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Schmid, Karl Eisgipfel unter Tropensonne [Ice Mountain under the Tropic Sun]
1951 Schlusselverlag Innsbruck 1st, 8vo, pp.217, 76 bw photos, 3 maps, grey/blue cloth; cloth vg. #20880 $49.00
Account of a 1939 German expedition which climbed Peru’s Huascaran. In German, no English translation.[read more]
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Schmid, Walter Fünfzig Sommer in den Bergen: Erlebnisse und Erkenntnisse [Fifty Summers in the Mountains: Experiences and Insights]
1970 Hallwag Bern 1st, 8vo, pp.343, 14 color & 60 bw photos, 2 color illus, orange cloth; dj vg+, cloth w/ 1 photo section loose, else fine #27393 $7.00 $5.95
Schmid authored several books on the Alps and here details his many alpine climbs. In German, no English translation.
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Schmid, Walter Glückliche Tage auf Hohen Bergen: Die Viertausender der Schweizer Alpen [Happy Days on High Mountains: The Four-Thousanders of the Swiss Alps]
nd Hallwag Bern 5th, 8vo, pp.326, 108 bw photos, oatmeal cloth; cloth tight, fine #27394 $9.00 $7.65
Schmid authored several books on the Alps and here covers a number of the Swiss 4000ers including Monte Rosa, Matterhron, Monte Rosa, Grand Combin, Breithorn, Jungfrau, Schreckhorn, and more. In German, no English translation.
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Schmidtmann, Waldemar Devil: The Life Story of a Chamois in the Austrian Alps
1936 Appleton-Century NY 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 214, frontis, sketches, green cloth; dj worn, taped spine, tear along front flap edge, good, cloth rubbed, vg. #23060 $19.00
The story of a chamois buck from birth to death on the pine-clad slopes of the Austrian Alps. Uncommon.[read more]
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 Schmuck, Marcus Broad Peak 8047m: Meine Bergfahrten mit Hermann Buhl [Broad Peak 8047m: My Ascents with Hermann Buhl]
1958 Bergland Buch Salzburg 1st, 8vo, pp.365, photo frontis, 9 color (3 fldg) & 49 bw (4 fldg) photos, 3 maps, map ep, tan cloth; cloth bright, bookplate, tight, fine, with card signed Fritz Wintersteller, fine #23557 $475.00
The first ascent of Broad Peak! This is the official account of the first ascent of Broad Peak by Schmuck, Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, and Fritz Wintersteller in 1957. This is one of the most sought after 8000m first ascent books and is quite scarce in any condition. This is a particularly nice c[read more]
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Schuster, Claud Peaks and Pleasant Pastures
1911 Clarendon Press Oxford 1st, 8vo, pp.227, 5 maps, uncut, gilt lettered blue cloth; cloth rubbed, vg. #23092 $25.00
This, partly a collection of Schuster’s mountain articles, covers his climbing in the Alps from 1902 to 1911. It is regarded as the best of his four books.
Neate S28.[read more]
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Schuster, Claud Postcript to Adventure
1950 Eyre & Spotiswoode London 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 214, photo frontis, 8 bw photos, sketch, blue cloth; dj worn, edge tear, good, cloth vg. #23059 $12.00
Schuster here presents an interesting collection of papers read before the Alpine Club. Neate S29.[read more]
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Schwanda, Hans Ferne Berge – lockende Ziele [Distant Mountains – Tempting Targets]
1973 Verlag das Bergland-Buch Zurich 1st, 8vo, pp.302, 4 color & 32 bw photos, 3 sketches, 14 maps, blue cloth; dj near fine, cloth fine #26954 $29.00 $9.00
Schwanda (1904-1983) was an Austrian mountaineer and founder of Bergsport Schwanda, still in business today. His autobiography includes his expeditions to Scandinavia, the Tatras, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Corsica, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Mount Kenya, and Kilimanjaro. Includes chapters by Erich Vanis[read more]
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Schwartz, Susan E. B. Into the Unknown: The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus
2005 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xxii, 283, photo frontis, 35 bw photos, appendix, wraps; new. #23997 $21.95
Kraus was a legendary rock climber, known for hair-raising ascents on two continents. He spent his early years climbing in the Austrian Alps (1920s) and Dolomites (1930s). Following his escape from Nazi Germany, he partnered with Fritz Wiessner and made many first ascents in the Shawangunks over t[read more]
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Scott, Chic Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering
2002 Canada 2nd, 4to, pp.440, photo frontis, 24 color & 583 bw photos, sketches, 14 maps, blue cloth; signed & dated Banff 2009, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #21969 $75.00
Canada’s complete mountaineering history over the last 200 years! This beautifully illustrated book follows the evolution of climbing in Canada – from the West Coast to Quebec, from the Yukon to the Rockies; as well as Canadians in Yosemite, South America and the Himalaya. A magnificent work.
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Scott, Doug Big Wall Climbing
1974 Oxford Univ Press NY 1st, 8vo, pp.348, 283 bw illus, 15 diagrams/maps, blue cloth; signed, dj near fine, cloth w/ some tape marks, 2 names, fine #11598 $69.00
A great book on the history of big wall climbing since 1857 by one of Britain's leading climbers. Neate S31.[read more]
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Scott, Doug Big Wall Climbing
1974 Kaye & Ward London 1st, 8vo, pp.348, 283 bw illus, 15 diagrams/maps, blue cloth; signed, dj w/ 1” chip back, else vg+, cloth fine. #23597 $135.00
A great book on the history of big wall climbing since 1857 by one of Britain's leading climbers. First UK editions of this book are not easy to come by. Neate S31.[read more]
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Scott, Doug Big Wall Climbing
1974 Oxford Univ Press NY 1st, 8vo, pp.348, 283 bw illus, 15 diagrams/maps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #10090 $39.00
A great book on the history of big wall climbing since 1857 by one of Britain's leading climbers.
Neate S31.[read more]
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Scott, Doug Himalayan Climber: A Lifetime's Quest to the World's Greater Ranges
1992 Diadem London 1st, 4to, pp.192, color frontis, 446 color & 3 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed Doug Scott & Chris Bonington, dj fine, cloth fine #21965 $195.00
A magnificent book on Doug Scott's career as a climber all over the world.
SB S13.[read more]
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Scott, Doug Himalayan Climber: A Lifetime's Quest to the World's Greater Ranges
1992 Diadem London 1st, 4to, pp.192, color frontis, 446 color & 3 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; dj edges ruffled, small tears, unclipped, vg, cloth w/ 1 leaf (4 pages) separated, else fine #10091 $5.00
A magnificent book on Doug Scott's career as a climber all over the world.
SB S13.[read more]
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Scott, Doug Kangchenjunga: The Himalayan Giant
2021 UK 1st ed of 200 w/ separate photo, 8vo, pp.ix, 273, 32 color & 4 bw photos, 2 color illus, 3 maps, blue cloth; dj & cloth new with 8.25” x 5.75” color print of dj photo #27747 $59.95
Completed before his death in 2020, and edited by Catherine Moorehead, Kangchenjunga is Doug Scott’s final book. Doug explores the mountain and its varied people – the mountain sits on the border between Nepal and Sikkim in north-east India – before going on to look at Western approaches and early c[read more]
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Scott, Doug Kangchenjunga: The Himalayan Giant
2021 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.ix, 273, 32 color & 4 bw photos, 2 color illus, 3 maps, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #27748 $47.95
Completed before his death in 2020, and edited by Catherine Moorehead, Kangchenjunga is Doug Scott’s final book. Doug explores the mountain and its varied people – the mountain sits on the border between Nepal and Sikkim in north-east India – before going on to look at Western approaches and early c[read more]
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Scott, Doug The Ogre: Biography of a Mountain and the Dramatic Story of the First Ascent
2017 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 178, color frontis, 107 color & 12 bw photos, 1 color & 4 bw illus, color map, map eps, pictorial cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #27327 $225.00
Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.
On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement [read more]
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Scott, Doug Up and About: The Hard Road to Everest
2015 UK 1st, ltd signed ed n/300, 8vo, pp.xvi, 404, 71 color & 151 bw photos, gilt-embossed black cloth; signed on limitation page, dj & cloth new #27019 $225.00
At dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington’s epic expedition to the mountain’s immense south-west face.
As darkness fell, Scott and Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100m below the su[read more]
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Scott, Doug & Alex MacIntyre The Shishapangma Expedition
1984 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.322, 56 bw photos, 7 maps, sketches, appendices, grey cloth; inscribed by Scott, cloth fine #17109 $59.00
Account of the 1982 expedition which climbed Shishapangma's south-west face. Also includes an interesting history of Tibet and chronology of expeditions in the Shishapangma region. Winner of the first Boardman/Tasker Award for Mountaineering Literature. Neate S34.[read more]
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