil Sar (Pakistan, 1980), and Api (Nepal, 1983)[read more]
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Piotrowska, Danuta, ed. Lhotse 1974: In Memoriam Tadeusz Piotrowski
2017 Poland 1st, square 8vo, pp.311, photo frontis, 171 bw photos, map, appendices, photo eps, pictorial cloth; signed, issued w/o dj, cloth w/ slight bump from shipping, else new #27341 $84.95
Tadeusz Piotrowski (1939-1986) was one of the great Polish mountaineers specializing in winter ascents. These included Trollryggen (Norway, 1972, 1974, 1977), Noshaq (Afghanistan, 1973), Tirich Mir (Afghanistan, 1978), Rakaposhi (Pakistan, 1979), Distaghil Sar (Pakistan, 1980), and Api (Nepal, 1983)[read more]
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Piotrowska, Danuta, ed. Nanga Parbat 1982: In Memoriam Tadeusz Piotrowski
2018 Poland 1st, square 8vo, pp.215, photo frontis, 82 bw photos, map, photo eps, pictorial cloth; signed, issued w/o dj, cloth w/ slight bump from shipping, else new #27403 $84.95
Tadeusz Piotrowski (1939-1986) was one of the great Polish mountaineers specializing in winter ascents. These included Trollryggen (Norway, 1972, 1974, 1977), Noshaq (Afghanistan, 1973), Tirich Mir (Afghanistan, 1978), Rakaposhi (Pakistan, 1979), Distaghil Sar (Pakistan, 1980), and Api (Nepal, 1983)[read more]
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Piotrowski, Danuta Nanga Parbat 1985: In Memoriam Tadeusz Piotrowski
2019 Poland 1st, square 8vo, pp.238, photo frontis, 151 bw photos, map, photo eps, pictorial cloth; signed, issued w/o dj, cloth new #27670 $84.95
Tadeusz Piotrowski (1939-1986) was one of the great Polish mountaineers specializing in winter ascents. These included Trollryggen (Norway, 1972, 1974, 1977), Noshaq (Afghanistan, 1973), Tirich Mir (Afghanistan, 1978), Rakaposhi (Pakistan, 1979), Distaghil Sar (Pakistan, 1980), and Api (Nepal, 1983)[read more]
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Poindexter, Joseph To The Summit: Fifty Mountains that Lure, Inspire and Challenge
1998 US rep, 4to, pp.320, 300 color & bw photos, blue cloth; dj rear lamination cracked, vg, cloth fine #12995 $15.00 $12.00
A nice, large-format, work focusing on great peaks around the world as well as individual portraits of some of the world’s great climbers.
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 passio[read more]
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Pole, Graeme The Canadian Rockies: An Altitude SuperGuide
1997 Altitude Canmore 2nd rev, 8vo, pp.288, photo frontis, 209 color & 53 bw photos, 15 illus, 27 color maps, wraps; slight bend to back cover, else fine #27619 $24.95 $5.95
The world’s best-selling guide to the Canadian Rockies. Whether you’re planning your trip, looking for a perfect road guide, or searching for a lasting and complete record of your journey, this is the book for you.
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Pons, Jordi Annapurna Est: Un 8000 Verge
1983 Juventud Barcelona 3rd, 8vo, pp.176, photo frontis, 3 color & 19 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, wraps; signed, fine. #20741 $39.00
Annapurna East lies just east of Annapurna I and was first climbed by this Spanish expedition in 1974. Three members, including Pons, reached the summit. In Catalan, no English translation.[read more]
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Popko, Maciej Góry pod pólksiezycem
1974 Iskry Warsaw 1st, 8vo, pp.171, 29 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps w/ dj; dj vg+, wraps fine. #21998 $19.00
Account of a 1967 Polish expedition to the Cilo Dag Range in East Turkey. In Polish, no English translation.[read more]
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Porter, John One Day As A Tiger
2014 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 230, 74 color & 4 bw photos, black cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #26763 $45.95
In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.
Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of Brit[read more]
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New Porter, John One Day As A Tiger
2014 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 230, 74 color & 4 bw photos, black cloth; dj edges rubbed, unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27849 $29.00
In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.
Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of Brit[read more]
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