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Marty, Sid Leaning on the Wind: Under the Spell of the Great Chinook
1995 Canada 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 317, black/blue cloth; dj clipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27680 $9.00
Marty lives in Chinook Country - a vast land of mountain, foothills, prairie and sky - where the warm Pacific wind blows in a broad belt along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, turning winter temporarily into spring. Known to hurl box cars off their tracks and make trees grow parallel to the ground[read more]
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Masheter, Carol Brightest of Silver Linings: Climbing Carstenz Pyramid in Papua at Age 65
2014 US 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 199, 28 bw photos, appendix, wraps; new #27098 $13.95
Masheter’s second book describes her completion of her Seven Summits quest in 2012, becoming the oldest woman to do so - Kilimanjaro (1972), Aconcagua (2007), Everest (2008), Denali (2009), Erebus, Vinson (2012), Kosciuszko (2012), and Carstenz Pyramid (2012); as well as Cho Oyu (2005) and Mont Blan[read more]
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 Masheter, Carol No Magic Helicopter: An Aging Amazon’s Climb of Everest
2010 US 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 214, 9 bw photos, wraps; signed, new #25667 $14.95
Masheter, known as the SilverFox to her friends, has been a research chemist, a university professor in the social sciences, and an epidemiologist for public health. At age 50, she took up high altitude mountaineering to cope with grief and anger, despite being afraid of heights. Since age 60, she[read more]
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Maslen-Jones, Bob Countdown to Rescue
1993 Ernest Press UK 1st, 8vo, pp.221, photo frontis, 54 bw photos, 11 maps, wraps; new. #18377 $19.95 $17.95
Engrossing accounts of rescues conducted by the author, and the RAF, in the mountains of Snowdonia.
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Mason, Gene Minus Three
1970 Prentice-Hall NJ 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 190, 12 color photos, blue cloth; dj vg+, cloth fine #9889 $25.00
Accounts of climbs on McKinley, Aconcagua, and Kilimanjaro. Mason claims to be the first to climb the highest point on three continents, the Three Summits. Neate M61.[read more]
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Mason, Gene Minus Three
1970 Prentice-Hall NJ 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 190, 12 color photos, blue cloth; dj vg+, cloth fine. #9890 $25.00
Accounts of climbs on McKinley, Aconcagua, and Kilimanjaro. Mason claims to be the first to climb the highest point on three continents, the Three Summits. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate M61.[read more]
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Mason, Kenneth Abode of Snow: A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
1955 Rupert Hart-Davis London 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 372, photo frontis, 20 bw photos, 16 maps/diagrams, appendices, green cloth; dj worn, split along spine, poor, cloth w/ name, near fine. #11536 $79.00
Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India and editor of the Himalayan Journal. This is an excellent reference on early Himalayan exploration and mountaineering. Neate M62, SB M18, Yak M105.[read more]
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Mason, Kenneth Abode of Snow: A History of Himalayan Exploration and Mountaineering
1955 Dutton NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 372, photo frontis, 20 bw photos, 16 maps/diagrams, appendices, green cloth; dj pulled top spine, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #9891 $59.00
Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India and editor of the Himalayan Journal. This is an excellent reference on early Himalayan exploration and mountaineering.
Neate M62, SB M18, Yak M105.[read more]
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Mata, Toni i Riu Everest 2000 el Dietari
2000 Intercomarcals 1st, 8vo, pp.82, 67 color photos, wraps; near fine. #22876 $29.00
This Catalan expedition had a successful ascent of Everest via the South Col route. In Catalan, no English translation.[read more]
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Mateu, Manuel Everest: El Repte D'un Somni [Everest: Challenge in a Dream]
1984 Editorial RM Barcelona 1st, 4to, pp.213, 117 color photos, chart, 9 maps, photo eps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #22877 $95.00
This 1982 Spanish Catalan Expedition made a strong attempt on Everest’s West Ridge. They established a winch system and managed to reach 27,900’ before being stopped by high winds. Nicely illustrated. In Catalan, no English translation.[read more]
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Matthes, Francois Sequoia National Park: A Geological Album
1956 Univ California Press Berkeley 1st thus, 8vo, pp.136, 124 bw photos, wraps; fine. #22583 $9.00
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Mauduit, Chantal Vivir en el Paraíso
2002 Desnivel Madrid 1st thus, 8vo, pp.154, wraps; new. #22519 $29.00
Mauduit, one of the top French woman climbers, continually pushed her high-altitude abilities and reached the summit of six 8000ers (K2, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Manaslu, GII). She also attempted Everest several times, Annapurna, and was killed while on Dhaulagiri in 1998. Note there are no [read more]
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Mauro, David The Altitude Journals: A Seven-Year Journey from the Lowest Point in My Life to the Highest Point on Earth
2017 US 1st, 8vo, pp.453, 13 bw photos, wraps; signed, new #27402 $23.95
When David Mauro was in his forties, his life hit rock bottom. With nothing to lose, he left everything he knew behind and set out on an epic international adventure – to climb the Seven Summits. For the next seven years, Dave trudged across glaciers and frozen wastelands and through dense, dangerou[read more]
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Mawer, Simon The Fall
2003 US 1st, 8vo, pp.370, black/burgundy cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #24572 $5.00
Mawer’s acclaimed novel covers two generations, love, fate, betrayal, and a wide range of British mountaineering from rock climbing in North Wales, to Himalayan expeditions, to alpine ascents such as the Eiger’s North Face. The book succeeds where most climbing novels fail. Winner of the 2003 Boardm[read more]
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Mawson, Douglas The Adelie Blizzard: Mawson’s Lost Newspaper 1913
2010 Australia Standard Ltd ed 450 copies, folio, pp.xxvi, 216, photo frontis, 5 color/bw plates, 26 bw photos, 3 color illus, 3 drawings, 3 color maps, blindstamped grey cloth w/ gilt lettered black leather title patches on spine; issued w/o dj, boards new #25694 $225.00
This facsimile reproduction of the five issues of the Adelie Blizzard newspaper gives insight into the lives of the members of Douglas Mawsons's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14). Over 200 pages are reproduced in their original size and colours with additional illustrations and maps. The[read more]
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 Mawson, Sir Douglas The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
[1915] Lippincott Phil 2 vol, thick 8vo, vI pp.xxx, 349, frontis w/ tissue, 9 color & 143 bw plates, 6 fldg pans, 17 maps/illus, errata; vII pp.xiii, 338, frontis w/ tissue, 12 color & 117 bw plates, 7 fldg pans, 20 maps/illus, 3 color fldg maps in pocket; silver dec blue cloth; cloth w/ labels on both vols, DPL, Gabel & AAC/Gabel bookplates, DPL stamp on title, copyright pages & top edge, vI frontis separated, rear hinge cracked, vII hinges cracked, both vols bright, vg, maps fine w/ original folds #9232 $295.00 $212.40
Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, is a classic account of early polar exploration. The expedition explored 1500 miles from George V Land to Queen Mary Land, and had a very rough time! This is a great read and one of the classics of polar literature! Spence 773.
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Mayerl, Sepp Der Turm in Mir: Zu Schwierigsten Gipfeln der Erde [The Tower in Me: To the Most Difficult Summits of the Earth]
1984 Rosenheimer Rosenheim 1st, square 4to, pp.206, 49 color photos, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth tight, fine #27564 $45.00
Mayerl (1937-2012) was an Austrian roofer, church tower restorer, and mountaineer who climbed Yerupaja (1969), made the first ascent of Lhotse Shar (8516m, 1970), made the first ascent of the southern wall of Yalung Kang (8438m, 1975), made the first ascent of the Fang (7647m, 1980), and the first a[read more]
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Mayr, Rudi. Stille Abenteuer: Zwischen Anden und Himalaya [Satisfactory Adventure: Between the Andes and Himalaya]
1985 Steiger Innsbruck 1st, 8vo, pp.148, 33 color & 25 bw photos, photo eps, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth fine #22856 $45.00
Accounts of expeditions to the Alps, Andes, Cho Oyu (1982), Glacier Dome (1983), and Dhaulagiri (1984). In German, no English translation.[read more]
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Mazeaud, Pierre Everest 1978
1979 Paris 2nd, 8vo, pp.222, 50 color photos, 2 maps, wraps; signed Kurt Diemberger, near fine. #21467 $39.00
Account of the 1978 French Everest Expedition which ascended via the South Col route. In French, no English translation. Perret 2885, SB M21, Yak M125.[read more]
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Mazeaud, Pierre Everest 1978
1978 Denoël Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.222, 50 color photos, 2 maps, wraps; signed Kurt Diemberger, vg. #14287 $55.00
Account of the 1978 French Everest Expedition which ascended via the South Col route. In French, no English translation. Perret 2885, SB M21, Yak M125.[read more]
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