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SIGNED COPIES
Rock Climbers In Action In Snowdonia – BACK IN PRINT !!
Tony Smythe & John Cleare
Mountain Camera, 2016 reprint, 197pp, pictorial hardback, New, signed
by Tony Smythe and John Cleare.
Similar to the original 1966 edition, if rather fatter, it contains over a
hundred of John Cleare’s photographs in a new layout – the original
thirty nine plus many others that ‘got away’ in 1966 – together with Tony
Smythe’s original text and a few other interesting additions. The First
Edition became over the years something of a rare book, both in Britain
and America, and much prized by those who recall the sixties scene in
Wales or who aspire to repeat the celebrated routes of the period.
SIGNED COPIES £35
My Father, Frank. Unresting Spirit of Everest - by Tony Smythe
At last a biography of this great mountaineer, photographer and writer,
written by one of his sons. Doug Scott said of the book, 'I can only
compliment Tony Smythe on dealing with all the major events in his
father's life in the most even-handed way….. The book does not lack
humour either, and I found myself smiling, sometimes laughing out loud'.
It was only through writing 'My Father, Frank' that he discovered his father
had actually discovered Mallory's body on Everest in 1936.
Baton Wicks, 2013 First Edition, First Printing, 324pp, hardback
New in dustwrapper, signed by Tony Smythe, bumped to top corners £10
New in dustwrapper, Mint, signed by Tony Smythe £15
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A Selection of Scarce & Signed Titles
Abraham Ashley P., Rock Climbing In Skye, Longmans, Green, And Co., 1908 First Edition, 330pp, 31 plates,
original blue cloth with gilt, occasional faint foxing, folding map from rear pocket lacking but replaced with a
reproduced copy, VG+. A lovely bright copy., A definitive Scottish climbing title. Third part of the classic JonesAbraham trilogy. 61424, £200
Abraham Ashley P., Rock Climbing In Skye, Longmans, Green, And Co., 1908 First Edition, 330pp, 31 plates,
original blue cloth with gilt, t.e.g., a little bubbling to cloth at edge of spine, light foxing, VG, signed on the front
endpaper by Geoffrey Laidlaw Bartrum. A bright attractive copy. This copy belonged to Geoffrey Laidlaw Bartrum,
1881-1960, who was a prominent and active member of both the Alpine Club and the Climbers Club. His first
Alpine season was 1908, in Arolla and Zermatt, and included a traverse of the Aiguilles Rouges, the Pigne by the
North Face, the Matterhorn, Dent Blanche and others, often climbing with Joseph Knubel. This is an excellent
association copy as Bartrum was a member of Abraham's party to Skye in 1904 and his name appears a number
of times in the text. There is a postcard of the Quiraing tipped in the book which Bartrum sent from Skye to Eva
Bartrum in 1918. It is also interesting to note some minor annotation in the text which was likely made by Bartrum
as the dates are Aug 1918. 61655, £280
Alferoff B.C. & Milner C. Douglas [Editors], The Wayfarers' Journal, No.1 to No.12, 1928-1930., The Wayfarers'
Club, Liverpool., 1928 First Edition, Consecutive run of 12 journals from No.1, 1928 through to No.12, 1956. Good
to Very Good condition. The first 5 journals are edited by B.C. Alferoff and the latter 7 journals are edited by C.
Douglas Milner., Articles written on many subjects from Mountaineering On Skies In Mid-Winter, Climbs At
Helsby, The Alps, and many more. 49243, £260
Anon, Mount Everest - A Full Set of 20 Cigarette Cards issued by John Player, John Player & Sons, 1925
First Edition, in new protective sleeves, VG+. A scarce complete set in lovely condition., A scarce set of 20 cards
issued with 'Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes', with black and white images of the 1924 British Expedition led by
Edward Norton. The photographs on the cards were taken by Capt. Noel and Howard Somervell, and each card
has a description of the photograph on the reverse. The cards are quite large being approx 3 inch x 2.5 inch in
size. It was on this expedition that Mallory and Irvine were lost near the summit.63101, £180
Archer Major, Tours In Upper India And In Parts Of The Himalaya Mountains; With accounts of the Courts
of the Native Princes (Two Volumes), Richard Bentley, 1833 First Edition, xviii, 387pp, x, 356pp, attractive half
leather bindings with marbled boards, private bookplate, some foxing to endpapers, very clean internally indeed,
VG+. An attractive set., The author visited Lucknow, Agra, Delhi, Hardwan, Loodianah, across the Sutlej, Simlah
to the Borendo Pass and through the Upper Provinces, in 1827-29. 32792, £750
Association Of British Members Of The Swiss Alpine Club, Inauguration Of The Cabane Britannia On The
Klein Allalinhorne Saas Fee, August 17th, 1912. and Obituary Notices and Portrait of Clinton Dent.,
Association Of British Members Of The Swiss Alpine Club, 1913 First Edition, 52pp, original green cloth with gilt,
Fine. A very scarce title in exceptional condition., The Britannia hut is the only mountain refuge in the Alps built
entirely by money raised by British climbers. Dent was the first president of the Association, 1909-12. £280
Banks Mike, Uberfallig In Einsamen Regionen, Engelbert-Verlag Balve, 1966 First German Edition, 189pp,
pictorial boards, front endpaper removed, VG. On the half title is an inscription to Tom Patey from Mike Banks, 'An
den Herr Doktor Tom Patey - Ich mochte ihnen zeige das die Hoh Siebentausendsiebenhundertundachtzig Meter
ist nicht die selbe als Achtausand Meter. So there! Mike Banks'. Loosely inserted is also a handwritten letter to
Tom Patey 'Dear Tom, Up to your eyes in work - unthinkable! I enclose a book I believe I wrote and I don't even
know what the title means. Good old Bonington - he's stuck up the eiger and I'm doing a lecture in his place and
collecting his lolly. Love to Betty. Mike'., German edition of Snow Commando, an unassuming but striking record
of adventure in Cornwall and the Arctic, in Switzerland and the Himalayas. A rather unique item from the library of
Tom Patey. 47161, £240
Barry Martin, Ascent To The Summit Of Mont Blanc In 1834, William Blackwood & Sons, 1836 Second Edition,
119pp, original black boards with original paper title to spine, 2 coloured plates, a few spots to front board, corner
tips worn, VG., The Second Edition is revised and presented as two lectures. 44363, £650
Beetham George, Maxwell Joseph and Beetham Frances A., The First Ascent of Mount Ruapehu, New
Zealand, and A Holiday Jaunt to Mounts Ruapehu, Tongariro, and Ngauruhoe., Harrison and Sons Ltd, 1926
First Edition, 40pp, original grey cloth, 2 plates, previous owner's bookplate, loosely inserted is an unsigned
compliment slip from the author, VG. Privately published after the author's death., Ascents of volcanoes on North
Island. A very scarce title. 63337, £450
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Bellows William, Zermatt and The Matterhorn including A Day
In The Val Tournanche, John Bellows, 1926 Second Edition,
31pp, original paper wraps with image of the Matterhorn, a little
foxing to endpapers, VG, signed dedication by William Bellowes
on the front endpaper. A very scarce title, especially so as a
signed copy., An account of a traverse of the Matterhorn. This title
was first printed in 1925 'for the entertainment of friends', this later
edition also includes two articles on his visit to the Val
Tournanche. A very scarce title. 61441, £165
Boardman Peter, The Shining Mountain, Hodder and Stoughton,
1978 First Edition, 192pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed by Peter
Boardman., Two men on Changabang's West Wall. 63171, £425
Bonatti Walter, K2 print, signed by Walter Bonatti, Doug Scott,
Tony Streather, Jim Wickwire, Nazir Sabir, Naoe Sakashita
and one other signature to be confirmed., image size 60cm x
37cm, overall size 71cm x 50cm. Photograped by Doug Scott from
Broad Peak. A rare opportunity to obtain a beautiful print of K2
signed by arguably the most admired climber of all time, Walter
Bonatti, and some of the world's best climbers who have all
climbed on K2. 46877, £380
Bruce Major the Hon. C. G., Twenty Years In The Himalaya,
Edward Arnold, 1910 First Edition, xiv, 335pp, 60 illusts, folding
map, original decorative green cloth, light wear to extremities,
small stain to bottom corner of rear board, owner's signature on
title page, foxing to endpapers, light foreedge foxing, tight copy, VG. An attractive copy with bright gilt. Very
scarce., The author tells his great experiences of explorations, climbing and travels in the Himalayan districts of
Sikkim, Nepal, Kumaon, Garwhal, Baltistan, Chitral and elsewhere.59855, £525
Bryce James, Transcaucasia And Ararat. Being Notes Of A Vacation Tour In The Autumn Of 1876.,
Macmillan And Co, 1877 First Edition, 526pp, original cloth, professionally recased, new spine with original laid
on, corner tips worn, VG. A scarce title., Includes a crossing of the Caucasus and an ascent of Mount Ararat.
10629, £150
Burrard Major G., Big Game Hunting In The Himalayas And Tibet., Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1925 First Edition,
320pp, original blue cloth with bright gilt, first signs of foxing to foreedges, small inscr, owner's signature, two
pages have notes written in ink, VG., Comprehensive work on big game shooting in the region, including advice
on both stalking and still hunting. Each chapter combines the natural history of the game, the terrain where it will
be encountered, and the author's own sporting adventures. 54128, £220
Cocker Michael, Wasdale Climbing Book, Ernest Press, 2006 Limited Edition, 239pp, Fine in near Fine dw,
signed by Michael Cocker, No. 50 of a Limited Deluxe Edition of 150 copies., A History Of Early Climbing in the
Lake District, based on contemporary accounts from the Westwater Hotel 1863-1919. 59398, £150
Connor Jeff, Douglas Haston: The Philosophy Of Risk., Canongate, 2002 First Edition, 211pp, signed by
Dougal Haston's wife, Annie Haston and Peter Gillman, Doug Scott, Alan Hinkes, Jim Curran and Chris
Bonington., Traces the career of Douglas Haston and explores the agonised development of Haston the man.
32650, £160
Conway Sir Martin, Aconcagua And Tierra Del Fuego. A Book Of Climbing, Travel And Exploration, Cassell
& Co, 1902 First Edition, xii, 252pp, 27 illusts, map, original maroon cloth with gilt, small blindstamp of W.H. Smith
Library on front endpaper but not exlibrary, owner's signature, light wear to extremities, foxing to tissue guard of
frontispiece otherwise internally very clean, a little separation at the gutter but secure, VG., After an ascent of
Aconcagua, Conway attempted Sarmiento in Tierra del Fuego. This expedition marked the end of Conway's
career as a serious mountaineer. 63258, £280
Conway Sir Martin, Aconcagua And Tierra Del Fuego. A Book Of Climbing, Travel And Exploration, Cassell
& Co, 1902 First Edition, xii, 252pp, 27 illusts, map, original maroon cloth with gilt, light wear to extremities,
owner's small ink stamp, signature and small inscription, foxing to endpapers, internally very clean, VG. 59759,
£300
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Conway William Martin, Climbing And Exploration In The Karakoram - Himalayas. Limited Edition (Three
Volumes), T. Fisher Unwin, 1894 First Limited Edition, pp xix, 360, xv, 361-709, original beige cloth Zaehnsdorf
bindings, 300 illusts, duplicate proofs of some illusts on Japan paper, No.71 of only 150 copies, of which only 125
were for sale. Signed by William Martin Conway., Includes the Supplementary Volume of Maps. Some foxing to
boards and darkening to spines, internally very clean indeed, repair to spine of map volume, VG. An excellent
example of a very sought after and extremely scarce item. 39125, £3,500
Coulter Henry & McLane Merill F, Mountain Climbing Guide To The Grand Tetons, Dartmouth Mountaineering
Club, 1947 First Edition, 65pp, softback with green faux leather covers. Mountain image on front cover. Slight
wear to edges. Includes original map of Grand Teton National Park, Rare scarce title, VG+, This guidebook was
one of the first American climbing guidebooks, now scarce and very collectible guide. VG, 37486, £150
Cunningham C. D., The Pioneers Of The Alps, Estes and Lauriat, 1888 Second US Edition, viii, 180pp, 23
plates, later binding closely matching the original, original decorative front cloth and spine cloth relaid, gilt titling on
spine faded, private bookplate, tissue guards browned some with small tears but all present, VG. A very scarce
title., Biographical sketches of the great early Alpine guides illustrated by Abney's superb portraits. Cunningham
was an early advocate of Scottish winter climbing. 55871, £290
Cunningham C. D., The Pioneers Of The Alps, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, 1888 Second
Edition, viii, 180pp, 23 plates, plus frontispiece and other illustrations, original maroon cloth with bright decorative
gilt, tiny spot of very minor regluing lower rear spine joint, slight hint of sunning to front board with a tiny dimple
leading edge, owner's signature, a few marks to endpapers, inner hinges strengthened, tissue guards browned
with some foxing, first signs of foreedge foxing, a VG+ attractive copy. A very scarce title. 55875, £375
Dainelli Giotto, Buddhists And Glaciers Of Western Tibet, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1933 First
Edition, 304pp, 32 plates, map, original blue cloth boards, owner's name and address to endpaper, VG+ in scarce
VG with some sunning., In 1930 Dainelli and his companion spent two months in the Karakoram, principally
making a geological and botannical survey of the whole of the Siachen glacier. They travelled by Kashmir,
Baltistan, and Ladakh to Leh, then to the Karakoram, the Shyok and Nubra valleys, the Siachen, Teram Sher and
Rimo glaciers. He was also with de Filippi's great 1913-14 Karakoram expedition. 48198, £210
Dent Clinton, Above The Snow Line, Longmans Green & co, 1885 First Edition, 327pp, original pictorial cloth,
owner's signature, VG., Dent was a leading figure in mountaineering in the late 19th century, being a vicepresident of The Alpine Club. The book describes some of his climbs including his first ascent of the Aiguille du
Dru, at his 19th attempt. 47164, £190
Du Faur Freda, The Conquest of Mount Cook and other climbs. An Account of Four Seasons'
Mountaineering on the Southern Alps of New Zealand., George Allen & Unwin, 1936 Second Impression, xv,
250pp, 49 plates, original fawn cloth, some light foxing to spine, light foreedge foxing, a clean tight copy, VG in
colour photocopy of original dw., Miss Du Faur was an Australian who made many notable climbs during the
years 1909-1913, in particular the first traverse of the summit ridge of Mount Cook. 59693, £150
Filippi Filippo De, Karakoram And Western Himalaya 1909. An Account Of The Expedition of H.R.H. Prince
Luigi Amedeo Of Savoy. (Two Volumes), Constable And Co, 1912 First Edition, Volume One - 469pp, 32
plates, 194 illusts, 2 col plates, original green cloth with gilt, spine gilt dull, slight crease line on spine cloth, a little
bubbling to cloth on rear board, new endpapers, VG. Volume Two - New folding map box in green cloth with gilt
titling, 18 folding panoramas, 3 folding maps, List of Illustrations and Index booklet. The maps/panoramas are
quality reproductions. A more affordable reproduced copy of this exceedingly scarce Second Volume., The full
account of the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to K2 in the Karakoram in 1909. A fantastic work and still the most
detailed publication on this remote region, illustrated with stunning photographs by Vittorio Sella. 55529, £1,100
Filippi Filippo de, The Ascent Of Mount St. Elias (Alaska) By H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo DI Savoia Duke Of
The Abruzzi, Archibald Constable, 1900 First Edition, xvi, 240pp, 34 plates, 117 illusts, panoramas, maps,
original decorative green boards, new green leather spine with gilt titling, t.e.g., an exceptionally clean copy with
only a tiny amount of foxing, small tears to map, VG+. A very scarce title indeed., Narrated by Filippo De Filippi,
Illustrated by Vittorio Sella and translated by Signora Linda Villari with the author's supervision. The first of three
very important and successful expeditions masterminded by the Duke of the Abruzzi. De Filippi was an Italian
surgeon, scholar and mountain traveller, and the official recorder of the Duke's expeditions. 39121, £695
Finch G.I., The Making Of A Mountaineer, Arrowsmith, 1924 First Edition, First Impression, 340pp, 81 illusts,
original blue cloth, decorative front board, bright gilt, light foreedge foxing, owner's signature of William H Bone,
internally very clean, near Fine, signed by George Ingle Finch on the front endpaper., An autobiography, Finch
was a scientist and responsible for the oxygen equipment on Everest. 63626, £275
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Buhl Hermann, Achttausend. Druber und Drunter,
Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, 1955 reprint, 351pp,
original blue cloth, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed on the title page by
Hermann Buhl. A lovely copy and exceptionally scarce when
signed by Buhl., Buhl made the First Ascent of Nanga Parbat
in 1953. This was achieved solo and without oxygen. He
subsequently made the First Ascent of Broad Peak in 1957
with Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck and Kurt
Diemberger. Only weeks later he was killed climbing
Chogolisa, 7654m alpine style with Kurt Diemberger. He fell
through a cornice on the southeast ridge near the summit, and
his body has never been found. Buhl now has legendary
status in the mountaineering world. 63102, £2,300
Fitzgerald E. A., Climbs In The New Zealand Alps. Being An
Account Of Travel And Discovery., T. Fisher Unwin, 1896
First Edition, xvi, 363pp, folding map in pocket, original brown
cloth, decoration on front board, t.e.g., slight wear to leather
spine labels, light foxing to endpapers, internally very clean
indeed, VG+. A lovely copy., Fitzgerald made a number of
good climbs after losing the first ascent of Mount Cook to local
climbers. A truly scarce item, only 1000 copies produced.
59869, £495
Fitzgerald E. A., The Highest Andes. A Record Of The First
Ascent Of Aconcagua And Tupungato In Argentina, And
The Exploration Of The Surrounding Valleys., Charles
Scribner's sons, 1899 First Edition US, xvi, 390pp, 51 illusts, 2
maps, panoramas, bright original green cloth with gilt, small
ripple in cloth at edge of spine, neat owner's inscription, first
signs of cracking to rear endpaper, light foxing throughout
heavier on a few pages, VG. An attractive bright copy., Fitzgerald's last expedition, after criticism for his light
hearted style of his last book this one is rather less colourful. 59426, £210
Forbes James D., The Tour Of Mont Blanc And Of Monte Rosa Being A Personal Narrative, Abridged From
The Author's 'Travels In The Alps Of Savoy', Adam & Charles Black, 1855 First Edition, xl, 320pp, folding
maps, rebound in later green cloth, inscription, some pencil annotation to text margins and to rear endpaper, VG,
Abridged version of the 1843 title 'Travels through the Alps of Savoy'. 37769, £150
Freshfield Douglas W., Round Kangchenjunga. A Narrative Of Mountain Travel And Exploration, Edward
Arnold, 1903 First Edition, 373pp, 41 illustrations, panorama, original red cloth with gilt, professionally recased
with new spine and original laid on, a few blemishes to boards, owner's signature, internally very clean, a strong
and sturdy copy, lacking the map at page 306 and the rear sketch map, otherwise VG., This dangerous and
exhausting circuit of Kangchenjunga was a classic of mountain exploration. 55117, £325
Freshfield Douglas W., The Exploration Of The Caucasus (2 Volumes), Edward Arnold, 1902 Second Edition,
278pp, 295pp, original blue cloth, some wear to extremities, corner's rounded, owner's signature, light foxing,
moderate on some pages, a near VG set., Illustrated by Vittorio Sella, a magnificent work. 42395, £525
Freshfield Douglas W., Travels In The Central Caucasus And Bashan, including Visits To Ararat And
Tabreez and Ascents Of Kazbek And Elbruz, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869 First Edition, xvi, 509pp, 4
plates, illusts, folding maps, half brown leather with original decorative boards retained, VG+. A most attractive
and strong copy indeed., A delightful work of mountaineering interest, with accounts of the ascents of Kasbek and
Elburz. It precedes the author's 'Explorations in the Caucasus' by twenty-seven years; at this time the area was
still little-known and dangerous. It was not until 1880 that the Russian Government took steps to control the
natural exhuberance of the mountain tribesmen. With Appendices recording details of the Elbruz Expedition of
1829; heights of peaks, passes, towns and villages in the Caucusus Provinces; a catalogue of plants. 55852,
£425
Gilbert J. & Churchill G.C., The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions Through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli
in 1861, 1862, & 1863, Longman, Green & Co, 1864 First Edition, xx, 576pp. 2 folding maps, 6 chromolithos., 27
illusts, original maroon cloth with gilt, sunning to spine area, spine titling dull, wear to head and tail of spine,
internally very clean, near VG., With a Geological Chapter, and Pictorial Illustrations From Original Drawings on
the Spot. A very scarce Alpine travel classic by two members of the Alpine Club. Gilbert was a portrait painter and
Churchill a lawyer. 59698, £550
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Franco Jean, Makalu, Jonathan Cape, 1957 First Edition,
256pp, VG+ in VG- dw with wear to top and bottom of spine.
This book previously belonged to Tom Patey and comes from
his personal library. Account of the 1955 French expedition
which made the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ascents. The highest peak
yet conquered by an entire team. 47182, £295
Gardner Arthur, The Art and Sport of Alpine Photography,
H. F. & G. Witherby, 1927 First Edition, 224pp, some foxing,
VG in VG- dw., Illustrated with 155 Photographs. 53916,
£175
Gillman Peter & Haston D., Eiger Direct, Collins, 1966 First
Edition, 183pp, VG in VG- dw with edge wear, signed by
Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington who took the photographs
for the book. This was Tom Patey's copy, although it isn't
signed by him Tom has added his comments/annotation in
the margin of some pages., Account of the first direct route
during which John Harlin fell to his death. 47087, £150
Gregory J.W. & C.J., To The Alps Of Chinese Tibet. An
account of a journey of exploration up to and among the
snow-clad mountains of the Tibetan frontier., Seely
Service & Co, 1923 First Edition, 321pp, original pictorial
orange cloth boards, one small hole in spine cloth, light
foxing, a few pages including the title page have moderate
foxing, near VG., Account of four month's travels of J.W.
Gregory and his son in 1922 to the corner of Western China
with the border of Eastern Tibet. 61957, £190
Harrer Heinrich, Die Weisse Spinne. Die Geschichte Der Eiger-Nordwand., Verlag Ullstein, 1959 German
Edition, 231pp, VG+, no dustwrapper, signed on the title page by Heinrich Harrer., Text in German. Mit 36
bildtafeln, einem vierfarbigen Frontispiz und einem Faltblatt. 61964, £175
Haston Dougal & Others, British Everest Expedition 1972 Official Souvenir Card, 1972, VG+ with original
envelope, signed by Chris Bonington, James Roberts, Dave Bathgate, Mick Burke, Nick Estcourt, Dougal Haston,
Hamish MacInnes, Doug Scott, Barney Rosedale and Graham Tiso. Missing one signature - Kelvin Kent. 32600,
£270
Heckmair Anderl, Die Drei Letzten Probleme Der Alpen,F. Bruckmann Verlag, Munchen, 1949 First Edition,
80pp, 59 illustrations, map, original blue cloth, sunning to spine area, small owner's signature, VG-, signed
inscription by Anderl Heckmair on the half title. A very scarce signed copy, signed by Heckmair in 1983., Text in
German, this book has never been published in English. Includes the author’s ascent of the North Face of the
Matterhorn in 1931, his climbs on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses, and his attempts and final success on
the Eiger North Face in 1938. 42232, £200
Heckmair Anderl, My Life As A Mountaineer, Victor Gollancz, 1975 First Edition, 224pp, VG in VG dw with minor
sunning to spine, signed on the half title by Anderl Heckmair., Autobiography of famous Bavarian mountaineer,
includes the first ascent of the Eiger North Face. 61557, £165
Heim Arnold, Minya Gongkar. Forschungsreise ins Hochgebirge von Chinesisch Tibet, Verlag Hans Huber,
Bern-Berlin, 1933 First Edition, 244pp, maps, illusts, original cream cloth, VG+ in Good+ dw with some soiling and
rubbing. Very scarce in dustwrapper., Account of the Szechuan-Tibet expedition of Chi-Shan University of 193031, led by the author. They explored the region of Minya Gongkar, and discovered and surveyed many mountains.
Minya Konka, Minya Gongkar or Mount Gongga is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China, situated in
the Daxue Shan mountain range, between Dadu River and Yalong River, part of the Hengduan mountainous
region. It is the easternmost 7000m peak in the world and the third highest peak outside of the
Himalaya/Karakoram, after Tirich Mir and Kongur Tagh. 63267, £175
Herzog Maurice, Annapurna Premier 8.000, Arthaud, 1951 First Edition, 293pp, original paper wrappers, the
front endpaper has been secured to the front wrapper, lean to spine, Good in Good dw, signed by Maurice
Herzog. First edition with "100e mille" printed on the front cover and "Le 24 Novembre 1951" printed in the
publishing details at the end. Not the numbered edition of 3000 copies on superior paper., Excellent account of
the conquest of the first 8000m peak. Text in French. 44225, £160
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Hirst John, Climbing Songs, The Rucksack Club, 1959 First Edition, 83pp, some cracking to endpapers, owner's
signature, Good+, this was Tom Patey's copy, signed by Tom Patey on the front endpaper. Patey was well known
for his climbing poems and songs and it is no surprise that this book was part of his collection. A most unique item
with Patey's scarce signature. 47159, £375
Houston C. & Bates R., Five Miles High, Robert Hale, 1940 First Edition, 319pp, original red salmon cloth, map
endpapers, couple of owner's signatures with dates, light foreedge foxing, VG in colour photocopy of original dw
with small loss to top and bottom of spine., The thrilling true story of the first American expedition to K2. £185
Hudson Rev. Charles and Kennedy Edward Shirley, Where there's a Will there's a Way: An Ascent of Mont
Blanc by a new route and without guides, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 First Edition, xvi,
95pp, new green cloth binding, ex university library, small ink stamp on numerous pages, tear to edge of
frontispiece, large part of folding map lacking, remains of map partly detached, light soiling to pages, Fair., The
Rev. Hudson was the leading amateur mountaineer of his day. He made the first ascent of the highest point of
Monte Rosa and the first guideless ascent of Mont Blanc. He was killed in the Matterhorn accident. Kennedy
accompanied him on numerous guideless ascents and was Alpine Club President 1861-3. 63012, £375
Hunt John, Our Everest Adventure, Brockhampton Press, 1954 First Edition, 128pp, VG in VG dw with slight
loss to top & bottom of spine, signed by Ed Hillary, Michael Ward, George Band, George Lowe, Michael
Westmacott & Charles Wylie also tipped-in signature of Jan Morris to half title., The pictorial history of the first
ascent from Katmandu to the summit. A companion volume to 'Ascent of Everest'. -70055, £330
Hunt John, The Ascent Of Everest, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 First Edition, 300pp, VG in VG dw, signed by
George Band, George Lowe, Mike Westmacott, Charles Wylie on dedication page & tipped-in signatures of Ed
Hillary & Jan Morris., Hunt led the successful 1953 British expedition. -70051, £375
Hunt John, The Ascent Of Everest, Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 40th Anniversary Limited Edition, 280pp, lovely
original half blue leather in slip case, t.e.g., No.63 of only 500 copies, Mint, signed by John Hunt, Charles Evans,
Griffith Pugh, Alfred Gregory, Sir Edmund Hillary, Mike Westmacott, George Band, Charles Wylie, George Lowe
and Michael Ward., This edition is limited to Five Hundred numbered copies. It has been signed by surviving
members of the British 1953 Expedition to Mount Everest to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the First Ascent on 29th
May 1953. 58483, £1,100
Kingdon-Ward, Captain F., The Mystery Rivers Of Tibet. A description of the little-known land where Asia's
mightiest rivers gallop in harness through the narrow gateway of Tibet, its peoples, fauna and flora., 1923,
Seeley Service & Co, First Edition, 316pp, 22 illusts, 4 maps, original orange decorative boards, corners a little
bumped, some foxing to a few pages, VG. A very scarce title., A botanical exploration made in 1913-14, to the
corner where Western China borders on eastern Tibet. 49472, £430
Lachenal Louis, Carnets du Vertige, Editions Guerin,
1997 Second Edition, 377pp, original pictorial red cloth,
bump to base of spine, very faint small stain mark to
spine and front board, VG. The Editions Guerin
mountaineering books are distinguished by their
fantastic lavish bindings, large format pictorial red cloth.
Very scarce indeed., The most sought after Guerin
Edition. The original edition was much censored but the
Michel Guerin edition includes a huge amount of
unpublished material from Lachenal's diary. When this
edition was published a storm of controversy swept over
France. 61917, £450
Le Blond Mrs. Aubrey, Mountaineering In The Land Of
The Midnight Sun, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908 First Edition,
304pp, 71 illusts, folding map, original pictorial cloth,
t.e.g., owner's signature, darkening to spine, light wear
to extremities, VG., First ascents in the Lyngen
Peninsula. 45876, £280
Mathews Charles Edward, The Annals Of Mont Blanc,
T. Fisher Unwin, 1898 First Edition, 368pp, 34 illusts, 3
facsimiles, folding map, new dark grey cloth binding
closely matching the original with front and spine cloth relaid, very clean internally, VG. A very strong attractive
copy., A history of climbing on Mont Blanc by an original member of the Alpine Club and Predisent. 55189, £160
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Mathews Charles Edward, The Annals Of Mont Blanc, T. Fisher Unwin, 1898 First Edition, 368pp, 34 illusts, 3
facsimiles, folding map, original dark grey decorative boards, t.e.g., VG+. 49499, £200
Longstaff Tom, This My Voyage, John Murray, 1950 First Edition, 324pp, original red cloth, inscription, VG+ in
VG+ dw, signed on the title page by Tom Longstaff. Loosely inserted is a mounted photograph of Tom Longstaff
and on the rear pastedown is an obituary from The Times dated 29 June 1964., Longstaff qualified in medicine
but never practiced, he climbed extensively in the Alps, the Caucasus, Himalayas, Selkirk, Rocky Mountains,
Greenland, and Spitsbergen. First ascents of Tiktingen, Latsga, Lakra, Bashiltau and the West Peak of Shkhara
were achieved during a trip to the Caucasus in 1903. He reached the rim of the Sanctuary on Nanda Devi in 1905,
and in 1907 he climbed Trisul, 7120m, which remained the highest peak ever attained for twenty one years.
Longstaff discovered the Siachen Glacier in 1909 during a trip to the Karakoram. After the war, he took part in the
Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1921 and was chief medical officer and naturalist on the British
Mount Everest Expedition of 1922. He returned to Spitsbergen in 1923 and to the Garhwal Himalaya in 1927. He
led the Oxford University Expedition to Greenland in 1928 and the same year was awarded the Founder's Medal
of the Royal Geographical society for his work in the Himalaya. He also served as President of The Alpine Club
from 1947-49. 63071, £425
Matsuura Teruo, K2 8611m, Waseda University Alpine Club, 1983 First Edition, 144pp, oblong, 4to, hardback,
original red cloth, small nick to cloth on front board, crease to front endpaper, private blindstamp, VG, no
slipcase., Official account of the Waseda University expedition to the west ridge of K2 on which two members
summited on 7 August 1981. Illustrated with dramatic finely reproduced photographs, with a summary and photo
captions in English. A very scarce 8000m title indeed. 59900, £180
Merzbacher Dr. Gottfried, The Central Tian-Shan
Mountains 1902-1903, John Murray, 1905 First
Edition, ix, 294pp, 20 illusts, original blue cloth, t.e.g.,
lacking folding map, VG. An attractive bright copy of a
very scarce title., Merzbacher was a highly
accomplished Alpinist before he tackled the remote
Caucasus mountains. He made two expeditions to the
Tian-Shan mountains. He tells of being beaten by the
peak, Khan-Tengri, but of discovering the largest
glacier in the world, and a huge inland lake. 63401,
£495
Messner Reinhold, Die rote Rakete am Nanga Parbat,
Nymphenburger, 1971 First Edition, Munich, 223pp,
text in German, dustwrapper protected and secured to
boards, previous owner's signature, Good, signed by
Reinhold Messner. A very scarce title indeed.,
Messner’s scarcest book in which he describes the
ascent of Nanga Parbat by the Rupal face and descent
by the Diamer side, with his brother, Gunther. Sadly
Gunther died on the descent and this triggered much
controversy. Messner blamed Herrligkoffer for the
accident but Herrligkoffer subsequently sued Messner
successfully for libel. As a result this book was
withdrawn from the bookshops and the publisher
destroyed most of the copies. Text in German, no
English translation. 55984, £350
Mumm A. L., Five Months in the Himalaya. A Record
of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir, Edward
Arnold, 1909 First Edition, 263pp, illusts, maps,
panoramas, exlibrary, library binding, one map and one
plate lacking, very clean indeed internally, Good.,
Account of the author's mountaineering expedition with
Bruce and Longstaff to the ranges in Garhwal, and afterwards with Bruce to Kashmir and Khagan in 1907. At that
time, Longstaff with two Italian guides successfully ascended Trisul. 63067, £290
Mumm A. L., Five Months in the Himalaya. A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir, Edward
Arnold, 1909 First Edition, xv, 263pp, illusts, maps, panoramas, original blue cloth with gilt titling, t.e.g., rubbed to
extremities, moderate foxing, heavier to the first few pages and occasionally elsewhere, Good+. With the
bookplate of Douglas Scott. Douglas Scott was on the 1950 Scottish Himalayan expedition with W. H. Murray,
Tom MacKinnon and Tom Weir. An interesting association copy. 63627, £440
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Mummery A. F., My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 First Edition, xii, 360pp, 11
plates, original brown cloth with gilt titling, t.e.g., private bookplate of Egyptologist, Cecil Mallaby Firth (18781931), some foxing to endpapers and first few pages then clean internally, VG. A more attractive darker cloth than
the more common fawn cloth which suffers from soiling. 59935, £375
Mummery A.F., My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908 Second Edition, Fourth
Impression, xl, 361pp, 11 plates, original fawn cloth, t.e.g., corners bumped, some blemishes to spine,
professionally recased with new endpapers, internally very clean, VG. A strong secure copy. Perhaps the most
desirable edition with additional material of an introduction by Mrs Mummery, and an appreciation by J.A. Hobson.
46177, £160
Murray W.H., Mountaineering In Scotland, J M Dent & Sons, 1947 First Edition, 252pp, light foxing to
endpapers, VG in Good+ dw, signed by W. H. Murray., Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and 5 pages of
maps and diagrams. 58540, £160
Newby Eric, A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush, Secker & Warburg, 1958 First Edition, 247pp, private bookplate
with signs of earlier bookplate removal, VG in Good price clipped dw with sellotape repair to head of spine, signed
dedication on the title page by Eric Newby., A classic work by a well-known writer and traveller. 56849, £375
Norgay Tenzing, After Everest, George Allen & Unwin, 1977 First Edition, 184pp, Fine in VG+ dw, signed by
Tenzing Norgay., Tenzing's autobiography. 56862, £340
Norton Lieutenant-Colonel E.F., The Fight For Everest 1924, Edward Arnold & Co, 1925 First Edition, 372pp,
folding map, original green cloth with gilt, light wear to extremities, inscr, first signs of foreedge foxing, VG., The
original account of Mallory and Irvine's attempt on the summit. 58030, £270
Olufsen O., Through The Unknown Pamirs (Vakhan And Garan). The Second Danish Pamir Expedition
1898-99, William Heinemann, 1904 First Edition, 238pp, 60 illusts, maps, original red boards, owner's signature,
very clean indeed, VG., The 2nd expedition to Vakhan and Garan in the Upper Amu-darya. 33413, £165
Oppenheim E. C., New Climbs In Norway. An Account
Of Some Ascents In The Sondmore District., T. Fisher
Unwin, 1898 First Edition, 256pp, decorative front and rear
boards, prize bookplate, light foxing to endpapers and
foreedges, rough cut page edges, minor hinge cracking
but book tight and internally clean, VG. 56658, £260
Palmer Howard, Mountaineering And Exploration In
The Selkirks. A Record Of Pioneer Work Among the
Canadian Alps, 1908-1912., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
London, 1914 First Edition UK, xxvii, 439pp, 219 illusts,
maps, original green cloth with gilt emblem to front board,
school prize bookplate, cracking to endpapers,
exceptionally clean copy, VG in Good dw with some
sunning. Very scarce indeed in dustwrapper., The principal
work on the Selkirk Range. 63007, £250
Rebuffat Gaston, Men And The Matterhorn, Nicholas
Vane, 1967 First Edition, 222pp, near Fine in near Fine
dw, signed by Gaston Rebuffat., A superbly illustrated
history of climbing on the Matterhorn together with
Rebuffat's own experiences on the mountain.62230, £320
Rebuffat Gaston, Starlight And Storm, J.M. Dent & Sons,
1956 First Edition, 122pp, VG in VG dw, signed dedication
on half title by Gaston Rebuffat., The ascent of six great
North Faces of the Alps. 59176, £340
Rebuffat Gaston & Tairraz Pierre, Between Heaven And
Earth, Nicholas Vane, 1965 reprint, 183pp, signature of
Geoff Milburn on front endpaper, VG+ in VG dw, signed by Gaston Rebuffat., This invigorating book gives a vivid
impression of the face and ridge climbing to be found on the great Alpine traverses. 56261, £240
Sale Richard, Broad Peak, Carreg, 2004 First Edition, 208pp, well illustrated, New in New dw. Very scarce,
signed by First Ascenters Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller, Doug Scott and the author Richard Sale. £220
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Reinthaler E. & Florian H.,
Unknown
Mountains
Of
Greenland, Bryne Offset, Norway,
First Edition, 160pp, Fine in near
dw., Stunningly illustrated. Now
scarce. 63018, £150
The
East
1998
Fine
very
Rey Guido, The Matterhorn, T. Fisher
Unwin, 1913 Third Impression, 336pp, 37
pen and ink drawings by Edoardo Rubino
and 11 photographs, original olive green
cloth with gilt, slight cracking to front
endpaper but secure, near Fine in Fair
much repaired dw. The very scarce
dustwrapper is complete with the
exception of some small chips to corners
and the spine. A bright attractive copy in
the very scarce dustwrapper., A
charmingly written account of attempts
on the Matterhorn by the early pioneers
and by Guido Rey himself. 59624, £260
Rey Guido, The Matterhorn, T. Fisher
Unwin, 1907 Deluxe Limited First Edition, 336pp, cream half vellum boards, printed on Japan paper, duplicate set
of all plates included on vellum, booksellers small label to front pastedown, gift inscription by well known lady
climber, slight darkening to spine, a little light foxing to endpapers and foreedges, some faint soling to boards, a
near Fine copy. A lovely copy of one of the scarcest of all Mountaineering volumes, this is No.13 of only 15
copies, signed by T. Fisher Unwin the publisher. A most prestigious volume. 40954, £4,995
Rose W & F, & Seymour H., A Tour to Great St. Bernard's and Round Mont Blanc with descriptions copied
from a journal kept by the author and drawings taken from nature., Harvey and Darton, 1827 First Edition, iv,
144pp, 16 illustrations, original boards with maroon leather spine, folding map, small inscription dated 1828, edge
of board worn, Good+. A very scarce title indeed. 61183, £650
Scott Doug, Kangchenjunga Print - Signed, Image of Kangchenjunga West Side from Drohmo, image size 19'' x
13'', frame size 25.5'' x 20'', signed by First Ascenters Joe Brown and George Band, and Second Ascenters Tony
Streather and Norman Hardie, and Doug Scott who took the photograph., Photograph by Doug Scott. £320
Shipton Eric, Blank On The Map, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 First Edition, 299pp, original black boards, some
marks to boards, new spine with original laid on, reproduced folding colour map, very clean internally, Good+ in
colour photocopy of original dw., Shipton's scarcest book. Exploration of Shaksgam area north of the main
Karakoram range in 1937. 46582, £195
Shipton Eric, Blank On The Map, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 First Edition, 299pp, mint new black cloth with gilt
titling, very light foxing to first few pages, old relevant newspaper cutting tipped to front endpaper, VG+ in colour
photocopy of original dw. 56876, £225
Shipton Eric, Blank On The Map, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 First Edition, 299pp, original black boards, small
inscription, light wear to extremities, first signs of foreedge foxing, VG in colour photocopy of original dw. £240
Shipton Eric, Nanda Devi, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936 First Edition, 310pp, original black cloth, slight foreedge
foxing, VG in VG dw with soiling to rear panel, edge wear and internal repairs., Shipton and Tilman's important
exploration into the Rishi Gorge to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. 7474, £320
Simpson Joe, Touching The Void, Harper & Row, 1988 First US Edition, 174pp, VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw,
signed by Joe Simpson, Simon Yates and Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. 46531, £200
Simpson Joe, Touching The Void, Jonathan Cape, 1988 First Edition, 173pp, inscription 'To Duncan, If there
were dreams to sell what would you buy? Janet' , Fine in Near Fine dw, signed by Joe Simpson, Simon Yates and
Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. The very scarce True First Edition. 45979, £295
Slingsby W. Cecil, Norway The Northern Playground, David Douglas, 1904 First Edition, 425pp, rebound in
attractive green cloth similar to the original, gilt titling, foxing to prelims and occasional elsewhere, VG., Slingsby
climbed many of the Norwegian peaks between 1872 and 1912. A scarce classic. Sketches of climbing and
mountain exploration in Norway between 1872 and 1903. 61915, £995 - other copies available, please enquire.
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Mount Everest. The Reconnaissance, 1921
[Limited Edition]
Lieut. Col. Howard-Bury
Edward Arnold, 1922 First Limited Edition, 356pp, bound in
original red cloth, beautiful new cream calf leather spine, with
gilt lettering, t.e.g., No.118 of only 200 copies of the large
paper limited edition with 14 extra plates, near Fine. This
copy has a new spine in fantastic cream leather, it looks just
like vellum only more attractive and with gilt lettering
matching the original. A very attractive copy indeed of a very
scarce Everest title. The author led this first official Everest
Expedition in 1921, they reached the North Col and
discovered the route to the top.
Price £2,250
Smith A. R., Hall Mrs S. C., and others, A Boy's Ascent of Mont Blanc in 'The Boy's Birth-Day Book'.,
Houlston & Wright, 1859 First Edition, 428pp, original red cloth with gilt, small split to head of spine, a.e.g., one
signature loosening, Good+. A very scarce title., Stories by Mrs. S. C. Hall, William Howitt, Angustus Mayhew,
Thomas Miller and George Agustus Sala. Illustrated with nearly one hundred original engravings. Includes the
account written by Albert Smith 'A Boy's Ascent of Mont Blanc' p9-145. 57231, £325
Smith Albert, The Story Of Mont Blanc, David Bogue, 1853 First Edition, xii, 219pp, 8pp adverts, original orange
cloth, coloured frontispiece, professionally recased with new endpapers, light foxing to frontis and title page but
otherwise very clean indeed, VG. A strong copy., The author was an English writer with a passion for Mont Blanc.
After his ascent in 1851 he produced an illustrated lecture based on his experiences. This ran for six years and
made him a rich man. 63122, £950
Smythe F.S., The Spirit Of The Hills, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935 First Edition, 308pp, original blue cloth, small
inscription, VG+ in VG- dw. Loosely inserted is a signed letter from Frank Smythe thanking a friend for his stay
and offering a copy of his book, The Spirit of the Hills., The author describes "the meaning of the hills and the
reasons that inspire men to climb them". 63025, £240
Smythe F.S., The Valley Of Flowers, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 First Limited Edition, 322pp, white buckram,
t.e.g., bevelled edges, VG+, signed by F. S. Smythe. No.61 of 250 copies of the Limited Edition. The packet of
seeds originally issued with the book is not present., Travels in the Garhwal Himalaya and Bhyundar Valley.
Signed Limited Edition. 63113, £325
Stephen Leslie, The Playground Of Europe, Longmans, Green, And Co., 1871 First Edition, xii, 321pp, 3 illusts,
32pp adverts, sumptous new full leather binding with raised bands, two blindstamps of the Appalachian Mountain
Club, ink numbers on the verso of the title page, internally very clean indeed, VG+. A lovely copy of the scarce
First Edition., Stephen was one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering, and his book ranks among
the best in climbing literature. The piece on Switzerland in winter is perhaps his finest. 61031, £450
Stephen Leslie, The Playground Of Europe, Longmans, Green, And Co., 1871 First Edition, xii, 321pp, 3 illusts,
28pp adverts, original red cloth, wear to head of spine, faint blemish on front board, minor cracking to front
endpaper, owner's name and address to front endpaper and signature on half title, near VG. The scarce First
Edition. 63055, £475
Stutfield H. & Collie J.N., Climbs And Exploration In The Canadian Rockies, Longmans, Green & Co, 1903
First Edition, 343pp, original grey cloth with gilt, private bookplate light foxing to endpapers, VG., A tremendous
book, one of the classics of the Canadian Rockies. 61605, £180
Sutton Geoffrey & Noyce Wilfrid, Samson. The Life And Writings Of Menlove Edwards, Cloister Press, 1960
First Edition, 122pp, original black cloth, VG, signed by Wilfrid Noyce. A very scarce signed copy., Essays, short
stories and poems by leading climber between the wars, his life ended in tragedy. 58395, £250
Terray Lionel, Les Conquerants De L'Inutile. Des Alpes A I'Annapurna, Gallimard, 1962 reprint, 574pp,
hardback, original pictorial cloth, VG+, signed dedication on the half title by Lionel Terray. A most attractive copy.,
Text in French. 63103, £175
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, The Mountain World 1953, George Allen & Unwin, 1953 First Edition,
220pp, VG in Good rubbed dw, Don Whillan's copy, Don's address ink stamp to front pastedown and signed by
Don Whillans at the top of the front endpaper., Numerous articles including accounts of the Everest 1952 Swiss
Expedition, mountaineering in Nepal, Bolivia, Peru and several articles relating to 'Mountain Exploration in NorthEast Greenland'. Mountain World was an excellent series of 10 volumes running from 1953-1969. 37399, £150
The American Alpine Club, The American Alpine Journal - Volume 17, Issue 44, 1970 through to Volume 44,
Issue 76, 2002. Complete Run of 33 Journals. Plus 4 more Journals - Volume 10, Issue 30, 1956 and
Volume 10, Issue 31, 1956 and Volume 12, Issue 35, 1961 and Volume 15, Issue 41, 1967. Also included is
the Indexes for 1929-1976 and 1977-1986., The American Alpine Club, 1956 - 2002, 37 Journals all VG/VG+. A
rare opportuntiy to obtain a scarce long run of this excellent journal. 61374, £380
The Himalayan Club, The Himalayan Journal - A Complete Run from Volume 1 to Volume 59, 1929 –
2003, 59 Journals. Volumes 1-15 are a boxed set of reprints by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, in near Fine
condition. Volumes 16-59 are all original in VG/VG+ condition. One volume has no cover. Included is The
Consolidated Index to The Himalayan Journal Vols 1-50, published 1994, and also the Index to the Himalayan
Journal Volumes 1 - 35, published 1979. A most attractive set of this fine journal., The Himalayan Club, founded
in 1928, is one of the earliest clubs to have been established in the sub-continent. Its Journal published since
1929, it is the most authentic and authoritative reference on the activities in the Himalaya. It covers climbing,
explorations, scientific observations and almost all aspects related to the Himalaya. The contributors include some
of the best writers and climbers active in the range. 58636, £795
The Himalayan Club, The Himalayan Journal - Volumes 1-15, 1929-1949., Oxford at the Clarendon Press,
reprint, Fine in VG+ box. A boxed set of reprints by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. A lovely set of reprints, scarce
even in this edition. 63259, £280
The Scottish Mountaineering Club, The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal - A Near Complete Set. No.1 No.196, 1890 - 2005, 1890 - 2005, Vol 1: Individual journals lacking No.2, Good. Vol 2: No.1 Individual Journal,
No.2 lacking, Nos.3-6 Bound in half leather. Vol 2 - 26, plus Index Volume for 1-X beautifully bound in half leather
with raised bands. Vol 3 - spine split, Vol 5 - split at head of spine. Vol 7 - wear to spine. Vol X - scuffing to spine.
Vol 12 - spline split but boards still attached. Vol 27 - 39: Nos. 151-196 individual journals. All VG unless stated.
34328, £2,100
Tilman H.W., The Ascent Of Nanda Devi, The Macmillan Company, 1937 First Edition US, 235pp, original blue
cloth with gilt, previous owner's signature tipped to front endpaper, owner's name ink stamp on title page, a very
clean and fresh copy, VG+ in Good++ price clipped dw with a few small chips. Very scarce indeed with the
original dustwrapper., Account of first ascent by Tilman and Odell. 61099, £175
Tilman H.W., The Ascent Of Nanda Devi, Cambridge University Press/Readers' Union, 1937 First Edition,
235pp, original blue cloth with gilt, an exceptionally clean and fresh copy, one of two front endpapers has been
neatly removed but hardly noticeable, otherwise a Fine copy in VG+ dw with just slight edge wear. This is the best
dustwrapper we have seen. A lovely copy, very scarce indeed with the original dustwrapper. 61127, £310
Tuckett E.F., Zigzagging Amongst Dolomites,
Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1873 reprint,
38pp, 26 x 36cm, mint new blue cloth binding,
lacking page of adverts at rear, chipping to edge of
title page, foxing to title page otherwise very clean,
VG., A delightful book. The author describes a
journey through the Dolomites with over 250
amusing sketches and accompanying text. A very
scarce title indeed. 61455, £270
Tuckett E.F., Zigzagging Amongst Dolomites,
Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1871 First
Edition, 38pp, 26 x 36cm, original blue highly
decorative cloth, new spine in matching blue cloth,
corner tips worn, near VG. A very scarce title
indeed. 61444, £325
Tuckett F.F., A Pioneer In The High Alps. Alpine
Diaries and Letters of F. F. Tuckett 1856-1874., Edward Arnold, 1920 First Edition, 372pp, original brown cloth,
gilt titling to spine dulled, foxing to endpapers, occasional foxing, VG., Tuckett climbed extensively in the latter
part of the nineteenth century, adopting a scientific approach to mountain travel. Edited by W. A. B. Coolidge.
55070, £280
14
A Pictorial Guide To The Lakeland Fells
being an illustrated account of a study
and exploration of the mountains in the
English Lake District.
Alfred Wainwright
Book One - The Eastern Fells
Book Two - The Far Eastern Fells
Book Three - The Central Fells
Book Four - The Southern Fells
Book Five - The Northern Fells
Book Six - The North Western Fells
Book Seven - The Western Fells
FULL SET OF SEVEN GUIDE BOOKS
ALL FIRST EDITIONS
Henry Marshall & Westmorland Gazette Ltd, 1955-1966 First Editions, please call for full condition details, £1,150
Wainwright A., Scottish Mountain Drawings (Six Volumes). Vol One - The Northern Highlands, Vol Two The North-Western Highlands, Vol Three - The Western Highlands, Vol Four - The Central Highlands, Vol
Five - The Eastern Highlands, Vol Six - The Islands., , Westmorland Gazette, Early Reprints, Vol 1 - VG+ in
VG- price clipped dw with small tears, Vol 2 - VG+ in VG dw, Vol 3 - VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw, Vol 4 - VG+ in
VG dw, Vol 5 - VG+ in VG price clipped dw, Vol 6 - VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw. All volumes with neat private
bookplate and owner's signature. An attractive set. Volume One is an early reprint, the remaining volumes are all
in green rexine covers with square corners and gold lettering and may be either First Editions or early reprints.
Without the unclipped price on the dustwrapper it is impossible to determine the exact edition and hence this set
has been priced according to being early reprints., A wonderful addition to any library. 61933, £165
Walton W. H. Murray, Scrambles In Japan And Formosa, Edward Arnold & Co, 1934 First Edition, 304pp, 26
plates, 2 maps, original cloth with bright gilt, the top third of the front endpaper has been clipped, VG., An
important contribution to English language literature on these areas. The Rev. Walton was a missionary. £275
Walton W. H. Murray, Scrambles In Japan And Formosa, Edward Arnold & Co, 1934 First Edition, 304pp, 26
plates, original cloth with bright gilt, VG copy, inscribed on the front endpaper and also signed on the title page by
W. H. Murray Walton. A very scarce book especially so when signed. 54815, £475
West Lionel F., The Climbers' Pocket Book. Rock Climbing Accidents With Hints On First Aid To The
Injured. Some uses of the Rope, Methods of Rescue, and Transport., The Scientific Publishing Co.,, 1906
First Edition, 76pp, paperback, VG. A very rare title. 48715, £160
Weston Rev. Walter, Mountaineering And Exploration In The Japanese Alps, John Murray, 1896 First Edition,
346pp, 35 illusts, magnificent new brown half leather binding with raised bands, very clean internally, a lovely fine
copy., The most important work on Japan's mountains. The Rev. Weston is considered the 'father' of
mountaineering in Japan. 10445, £550
Weston Rev. Walter, Mountaineering And Exploration In The Japanese Alps, John Murray, 1896 First Edition,
346pp, 35 illusts, original cloth, spine faded with foxing, sunning to perimeter of boards, many pages unopened,
foxing to endpapers, internally very clean indeed, VG-., The most important work on Japan's mountains. The Rev.
Weston is considered the 'father' of mountaineering in Japan. 10375, £590
Weston Rev. Walter, The Playground Of The Far East, ohn Murray, 1918 First Edition, 333pp, original red cloth,
gold embossed emblem of the Japanese Alpine Club on the front board, spine faded as usual, some fading to
boards, inscription, foxing to endpapers, internally very clean, Good+, Scarce early work on mountaineering in
Japan. 5572, £170
Whillans Don & Bonington Chris, The South Patagonia Survey Expedition II 1962-63 - Official Expedition
Postcard, 1962 First Edition, Postcard of The Towers of Paine, VG, signed by all expedition members, Don
Whillans, Chris Bonington, Ian Clough, Barrie Page, Derek Walker, Vic Bray and John Streetly., Bonington and
Whillans made the First ascent of the Central Tower of Paine. 45055, £160
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Souvenirs Pittoresques des Glaciers de
Chamouny
Gabriel Charton Gabriel
Tony Astill, 2016 First Edition, 64pp, hardback,
29 x 21 cm, 18 coloured illustrations with
tissue guards, New in dustwrapper.
The most rare of all Alpine books now
published in facsimile almost 200 years after it
was first published. In the annals of Alpine
Literature one book that has escaped the
attention of historians and bibliographers,
Coolidge, Mathews, Montagnier, Perret,
Meckly et al is ‘Souvenirs Pittoresques des
Glaciers de Chamouny’. Published in 1821 it
was for sale in Geneva from Gabriel Charton
(Genève 1775-1853) an artist who is not well
known, although having been one of the first to introduce lithography to Switzerland. Illustrated with 18 dessins
colories which are exquisitely executed by hand and of exceptional quality, representing works of art in their own
right are accompanied by descriptive text. This was the very first illustrated guide for those who desired to travel
the road from Geneva to Chamonix. Each view is tipped into place on heavier card and the process may have
become too painstaking and therefore too expensive to continue and perhaps the reason why only two other
copies have been traced and none of the major Swiss or Alpine Club libraries possess one. The original text,
being in French, has been lovingly translated into English and so there is now a page in each language to
accompany each view. £35
Whillans Don & Ormerod Alick, Don Whillans. Portrait Of A Mountaineer, Heinemann, 1971 First Edition,
266pp, original blue cloth, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed on the half title by Don Whillans, also a gift inscription on the
half title by a previous owner. 63000, £260 other copies available, please enquire.
Whillans, Haston, Estcourt, Bonington, Official Annapurna South Face Expedition 1970 Souvenir Postcard
Stamped Base Camp 1970, Very good condition signed by Martin Boysen, Dougal Haston, Don Whillans, Chris
Bonington, Nick Estcourt, Mick Burke, Tom Frost, Mike Thompson, Kelvin Kent and the ink stamp signature of Ian
Clough, who sadly died in an avalanche on the expedition., I understand a batch of 1000 of these postcards were
produced and all were signed by the ten members of the expedition (some were also signed by the expedition's
doctor, Dave Lambert). Sadly, many of these postcards never reached their destination. Left at a post office in
Kathmandu before the expedition set off for Annapurna, many were stolen, the stamps steamed off and the cards
thrown away. Ian Clough was in charge of supplies and arrived late in Kathmandu. The expedition members
completed the signatures by using a rubber stamp of his signature. 63236, £195
Whymper Edward, A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn, John Murray, 1899 Third Edition, 224pp, 44pp
adverts, paperback, original paper wrappers, owner's signature on front cover, occasional blind stamp of the
R.S.G.S., VG, 'With the compliments of the author' written on front cover by Edward Whymper in his distinctive
hand but without his actual signature as is often the case. An attractive copy. 53791, £180
Workman Fanny Bullock, Peaks and Glaciers of Nun Kun. A record of pioneer-exploration and
mountaineering in the Punjab Himalaya., Constable and Company Ltd, 1909 First Edition, xv, 204pp, 92 illusts,
map, original decorative grey cloth, t.e.g., exlibrary, numbers to spine and a couple of ink stmps but otherwise no
evidence and very clean indeed, professionally recased with new endpapers, a strong tight copy, VG., In 1906,
the pioneering couple Fanny Bullock Workman and her husband William Hunter Workman, claimed an ascent of
Pinnacle Peak. They also toured extensively through the Nun Kun massif and produced a map; however,
controversy surrounded the Workmans' claims, and few trigonometrical points were given for the region, so that
the map they produced was not usable. 61944, £650
Workman Fanny Bullock & Workman William Hunter, Ice-Bound Heights Of The Mustagh. An Account of Two
Seasons of Pioneer Exploration and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya., Archibald Constable & Co.,
1908 First Edition, xvi, 444pp, 170 illustrations (many full-page), 4 colour and 3 photogravure plates (including 2
portraits), 2 folding maps, original decorative boards, t.e.g., gilt lettering to spine faint, bottom corners slightly
bumped, first signs of foreedge foxing, light foxing to endpapers, rear of maps and slightly more so to the
photogravure plates (loose tissue-guards foxed), minor repair edge of title page and maps, a VG copy of this
desirable book. 55874, £425
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Zurbriggen Mattias, From The Alps To The Andes.
Being the Autobiography of a Mountain Guide, T.
Fisher Unwin, 1899 First Edition, xvi, 269pp, 55 illusts,
original decorative red cloth, t.e.g., minor crease line on
rear board, small worn spot at the top of the rear board,
ragged edge to contents page, internally very clean
indeed, VG+. A most attractive copy of an extremely
scarce title., A major part of the book is related to the
Karakoram expedition in 1892 with Martin Conway and
the expedition to New Zealand in 1894/5 with FitzGerald.
It was on the Karakoram trip he met FitzGerald whom he
impressed and FitzGerald hired him as his guide for the
next five years. In New Zealand they intended to make
the first ascent of Mount Cook, but local climbers, alarmed
that their highest mountain might first be climbed by
foreigners, climbed it a few days after FitzGerald's arrival.
They made the first ascent of Mount Sefton, and with the
New Zealander Jack Clarke (who had made the first
ascent of Mount Cook), made first ascents of Mount
Sealy, Mount Silberhorn, Mount Tasman and Mount
Haidinger. £1,400
Yakushi Yoshimi, Catalogue Of Himalayan Literature,
Hakusuisha Publishing, 1984 Second Edition, 759pp, light
wear to extremities, minor pencil annotation on many
pages, VG, no slipcase., A truly superb reference for
collectors and dealers. 4607 entries relating to the
Himalayas, together with Tibet and Central Asia, the
range east to Yunnan and Upper Burma and to the west
to the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, the Tien Shan and the
Pamirs. 55798, £220
Wilson Ken, Extreme Rock. Great British Rock Climbs, Diadem Books, 1987 First Edition, 296pp, near Fine in
near Fine dw., Great British Rock Climbs. Now extremely scarce. 63566, £240
Murder In The Hindu Kush. George Hayward and the Great Game.
Tim Hannigan, History Press, 2011 First Edition, 254pp, hardback, New in
dw,
On a bright July morning in 1870 the British explorer George Hayward was
brutally murdered high in the Hindu Kush. Who was he, what had brought him
to this wild spot, and why was he killed.
£11
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A Selection of other Mountaineering Books
[Alpine Club], Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers by Members of The Alpine Club. Third Series., Methuen & Co,
1932 First Edition, 307pp, 16 illusts, original brown cloth with gilt, occasional foxing, VG in colour photocopy of
original dw, signed on the front endpaper by Herbert Carr. Carr was prominent in Welsh climbing in the 1920s and
was the author of the first Climbers' Club guidebook to Snowdon and Beddgelert district., A collection of articles
from volumes 1-5 of the Alpine Journal. Edited by Field A. E. and Spencer Sydney. 41015, £32
[Alpine Club], Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of The Alpine Club.,
Longman, Green, Longman And Roberts, 1859 Third Edition, 532pp, original decorative brown cloth, 9 maps, 8
coloured plates, 24 illusts, recased with repair to spine, secure copy but with evidence of some splitting to cloth
prior to repair, G++., This series of pieces led to the commencement of the Alpine Journal in 1863. 4142, £85
[China], A Photographic Record Of The Mount Jolmo Lungma Scientific Expedition (1966-1968), Science
Press, Peking, 1974 First Edition, VG in VG dw., Account of the Tibet Scientific Expedition of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences. An uncommon title. 58870, £30
Abraham George D., First Steps To Climbing, Mills & Boon, 1923 First Edition, 126pp, 24 illusts, boards
marked, internally very clean indeed, Good only, Beginner's guide to climbing, contains some of classic Abraham
photographs. 37091, £12
Abraham George D., Modern Mountaineering, Methuen & Co, 1945 2nd Edition, 198pp, small tear to margin of
one page, VG in Good+ dw with some foxing., Classic text from the rock climbing pioneer, covering the Alps,
North Wales and The Lake District. 39142, £10
Abraham George D., Modern Mountaineering, Methuen & Co, 1948 3rd Edition Revised, 198pp, VG+ in VG- dw,
signed dedication on the front endpaper by George D. Abraham ' To Mary Freckleton, With best wishes from the
author, George D. Abraham. Xmas 1950'. 39426, £75
Abraham George D., Motoring In The English Lakeland., G. P. Abraham, 1929 First Edition, 62pp, paperback,
original card covers with cord tie, rubbing to edges, small inscr, light foxing to first few pages, VG., With many
illustrations in black and white. 62750, £42
Abraham George D., Mountain Adventures At Home And Abroad, Metheun & Co, 1910 Second Edition,
308pp, 26 plates, original red cloth, lovely bright gilt to spine, foreedge foxing and some occasional elsewhere,
VG in very scarce VG dw with one small tear., Describes autumn days in Skye, the Matterhorn, Welsh climbs and
many more. With twenty six illustrations. 63415, £140
Abraham George D., Up The Grandest Of The Dolomites, Badminton Library, July 1912, pp31-41, extract from
'The Badminton Library', disbound, VG+. Scarce Abraham article. Climbing the Kleine Zinne in the Dolomites. £32
Alder Garry, Beyond Bokhara, Century Publishing, 1985 First Edition, 417pp, Fine in Fine dw, The Life of William
Moorcroft, Asian explorer and pioneer veterinary surgeon 1767 - 1825. 56654, £28
Alvarez Al, Feeding The Rat. Profile Of A Climber, Bloomsbury, 1988 First Edition, 152pp, Fine in VG+ dw, The
well written biography of Mo Anthoine, a companion of Bonington, Scott and many other famous climbers. £13
Anker Daniel, Eiger. The Vertical Arena, The Mountaineers, 2000 First Edition, 224pp, Fine in VG+ dw. Superbly
illustrated history of climbing on the Eiger, now scarce. 62988, £70
Anon, Qomolangma Sagarmatha 1988, Yomiuri Shimbun-Sha, 1988, 162pp, near Fine in VG+ dw with slight
sunning to edges. A very scarce title., Text in Chinese and English. China, Japan, Nepal Friendship Expedition to
Qomolangma/Sagarmatha 1988. Superbly illustrated with wonderful photographs. 59395, £135
Anon, Snowdon Mountain Railway - A collection of 65 postcards, , , A wonderful collection of 65 different
postcards all depicting the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Most are unused. The age of the cards is unclear to me,
one is dated 1903, most are later 1950s onwards but there are other early ones. 59474, £140
Baker Ernest A., Moors, Crags & Caves Of The High Peak And The Neighbourhood, John Heywood, 1903
First Edition, 207pp, 43 illusts, 2 maps, original pictorial cloth, owner's signature, occasional foxing, head and tail
of spine a little worn, a bright copy., Pioneer climbing in the Derbyshire Peak District. Baker's most important and
sought after book, a very scarce item. 3881, £70
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Ball John, The Central Alps. Part I and Part II. The Alpine Guide., Longmans, Green & Co, 1907 / 1911 New
Edition, Part I - xxviii, 326pp, original fawn cloth, 6 maps, VG. Part II - xix, 432pp, original fawn cloth, 9 maps, VG.
Browning to endpapers. 63274, £110
Banks Mike, Rakaposhi, Secker & Warburg, 1959 First Edition, 238pp, private bookplate, VG in VG slightly
rubbed dw, signed dedication by Mike Banks on the title page., Account of 1956 attempt and first ascent in 1958
with Tom Patey. 56850, £65
Barker Ralph, The Last Blue Mountain, Chatto & Windus, 1959 First Edition, 212pp, light foxing to foreedges,
owner's signature, VG+ in VG dw, The tragic 1957 Haramosh expedition. 62209, £35
Barker Ralph, The Last Blue Mountain, Chatto & Windus, 1959 First Edition, 212pp, some sellotape residue
marks to boards, owner's signature, VG- in Good+ dw, signed by Tony Streather. 62845, £85
Bechtold Fritz, Nanga Parbat Adventure. A Himalayan Expedition., John Murray, 1935 First Edition, 93pp, light
foxing to a few pages and foreedges, light wear to extremities, VG- in colour photocopy of original dw from a later
reprint., Account of the disastrous second German expedition on which four climbers and six porters died. £12
Bechtold Fritz, Nanga Parbat Adventure. A Himalayan Expedition., John Murray, 1935 Second
Impressionreprint, 93pp, private bookplate, light foreedge foxing, VG in Good+ dw. 62186, £22
Beck Howard M., Gaping Gill. 150 Years Of Exploration, Robert Hale, 1984 First Edition, 190pp, Fine in Fine
dw. A lovely copy., The book tells the story of the exciting, often hazardous exploration of Britain's most
celebrated cave system. 62902, £28
Bettembourg Georges & Brame Michael, The White Death, Reynard House, 1981 First Edition US, 306pp, VG+
in VG+ dw. Illustrated by Kathe Strangfeld Krohn., Broad Peak, Kangchenjunga, Kusum Kanguru, Everest and
Nuptse with Boardman, Scott and Tasker. Bettembourg was killed near Chamonix while crystal hunting. £65
Birtles G. B., Stoney Middleton Dale, G. B. Birtles, 1967 reprint, 52pp, paperback, original yellow card covers, a
few marks to cover, climbing shop ink stamp to front cover, previous owner's name and address, Good+., Very
scarce climbing guide. 63184, £65
Blum Arlene, Annapurna A Woman's Place, Granada, 1980 First Edition, 256pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, The dramatic
story of the first women's ascent of one of the worlds's highest peaks. 62265, £14
Boardman Peter, Sacred Summits. A Climber's Year, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982 First Edition, 264pp, VG in
VG+ price clipped dw, signed by Doug Scott., New Guinea, Kangchenjunga and Gauri Sankar. 40214, £34
Boardman Peter, The Shining Mountain, The Leisure Circle, 1978 rep, 192pp, VG+ in VG dw., Two men on
Changabang's West Wall. 62216, £15
Boardman Peter & Tasker Joe, The Boardman Tasker Omnibus, Baton Wicks, 1996 rep, 270pp, 192pp, 258pp,
165pp, Fine in Fine dw., Includes 'Savage Arena', 'The Shining Mountain', 'Sacred Summits', 'Everest The Cruel
Way'. A superb omnibus. 44330, £15
Bonatti Walter, On The Heights, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964 First Edition, 248pp, VG in VG- rubbed dw, Bonatti's
account of climbs to K2 and solo ascent of the Dru's South West Pillar. 51548, £125
Bonatti Walter, The Great Days, Victor Gollancz, 1974 First Edition, 189pp, near Fine in near Fine price clipped
dw. A lovely copy., Autobiography picks up the tale after the retreat from the Central Pillar of Freney. 62172, £125
Bonington Chris, Annapurna South Face, Book Club Associates, 1971 First Edition, Second Impression, 334pp,
owner's signature, VG- in VG- dw with fading to spine, signed by Doug Scott., The expedition's success was
marred by the death of Ian Clough in an ice avalanche almost at the end of the descent. 6225, £15
Bonington Chris, Annapurna South Face, Cassell, 1972 First Edition, Third Impression, 334pp, VG in VG+ dw
with sunning to spine, signed on the title page by Chris Bonington. 30731, £19
Bonington Chris, Everest South West Face, Hodder & Stoughton, 1973 First Edition, 2nd Printing, 352pp, Fine in
VG dw, signed by Chris Bonington and Hamish MacInnes., In the autumn of 1972, cutting manpower and
equipment to a minimum, Chris Bonington led an all-British team, including Hamish MacInnes and Dougal Haston,
in an attempt to climb the South West Face. 46120, £29
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Bonington Chris, Everest South West Face, Hodder & Stoughton, 1973 First Edition, 352pp, VG+ in VG dw,
signed by Chris Bonington and Hamish MacInnes. 44486, £29
Bonington Chris, Kongur. China's Elusive Summit, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982 First Edition, 224pp, VG+ in VG+
dw, signed by Chris Bonington, Expeditions in 1980 and 1981 to China's elusive summit. 39472, £12
Bonington Chris, Mountaineer, Diadem Books, 1989 First Edition, 192pp, Fine in Fine dw. Thirty years of
climbing on the world's great peaks. 62791, £15
Bonington Chris, The Everest Years. A Climber's Life, Hodder & Stoughton, 1986 First Edition, 256pp, VG+ in
VG price clipped dw, signed by Doug Scott., Autobiography chronicles his four expeditions to the world's highest
peak from early attempts on the South-West Face. 33012, £14
Bonington Chris & Clarke Charles, Tibet's Secret Mountain. The Triumph Of Sepu Kangri., Weidenfeld &
Nicolson, 1999 First Edition, 254pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Chris Bonington & Charles Clarke., An account not
only of the exploration and attempts to reach the summit of Sepu Kangri, but also of the largely unexplored land
and its people. 62202, £26
Bonington Chris, Boysen Martin, Hankinson Alan, Haston Dougal, Sandhu Balwant, Scott Doug, Changabang,
Heinemann, 1975 First Edition, 118pp, VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw signed by Doug Scott and Chris Bonington.,
First ascent of this Garhwal peak via Shipton's Col and the east ridge. 46403, £45
Boukreev Anatoli & DeWalt G.Weston, The Climb. Tragic Ambitions on Everest, Macmillan, 2001 UK First
Edition, 372pp VG+ in VG dw. Uncommon UK First Edition., Anatoli Boukreev was head Everest Expedition
Guide. The account of one of the most amazing rescues on Mount Everest in 1996 where four climbers died,
Boukreev ended up saving several lives and attempted to save all at great risk to himself, 62982, £32
Breashears David, High Exposure. An Enduring Passion For Everest And Unforgiving Places, Simon &
Schuster, 1999 First Edition US, First Printing, 319pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by David Breashears., Stories of a
world class climber and great adventurer, leader of the Everest IMAX Filming Expedition. A personal history of his
expeditions. 32329, £18
Brown Joe, The Hard Years, Victor Gollancz, 1967 Second Impression, 256pp, inscr, VG in Good price clipped
dw, signed by Joe Brown. A scarce signed Edition., Classic and most sought after autobiography. 62842, £80
Brown Hamish, Poems Of The Scottish Hills, Aberdeen University Press, 1982 First Edition, 202pp, name and
address stamp of private centre library, crease to top corner of front cover, page edges are marked, two pages
have marks to top of page, Good, An anthology selected by Hamish Brown, foreword by Norman MacCaig, nearly
250 poems by 140 poets both past and present. 54296, £14
Brown Hamish, Poems Of The Scottish Hills, Aberdeen University Press, 1982 First Edition, 202pp, Fine in Fine
dw, signed by Hamish Brown. 58021, £45
Brown Hamish & Berry Martyn, Speak To The Hills. Limited Edition, Aberdeen University Press, 1985 First
Edition, Limited Edition, 530pp, Fine in near Fine dw, signed by Hamish Brown & Martyn Berry. No. 82 of a
Limited Edition., An anthology of twentieth century British and Irish mountain poetry. 62854, £80
Buhl Hermann, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956 First Edition, 360pp, VG in colour
photocopy of original dw., Buhl's solo ascent of Nanga Parbat ranks as one of the most outstanding feats in
climbing history. 46493, £42
Buhl Hermann, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956 First Edition, 360pp, first signs of foreedge
foxing, VG in VG- dw. 54517, £58
Burdsall Richard L. & Emmons Arthur B., Men Against The Clouds. The Conquest Of Minya Konka., John
Lane The Bodley Head, 1935 First Edition, 272pp, original cloth, sunning to spine and edge of boards, foreedge
foxing, VG-., The search for a mountain higher than Everest led Burdsall, Emmons, Moore and Young to set off
across China by land in 1932. Their destination, the largely unexplored mountain ranges near the Tibetan border,
in particular the unsurveyed Minya Kinka, shown then on some maps as Mt Koonka, 30,000ft. The expedition
made the first ascent of the mountain, which is 24,900ft high, and for 25 years thereafter ws the highest mountain
climbed by Americans. 63108, £40
Byne Eric, A Climbing Guide To Brassington Rocks, The Midland Association Of Mountaineers, 1950 Edition,
35pp, owner's signature, VG. 62315, £40
20
The Roof at the Bottom of the World. Discovering the
Transantarctic Mountains, Stump Edmund, Yale
University Press, 2011 First Edition, 254pp, hardback,
New in dustwrapper., A fascinating portrait and history of
the most obscure mountains on earth, by a modern
scientist-explorer with unsurpassed knowledge of the
region. This is the first comprehensive and fully
illustrated history of the region's discovery and
exploration.
With
stunning
photographs
and
accompanying maps Stump is able to trace the actual
routes of the early explorers with unprecedented
accuracy. £19
Byne Eric & White Wilfred B., Climbs On Gritstone
Volume 4. Further Developments in The Peak
District, Willmer Brothers & Haram ltd, 1957 First
Edition, 205pp, VG+. A lovely fresh copy., Scarce early
climbing guide. 55265, £140
Campbell Robin N., The Munroist's Companion, The
Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1999 First Edition, 328pp,
pictorial boards, Fine, signed by Robin Campbell., This
companion deals with the origins, history and present
state of Munro-bagging. 40448, £26
Carr, Herbert R. C. Lister George A. & Work Paul Orkney, A Walker's Guide To Snowdon And The Beddgelert
District., Listers (Printers) Ltd, 1949 First Edition, 60pp Plus fold out Panoramic Sketches, owner's signature,
wear to top kand bottom of spine, VG. Signed by G. A. Lister. 62804, £40
Cassin Riccardo, 50 Years Of Alpinism, Diadem Books, 1981 First Edition, 207pp, Fine in Fine dw,
Autobiography of the legendary Italian mountaineer, his first ascents include North Face of the Cima Ovest and
the Walker Spur of the Grande Jorasses. 63110, £22
Casteret Norbert, Cave Men New And Old, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1951 First Edition, 178pp, endpapers have some
ink marking from the dustwrapper flaps, VG in VG- rubbed and price clipped dw., Caving accounts including La
Henne-Morte the deepest cave known at the time. 62897, £20
Casteret Norbert, The Descent of Pierre Saint- Martin, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955 First English Translation,
160pp, near Fine in VG dw., The book contains chapters not only of adventure as thrilling as any tale of fiction,
but also of great scientific interest. 62906, £65
Chevalier Pierre, Subterranean Climbers. Twelve Years in the World's Deepest Chasm, Faber and Faber,
1951 First Edition, 223pp, VG+ in VG price clipped dw with one small edge tear repaired., Piere Chevalier's log
book of a twelve year long struggle in sub Alpine chasms and watercourses. It is an unadorned and enthralling
account of drudgery, bold experiment in new caving techniques, frustration, rare victories hard won against every
kind of natural obstacle, and the final triumphant linking of the Glaz and the Guiers-Mort. 63330, £55
Chouinard Yvon, Climbing Ice, Hodder & Stoughton, 1981 reprint, 192pp, large paperback, small owner's
address label, owner's signature, VG., History, techniques and experiences of adventurous ice climbing. £10
Chouinard Yvon, Climbing Ice, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 First Edition, 192pp, owner's signature, sellotape
repair to dw, VG+ in VG dw, History, techniques and experiences of adventurous ice climbing. 62120, £15
Clark R.W. & Pyatt E.C., Mountaineering In Britain, Phoenix House Ltd, 1957 First Edition, 288pp, VG+ in
Good+ dw with sellotape repair to top of spine., A history from the earliest times to the present day. An excellent
reference book. 54550, £19
Collie J. Norman, Climbing On The Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges, Kessinger Publishing, 2016,
315pp, paperback, Fine. A facsimile reprint, the text is complete from the original edition but without the
illustrations., Includes the first ever attempt on an Himalayan 8000m peak. 63503, £32
Connor Jeff, Creagh Dhu Climber. The Life And Times Of John Cunningham., Ernest Press, 1999 First
Edition, 251pp, pictorial hardback, Fine copy, Cunningham, an inspirational climber born in Glasgow climbed in
Scotland, Antarctica, Himalaya and the Alps. 62964, £24
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Cruickshank Jimmy, High Endeavours. The Life And Legend Of Robin Smith, Canongate, 2005 First Edition,
374pp, new in new dw., Biography of Robin Smith, a young outstanding Scottish climber, who fell to his death with
Wilfrid Noyce in 1962 in the Pamirs. A long overdue tribute to one of Scotland's most daring and legendary
climbers. 30291, £12
Curran Jim, here, there and everywhere… The autobiography of Jim Curran, Edgebrook Publishing, 2012
First Edition, 388pp, hardback, New in dw. A substantial well written volume., The master storyteller, Jim Curran,
has finally produced the biggest story he can tell. For readers of his previous books it is full of surprises,
conundrums and split lives. Curran describes his life travelling to the world's great ranges to climb, film and write
about them. Frankly written and with humour never far away. He has had 15 trips to the Himalaya, written seven
books and his films have won many awards at festivals around the world. 63496, £35
Curran Jim, High Achiever, Constable, 1999 First Edition, 264pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Chris Bonington.,
The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington. 40310, £22
Curran Jim, Suspended Sentences, Hodder & Stoughton, 1991 First Edition, 191pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by
Jim Curran., Jim Curran, climbing cameraman, writer, film-maker and raconteur, has climbed and filmed in many
of the world's great ranges, from the Himalaya and the Karakoram to the Atlas and the Andes. 56499, £55
Curran Jim, Trango The Nameless Tower, Dark Peak, 1978 First Edition, 175pp, VG+ in VG dw complete but
with minor tears, First ascent in 1976 of nameless 20500ft peak in the Trango Tower group of the Karakoram.
39596, £12
Curran Jim, Trango The Nameless Tower, Dark Peak, 1978 First Edition, 175pp, foxing to endpapers, VG+ in
VG+ dw, signed by Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. 40926, £20
Dainelli Giotto, Buddhists And Glaciers Of Western Tibet, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1933 First
Edition, 304pp, 32 plates, map, original blue cloth boards, corners rounded, VG in colour photocopy of original
scarce dw, In 1930 Dainelli and his companion spent two months in the Karakoram, principally making a
geological and botannical survey of the whole of the Siachen glacier. They travelled by Kashmir, Baltistan, and
Ladakh to Leh, then to the Karakoram, the Shyok and Nubra valleys, the Siachen, Teram Sher and Rimo glaciers.
He was also with de Filippi's great 1913-14 Karakoram expedition. 44491, £95
Desio Ardito, Ascent Of K2, Elek Books, 1955 First Edition, 239pp, light foxing to foreedges, VG+ in Good+ dw
with sellotape repairs to inside cover., First ascent of K2, the second highest peak in the world. 54593, £39
Desio Ardito, Ascent Of K2, Elek Books, 1955 First Edition, 239pp, foxing to endpapers, foreedge foxing, VG in
Good rubbed and chipped dw, signed by K2 ascenters Jim Wickwire and Nazir Sabir. 42380, £76
Diemberger Kurt, Summits And Secrets, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1971 First Edition, 344pp, wear to
extremities, stain to front board, VG- in Good repaired dw., Excellent early autobiography. Diemberger is a
legendary mountain climber, and is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over
8,000 meters: Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960. 31091, £36
Diemberger Kurt, Summits And Secrets, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1971 First Edition, 344pp, near Fine in near
Fine price clipped dw, signed by Kurt Diemberger on the half title. 46944, £125
Diemberger Kurt, The Endless Knot K2. Mountain Of Dreams And Destiny, Grafton Books, 1991 First Edition,
308pp, VG+ in VG+ dw in protective adhesive film., Endless Knot tells of Diemberger’s thirty year obsession with
K2, and offers the only first hand account in English of the disaster which claimed the life of Julie Tullis and five
others. Eight climbers became trapped by storms at 8000 metres for five days. This is a very moving account of
the slow death of those trapped as they fall to the altitude and exhaustion. After five days when death has claimed
two, the survivors they make a final bid for freedom. A gripping classic of mountaineering literature. 56913, £11
Diemberger Kurt, The Endless Knot K2. Mountain Of Dreams And Destiny, Grafton Books, 1991 First Edition,
308pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Kurt Diemberger. 45054, £48
Drummond Peter & Mitchell Ian, The First Munroist, Ernest Press, 1993 First Edition, 134pp, near Fine in VG dw
with sunning to spine., The Reverend A E Robertson His Life, Munros and Photographs. 63326, £24
Dumler Helmut & Burkhardt R., The High Mountains Of The Alps. Volume 1: The Four-Thousand-Metre
Peaks, Diadem Books, 1994 reprint, 224pp, Fine in VG+ dw., A collaberation of descriptive text and colour
photographs that depict the key section of climbs on some of the greatest mountains in the Alps. Each mountain
is dealt with seperately, with historical commentary and advice about the current situation. 41394, £15
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The K2 Man (and his Molluscs). The Extraordinary Life of
Haversham Godwin-Austen, Catherine Moorehead, The In
Pinn, 2013 First Edition, 279pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.
Haversham Godwin-Austen, 1834-1823, found his way to K2,
but went on to be the first serious explorer of the Karakoram,
Ladakh, Western Tibet, Bhutan, Northern Burma and Assam. He
broke the Asiatic high altitude summitting record three times.
NEW LOWER PRICE £20
Dyhrenfurth G.O., To The Third Pole, Werner Laurie, 1955 First
Edition, 233pp, endpaper foxing, VG+ in VG- dw., History of
attempts on the 8000 metre peaks. Dyhrenfurth led the 1930
international Kanchenjunga expedition. 6452, £23
Edholm, O. G. & Bacharach A. L., Exploration Medicine being
a Practical Guide for those going on Expeditions., John
Wright & Sons, 1965 First Edition, 410pp, owner's signature, VG
in VG dw with minor repair., This book is meant primarily to help
the small group of explorers who may have perforce to manage
without a qualified medical man or woman in their ranks. It
contains information on the cure of ills, and on prevention of
them. 54551, £18
Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club, Edinburgh
University Mountaineering Song Book, Edinburgh University
Mountaineering Club, 1955 Revised Edition, 99pp, card covers,
some marks to rear cover, chipped to head and tail of spine,
Good., Published for private circulation to members of Edinburgh Mountaineering and Edinburgh University
Mountaineering Club only. 95 climbing and other folk songs, such as Karibiner King, Wild Eyed Climbing Boy and
Mountain Rescue Song. A scarce and interesting item. 63185, £65
Eggler Albert, The Everest - Lhotse Adventure, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1957 First Edition, 224pp, VG+ in
VG slightly chipped dw, The story of the Swiss Expedition of 1956. 34359, £15
Eiselin Max, The Ascent Of Dhaulagiri, Oxford University Press, 1961 First Edition, 159pp, VG+ in Good+
slightly chipped dw., The last Nepal 8000 meter peak to be climbed. 63127, £42
Eiselin Max, The Ascent Of Dhaulagiri, Oxford University Press, 1961 First Edition, 159pp, small inscription,
near Fine in VG dw with small chip to base of spine, The last Nepal 8000 meter peak to be climbed. 55623, £46
Eyre Jim, The Cave Explorers, The Stalactite Press, 1981 First Canadian Edition, 264pp, Fine in VG dw with
some slight waving from previous water marking. Scarce in dustwrapper., The Caver Explorers is an
autobiographical account of caving in Yorkshire, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Mexico, It is a
book of adventure, epic tales, and humorous anecdotyes. 62905, £55
Eyre Jim, The Ease Gill Cave System. Forty Years of Exploration, British Cave Research Association, 1989
Edition, 48pp, paperback, Fine. A very scarce title. 63331, £65
Faber Monika [editor], Infinite Ice. The Arctic and the Alps from 1860 to the Present, Hatje Cantz, 2008 First
Edition, 112pp, 139 illusts, hardback, New in dustwrapper., A study of the portrayal of glaciers over the decades
from early sketches and paintings through to the latest photographic works. A look at some of the historical works
through new eyes. 61799, £16
Fanshawe Andy, Coming Through. Expeditions To Chogolisa And Menlungtse, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990
First Edition, 217pp, slight bumping to corner, VG in VG dw, signed by Fanshawe's regular climbing partner,
Stephen Venables., Account of Fanshawe’s climbs beginning with north face the Aiguille Du Plain ending with the
North Face Of the Eiger, in between come two contrasting and successful expeditions, to Chogolisa and to
Menlungtse. Fanshawe was killed on Lochnagar in 1992. A beautifully produced book. 44389, £21
Farrer Reginald, The Dolomites. King Laurin's Garden., Adam & Charles Black, 1913 First Edition, 207pp,
bright original pictorial boards, foxing to endpapers, internally very clean indeed, VG., 20 coloured plates by E
Harrison Compton. Farrer was a well known botanist and plant hunter exploring in Burma, China and Tibet.
63002, £75
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Finch George Ingle (Rodway George W. editor), George Ingle
Finch's 'The Struggle For Everest'., Carreg, 2008 First Edition,
232pp, new in dw, signed by George Rodway. First English translation
of ‘Der Kampf um den Everest’ with entries from Finch's diary kept
during the 1922 British Mount Everest Exped. Finch and Geoffrey
Bruce attained an altitude never previously achieved., He was a
pioneer in the use of supplementary oxygen for climbing at extreme
altitude and Alpine Club President 1959-61. He received little
recognition from the Britsh climbing establishment as they found him
difficult. An important Everest work. NEW LOWER PRICE £15
Finch G.I., The Making Of A Mountaineer, Arrowsmith, 1924 First
Edition, First Impression, 340pp, 81 illusts, original blue cloth, gold
decoration to front board, light crease to spine, small margin tear on
one leaf, VG+. A lovely bright copy., An autobiography, Finch was a
scientist and responsible for the oxygen equipment on Everest.
51500, £45
Finlayson Frith, The Ski Teacher. An Autobiography., Wm. Culross
& Son Ltd, 1997 First Edition, 278pp, card covers, Fine copy. Signed
inscription by the author Frith Finlayson., The story of British
Professional Ski-ing and dvelopment of Ski-ing in Britain. Frith
Finlayson was one of Scotland's best known Skiers. A scarce title and
an important one regarding Scottish skiing. 62774, £60
Firsoff V.A., In The Hills Of Breadalbane, Robert Hale, 1954 First Edition, 270pp, VG in VG dw, Illustrated from
the Author's photographs and drawings. 33036, £12
Firsoff V.A., The Cairngorms On Foot And Ski, Robert Hale, 1949 First Edition, 279pp,+ Map, original cloth,
gold decoration to front board, light foxing to endpapers and foreedges, VG in VG- dw. 56750, £14
Fisher Hervey, From A Tramp's Wallet. A Life of Douglas William
Freshfield, The Erskine Press, 2001 First Edition, 307pp, hardback, New in
dustwrapper., Freshfield's parents were wealthy and this allowed him the
opportunity to devote his life to mountain exploration and the promotion of
geographical study. He went on three expeditions to the Caucasus and once
to the unmapped region north of Kanchenjunga. He was a scholar, author,
biographer, art collector as well as an explorer and his work resulted in much
new geographical and cultural information being made available to the world.
61881, £15
Franco Jean & Terray L., At Grips With Jannu, Victor Gollancz, 1967 First
Edition, 192pp, date on front endpaper, Fine in VG+ dw, The French ascent of
Jannu in 1962 was the most difficult Himalayan climb accomplished up to that
time. 44168, £24
Freeman Lewis R., On The Roof Of The Rockies. The Great Columbia
Icefield Of The Canadian Rockies, Dodd, Mead And Company, 1925 First
US Edition, 270pp, original pictorial boards, some pages unopened, VG+ in
Good+ dw. Very scarce in dustwrapper., Photographic surveying expedition.
39095, £140
Galloway Gazette, Galloway Glimpses or Guides from Newton Stewart to I. Glen Trool. II. Up Among the
Minnigaff Hills. III. The Top of Cairnsmore. IV Ravenshall. V. Cumloden Valley, The Palnure Valley,
Murray's Monument, and Bargaly Valley., Galloway Gazette, 1903 reprint, 141pp, paperback, VG., Mainly
articles which appeared in the Galloway Gazette. 63017, £30
Gill David W. & Beck John S., Caves Of The Peak District, Dalesman Books, 1991 rep, 257pp, plastic covered
softback, VG+. A lovely copy. 62908, £14
Gillman Peter, In Balance, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989 First Edition, 252pp, Fine in Fine price clipped dw, signed
by Peter Gillman., Twenty years of mountaineering journalism. 62220, £28
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Cameron McNeish - Signed Books
Scotland End to End. Walking the Gore-Tex Scottish National Trail. 2012 reprint, 176pp, pictorial hardback,
New, Meandering through some of the most beautiful and rugged landscapes in Scotland the 470 mile Gore-Tex
Scottish National Trail connects some of Scotland's finest scenery into one long end-to-end journey. £12
The Skye Trail. A journey through the Isle of Skye. 2010 First Edition, 176pp, pictorial hardback, New. The 70
mile long Skye Trail connects two of the island's most extraordinary landscapes, the world famous Cuillin and the
Trotternish ridge. This long walk through the island, the 'Skitis' of the Celtic world, follows ancient byways, cattle
drovers' routes, mountain footpaths and an old railway line. £12
The Sutherland Trail. A journey through north-west Scotland. 2009 First Edition, 176pp, pictorial hardback,
New. The Sutherland Trail between Lochinver and Tongue follows ancient pathways, stalkers' routes and hill
tracks through one of the most geologically fascinating parts of the UK. £15
ALL COPIES SIGNED BY CAMERON MCNEISH AND RICHARD ELSE
SPECIAL OFFER - ALL 3 TITLES FOR £35
Gillman Peter & Haston D., Eiger Direct, Collins, 1966 First Edition, 183pp, top corner of front endpaper has
been clipped, VG in near VG dw, signed by Chris Bonington who took the photographs for the book. Bonington
also made the First British Ascent of the North Face., Account of the first direct route during which John Harlin fell
to his death. 37504, £36
Grant Captain R. H., Annapurna II, William Kimber, 1961 First Edition, 192pp, exlibrary, sellotape residue to
boards, tiny hole to title page, Good in Good dw with no library marks but trimmed slightly to top and bottom.,
Annapurna II was one of only three peaks over 26000ft still unclimbed at the time. This is an account of the first
ascent in 1960 by an expedition led by Jimmy Roberts. Richard Grant, Chris Bonington, and Sherpa Ang Nyima
reached the summit. 62170, £35
Grant Captain R. H., Annapurna II, William Kimber, 1961 First Edition, 192pp, original blue cloth, small stain to
bottom corner of one page, VG in VG dw. 63278, £60
Gray Affleck, The Big Grey Man Of Ben Macdhui, Lochar Publishing, 1989 reprint, 146pp, VG+ in VG with small
score line cut., The author investigates strange phenomena such as the Yeti, the Brocken Spectre and singing
sands searching for the truth behind the legend. 63393, £12
Gray Dennis, Mountain Lover, The Crowood Press, 1990 First Edition, 206pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed dedication
on title page by Dennis Gray., More mountain anecdotes from the author of Rope Boy, one time climbing partner
of Joe Brown and Don Whillans, and the first General Secretary of the British Mountaineering Council. 63493, £24
Gray Dennis, Poems 'From The Edge', , 2003 First Edition, card covers, Fine copy, signed by Dennis Gray to
Peter Hodgkiss. Very scarce., A book of poems. 51967, £44
25
Gray Dennis, Rope Boy, Victor Gollancz, 1979 reprint, 320pp, owner's signature, VG in VG price clipped dw with
sunning to spine., Autobiography of Dennis Gary who tells of his climbing expeditions around the world and being
the first man to climb Mukar Beh. 38102, £19
Gregory Alfred, The Picture Of Everest, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954 First Edition, VG+ in VG dw, Excellent
photographs from the 1953 Expedition. 36884, £15
Greig Andrew, Men On Ice, Canongate, 1977 First Edition, 51pp, near Fine in near Fine dw., Being the story of 3
Climbers and... another. Dedicated to Dougal Haston, Climber. Poetry and verse. 62963, £28
Habeler Peter, Everest Impossible Victory, Sphere Books, 1979 rep, 144pp, paperback, some browning to
pages, VG, signed by Peter Habeler., Habeler's 1st ascent of Everest without oxygen with Reinhold Messner.
39623, £16
Habeler Peter, Everest Impossible Victory, Arlington Books, 1979 First Edition, 223pp, F- in VG price clipped
dw, signed by Peter Habeler., Habeler's 1st ascent of Everest without oxygen with Reinhold Messner. 9979, £62
Hankinson Alan, Geoffrey Winthrop Young. Poet, Mountaineer, Educator., Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 First
Edition, First Printing, 365pp, VG+ in VG+ dw., A Boardman Tasker Award Winner. This book gives the first public
account of Geoffrey Winthrop Young's life. Compiled with the help of Young's voluminous diaries and letters. £26
Hankinson Alan, Geoffrey Winthrop Young. Poet, Mountaineer, Educator., Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 First
Edition, First Printing, 365pp, VG in VG dw, signed by Alan Hankinson. Signed copies are now scarce. £65
Harrer Heinrich, Die Weisse Spinne. Die Geschichte Der Eiger-Nordwand., Schweizer Druck und Verlagshaus,
1961 Swiss Edition, 231pp, small owner's address label, VG in VG dw., Text in German. It would appear to be the
First Swiss Edition. 63219, £35
Harvard A.& Thompson T., Mountain Of Storms. The American Expeditions To Dhaulagiri, Chelsea House,
1974 First Edition US, 210pp, VG in VG dw with a little edge wear., The 1969 expedition ended in the death of
seven members, and the 1973 expedition made the fourth ascent. 62184, £28
Haston Dougal, In High Places, Cassell & Co, 1972 First Edition, 168pp, slight wear to board edges, VG in VG
price clipped dw, signed by Haston's climbing partner, Chris Bonington., Haston's autobiography. 48133, £24
Haston Dougal, The Eiger, Cassell, 1974 First Edition, 170pp, inscr, VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw, History of
routes on the North Face. 62259, £28
Heap David, Potholing: Beneath The Northern Pennines., Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964 First Edition, 206pp,
VG+ in VG price clipped dw, The book offers the experienced caver an accurate guide to some of Britian's best
potholes, as well as conveying the excitement and fascination of potholing and the beauty of caves to a wider
public. 62904, £55
Hemmleb Jochen, Ghosts Of Everest. The Authorised Story Of The Search For Mallory & Irvine, MacMillan,
1999 First Edition, First Printing, 206pp, Fine in VG+ dw., In 1999 the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition
team set off to retrace the steps of the 1924 Expedition. On 1 May 1999, to the astonishment of the world, they
made a dramatic discovery when they came across the remains of George Mallory. 57750, £12
Herzog Maurice, Annapurna, E P Dutton, 1953 Fourth US Printing, 316pp, owner's signature, VG in Good dw,
signed by Maurice Herzog., Excellent account of the conquest of the first 8000m peak. More illustrations than the
UK edition. 56851, £100
Hillary Edmund, From The Ocean To The Sky, Hodder & Stoughton, 1979 First Edition, 273pp, VG in G price
clipped and cellotape marked dw, signed by Ed Hillary to title page., 1500 mile adventure up the Ganges to climb
Akash Parbat and Nar Parbat. -70039, £66
Hillary Edmund, High Adventure, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 First Edition, 224pp, owner's signature and date,
original blue cloth, VG in VG price clipped dw., Hillary's autobiography. 63063, £28
Holgate William, Arka Tagh. The Mysterious Mountains., The Ernest Press, 1994 First Edition, 154pp,
hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by William Holgate., Isolated by the Taklamakan Desert on the north and
the Tibetan wastes on the south, the Arka Tagh had remained largely ignored since the desperate forays of a
handful of Victorian explorers, until, in 1990, William Holgate, Tim Martin, their six companions and nineteen
camels set out from the remote outpost of Bash Malghun. 63106, £36
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Fallen Giants. A History Of Himalayan Mountaineering
Maurice Isserman & Stewart Weaver, Yale University Press, 2008 First
Edition, 579pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. A History of Himalayan
Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes. £12
Holzel Tom & Salkend A., The Mystery Of Mallory & Irvine, Henry Holt,
1986 First Edition US, 322pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Audrey
Salkeld., An attempt to determine if Mallory & Irvine reached the summit
of Everest. 44767, £20
Hornbein Thomas F., Everest The West Ridge, George Allen & Unwin,
1971 reprint, 181pp, light foxing to prelims, VG+ in VG+ dw., The first
American Everest ascent of Everest, and the traverse of the summit via
the West Ridge, photographs taken its leader, Norman G. Dyhrenfurth.
62208, £12
Houston C. & Bates R., Five Miles High, Robert Hale, 1940 First
Edition, 319pp, rebound in plain red cloth, removal mark from a Boots
Booklover's library sticker from the front cloth and rear endpaper, page
edges trimmed slightly, spine sunned, map endpapers have not been
retained but otherwise complete with all illustrations, the book is a bit
slack, Good only in colour photocopy of original dw with small loss to top and bottom of spine. The thrilling true
story of the first American expedition to K2. 56965, £59
Houston C. & Bates R., Five Miles High, Robert Hale, 1940 First Edition, 319pp, new black cloth binding with gilt
titles, felt tip mark to base of pages, page edges trimmed very slightly, map endpapers not retained, internally very
clean, VG in colour photocopy of original dw with small loss to top and bottom of spine. 37366, £140
Houston C. & Bates R., K2 The Savage Mountain, Collins, 1955 First Edition, 192pp, light foxing to endpapers,
VG in Good+ dw with sellotape staining to flaps., Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered
to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering. A dramatic and tragic story of how an accident
almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party on the descent. 62248, £15
Houston C. & Bates R., K2 The Savage Mountain, Collins, 1955 First Edition, 192pp, slight sunning to spine, VG
in VG dw, signed by expedition member, Tony Streather. 55557, £80
Humble B. H., The Cuillin Of Skye, The Ernest Press, 1986 reprint, 140pp, Fine in Fine dw., A principal book on
the history of climbing in Skye. 41799, £35
Humble B. H., The Cuillin Of Skye, Robert Hale, 1952 First Edition, 144pp, some fading to spine and boards,
light foxing to foredges and head of pages, two owner's signatures, Good+ in Good dw with some chipping,
signed dedication on the half title from Ben Humble and also signed by Ben Humble on the title page. 63168, £65
Humble B. H., The Cuillin Of Skye, The Ernest Press, 1986 Limited Edition, 140pp, original red cloth, Fine in
near Fine price clipped dw. No.18 of a Limited Edition of 200 copies specially bound in cloth. 62850, £120
Hunt John, Life Is Meeting, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 First Edition, 286pp, Fine in VG dw. Signed inscription
plus signed letter., Autobiography of this professional soldier, mountaineer, administrator and public figure. 62787,
£95
Hunt John, My Favourite Mountaineering Stories, Lutterworth Press, 1978 First Edition, 127pp, Fine in Fine dw,
The stories range from the Alps, Himalayas, Wales and of course Everest. 62784, £10
Hunt John, The Ascent Of Everest, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953 First Edition, 300pp, private bookplate, light
foxing to endpapers, VG in VG dw, signed on the title page by John Hunt. 56840, £85
Jones Tom P., Patagonian Panorama, The Outspoken Press, First Edition, 173pp, original blue cloth, some
annotation to the index, VG in VG dw. A very scarce title., Tom P. Jones, O.B.E., after forty seven years in
Patagonia, presents an attractive account of life in Latin-America, with many significant sidelights on the everyday
activities of the British colony in Punta Arenas and its environs. He met many important visitors including Sir
Ernest Shackleton as he served for a number of years as Honorary British Consul. He offers perceptive
observations on the flora and fauna of the area. 63051, £55
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A Field Guide To Ice
James H. C. Fenton
Privately Published, 2015 Second Revised Edition, 20pp, 90
photographs, card covers, New copy. This is the only guide to ice in
all its forms. 90 different ice features are well illustrated. An
introduction to the landscapes of polar and other glacial regions. £8
Jenkin Gordon, Oxley Pete & Coe Nigel, Swanage Supplement,
Climbers' Club, 1989 Edition, 111pp, paperback, Fine copy. A scarce
guide. 58286, £55
Kauffman A. & Putman W., K2 The 1939 Tragedy, Diadem Books,
1992 First Edition, 224pp, VG+ in VG dw, The full story of the ill-fated
American Wiessner Expedition. 62183, £24
Kerr Doug, Rock Climbs In The West Midlands., Cicerone Press,
1988 First Edition, 116pp, paperback, owner's name and address,
VG. 58252, £28
King Tom, In The Shadow Of The Giants, A S Barnes & Co, 1981
First Edition, 287pp, Fine in Fine dw, Mountain Ascents - Past and
Present. A colourful re-creation of great climbs that captures the
spirit of challenge and discovery at the heart of mountaineering. 62128, £10
Kirkpatrick Andy, Cold Wars. Climbing The Fine Line Between Risk And Reality, Vertebrate Publishing, 2011
First Edition, First Printing, 272pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Andy Kirkpatrick., A brilliant sequel to
Psychovertical, Kirkpatrick describes his latest climbs with his trademark wit and honesty. Big walls in the Alps
and Patagonia in the depths of winter provide gripping adventure. 62959, £65
Krakauer Jon, Into Thin Air, Macmillan, 1997 reprint, Second printing, 293pp, Fine in Fine dw, A personal
account of the Mt. Everest disaster. 62237, £15
Krakauer Jon, Into Thin Air. A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster. The Illustrated Edition,
Villard, 1998 Illustrated Edition, 2nd Impression, 407pp, over 250 photographs, slight crease on rear board, VG- in
original VG cellophane wrapper., In this Illustrated Edition readers are given a new dimension of insight into this
harrowing story with the addition of more than 250 photographs that show the people, the places, and the history,
illustrating not only the ill-fated 1996 climb, but the pursuit of Everest itself. 63026, £20
Lambert R. & Kogan C., White Fury, Hurst & Blackett, 1956 First Edition, 176pp, light foxing to foreedges, VG in
Good+ dw, Raymond Lambert was a member of the 1953 Swiss Everest Expedition. 62182, £19
Larden Walter, Argentine Plains And Andine Glaciers. Life on an Estancia, and an Expedition into the
Andes., T. Fisher Unwin, 1911 First Edition, 320pp, original red cloth, sunning to spine, some slight fading to rear
board, some pages unopened, light foreedge foxing, VG., Includes an attempt on Aconcagua. 61951, £85
Le Blond Mrs Aubrey, Day In, Day Out, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1928 First Edition, 264pp, 22 illusts,
original red cloth, slight wear to head and tail of spine, internally very clean indeed, VG., An autobiography of
Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed, later known as Mrs Aubrey Le Blond, but also wrote under her married names of
Mrs Fred Burnaby and Mrs Main, she was a wealthy society woman who originally went to switzerland initially for
health reasons. She climbed extensively in the Alps and later in Norway. She was the founder and first president
of the Ladies Alpine Club in 1907. 63174, £125
Le Blond Mrs. Aubrey, Adventures On The Roof Of The World, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904 First Edition, 333pp, 32
plates, original pictorial green cloth with gilt, owner's signatures, frontispiece tissue guard foxed, light foreedge
foxing, VG., Excerpts from accounts of Alpine climbs by well known figures. A scarce title. 63175, £80
Stokes Brummie, Soldiers And Sherpas. A Taste For Adventure, Michael Joseph, 1988 First Edition, 250pp,
VG in VG dw, signed on p158 by Tony Streather, who led the expedition to Everest which Stokes was on., An
autobiography of one of the most daring and determined of mountaineers. He joined the SAS in 1966, climbed
Everest via the South Col with Bronco Lane in 1976 and made an attempt on Everest's Northeast Ridge in 1986
with Mo Anthoine and Joe Brown. 44917, £45
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In Search of Peaks, Passes & Glaciers. Irish Alpine
Pioneers
Nugent Frank, The Collins Press, 2013 First Edition,
310pp, hardback, Fine in Fine dw. Short listed for the
Boardman-Tasker Award 2014.
Nugent details the contribution of Irish climbers to the
golden age of mountaineering, he says, 'They were true
pioneers and their contributions have been largely
obscured, but the first ascents of mountains like the Eiger
and Weisshorn and the first traverse of the Matterhorn
from Italy were by Irish climbers and I wanted to set the
record straight.’ Among the pioneers were scientist John
Tyndall from Carlow, Henry Parnell, younger brother of
Charles, and Elizabeth Whitshed from Greystones, a
pioneering female mountaineer who was one of the first
to engage in winter Alpine climbing and also an early
mountain film maker. £14
Logan Hugh, Great Peaks Of New Zealand, John
McIndoe, 1990 First Edition, 176pp, softback, well
illustrated, Fine., The history and routes of New Zealands
highest peaks. Published in recognition of the NZAC
Centennial Year 1991. 62121, £20
Lynam Joss, Irish Peaks, Constable and Company, 1982
First Edition, 250pp, VG+ in VG dw. 62972, £15
Lyons Joe & Fenlon Robbie, Wicklow Rock Climbs, The Mountaineering Council Of Ireland, 1993 Edition,
225pp, paperback, Fine copy, Glendalough and Luggala. 62334, £30
MacFarlane Robert, Mountains Of The Mind. A History of a Fascination., Granta Books, 2003 First Edition,
First Printing, 306pp, VG in VG dw. The now scarce First printing., A wonderful cultural history of mountaineering.
It was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and won the Guardian First Book Award
and the Somerset Maugham Award. 63354, £50
Maraini Fosco, Karakoram. The Ascent Of Gasherbrum IV., Hutchinson, 1961 First Edition, 320pp, VG+ in VG+
dw, An account of the Italian Alpine Club's successful 1958 expedition to the 26,000ft Mount Gasherbrum IV. £40
Marsh Dr. Herbert, Two Seasons In Switzerland, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 First Edition, 261pp, 12 illusts, original
decorative boards, t.e.g., private bookplate, VG., A memoir of mountaineering in the Swiss Alps. 61987, £48
Messner Reinhold, Everest. Expedition To The Ultimate, Kaye & Ward, 1979 First Edition, 254pp, VG+ in VG
dw with usual fading to spine, signed by Peter Habeler., Messner's success on Everest without oxygen with Peter
Habeler. 123, £65
Messner Reinhold, Free Spirit. A Climber's Life, Hodder & Stoughton, 1991 First Edition, 250pp, VG+ in VG+
dw., Messner's autobiography. 43986, £10
Messner Reinhold, Solo Nanga Parbat, Kaye & Ward, 1980 First Edition, 277pp, inscription, VG+ in VG+ price
clipped dw. The pages are secure which is most unusual for this book., In this book Messner tells of the first
absolutely solo ascent of Nanga Parbat – the formidable 8000 metre mountain in Pakistan, and his three previous
unsuccessful attempts. 32775, £25
Messner Reinhold, The Big Walls, The Mountaineers Books, 2001 US rep, 215pp, Fine in Fine dw, superbly
illustrated., Seven big wall expeditions - Agner, Matterhorn North Face, Grand Jorasses, Eiger North Face,
Aconcagua, Nanga Parbat South Face and Dhaulagiri South Face. 32094, £14
Messner Reinhold, The Big Walls, Kaye & Ward, 1978 First Edition, 143pp, near Fine in near Fine dw. £20
Messner Reinhold, The Challenge, Kaye & Ward, 1977 First Edition, 205pp, owner's signature, VG in VG+ dw,
Unsuccessful attempt on Lhotse south face, and his Alpine style ascent of Hidden Peak with Peter Habeler. £20
29
Messner Reinhold, The Challenge, Kaye & Ward, 1977 First Edition, 205pp, VG+ in VG dw with small stain to top
corner, signed on the title page by Peter Habeler. 10356, £46
Messner Reinhold, The Challenge, Kaye & Ward, 1977 First Edition, 205pp, owner's signature, VG in VG+ dw,
signed on the half title by Peter Habeler, and signed dedication on half title by Reinhold Messner. 36938, £110
Messner Reinhold, The Crystal Horizon, Crowood Press, 1989 First Edition, 322pp, Fine in Fine dw. 62201, £13
Messner Reinhold, The Naked Mountain. Nange Parbat - Brother, Death and Solitude, The Crowood Press,
2003 First Edition, 316pp, Fine in Fine dw, The ascent of Nanga Barbat in 1970 marked the beginning of Reinhold
Messner's remarkable career in Himalayan climbing. 62955, £22
Messner Reinhold & Hofler Horst, Hermann Buhl. Climbing Without Compromise, Baton Wicks, 2000 First
Edition, 205pp, Fine in Fine dw, Biography of Hermann Buhl. 62162, £12
Miles Pliny, Auldjo John, Nordurfari: or Rambles In Iceland, bound with Narrative Of An Ascent To The
Summit Of Mont Blanc On The Eighth And Ninth Of August 1827, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans,
1867 Fourth Edition, xv,252pp and x,119pp, half red leather with marbled boards, wear to extremities, soiling to
endpapers, Good++., Rambles in Iceland is dated 1854. The Auldjo is the 1867 Fourth Edition, the frontispiece
has 6 small illustrations and there is an illustration on other page, at the rear is a useful list of the early ascents of
Mont Blanc. Auldjo made the 19th ascent of Mont Blanc and his book was the first to popularise Mont Blanc.
59871, £140
Milner A. J., The Caves Of The Alum Pot Area, The University Of Leeds Speleological Association, 1972
Edition, 14pp, paperback, spine has been reinforced, Good+. 62910, £40
Modica Giles, 1865: the Golden Age of Mountaineering. An illustrated history of Alpine climbing's greatest
era, Vertebrate Publishing, 2016 First Edition, 400pp, hardback, red pictorial cloth, with wrap around title band,
New. In the attractive format of Editions Guerin who published the book first in French in 2015. 1865: the Golden
Age of Mountaineering, by Gilles Modica, documents this great time in the history of alpinism. Illustrated with 350
photographs and illustrations and lavishly produced, it is co-published in English and French by Vertebrate
Publishing and Éditions Paulsen. 63206, £36
Molony Eileen [Editor], Portraits Of Mountains, Dennis Dobson, 1950 First Edition, 117pp, sunning to top and
bottom of spine, VG- in Good+ dw, signed dedication on the front endpaper by Wilfrid Noyce. Noyce is one of the
contributors in the book. Essays on British mountains by well-known climbers. 58398, £65
Monzino Guido, Spedizioni D'Alpinismo In Groenlandia Atti Delle Spedizioni G. M. 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963
- 1964, Mondadori, 1966 First Edition, 426pp, original red cloth, small owner's signature, Fine, no dustwrapper.
Text in Italian., A superbly illustrated account of five Italian expeditions, three to the West coast and two to the
East coast. It contains a wealth valuable information on the mountains of Greenland. 63492, £65
Muir John, The Eight Wilderness-Discovery Books, Diadem Books, 2000 rep, 1030pp, VG in VG dw., Omnibus
of Muir's books, includes 'The Story of My Boyhood and Youth', 'A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf', 'My First
Summer in the Sierra', 'The Mountains of California', 'Our National Parks', 'The Yosemite', 'Travels in Alaska' and
'Steep Trails'. 62732, £10
Mummery A.F., My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 Second Edition, xii, 360pp, 11
plates, original fawn cloth, t.e.g., slight soiling to cloth as is usual, wear to spine labels, light foxing, VG-.,
Mummery made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He led an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895,
with Collie and Bruce, but disappeared whilst reconnoitring. 56279, £140
Murray W.H., Mountaineering In Scotland, J M Dent & Sons, 1947 First Edition, 252pp, slight sunning to very tip
and tail of spine, VG in Good+ dw with small chip to head of spine., Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and 5
pages of maps and diagrams. 63273, £19
Neate W.R., Mountaineering And Its Literature, Cicerone Press, 1978 First Edition, 165pp, VG+ in VG price
clipped dw., The definitive reference book for dealers and collectors. 34234, £22
Newbury Mike, A Guide To Walks And Scrambles In The Julian Alps, Zlatorog Publications, 2006 revised,
70pp, paperback, Fine, signed by Mike Newbury., Detailed instructions and some history of eight walks and
scrambles in Slovenia, beginning with information on travel, accommodation and access to the country. Very well
set out with a fair number of small coloured photographs to assist along the routes. Sketch maps. Very scarce.
61937, £24
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Stange Rolf, Spitsbergen Svalbard. A Complete Guide
Around The Arctic Archipelago, Rolf Stange, 2012 Third
Edition, 509pp, paperback, NEW, signed by Rolf Stange.
Nature and history, places and regions, useful and
important information. £27
Noel Capt J.B.L., Everest - Official Mount Everest
Expedition 1924 Postcard., , 1924, Expedition Postcard
stamped 'Best Wishes - J.B.L. Noel. Captain. Mt. Everest
Expedition.', bears Mount Everest Expedition stamp and
Base Camp postmark, one small edge tear, very good
condition. A most collectable Everest item., This postcard
has an interesting history. Climbing Everest is a huge
financial undertaking and every climber hopes to recoup at
least some of his or her investment after the climb through
lectures, films, pictures or advertising. To do this you need
to capture public attention before, during, and after the
climb. In 1924, before the age of television and the Internet
it was hard to keep the public's attention focused on people
climbing Mt. Everest. To solve this problem, Captain John
Noel, the expedition photographer, came up with a unique
idea for the time. He publicised the expedition by
advertising in a daily newspaper that he would send a
unique expedition postcard from Mt. Everest's Tibet Base
camp to anyone who sent in their name and address.
There was an overwhelming response to his ad and
thousands of postcards were sent from Base camp back to
England. At the bottom of the postcard he advertised the
film he would be producing about the climb - Noel's way of
recouping some money. 63213, £60
Northey Major W. Brook & Morris Captain C. J., The Gurkhas. Their Manners, Customs and Country, John
Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1928 First Edition, 282pp, original green cloth, some pages unopened, internally
exceptionally clean, Fine in VG dw with a couple of small chips. Scarce in dustwrapper., An interesting history of
Nepal and its people. 61956, £85
Noyce Wilfrid, Climbing The Fish's Tail, Heinemann, 1958 First Edition, 150pp, owner's signature, near Fine in
near Fine dw., Uncompleted ascent of Machapuchare in the Nepal Himalaya. 63271, £34
Noyce Wilfrid, South Col, Heinemann, 1954 First Edition, 303pp, VG+ in VG dw, Excellent personal account of
the successful 1953 Everest Expedition. The endpapers depict members of the expedition. 62189, £12
Noyce Wilfrid, To The Unknown Mountain, Heinemann, 1962 First Edition, 183pp, owner's signature, VG in
Good+ dw., Ascent of an unexplored twenty-five thousander in the Karakoram. 62192, £19
Oldham Tony, The Caves Of Scotland Except Assynt, Tony Oldham, 1975 First Edition, 174pp, paperback,
photographs and diagrams, VG+. A lovely copy of a scarce title., General caving guide. 62914, £55
Paterson David, Nepal. The Mountains Of Heaven, Hamish Hamilton, 1990 First Edition, 176pp, Fine in Fine dw,
The book shows us, in a series of unforgettable images, one of the world's most breathtaking beautiful kingdoms,
at whose heart lie the majestic Himalayas. 62253, £16
Patey Tom, One Man's Mountains, Gollancz, 1975 4th Imp, 288pp, VG+ in VG + dw., The climbs and writings of
Patey the mountaineer and Scottish humourist, who climbed the Mustagh Tower and Rakaposhi. 46329, £10
Patey Tom, One Man's Mountains, Gollancz, 1971 First Edition, 288pp, VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw. £24
Pause Walter & Winkler Jurgen, Extreme Alpine Rock. The 100 Greatest Alpine Rock Climbs., Granada
Publishing, 1979 Second Revised Edition, 202pp, VG+ in VG+ dw. A scarce title. 59407, £79
Perret Jacques, Guides Des Livres Sur La Montagne Et L'Alpinisme (2 Volumes), Editions de Belledonne,
Grenoble, 1997, 572pp, 573pp, original blue cloth with attractive gilt titling, Fine. Only 1100 copies produced. Text
in French., An invaluable reference work covering a wider scope than Neate as it also covers publications in other
languages. 55384, £130
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Perrin Jim, On And Off The Rocks. Selected Essays 1968-1985, Victor Gollancz, 1986 First Edition, 192pp,
VG+ in VG price clipped dw., Engaging mountaineering and rock climbing essays. 62968, £15
Perren Beat H., Faszination Matterhorn. / La fascination du Cervin. / Matterhorn's fascination, Stadler
Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1988 First Edition, 236pp, Fine in Fine dw in near Fine cardboard slipcase. A lovely
copy., Text in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English. Stunning photographs of the Matterhorn taken during
many years service in the local rescue team. This is perhaps the most visually striking mountaineering book I
have ever seen. Scarce. 63250, £140
Perrin Jim, The Villain. The Life Of Don Whillans, Hutchinson, 2005 First Edition, Second Impression, 354pp,
36 illustrations, Fine in Fine dw., Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epochmaking first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most
impressive climbs ever made. Joint Winner of the 2005 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature. £28
Pfeiffer Madame Ida, A Visit To Iceland And The Scandinavian North, Ingram, Cooke & Co, 1853 Second
Edition, 353pp, 8 plates, original embossed boards with gilt, light wear to base of spine, tiny chip on edge of spine,
VG, With numerous explanatory notes and eight tinted engravings, also an essay on icelandic poetry and a brief
sketch of icelandic history. 62626, £35
Phizacklea Al and Kenyon Ron, Recent Developments in the Lake District 1983-1984, F.R.C.C., 1985 First
Edition, 69pp, paperback, occasional pencil annotation, near VG. 63504, £18
Raza M. Hanif, Mountains Of Pakistan. Where Hell & Heaven Meet, Colorpix, 1994 First Edition, 190pp, small
bit of tippex and a number on copyright page, VG in VG dw. A pictorial hardback in dustwrapper., A lovely,
superbly illustrated book about this beautiful region. As well as a guide to the mountains and mountain passes, it
includes information about places to visit, how to get there, where to stay and when to visit. An attractive and
scarce item. 63304, £24
Rebuffat Gaston, Etoiles et Tempetes, Arthaud, 1956 French rep, 164pp, 37 illusts, original wraps, VG- in VGdw, signed dedication by Gaston Rebuffat., The French Edition of 'Starlight and Storm'. 63417, £45
Rebuffat Gaston, Les horizons gagnes, Denoel, 1979 reprint, 140pp, VG+ in VG dw, signed on the half title by
Gaston Rebuffat. 63211, £45
Rebuffat Gaston, Men And The Matterhorn, Kaye And Ward, 1973 revised, 222pp, Fine in VG+ price clipped dw,
A superbly illustrated history of climbing on the Matterhorn together with Rebuffat's own experiences on the
mountain. 52069, £29
Rebuffat Gaston, On Snow And Rock, Nicholas Kaye, 1963 First Edition, 187pp, VG in Good+ dw with small
tears., Lavishly illustrated work of instruction by a master of the art. 62229, £14
Ring Jim, How The English Made The Alps, John Murray, 2000 First Edition, 287pp, VG+ in VG+ dw., The
remarkable story of the English love affair with the Alps. Part history, part biography, How The English Made The
Alps brings the characters in this saga vividly to life - the artists, scientists and gentleman adventurers who first
explored the Alps. Short listed for the Boardman Tasker Award. 61936, £19
Roberts Eric, High Level Route. Chamonix - Zermatt - Saas, West Col Productions, 1984 Second Edition,
136pp, card covers, VG+ copy, Ski mountaineering in the Mont Blanc range and Pennine Alps with summer route
supplement. 62752, £20
Robertson David, George Mallory, Faber And Faber, 1969 First Edition, 279pp, Fine in VG+ dw, Definitive
biography written by Mallory's son-in-law. 44274, £55
Roper Steve & Steck Allen, Fifty Classic Climbs Of North America, Diadem Books, 1979 First Edition, 324pp,
near Fine in near Fine dw., A fantastic publication held is high esteem. 63019, £75
Roskellery John, Stories Off The Wall, The Mountaineers, 1993 First Edition US, 223pp, Fine in near Fine dw,
Climber, photographer and author, John Roskelley has been on more successful expeditions than any other
American mountaineer. 62191, £20
Rowell Galen, In The Throne Room Of The Gods, Sierra Club, 1979 Second US Printing, 326pp, VG+ in VG+
dw, In the Spring of 1975 a team of American mountaineers set off to climb K2, the world's second highest and
possible most magnificent peak. 62249, £30
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Escher Arthur & Watt W. Stuart [editors], Geology of Greenland,
The Geological Survey of Greenland, 1976 First Edition, 603pp,
VG+ in VG+ dw. A most attractive copy of this huge volume., A
most in depth and comprehensive account of all aspects of
Greenland's geology. Greenland is noted for its extensive areas of
Pre-cambrian rocks which include the oldest dated rocks in the
world. It occupies a key position in the North Atlantic region, the
geological divisions and faunal provinces represented providing
important links between North America and Europe in all
geological periods from the Precambrian to the Recent. £160
Sansom George S., Climbing At Wasdale Before The First
World War, Castle Carey Press, 1982 First Edition, 100pp, plus
appendix, hardback, Fine in dustwrapper. With nine drawings by
A. Wainwright., Privately published as a memorial to George S.
Sansom. 1000 copies only produced. A very scarce item. £48
Saunders Victor, Elusive Summits, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990
First Edition, 191pp, owner's signature, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed
by Victor Saunders., Four expeditions to the Karakoram.
Boardman Tasker winner in 1990. 62846, £85
Saunders Victor, Elusive Summits, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990
First Edition, 191pp, VG in VG dw, signed by Victor Saunders and
Stephen Venables. 32517, £105
Saunders Victor, No Place To Fall, Hodder & Stoughton, 1994 First Edition, 175pp, usual slight browning to
pages, VG+ in VG dw, signed by Victor Saunders and Stephen Venables., Three alpine-style Himalayan
expeditions to Makalu, to Ultar and to Panch Chuli between 1989 and 1992, ending with a rescue of Stephen
Venables and Chris Bonington on Panch Chuli. Saunders won the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountaineering
Literature in 1990 for Elusive Summits, and No Place To Fall was shortlisted for the Award in 1994. 42174, £85
Schaub Charles & Briquet Moise, Guide Pratique De L'Ascensionniste Sur Les Montagnes Qui Entourent Le
Lac De Geneve, J. Jullien, 1879 Second Edition, 212pp, bound in green cloth, small split to top and bottom of
spine, a few marks to covers, owner's signature on front endpaper and title page, bookseller's ink stamp on the
half title page, original pictorial front wrapper present, Good., Text in French. A scarce Alpine title. 62326, £65
Scott Doug & MacIntyre Alex, The Shishapangma Expedition, The Mountaineers, 1984 First US Edition, 322pp,
near Fine in VG dw with some sunning to spine area, signed by Doug Scott., 1982 expedition to climb the south
west face, with historical detail about climbers and travellers in the region. 32961, £22
Selwood Mary-Jane, On The Edge Of Silence. A Mountain Anthology, Springbank Press, 1993 First Edition,
79pp, large inscription, crease to corner of first four pages, VG in VG+ price clipped dw. A selection of poems and
excerpts. 62977, £20
Shipton Eric, Mountains Of Tartary, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951 First Edition, 224pp, map endpapers, VG+ in
colour photocopy of original dw., While British Consul at Kashgar Shipton attempted Muztagh Ata, Chakragil and
Bogdo Ola. 58194, £28
Shipton Eric, The Six Mountain-Travel Books, Diadem Books, 1985 First Edition, 800pp, VG+ in VG+ dw,
Includes Nanda Devi, Blank On The Map, Upon That Mountain, Mountains Of Tartary, Mount Everest
Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 & Land Of Tempest. 48153, £25
Shipton Eric, Upon That Mountain, Hodder & Stoughton, 1943 First Edition, 222pp, VG in VG dw, Shipton's early
climbing autobiography. 52447, £85
Siggins Lorna, Everest Calling, Mainstream Publishing, 1994 First Edition, 189pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed on the
half title by Dawson Stelfox. Stelfox was the first Irishman to climb Mount Everest and the first Briton to summit
from the North Ridge., Ascent of the dark side. The Mallory-Irvine Ridge. 62231, £22
Simpson Joe, Dark Shadows Falling, Jonathan Cape, 1997 First Edition, 2nd Printing, 208pp, Fine in near Fine
dw, signed by Joe Simpson., Simpson comments on the Everest 1996 tragedy and the changing ethics of
climbing. 42050, £32
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Simpson Joe, This Game Of Ghosts, Jonathan Cape, 1993 4th Printing, 320pp, Fine in VG+ dw with sunning to
spine, signed by Joe Simpson., The sequel to 'Touching The Void'. Joe Simpson paints a warm, vivid picture of
the climbing fraternity, and approaches a fusion of poetry and philosophy sometimes with his descriptions of the
impact on oneself of facing down the fear of dying. 40308, £29
Simpson Myrtle, Greenland Summer. Based On A True Expedition, Victor Gollanz, 1973 First Edition, 96pp,
very faint water mark on rear board, inscription, VG in Good+ price clipped dw, signed by Myrtle Simpson. The
modern family explorers go to spend a summer living in a remote Greenland village of Igdlorssuit. £15
Slesser Malcolm, With Friends In High Places, Mainstream Publishing, 2004 First Edition, 256pp, Fine in Fine
dw, An anatomy of those who take to the hills. 62984, £10
Slingsby W. Cecil, Norway The Northern Playground, Basil Blackwell Oxford, 1941 rep, 227pp, small owner's
date, VG in VG- foxed dw., Slingsby climbed many of the Norwegian peaks between 1872 and 1912. A scarce
classic even in the Blackwell edition. 52842, £65
SMC Guide - Bennet Donald & Wallace Bill, Ski Mountaineering In Scotland, The Scottish Mountaineering
Trust, 1987 First Edition, 121pp, pictorial boards, VG. Now scarce. 63220, £52
SMC Guide - Bennet Donald & Wallace Bill, Ski Mountaineering In Scotland, The Scottish Mountaineering
Trust, 1987 First Edition, 121pp, pictorial boards, Fine, signed by Donald Bennet and Bill Wallace. Extremely
scarce signed copy. 63324, £95
SMC Guide - Crocket Ken, Ben Nevis. Britain's Highest Mountain., The Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1986
First Edition, 320pp, pictorial boards, very minor wear on corner tips, otherwise Fine copy, History of Britain's
highest mountain. 53307, £10
Smythe F.S., Camp Six. An Account of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1937 First
Edition, 307pp, original blue cloth, slight bumping to top and base of spine, very clean internally, VG+ in colour
photocopy of original dw. A lovely copy., Includes his solo attempt on the summit, one of the great efforts in
Everest history. 62856, £85
Smythe Tony & Cleare John, Rock Climbers In Action In Snowdonia, Secker & Warburg, 1966 First Edition,
127pp, top corner of front endpaper cut out, page edges dusty, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw, signed
on the title page by Tony Smythe., One of the most sought after books from the 1960s. 52192, £100
Snow Sebastian, The Rucksack Man, Hodder and Stoughton, 1976 First Edition, 253pp, VG+ in colour
photocopy of original dw. Foreword by Eric Newby. An idiosyncratic account of one of the longest uninterrupted
walks ever accomplished, 8700 miles from Tierra del Fuego to the Panama Canal. A very scarce title. 61106, £35
Snow Sebastian, The Rucksack Man, Hodder and Stoughton, 1976 First Edition, 253pp, VG in near VG dw.
Foreword by Eric Newby. A very scarce title. 59670, £65
Stainforth Gordon, The Cuillin. Great Mountain Ridge Of Skye, Constable, 1995 reprint, 176pp, Fine in Fine
dw., Fantastic photographs, well regarded and now very collectable. 47596, £36
Sutton Geoffrey & Noyce Wilfrid, Samson. The Life And Writings Of Menlove Edwards, Cloister Press, 1960
First Edition, 122pp, original cloth, owner's pencil signature, top corner bumped, VG+, A very scarce item. Essays,
short stories and poems by leading climber between the wars, his life ended in tragedy. 34168, £59
Swindin Barbara, All But One. One woman's quest to climb the 52 highest mountains in the Alps.,
Vertebrate Publishing, 2012 First Edition, 274pp, pictorial boards, hardback, New. 55369, £18
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Swiss Alpine Club, 1912-2012 Britannia Hut, Swiss Alpine Club., Swiss Alpine Club, 2012 First Edition, 111pp
+ DVD, VG+ in pictorial boards, Text in three languages, one of which is english. Comes complete with a DVD
video. This centenary of the Britannia Hut is especially important for it is a reminder that it was our British friends
who entrusted this hut to the Geneva Section. 62135, £24
Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Everest. The Swiss Everest Expeditions, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954
First Edition, 144pp, 144 illusts, introduction by Othmar Gurtner, small address label to front endpaper, VG+,
Pictorial record of the Everest Swiss expeditions, superbly illustrated in colour and black and white. 44865, £14
Tasker Joe, Everest The Cruel Way, Eyre Metheun, 1981 First Edition, 166pp, VG+ in VG+ price clipped dw with
small tear repaired to head of spine, signed by Chris Bonington, and Doug Scott., Unsuccessful attempt on the
West Ridge in winter. 39159, £70
Tasker Joe, Savage Arena, Methuen, 1985 rep, 270pp, slight browning page edges, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed by
Doug Scott., Experiences on the Eiger, Dunagiri, Changabang, K2 and Kangchenjunga. 56444, £32
Tasker Joe, Savage Arena, Methuen, 1985 rep, 270pp, VG in VG dw, signed by Tasker's climbing partners Doug
Scott and Chris Bonington., Experiences on the Eiger, Dunagiri, Changabang, K2 and Kangchenjunga. 7738, £42
Taylor William C., The Snows Of Yesteryear - J. Norman Collie, Mountaineer, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973
First Edition, 185pp, owner's signature, VG+ in VG dw, William C. Taylor was born and raised in Aberdeen, in
1952 he emigrated to Canada. 51486, £19
Terray Lionel, Conquistadors Of The Useless, Victor Gollancz, 1963 First Edition, 351pp, fading to spine, page
edges dusty and with some marks, VG- in colour photcopy of original dw. Hamish Brown's copy with his ink
stamp., Tales from the great French climber. 40456, £20
Terray Lionel, Conquistadors Of The Useless, Victor Gollancz, 1963 First Edition, 351pp, light foxing to
foreedges, VG in Good dw., Tales from the great French climber. 62190, £40
Terray Lionel, Conquistadors Of The Useless, Victor Gollancz, 1963 Second Impression, 351pp, Fine in VG dw.
A most attractive copy., Tales from the great French climber. 58186, £45
The Grampian Club, The Grampian Club Journal, Volume One, Number One, March 1937, The Grampian
Club, 1937 First Edition, 68pp, paperback, front and rear covers present but detached, spine mainly lacking,
internally bound together firmly and clean, Fair, The Grampian Club is a mountaineering, climbing and hillwalking
club based in Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the area’s oldest (Est. 1927) and largest climbing clubs with a
membership of 220 and a long tradition of welcoming new members who share a love of the hills. 63121, £45
The Rucksack Club, From Kinder Scout To Kathmandu. A Rucksack Club Anthology 1907 - 1986., The
Rucksack Club, 1987 First Edition, 240pp, VG+ in VG+ dw., An anthology of articles from the Rucksack Club
Journal. 63014, £19
Thomson I. D. S., The Black Cloud, The Ernest Press, 2008 reprint, 274pp,
paperback, VG, Fascinating account of some of the most noteworthy Scottish
mountain misadventures in the years 1928-1966. 62957, £24
Thomson I. D. S., The Black Cloud, The Ernest Press, 1993 First Limited
Edition, 274pp, hardback, New. No.106 of a special Limited Edition of 125 case
bound copies, signed by I. D. S. Thomson. 55225, £55
Tilman H W, The Seven Mountain-Travel Books, Diadem, 1983 First Edition,
896pp, VG+ in VG dw. Scarce First Edition of this Omnibus Edition., This volume
contains Tilman's seven books which are exclusively devoted to mountaineering
and mountain travel - Snow on the Equator, The Ascent of Nanda Devi, When
Men and Mountains Meet, Mount Everest 1938, Two Mountains and A River,
China to Chitral, Nepal Himalaya. 62983, £36
Tilman H.W., China To Chitral, Cambridge University Press, 1951 First Edition,
124pp, foxing to endpapers, VG+ in colour photocopy of original dw., A journey through Chinese Turkestan in
1949. He attempted Bogdo, Ola and Chakar Aghil with Shipton. 36974, £30
Tilman H.W., China To Chitral, Cambridge University Press, 1951 First Edition, 124pp, owner's signature, VG+ in
VG dw with small tear to head of spine and a little foxing to the rear and to the flaps. 52460, £46
35
Tilman H.W., Mount Everest 1938, Cambridge University Press, 1948 First Edition, 160pp, owner's signature,
slight sunning to boards, VG in colour photocopy of original dw., This expedition lead by Tilman reached
c8300metres, and included Shipton and Smythe. 40247, £20
Tilman H.W., Mount Everest 1938, Cambridge University Press, 1948 First Edition, 160pp, slight sunning to edge
of boards, owner's signature, VG in VG- price clipped dw with a few chips. 52449, £34
Tilman H.W., Snow On The Equator, G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1937 First Edition, 265pp, owner's signature, foreedge
foxing, VG in colour photocopy of original dw., Climbing with Shipton on Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and
Ruwenzori. 36950, £72
Tilman H.W., The Ascent Of Nanda Devi, Macmillan, 1937 First US Edition, 235pp, spine faded, boards rather
grubby, extremities worn, first signs of browning to page perimeters, Good., Account of first ascent by Tilman and
Odell. 7923, £26
Tilman H.W., When Men & Mountains Meet, Cambridge University Press, 1946 First Edition, 232pp, VG in VG
dw with some darkening to rear, Exploration in the Assam Himalaya, and also Tilman's wartime experiences with
Albanian and Italian partisans. 39139, £55
Timings Lesley & Covell Geoffrey, An Teallach. The Forge, Footprints, 2010 First Edition, 160pp, New hardback
in dw. Signed by Lesley Timings and Geoffrey Covell., An Teallach is one of Scotland's most spectacular
mountains. A lovely well illustrated book describing this wild mountain and the surrounding area through the four
seasons. 63476, £24
Tissot Roger, Mont Blanc, Medici Society, 1924 First Edition, 140pp, inscr, foxing to endpapers, light sunning to
spine, VG, Early sepia photos of Chamonix valley. 31448, £10
Tobias Michael Charles & Drasdo Harold, The Mountain Spirit, Victor Gollancz, 1980 First Edition, 264pp, Fine
in Fine dw, Anthology that goes from mythology and legends to modern extreme climbing. 58740, £12
Tregenza L. A., The Red Sea Mountains Of Egypt, Oxford University Press, 1955 First Edition, Fine in VG dw.
558, £24
Tucker John, Kanchenjunga, Elek Books, 1955 First Edition, 224pp, light foreedge foxing, VG in colour
photocopy of original dw., Reconnaissance expedition in 1954 that found the route for the first ascent in 1955.
37069, £15
Tucker John, Kanchenjunga, Elek Books, 1955 First Edition, 224pp, VG in VG dw with slight edge wear, signed
by George Band who later summited on Kanchenjunga. 44369, £48
Tutt J. W., Rambles In Alpine Valleys, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1895 First Edition, viii, 208pp, original blue
cloth with gilt, light wear to extremities, VG., Chapter headings are Dora Valley, Mont de la Saxe, Val Ferrex and
Glacier de Miage. 58919, £66
Ullman James Ramsay, Straight Up. The Life And Death Of John Harlin., Doubleday & Co., 1968 First Edition
US, 288pp, near Fine in VG+ price clipped dw, Biography of American climber John Harlin, who was killed during
the first direct ascent of the Eigerwand. 62263, £28
Unesco, Avalanche Atlas. Illustrated international avalanche classification. Atlas des avalanches. Atlas de
las avalanchas. Lawinen-Atlas., United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1981 First
Edition, 267pp, paperback, ex Scott Polar Research Institute, VG., Text in English, French, German, Spanish and
Russian. 63398, £35
Unsworth W., A Climber's Guide To Pontesford Rocks, Wilding & Son Ltd, 1967 rep, 37pp, paperback, owner's
signature, some sunning, VG-. 62314, £14
Unsworth Walt, Classic Walks In Europe, The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987 First Edition, 168pp, VG+ in VG+
dw, All the walks are illustrated by maps and spectacular colour photographs. 40586, £10
Unsworth Walt, Everest, Allen Lane, 1981 First Edition, 578pp, owner's signature and small address label, VG in
VG dw with one tear repaired at top of spine, signed by Doug Scott on the title page., Definitive history of Everest
climbing. 3535, £13
Unsworth Walt, Everest, Allen Lane, 1981 First Edition, 578pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed by Doug Scott. £18
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Putting South Georgia On The Map by Alec Trendall
Although South Georgia was visited with increasing frequency after its
discovery by Captain Cook in 1775, and was for a long time a busy
base for the sealing and whaling industries, a properly surveyed map
of the island was not published until 1958. That map resulted from a
series of small privately-organised expeditions – the South Georgia
Surveys – initiated and led by Duncan Carse. Alec Trendall, who
served as geologist with the South Georgia Surveys of 1951-52 and
1953-54, tells for the first time the full story of Carse's expeditions to
South Georgia in the 1950s. First Edition, 30x22cms, 216pp, 112
photographs. Large format softback, New. £22
Unsworth Walt, Everest, Allen Lane, 1981 First Edition, 578pp, VG+ in
VG+ dw, signed by Walt Unsworth. Copies signed by Unsworth are
scarce., Definitive history of Everest climbing. 36990, £38
Unsworth Walt, Savage Snows. The Story Of Mont Blanc., Hodder &
Stoughton, 1986 First Edition, 192pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, Walt Unsworth
tells the story of man's love affair with Mont Blanc down the years.
54410, £10
Valli Eric, Himalaya, Harry N. Abrams, 2004 US Edition, 399pp, large heavy book, Fine in Fine dw, A stunning
collection of Valli's most beautiful photographs from his time in the Himalaya celebrates the region's spectacular
scenery, including its steep and narrow pathways, lonely high valleys, dramatic passes at 16,000 feet above sea
level, and remote villages seemingly untouched by modernity. Text by Anne de Sales. 54877, £49
Van Der Sleen, Four Months Camping In The Himalayas, Phillip Allan & Co, 1929 First Edition, 213pp,
bookshop ink stamp, occasional foxing, boards have some marks and scratches, Good. Mainly geological
expedition around Kailas in Tibet. 6567, £44
Various Wilson Graham (Editor), The Central Buttress Of Scafell, Millrace, 2004 First Edition, 183pp, Fine in
Fine dw, A collection of essays selected and introduced by Graham Wilson. 58452, £12
Venables Stephen, A Slender Thread. Escaping Disaster In The Himalaya., Hutchinson, 2000 First Edition,
208pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Stephen Venables., Venables' account of his remarkable escape from death on
his return from his triumphant first ascent of Panch Chuli. 46208, £22
Venables Stephen, Everest Kangshung Face, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989 First Edition, 236pp, VG+ in VG+ dw,
signed by Stephen Venables., The least accessible and most dramatic face on Everest. Venables solo summit
success from the South Col was regarded as perhaps the most considerable climbing feat of the year. 44610, £28
Venables Stephen, First Ascent, Cassell Illustrated, 2008 First Edition, 192pp, hardback, New in dw, signed by
Stephen Venables., Pioneering first ascents over the last 150 years illustrated with fantastic photography and
artwork. A beautiful book. 46451, £24
Venables Stephen, Higher Than The Eagle Soars. A Path To Everest, Hutchinson, 2007 First Edition, First
Impression, 370pp, VG+ in VG price clipped dw, signed by Stephen Venables. The harder to find First Printing.,
An autobiography of Stephen Venables - one of the greatest British climbers of his generation. It explores how
and - more importantly - why he became a mountaineer, and reveals a series of his unrecorded adventures on
four continents. 55267, £35
Venables Stephen, Painted Mountains, Hodder & Stoughton, 1986 First Edition, 239pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed
by Stephen Venables., Two expeditions to Kashmir, a Boardman Tasker Award winner. 42037, £32
Vickers Ken, Climbs In Leicestershire, Leicester Mountaineering Club, No Date, 48pp, paperback, owner's
signature, VG. 62320, £18
Viollet-Le-Duc Eugene, Mont Blanc. A Treatise on Its Geodesical And Geological Constitution, Its
Transformations and The Ancient And Recent State Of Its Glaciers, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle &
Rivington, 1877 First Edition, 378pp, exlibrary, plain green cloth with gilt, secondary or library binding, internally
very clean, VG-. A scarce title., With 120 illustrations. Translated by B. Bucknall. 49562, £72
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Sella Vittorio
Vittorio Sella: Mountain Photographs 1879-1909
Terra, Lannoo Publishing Group, 2014 First Edition, 263pp, large hardback,
folding panoramas, New in dustwrapper. Text in English, Dutch and French.
A fantastic publication, with high quality images superbly reproduced., The
volume, realised in close collaboration with the Sella Foundation, gathers the
photos taken by legendary Vittorio Sella at the turn of the last century while on
expeditions to the world's highest mountains. In addition to documenting
important scientific expeditions, the photos have considerable artistic value.
Recognised internationally, they are exhibited in the world's leading museums.
£45
Waddell Major L.A., Among The Himalayas, Archibald Constable & Co, 1900 2nd Edition, 452pp, new
endpapers, some chipping to spine, fading to spine, rear map missing, G++., An account of the author's travels in
the 1890s in India, Sikkim, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan, many references to Everest and Kangchenjunga. 9839, £85
Wainwright A., A Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook, Westmorland Gazette, 1972 First Edition, Eighty ink drawings,
small worn spot on front board, otherwise VG in Good+ dw with small tears., A fourth collection of eighty ink
drawings of scenes in the English Lake District. £1.05 price on dustwrapper. 58466, £28
Wainwright A., Welsh Mountain Drawings, Westmorland Gazette, 1981 First Edition, previous owner's address
to front pastedown and title page, VG+ in VG+ dw with one very short tear. True First Edition £6 price on the
dustwrapper., A collection of 100 drawings of mountain scenes in Snowdonia. 33028, £55
Walker Caroline V., A Dolomite Fantasy, Heath Cranton Ltd, 1936 First Edition, 280pp, inscr, VG in Good+ dw. A
very scarce title. Novel. 57186, £78
Walker J. Hubert, Mountain Days In The Highlands And Alps, Macmillan, 1937 First US Edition, 320pp, foxing
to endpapers, VG+ in colour photocopy of UK edition dw, Climbing reminiscences. 44731, £12
Waltham A.C., The Limestones and Caves of North-West England, David & Charles, 1974 First Edition,
477pp, Fine in Fine dw., The limestones of north-west England provide the finest karst landscapes and the most
extensive and varied group of caves in Great Britain. 62898, £22
Ward Michael, Everest. A Thousand Years Of Exploration., Hayloft
Publishing, 2013 reprint, 353pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper., A record of
Mountaineering Geographical Exploration, Medical Research and Mapping.
First published to acclaim in 2003 Everest has been out of print since shortly
after the author's death in 2005. Only 500 copies of reprint were produced.
£26
Washburn Brad & Smith Donald, On High. The Adventures Of Legendary
Mountaineer, Photographer and Scientist Brad Washburn., National
Geographic, 2002 First US Edition, 216pp, hardback, New in dw. RRP £30.,
Detailed accounts of Washburn's expeditions complimented by his amazing
black & white photography. 46042, £14
Washburn Bradford, Among The Alps With Bradford, G.P. Putman's,
1927 First US Edition, 160pp, 42 illustrations, VG., With his father Bradford
spent vacations in the Alps making many of the famous climbs. 31529, £48
Whillans Don & Ormerod Alick, Don Whillans. Portrait Of A Mountaineer,
Heinemann, 1971 First Edition, 266pp, VG in VG dw, A most sought after
title. Biography of the tough British mountaineer. 57477, £54
Whymper Edward, A Guide to Zermatt and the Matterhorn, John Murray, 1901 Fifth Edition, 224pp, 36pp
adverts, paperback, original paper wrappers, signature to front cover, chipping to head and tail of spine , VG-. £55
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Whipplesnaith (Noel Howard Symington), The Night Climbers Of Cambridge, Chatto And Windus, 1952 reprint,
183pp, bump to top corner, VG in VG- dw, A fascinating book, with many photographs, of Cambridge students
and friends climbing precarious and daring routes on the University buildings under the cover of night.
Whipplesnaith is pseudonym of Noel Howard Symington. 48041, £80
Whymper Edward, A Guide to Chamonix and the range of Mont Blanc, John Murray, 1905 Tenth Edition,
206pp, 44pp adverts, paperback, occasional small stamp of the R.S.G.S., some slight soiling of the original
wrappers, VG. 53789, £80
Wilson Ken, Classic Rock, Granada, 1978 First Edition, 256pp, VG in VG dw with fading to red lettering on
spine., Great British rock climbs. 54203, £45
Zsigmondy Emil, In The High Mountains, The Ernest Press, 1992 First UK
Edition, 378pp, highly decorative binding with gilt, a.e.g., the only English edition
of the Austrian 19th century classic 'Im Hochgebirge', No 54 of a limited edition of
300 copies, a new Mint copy. A magnificently
produced book. £40
Zurbriggen Mattias, Von Den Alpen Zu Den
Anden.
Lebenserinnerungen
eines
Bergfuhrers,
Union
Deutche
Verlagsgesellschaft Berlin Roth & Co., 1937
German First Edition, 167pp, original pictorial
cloth, VG. A scarce title., A major part of the
book is related to the Karakoram expedition in
1892 with Martin Conway and the expedition to
New Zealand in 1894/5 with FitzGerald. £85
Lloyd-Jones Robin, The Sunlit Summit. The life of W.H. Murray, Sandstone
Press, 2013 First Edition, First Impression,
358pp, hardback, New in
dustwrapper, signed by Robin Lloyd-Jones. This long awaited biography is
destined to be very popular. There are only 750 copies of the First Printing. £17
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