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 Gillman, Peter & Leni Extreme Eiger: The Race to Climb the Direct Route up the North Face of the Eiger
2015 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.394, 38 color & 8 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed Peter & Leni, dj & cloth new #26942 $39.95
In February 1966 two climbing teams arrived beneath the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland, notorious as the most dangerous face in the Alps. They aimed to climb the face by a new 'direct' route, following a straight line from bottom to top. One team consisted of four internationally renowned cl[read more]
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Gillman, Peter & Leni The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.288, 46 bw photos, map, appendices, grey/white cloth; signed Peter & Leni Gillman, dj unclipped, very fine, cloth tight, very fine #21181 $45.00
The most comprehensive biography of Mallory yet written. The Gillman’s examine Mallory’s early years and associations, his climbing accomplishments, and each of the three Everest expeditions of which he was a member. Winner of the 2000 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award and National Out[read more]
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Gillman, Peter & Leni The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.288, 46 bw photos, map, appendices, grey/white cloth; signed Peter Gillman, dj & cloth new #20919 $32.00
The most comprehensive biography of Mallory yet written. The Gillman’s examine Mallory’s early years and associations, his climbing accomplishments, and each of the three Everest expeditions of which he was a member. Winner of the 2000 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award and National O[read more]
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Giró, Valentin, Carlos Trenchs, & Belen Roldán La Cumbre Infinita: Relato de una Expedición, Espejo de una Empresa [The Infinite Summit: The Story of an Expedition, Mirroring a Business]
2011 Spain 1st, 8vo, pp.xviii, 212, 2 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps; new #26076 $45.00
Giro and Trenchs recount the 2004 Spanish expedition, The Pirates of K2, which made the second ascent of K2’s difficult Magic Line, placing one member on the summit at midnight. In 2006 they started a business venture to which they draw parallels in this book. In Spanish, no English translation.[read more]
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Gjeldnes, Rune Beyond The Poles: First and Only Unsupported Crossing of Both Poles
2006 Norway 1st, 4to, pp.160, 136 color photos, 3 color maps, photo eps, black cloth; signed, dj w/ small tear top cover, else fine, cloth fine #24584 $89.00 $75.00
Norwegian Gjeldnes has made long-distance ski expeditions his forte. In 1996 he, along with fellow Norwegian Torre Larsen, completed an unsupported ski crossing of the Arctic Ocean, 109 days, 2,100 kilometers, thus becoming the first to cross the Arctic Ocean without resupply. In 2005-06, Gjeldnes c[read more]
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Gjertsen, Hjalmar Frederik Sydpolsekspedisjonen 1910-1912
2011 Norway 1st, 8vo, pp.212, 15 color & 123 bw photos, 2 bw illus, 1 color & 2 bw maps, plan, illus eps, wraps; new #27542 $24.95
Gjertsen (1885-1958) was one of 20 members of Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition (1910-12). He was a member of the sea party, serving as second mate, and participated in the South Atlantic scientific voyage while Amundsen and the other eight members of the land party wintered over on the contine[read more]
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Glowacz, Stefan & Uli Wiesmeier Rocks Around the World
1988 Sierra Club SF 1st US, 4to, pp.144, photo frontis, 150 color photos, illus eps, pictorial cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #26343 $45.00 $19.00
Bavarian climber Glowacz quickly became one of the top sport climbers in the world in the late 1980s. He has since moved on to the remote ranges of the world. This is a spectacular book of a photographic climbing journey around the world which took Glowacz and photographer Wiesmeier to the United [read more]
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Goddard, Dale & Udo Neumann Performance Rock Climbing
1993 Stackpole Mechanicsburg reprint, 8vo, pp.194, 29 color & many bw photos, figures, wraps; very good #9699 $9.00 $4.00
For the experienced climber who wants to further their skills in strength, endurance, tactics, and technique.
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 passion for the sport later in life[read more]
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Godfrey, Bob & Dudley Chelton Climb! Rock Climbing in Colorado
1977 Alpine House Boulder 1st, 4to, pp.ix, 275, 100's bw photos, map, orange cloth; inscribed ‘Whoops! See you on the Hill, Cheers, Henry C. Barber’ on pg 216, signed Richard Irvin, dj near fine, cloth fine #14469 $45.00
A wonderful collection of the best tales of Colorado first ascents, from 1870, with historic photos. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature.
Neate G31.[read more]
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Gogna, Alessandro Die Höchsten Gipfel [The Highest Summits]
2007 Germany 1st, square 4to, [pp.176], photo frontis, 265 color & 41 bw photos, color map, appendices, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #25036 $95.00
This large-format, photo book features foldout pages focusing on 27 of the world’s highest peaks from all seven continents - McKinley, Yosemite, Robson, Aconcagua, Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre, Huascaran, Elbrus, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Eiger, Marmolata, Drei Zinnen, Picos de Europa, Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya,[read more]
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Gogna, Alessandro Un Alpinismo di Ricerca [Mountaineering Research]
1983 dall‘Oglio Italy new ed, 8vo, pp.359, 28 color & 15 bw photos, wraps; signed, near fine #27068 $75.00
Gogna, an Italian mountaineer, adventurer, mountain guide, prolific writer, and lecturer, made numerous first ascents in the Alps in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Further afield, expeditions took him to Annapurna (1973), Lhotse (1975), El Capitan (1978), and K2 (1979). Here he presents ma[read more]
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Goodwin, Peter Nelson’s Arctic Voyage: The Royal Navy’s First Polar Expedition 1773
2019 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.viii, 408, 2 bw photos, 23 color & 39 bw illus, 9 bw plans, 2 color & 7 bw maps, appendices, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27894 $31.95
In the summer of 1773 14-year old Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) took part in an expedition to the Arctic which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was charged with finding the North Pole as well as a navigable north-east passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. Su[read more]
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Gorman, Stephen AMC Guide to Winter Camping: Wilderness Travel and Adventure in the Cold-Weather Months
1993 AMC Boston rep, 8vo, pp.xviii, 206, 106 bw photos, 3 illus, appendices, wraps; fine #25665 $9.00
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Gos, Charles Alpine Tragedy
1948 Allen & Unwin London 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 282, (32), 35 bw photos, 6 maps, blue cloth; dj chipped top bottom spine, good, cloth near fine #23192 $15.00
Gos, a Swiss writer and mountaineer, recounts 27 well-known nineteenth century Alpine accidents. Neate G36.[read more]
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Graham, Alec & Jim Wilson Uncle Alec and the Grahams of Franz Josef
1983 McIndoe Dunedin 1st, 8vo, pp.224, 38 bw photos, sketch, 6 maps, orange cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #22480 $49.00
Graham (1881-1957) was one of the leading alpine guides in New Zealand’s Mount Cook region. His memoirs, comprising Part 1 of this book, were completed just prior to his death. Part 2, by Wilson, was completed more recently. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signa[read more]
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Graham, Peter Peter Graham: Mountain Guide: An Autobiography
1973 Reed Wellington 2nd, 8vo, pp.xiv, 245, map frontis, 35 bw photos, appendix, map eps, blue cloth; dj rubbed, vg, cloth w/ name, near fine. #22928 $65.00
Graham was a leading New Zealand guide for over 30 years who made a number of first ascents and was with Du Faur on many of her trips. Neate G42.[read more]
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Gran, Tryggve The Norwegian with Scott: Tryggve Gran's Antarctic Diary 1910-1913
1984 HMSO London 1st ed in English, 8vo, pp.258, 24 bw photos, map frontis, map eps, blue cloth; dj slightly wrinkled on back (not uncommon), unclipped, else fine, cloth tight, fine #9150 $34.95
Tryggve Gran (1889-1980) was the youngest member of Capt. Robert Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13). He joined as a ski expert and was the last survivor. His diary was first published in Norwegian in 1915. This first English translation of Gran’s diary, by his daughter, includes addition[read more]
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Grann, David The White Darkness
2018 US 1st, small 8vo, pp.147, 36 color & 18 bw photos, map, photo eps, white cloth; dj & cloth new #27446 $19.95
Grann tells the remarkable story of Henry Worsley - devoted husband, father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the fi[read more]
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Graziosi, Paolo Prehistoric Research in Northwestern Punjab – Anthropological Research in Chitral
1964 Brill Leiden 1st, 4to, pp.viii, 249, 152 bw plates, map, green cloth; bookplate of The Explorers Club presented by Ardito Desio, cloth vg+. #20060 $45.00
This is Part V. volume 1, of the Scientific Reports from Ardito Desio’s Italian Expeditions to the Karakorum and Hindu Kush.[read more]
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Green, Dudley Because It's There: The Life of George Mallory
2005 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.192, 61 bw photos, map, black cloth; dj & cloth new #24504 $35.00
This new and updated edition of Green’s earlier softcover work ‘Mallory of Everest’ brings us up to date through the finding of Mallory’s body in 1999.[read more]
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