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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket has one short closed tear. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (5.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Original black cloth. Autobiography of this celebrated Scottish mountain climber and mountaineer. Includes accounts of the first ascent of Eiger Direct, and assaults on peaks in Scotland, Yosemite, the Alps, the Matterhorn, Eigerwand, Annapurna, the Roof of Cima Ovest, the Shroud on the Grandes Jorasses, Cerro Torre (Patagonia), and Everest. Index . First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 168pp + 16 pages of photos.

La Sportiva, 2018. English Language edition. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing and two faint spots to the jacket. Minor corner bump, not affecting any text or illustrations. NOT bad -- PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Square and tight. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Profusely photo illustrated -- most in beautiful full color. Winner of the 2018 OMI award for best corporate monograph "for its innovative approach and storytelling capacity." From Planetmountain: "The book LA SPORTIVA 90TH, A HISTORY OF ALPINISM, PASSION, INNOVATION celebrating the first 90 years of the famous Italian outdoor footwear and clothing company... The Fiat 242's diesel tank is full and it is parked in the company's forecourt of the building at Tesero, ready to leave. Bardonecchia is far away, on the opposite side of the Alpine arc and looking at the map trying to understand where the watershed dividing… Leer más

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1962. Near Fine condition in bright, Very Good++ Dust Jacket, with just a touch of sunning to the spine. NOT price clipped ($3.00). No chips or tears. Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Mountain-climbing adventure in the Swiss Alps, featuring Simon and Mag Hughes, young veterans of rock climbing in North Wales. Includes a thrilling mountain rescue. With an illustration by Simon Hughes, entitled "Eagle's Eye View Looking North Down the Arolla Valley." Original dark blue cloth.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good++ dust jacket. Illus. by Hughes, Shirley (Dust Jacket art); Map by Simon Hughes. 8vo. 189pp.

Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1980. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket (edge chips). NOT price clipped ($19.95). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1979. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Prelude by James W. Whittaker. Illustrated with 32 pages of full color photos. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "Pakistan's magnificent K2 is known also as 'The savage mountain.' At 28,250 feet it is second only to Everest in height but first in difficulty to climb, endowed with the worst weather in the Himalaya. Five times, SAmerican mountaineers had tried to climb this mountaijmn, and failed. Five men had died in these attempts. This is the story of the year that the Americans took care of their unfinished business. In 1978, under the leadership… Leer más

Kingswood, Surrey (U.K.):: Kaye & Ward, Ltd., 1983. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (£9.95 net). No chips. No tears. No creases. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Captivating and inspirational story of a man who became a professional mountaineer despite having lost both legs below the knee. Illustrated with 16 pages of full-color photographs. Glossary. Appendix on Climbing Technique. List of Major Ascents, 1970-1983. Index. Bound in the original blue boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "From a boyhood's love of mountains Norman Croucher triumphed over an accident at the age of 19 in which he lost both legs below the knee, to go on to fulfill his dream of becoming a mountaineer and who has climbed and led expeditions in almost all the major mountain ranges of the world... [After] training in the Alps, he went on to Peru, Argentina, Kashmir and China,… Leer más

London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 2003. Very Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1947. First Edition. A bookseller's catalogue of 138 expertly annotated mountaineering books. Cross referenced to standard authorities (ACLC, Cox, Neate, Perret, Yakushi, etc). Bound in the original tan pictorial wraps.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Unpaged. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1913. Good+ condition overall. Light soil/wear to the cover. Internally Very Good. Small nick to the bottom of several pages (in the margin only; no text or illustrations are affected). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Among the articles in this issue are: THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC (with 69 illustrations) by Walter Woodburn Hyde; and GEMS OF THE ITALIAN LAKES (with 13 illustrations) by Arthur Ellis Mayer. Bound in the original yellow and white wraps, stamped in black.. First Edition. Softcover, 7" by 10 ". Good-Very Good condition. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Morrisonville, New York: Adirondack Forty-Sixers , 1991. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Well-illustrated with drawings and photos, including 16 pages in full-color. Includes a roster of Forty-Sixer members. This copy has the bookplate of member #1671. Appendices. List of chapter notes/sources. Selected Bibliography. Index. Original blue pictorial cloth. Keywords: Mountaineering. Adirondacks. Mountain climbing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Dumers, Jeaneen; & Ann Palen, William A. Kozel. 8vo. xv, 352pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Jasper, Alberta: Coyote Books, 1989. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Appears unread. Illustrated with maps and old photos. "First Printing May 1989" so stated. From the rear cover: "The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1885 opened the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Mountains up to travelers... Off the Beaten Track is the story of fourteen women explorers, writers, artists, mountaineers and trail guides who were active during the period between the completion of the railway [in 1885], and the Second World War - it was a half-century of feverish exploration." Among those profiled are Mary Vaux Walcott, Mary Schaffer Warren, Elizabeth Parker, Mary Jobe Akeley, Caroline Hinman, Gertrude Benham, Lillian Guest, Katie Gardner, etc. Selected bibliography. Index. First Printing of the… Leer más

Oceanside, California: Indie Books International, 2017. Appears seldom, if ever read. INSCRIBED / SIGNED (i.e. initialed) by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. The inscription reads: "Scott - Thank you for your continued support and Belay! I can't wait to hear about your next summit! Belay on... " Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Well illustated with full color photos of mountain climbers in action. Bound in the original full color pictorial laminated boards. From the rear cover: "'When anchors fail, people die.'Your climb to excellence is never easy. The human drive within calls us to what is possible. IN REACHING YOUR NEXT SUMMIT!, Manley Feinberg II,world-class mountain climber, shares nine Vertical Lessons and one essential question. These principles will renew your commitment and inspire your quest for excellence. You will realize more of your potential as you sharpen… Leer más

Mill Valley, California: SuperTopo, 2004. Cover is in Very Good condition with only light shelfwear. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. FINE inside. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with climbing maps and photographs. From the publisher: "This book offers one hundred of the best routes in Red Rocks from 15-pitch trad climbs to single pitch sport routes. While this guidebook focuses on the most classic multi-pitch routes such as Crimson Chrysalis and Epinepherine, cragging routes are also included. Includes formerly obscure and unpublished climbs to provide more options for avoiding crowds. As in all SuperTopo books, the authors personally climbed and documented each route with meticulous care to create the most detailed and accurate topos ever published.". 1st ed. (so stated). Softcover. Very Good - Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 160pp. Great… Leer más

New York: Dutton, 2000. Fine condition in bright, shiny, Fine dust jacket. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($23.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "David Brill chronicles his journey from a frantic life in suburban Knoxville, Tennessee, to a quieter place he creates for himself in a small cabin amid sixty-eight acres of forest adjoining a wild and scenic river… After returning to a more rustic lifestyle, Brill learns important lessons - both humorous and poignant - on how to live life off the beaten path. These new lessons come via his foibles at clearing the land and building the cabin, his adventures and misadventures with his buddies who arrive to lend moral support, his midlife mountaineering feat with his brother, the painful and awkward process of making peace with his wife after their marriage ends, and his deepening connection with his daughters, A SEPARATE PLACE will… Leer más

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket (lightly soiled). A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT price clipped ($5.95). "Biography of this outstanding climber (1935- 66) who was killed during the first ascent of the Eigerwand." -- Neate U04. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. Original beige cloth, gilt-stamped. Glossary of Mountaineering Terms. From the dust jacket: "Harlin was perhaps the greatest American mountaineer of his generation. Climbing was his life - and his death, in 1966; but his thirty years were like a brilliant kaleidoscope of places and images and he himself was a man of many faces. STRAIGHT UP is his biography, telling how he came to be what he was, and how he lived, triumphed, and fell. It is a frank, sometimes frankly critical look at a complex and complicated man." Keywords: Mountains, Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, John… Leer más

Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. / Peregrine Smith Books, 1987. A clean, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny, with just a little rubbing. No fading. No chips. No tears. No creases. NOT price clipped (24.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This is a reproduction of the original 1892 edition, with a New Introduction and Photographs by Loren McIntyre. Includes all the maps (4) and engravings (20 full-page and 118 smaller ones) from the 1892 edition. Map endpapers. Also includes a large folding map at the rear. Added to this new edition are 32 pages of beautiful full-color photos. Index. Bound in the original orange boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "First published in 1892... [this] is an absorbing account of Whymper's travels among the tropical… Leer más

New York: Discovery Books, 1999. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (The jacket would also be FINE but for very slight rubbing). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped ($23.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and unmarked. Hardcover. "First U.S. Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 16 pages of full-color photos. Translated by Ola Klingberg. Kropp's account of his 14,000-mile bicycle round-trip and quest to scale Mount Everest entirely under his own power, without Sherpa support or bottled oxygen. Appendix( Packing List; Distance List; Summiteer List; etc). Index. Bound in the original gray boards with a blue spine lettered in shiny gold.. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 228pp. + 16 pages of photos.