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London: The Ski Club Of Great Britain, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1938 issue in original light gray wrappers with black lettering covers and spine. Library reference numbers penned to front cover, to first page, to contents page, and to last page corner otherwise no marks or writing on any other pages, no library stamps, no library bookplate or card pocket, no spine marks, no fore-edge marks, clean covers, no tears, no foxing, solid binding. The book has pages 213 through 484 (continued pagination from previous issue) + lx [60] pages of ads, many b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.

London: The Ski Club Of Great Britain, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1962 issue in original light green wrappers with navy and white lettering covers and spine. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no foxing, solid binding. The book has 152 pages + 48 pages ads, a few b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.

London: Faber & Faber, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING OF FIRST EDITIOIN. Near fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding. LACKING the dust jacket. The book measures 205mm tall x 133mm, and has 256 pages, index. Includes true stories from the mountaineering record, brief biographies of 50 climbers, details about 100 notable mountains. green cloth, gilt lettering spine. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original dust jacket has tear across part of upper front cover, some loss upper rear corner. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, solid binding. The book measures 218mm tall x 140mm, and has 240 pages, 1 colour & 18 b/w photos. Biography of British marine commando & mountaineer written while stationed on NE coast of Greenland as member of British North Greenland Expedition. Climbing Scotland, Norway, Cyprus, Mont Blanc first night ascent of Brenva Face Route Major. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Cambridge University Mountaineering Club & Unwin Brothers, 1934. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1934 in original green wrappers with black lettering front & spine, advertisement illustration in black on rear cover. Clean covers, faint creasing lower outside corner rear cover, no old owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, complete with all pages and photo plates. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNALS BEING OFFERED..

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Early reprint in same binding and format as the first printing. The only difference between this and the first printing is that this does not have "first edition" printed on the copyright page. Otherwise the book is identical to the first printing. The book measures 218mm tall x 141mm, and has 212 pages, 30 b/w photos. Rescue of Corti from the Eigerwand in 1957, the deaths of the others on the climb. Much conflict regarding the climb, mainly relating to Corti. This story reads like a good suspense novel evoking empathy, horror, frustration, and perhaps anger. Exciting, fast-paced true but unhappy (excepting the magnificent collective rescue effort) story. CONDITION: Original black cloth, silver lettering spine. Faint trace of bookplate removal from the first blank page, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, clean. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1930 first edition. Original light grey cloth with navy lettering & small decoration spine. Very good condition with slight sunning to spine, clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, fore-edge foxing, foxing on first several pages (somewhat heavy) but little to no foxing past page 6 except opposite a few photo plates, solid binding. The book measures 214mm tall x 132mm, and has 179 pages, 16 b/w photos. Accounts of hard climbs (at the time) in the Mont Blanc Range by two brothers in the 1920s. They made first ascents of many routes including N Face Aiguille du Plan, N Face Grand Capuchin, Trident on Mont Blanc du Tucal. The first 50 pages are on climbs on the Italian Face of Mont Blanc. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: October House Inc., 1967. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1967 UNABRIDGED NY Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book clean covers, very slightly sunned spine, no owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has minor diffuse soiling, some very tiny nicks at corner tips, price-clipped inside front flap corner. The book measures 207mm tall x 145mm, and has 204 pages, 40 b/w plates, 32 text illustrations, 5 maps (1 folding), bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Sidgewick & Jackson, Ltd., 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1930 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original green cloth with black lettering front and spine. The book staining to spine, a dent lower rear cover, light dampstain top outside corner of text block that penetrates only onto the face of page vii and opposite page, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 220mm tall x 140mm, and has 204 pages, 40 b/w plates, 32 text illustrations, 5 maps (1 folding), bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hodder And Stoughton Limited, 1940. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. FIRST EDITION. 226mm tall x 143mm, 330pp, 24 b/w plates, engravings by Whymper, 2 fldg maps, index. Biographical portrait of Whymper who made the first ascents of Chimborazo, Cayambe, Antisana, Carihuairazo, Sara Urco, Cotocachi, Sincholagua. He was perhaps best known for his first ascent of the Matterhorn and the ensuing accident on the descent that killed half the party. At the end of his climbing career he travelled to the Canadian Rockies (1901 & 1903) to explore & climb in a publicity capacity for the C.P.R. (one chapter on this in the book). Most of the book is on climbs in the Alps, and very much is directly quoted from Whymper's letters & communications. original red cloth, gilt lettering spine. uncommon DJ is present but has chipping at corners and loss at top of spine (see photo), book has fading on spine where DJ is chipped (nearly all copies of this book that don't have DJs have faded… Leer más

New York: Lyons & Burford, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED by author on the short title page. The book measures 234mm tall x 155mm, and has 180 pages. CONDITION: The book is in fine condition. Previous owner name penned to corner of first blank page, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean. The dust jacket has some of the usual sunning to the spine, no chips, no tears, clean, complete with unclipped flap corners.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition -- SIGNED & inscribed by Harlin on the blank FFEP. The book is in fine condition with no owner mark or writing (other than Harlin's signed inscription), no foxing, tight binding, clean covers, no rubbing. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with no tears, no chips, no rubbing. The book measures 242mm tall x 158mm, and has 283 pages + [2], 69 b/w photos, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original black boards with silver lettering spine. As new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no rubbing, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no rubbing, no fading, clean. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 253mm tall x 166mm, and has 256 pages, 177 color & 2 b/w photos. Author made first film of climb of Eiger's N face, and made the film of the Messner-Habeler 1st ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978. Also includes climbing Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Dhaulagiri, Eiger solo, and canoeing the Dudh Kosi from Khumbu Glacier. Very well illustrated. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Portland: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of First Edition. Inscribed & SIGNED by Russell Lamb on the title page. The book is in fine condition with former owner bookplate on the FFEP, no other owner marks or writing on any pages, very clean, tight binding, no foxing. The book is from the collection of Major William Hackett with his bookplate on the FFEP. Hackett, a WWII combat veteran of the 10th Mountain Division, was the first person to climb 5 of the Seven Summits, the first to climb both Denali and Logan, the first to climb the N Peak of Logan, a summiting member of Bradford Washburn's expedition that made the first ascent of the popular West Buttress route on Denali, leader of the 1960 USA K2 expedition, the first American to climb Aconcagua, and the first American to climb Mt Kenya. Large format photo book that may require extra postage for overseas shipment. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Diadem Books, 1978. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sheridan Anderson. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. With loose handwritten letter with Diadem letterhead SIGNED by Ken Wilson plus a loose facsimile of a letter from Wilson (see photos). The book is in fine condition except for tiny bump to tips of upper front cover outside corners. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing, clean. The dust jacket is complete, clean, no tears, no chips, no rubbing. The book has 688 pages, 35 b/w photos, 21 b/w cartoons by Sheridan Anderson, index. 100 articles selected by Wilson, editor of Mountain, mostly from journals and magazines. Lots of humor & satire. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book has a crack in the lower rear cover with corresponding tear to the dust jacket (See Photo), otherwise the book and jacket are in fine condition, clean, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The book measures 235mm tall x 183mm, and has 204 pages + [1], 43 color & 91 b/w photos, 2 sketches, route list, bibliography. Good biography of Buhl with lots quoted from his climbing diaries, commentary on his climbs and style. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Verona: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1971. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. October 1971 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original grey cloth hardcover with black lettering spine. CONDITION: Shallow splash mark (tea?) upper top edge of first 50 pages (penetrates no more than 3mm into top page margin), otherwise the book is in fine condition with clean covers, tight binding, complete with all pages and photos, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing. The original dust jacket has a 2cm tear lower rear near spine (hard to see), very minor edge wear. The book measures 263mm tall x 191mm, and has 182 + 32 pages of b/w photos + [4], 64 photo plates (39 color photos & 36 b/w photos), 1 full-page route diagram. Text is in Italian. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Elliot Stock, 1882. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 1882 FIRST EDITION. Original dark blue cloth with black lettering and decoration front cover. Ex-Library with spine number, usual library stamps (stamps on versos of illustration plates), library bookplate on front pastedown, library bookplate pasted to rear cover. Nothing missing, complete with all pages and illustrations. Browning to EPs, no writing or underlining on pages, but all plates have library stamps on the versos. Several text pages have library stamps in the margins. Apparently, the library was concerned that this book might be pilfered. A good working example of this increasingly rare last of the ascent of Mont Blanc narratives. The book measures 223mm tall x 141mm, 76pp, 6 b/w engravings, diagram, map. Account of the 768th ascent of Mont Blanc. The climb was made by the author from Chamonix and is written in a very straightforward, unsensationalized manner, thus giving a most accurate description of what… Leer más

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean. The dust jacket is clean and has no tears and no chips. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Great Britain: THE FELL & ROCK CLIMBING CLUB OF THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red wrappers with white lettering front and spine. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, minor bump top outside corner, minor wear corners of covers. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.