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Cunningham, Alexander Ladak: Physical, Statistical and Historical; with Notices of the Surrounding Countries
1977 Sagar New Delhi 1st thus, 8vo, pp.xii, 483, viii, 17 color & 13 bw plates, color map, black cloth; dj chipped, attached to cloth, good+, cloth w/ front hinge cracked, vg-. #23947 $25.00
Originally published in 1853, Cunningham visited Ladak twice, by two different routes. He writes about the land, people, history, religion, climate, dress, languages, social customs, art, rivers, lakes and springs, resources, minerals, products, and more. From the collection of American mountaineer[read more]
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Curi, Egidio Il Principe Esploratore: S. A. R. il Duca degli Abruzzi
1935 Istituto Tecnico Rovereto 1st, 8vo, pp.159, photo frontis, 8 bw photos, 3 maps, red cloth; xlib, round label on spine, cover darkened, small rink mark on back, ink stamp on title page & end page, eps foxed, good+ #26952 $85.00 $35.00
An early biography of Prince Luigo Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933), principally known for his early Arctic explorations and expeditions to Mount Saint Elias and K2. Uncommon. In Italian, no English translation.
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 Curran, Jim High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington
1999 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 264, 41 bw photos, illus, blue cloth; signed Curran, Chris Bonington & Doug Scott, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, very fine #19084 $159.00
Curran’s in-depth biography of Britain’s best known mountaineer examines Bonington’s deepest motives and reveals the joys and occasional despair of living a life at the limits of physical and mental experiences. Bonington has had an amazing career with numerous expeditions on such peaks as the Eiger[read more]
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Curran, Jim K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain
1995 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.271, 16 color & 58 bw photos, 7 maps/drawings, appendices, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #9608 $75.00
A history of K2 from the earliest explorations by Godwin-Austen and Younghusband to the present. Includes interviews with Diemberger, Wickwire, Houston, and others.[read more]
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Curran, Jim K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain
1995 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.271, 16 color & 58 bw photos, 7 maps/drawings, appendices, blue cloth; signed Charles Houston, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27489 $95.00
A great history of K2 from the earliest explorations by Godwin-Austen and Younghusband to the present. Includes interviews with Diemberger, Wickwire, Houston, and others.[read more]
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Curran, Jim K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain
1995 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.271, 16 color & 58 bw photos, 7 maps/drawings, appendices, blue cloth; signed Kurt Diemberger ‘Regards ’86 compare this report with my authentic account in the Endless Knot’, Charles Houston, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #9609 $145.00
A great history of K2 from the earliest explorations by Godwin-Austen and Younghusband to the present. Includes interviews with Diemberger, Wickwire, Houston, and others.[read more]
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Curran, Jim Suspended Sentences: From the Life of a Climbing Cameraman
1991 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.189, 15 color & 21 bw photos, maps, blue cloth; signed Chris Bonington & Doug Scott, dj & cloth new. #22205 $75.00
Curran's life of climbing and filming extends from England, to the Karakoram and Himalaya, to the Atlas and Andes. SB C43.[read more]
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Curran, Jim Trango: The Nameless Tower
1978 Dark Peak Sheffield 1st, 8vo, pp.175, 16 color & 44 bw photos, appendices, black cloth; dj w/ light edge wear, vg+, cloth fine #10989 $35.00
Account of the 1976 British expedition consisting of Anthoine, Boysen, Howells, and Brown which made the first ascent of this magnificent 20,500’ Karakoram spire. A very good read and one of Curran’s less common titles. Neate C158.[read more]
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Czerwinska, Anna Broad Peak ’83
1989 Sport i Turystyka Warszawa 1st, 8vo, pp.91, 27 color & 1 bw photos, 3 maps, wraps; vg+. #19480 $25.00
Account of the 1983 Polish Woman's Expedition to Broad Peak which saw Krystyna Palmowska make the first woman's ascent. In Polish, no English translation.[read more]
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Czerwinska, Anna Nanga Parbat: Gora o ztej Stawie
1989 Sport I Turystyka Warszawa 1st, 8vo, pp.118, 30 color & 1 bw photos, map, wraps; near fine #18427 $29.00
Account of the 1985 Polish Ladies Diamir Face expedition. Three members reached the summit including Czerwinska and Wanda Rutkiewicz. In Polish, no English translation.[read more]
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Czerwinska, Anna Trudna Góra Rakaposhi
1982 Sport i Turystyka Warszawa 1st, 8vo, pp.148, 48 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps; fine. #19481 $35.00
Account of the 1979 Polish-Pakistani expedition to Rakaposhi. This was only the second ascent of the mountain, following the 1958 British ascent, and was done via a new route. It was also the first women’s ascent with the two Polish women climbing alone to the summit, thus making the second highes[read more]
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Daly, Regina W. The Shackleton Letters: Behind the Scenes of the Nimrod Expedition
2009 UK signed & numbered ed ltd to 450 copies, 8vo, pp.viii, 360, 1 color illus, 53 bw photos, folding color map in back, appendices, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25314 $79.00
Here, gathered together for the first time, are 165 letters and telegrams exploring the inner workings of an heroic man with far-reaching dreams. Shackleton’s emotions are revealed through personal correspondence with Scott, Wilson, Markham and others during the planning of the British Antarctic Ex[read more]
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Darack, Ed Wild Winds: Adventures in The Highest Andes
2001 US 1st, 8vo, pp.350, photo frontis, 14 color & 177 bw photos, 17 maps, appendix, wraps; signed, new #22292 $19.99 $8.99
Ed details his climbs on Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, and Cerro Pissis, (1st, 2nd, and 3rd highest in South America), Nevado Sajama (highest in Bolivia), and Llullaillaco (5th highest). This is a most useful book for anyone going to these peaks. Nicely illustrated with quality maps.
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David-Neel, Alexandra Magic and Mystery in Tibet
1937 Crown NY 6th, prtg, 8vo, pp.xiii, 320, 15 bw photos, dark green cloth; cloth spine darkened, vg. #23356 $17.00
This is David-Neel’s classic account of the practices of the mystics and magicians of Tibet from her expedition in the 1920s. She was the first western woman to travel to Lhasa.[read more]
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Davidson, Art Minus 148: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley
1969 Norton NY 1st, 8vo, pp.218, 32 bw photos, blue cloth; signed Brad Washburn, dj worn w/ several tears, wear, unclipped, good+, cloth w/ name, tight, fine #21321 $85.00
This account of the first winter ascent of McKinley, in 1967, is an epic of death, failure, perseverance, and survival.
Neate D06.[read more]
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Davidson, Art Minus 148: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley
1969 Norton NY 6th imp, 8vo, pp.218, 32 bw photos, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27284 $29.00
This account of the first winter ascent of McKinley, in 1967, is an epic of death, failure, perseverance, and survival.
Neate D06.[read more]
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Davidson, Art Minus 148: The Winter Ascent of Mt. McKinley
1969 Norton NY 1st, 8vo, pp.218, 32 bw photos, blue cloth; dj rubbed/worn, edge tears, clipped, good, cloth w/ name, very good #27076 $45.00
This account of the first winter ascent of McKinley, in 1967, is an epic of death, failure, perseverance, and survival.
Neate D06.[read more]
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Davidson, Jim The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again
2021 US 1st, 8vo, pp.409, photo frontis, 35 color photos, photo eps, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #27775 $29.95
On April 25, 2015, Davidson was climbing Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed about 8,900 people. That[read more]
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Davidson, Jim & Kevin Vaughan The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier
2011 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 269, 17 bw photos, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #25830 $25.95
In June 1992, best friends Jim Davidson and Mike Price stood triumphantly atop Washington’s Mount Rainier, celebrating what they hoped would be the first of many milestones in their lives as passionate young mountaineers. Instead, their conquest gave way to catastrophe when a cave-in plunged them 8[read more]
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Davies, Francis With Scott Before the Mast: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913
2020 UK Ltd numbered ed of 160 copies, 4to, pp.152, photo frontis, 117 bw photos, 4 bw illus, sketch, bw map, photo eps, page-ribbon, black slipcase & silver dec black leather; signed Nick Reardon & Joy Watts, box, slipcase, issued w/o dj, leather new #27703 $395.00
Francis Davies (1885-1952) served as a Carpenter and Shipwright on the Terra Nova as a member of Robert Falcon Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13). While most accounts are by the ship’s officers, Davies was an ordinary seaman thus making his account of this expedition a rare viewpoint fro[read more]
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