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 Ridgeway, Rick The Boldest Dream: The Story of Twelve Who Climbed Mount Everest
1979 Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 244, 19 bw photos, map, tan/blue boards; signed Ridgeway, Gerry Roach & Phillip Trimble, dj fine, cloth fine #10035 $105.00
The 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition. Roach not only summitted Everest, at a later date, but also completed the Seven Summits. Trimble was the expedition leader. Neate R32, SB R12, Yak R109.[read more]
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Ridgeway, Rick The Boldest Dream: The Story of Twelve Who Climbed Mount Everest
1979 Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 244, 19 bw photos, map, tan/blue boards; signed Arlene Blum & Phillip Trimble, dj fine, cloth fine #11593 $79.00
The 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition. Trimble was the expedition leader. Neate R32, SB R12, Yak R109.[read more]
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Ridgeway, Rick The Boldest Dream: The Story of Twelve Who Climbed Mount Everest
1979 Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 244, 19 bw photos, map, tan/blue boards; signed Ridgeway, Arlene Blum & Phillip Trimble, dj vg, cloth miss fep, blindstamp, else vg+ #12442 $59.00
The 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition. Trimble was the expedition leader. Neate R32, SB R12, Yak R109.[read more]
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Ridgeway, Rick The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
1980 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 301, 75 color photos, 2 maps, black cloth; dj w/ edge wear, vg, cloth fine #23336 $49.00
The successful 1978 American expedition placed the first four Americans (Louis Reichardt, Rick Ridgeway, John Roskelly, and Jim Wickwire) on top of K2, the world’s second highest mountain and arguably the most difficult. Three of the team reached the summit without the use of supplemental oxygen. [read more]
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Ridgeway, Rick The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
1980 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 301, 75 color photos, 2 maps, black cloth; signed Ridgeway, Louis Reichardt, John Roskelley, & Jim Wickwire, dj rubbed, 1.5” closed tear top front, 1” closed tear top back, vg, cloth fine #24179 $145.00
The successful 1978 American expedition placed the first four Americans on top of K2, the world’s second highest mountain and arguably the most difficult. Three of the team reached the summit without the use of supplemental oxygen. This particular copy is signed by all four summiters. This is a grea[read more]
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Ridgeway, Rick The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa
1998 Holt NY 1st, 8vo, pp.ix, 288, map frontis, 32 bw photos, black/grey cloth; signed, dj w/ price sticker on back, unclipped, very fine, cloth very fine #25440 $29.00
In 1996, Ridgeway and four companions embarked on a five-hundred mile journey across East Africa from the summit of Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean. Unprotected among lions, elephants, rhinos and oryxes, he thoughtfully considers the effects of colonial expansion on Africa's indigenous peoples, its [read more]
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Robbins, Royal Advanced Rockcraft
1973 La Siesta Press Glendale 1st, 8vo, pp.96, 26 bw photos, many diagrams, wraps; signed on his photo, fine #10038 $35.00
The follow-on to 'Basic Rockcraft'.
Neate R39.[read more]
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Robbins, Royal Basic Rockcraft
1971 La Siesta Press Glendale 1st, 8vo, pp.71, 15 bw photos, many diagrams, wraps; signed Robbins on interior photo & Tom Frost on cover photo, fine #10041 $45.00
Robbins, one of America’s preeminent rock climbers, did much to develop the sport in Yosemite Valley. This is his classic instructional book emphasizing clean climbing.
Neate R40.[read more]
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Robbins, Royal My Life: Fail Falling
2010 US 1st, 8vo, pp.v, 188, 50 bw photos, 5 illus, wraps; signed, new #25620 $49.00
The second volume, in a planned series of seven, of Robbins’ life story. This chronicles the years 1950-1957 which saw the first free ascent of Open Book, Tahquitz (1952), the second ascent of Yosemite Point Buttress (1953), the second ascent of Sentinel Rock (1953), and Robbins’ climb of the Northw[read more]
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Robbins, Royal My Life: The Golden Age
2012 US 1st, 8vo, pp.vi, 150, 87 bw photos, wraps; signed, new #26200 $49.00
The third volume, and last, in what was a planned series of seven, of Robbins’ life story. This chronicles the years 1957-1964 which saw Royal’s thrilling adventures during the Golden Age of Yosemite Valley. “The book is about what happened to me after the first ascent of the face of Half Dome. It c[read more]
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Robbins, Royal My Life: To Be Brave
2009 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 221, 7 color & 20 bw photos, 9 illus, appendix, wraps; signed, new #25333 $49.00
Richly entertaining and personal, this is the first volume of Robbins’ life story. He chronicles his early years growing up in Los Angeles, his introduction to climbing, and his solo ascent of the overhanging face of Yosemite’s Leaning Tower. This is the first in a planned series of seven books!
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Roberts, Athol, et al Himalayan Holiday: An Account of the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition 1953
2004 NZ 1st thus, 8vo, pp.72, 58 color & 16 bw photos, map, wraps; new. #24233 $24.95
This is an account of that other 1953 Himalayan expedition. Roberts and his three teammates made the first ascent of Chamar (7000m), visited a large part of Nepal previously unvisited by Europeans, and even brought back a bear. First published as a newspaper article, this has previously unpublishe[read more]
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Roberts, David Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative
1970 Vanguard NY 1st, 8vo, pp.188, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, 3 maps, blue cloth; inscribed, dj unclipped, near fine, cloth fine #12328 $65.00
An Alaskan classic. The 1964 bold attempt of two men to climb Mt. Deborah's East ridge, a previously unclimbed route. An experience which 'transformed a physical journey into an equally difficult inward one'.
Neate R42.[read more]
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Roberts, David Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative
1970 Vanguard NY 1st, 8vo, pp.188, photo frontis, 15 bw photos, 3 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj fine, cloth fine #11699 $95.00 $79.00
An Alaskan classic. The 1964 bold attempt of two men to climb Mt. Deborah's East ridge, a previously unclimbed route. An experience which 'transformed a physical journey into an equally difficult inward one'.
Neate R42.
To see all current offerings by David Roberts,
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Roberts, David Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival
2002 US 1st, 8vo, pp.206, 15 bw photos, 2 maps, black/grey cloth; signed David Roberts & Brad Washburn, dj & cloth new #23159 $165.00
A terrific account of the 1937 first ascent of Mount Lucania (17,150’), then the highest unclimbed peak in North America, by Bob Bates and Brad Washburn. With their support aircraft unable to return for them, due to unusually warm weather softening the glacier snow, Bates and Washburn had no choice [read more]
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Roberts, David Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival
2002 US 1st, 8vo, pp.206, 15 bw photos, 2 maps, black/grey cloth; signed David Roberts, Bob Bates & Brad Washburn, dj & cloth new #22651 $225.00
A terrific account of the 1937 first ascent of Mount Lucania (17,150’), then the highest unclimbed peak in North America, by Bob Bates and Brad Washburn. With their support aircraft unable to return for them, due to unusually warm weather softening the glacier snow, Bates and Washburn had no choice [read more]
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Roberts, David Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts
1998 US 1st, 8vo, pp.267, black cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #18544 $29.00
To see all current offerings by David Roberts, click here.[read more]
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Roberts, David Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts
1998 US rep, 8vo, pp.267, wraps; signed, new. #18545 $19.00
To see all current offerings by David Roberts, click here.[read more]
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Roberts, David Great Exploration Hoaxes
1982 Sierra Club SF 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 182, 12 b/w photos, 7 maps, yellow/brown cloth; inscribed, dj vg, cloth vg #11025 $29.00
Contains the stories of ten men, from Cabot to Crowhurst, from the seas to the mountains, with chapters on Cook, Peary, Byrd, and Maestri.[read more]
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Roberts, David Great Exploration Hoaxes
2001 US rep, 8vo, pp.xxviii, 225, 14 bw photos, 6 maps, wraps; signed David Roberts & Tom Hornbein, fine #20891 $19.00
Contains the stories of ten men, from Cabot to Crowhurst, from the seas to the mountains, with chapters on Cook, Peary, Byrd, and Maestri.
To see all current offerings by David Roberts, click here.[read more]
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