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Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office United States Department Of The Interior and National Park Service, 1942. 1st Edition . Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 1942 First Edition. Original white wrappers with b/w photo on front cover, bound with two staples. The book has light rubbing to covers, rubbed corner tips, no previous owner names or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 232mm tall x 149mm, and has 28 pages, 14 illustrations (16 b/w photos + 1 map), 3 tables, PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: BBC Books, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2005 FIRST UK EDITION. Original black boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no rubbing, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no rubbing, clean, no fading, no loss, no chips, original printed price still present on flap. The book measures 260mm tall x 257mm and has 159 pages, 72 large color photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Art Wolfe. 1990 FIRST EDITION. Original grayish lavender cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is clean, no tears, no rubbing, no chips, no loss, complete with original price printed on flap corner. The book measures 299mm tall x 310mm, and has 197 + [7] pages, about 100 color photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

London: Diamond Books, 1993. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Second Edition in same format with same contents as in first edition. Original black boards, silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner names or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition but has loss at the lower front outside corner. The book measures 305mm tall x 224mm, and has 192 pages, 100 full-page color photos, 31 color & 29 b/w text photos, glossary, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 1965 UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of First UK Edition. Original pale green wrappers with black lettering front. Some light soiling covers and fading to spine. The rear cover has some warping as do the suite of photo plates at the end (but no staining or tidelines). No previous owner writing or marks on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 232mm tall x 175mm and has 232 pages followed by 69 b/w photos and illustrations captioned in both English and in French. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Paris: Arthaud, 1951. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrapper. 2nd Edition. 10 March 1951 reprint (stated second edition on the title page) with same format and contents as first printing of same year. The book is in nice condition, clean, no foxing, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The dust jacket has rubbing along the creases and at the spine ends, no tears. The book measures 254mm tall x 193mm, and has 96 pages, 84 gravure photos (9 are in color), loose folding map is present (not called for in table of contents or elsewhere). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..

Secaucus: Chartwell, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ulrich Ackermann. FIRST PRINTNG of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, no rubbing, clean. The book measures 300mm tall x 266mm, and has 140 pages + [4], 129 color photos (31 of mountains). Mainly a photographic presentation with captions. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Company, Inc., 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ansel Adams, George E. Stone, A.C. Pillsbury, F. J. Tayor. 1926 FIRST EDITION. Original pattern decorated papered boards with tan buckram spine lettered in dark brown. The book has rubbing along the bottom edge with some loss of paper covering, cracked paper inside front hinge (but hinge is solid and not broken), partial cracking of paper inside rear hinge, solid binding, some browning to pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 215mm tall x 157mm and has 87 pages, 39 full page b/w photos. Three of the photos are examples of Ansel Adams' early work. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Adelaide: Second Back Row Press, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original stiff beige wrappers with color photo on front cover. The book is in new condition: slight bump upper spine from packaging, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, no rubbing, tight binding, never used. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 296mm tall x 210mm and has 111 pages, 8 color photos and many b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

First edition. Translated from the French by Ben Lifson. "The development of nearly twenty species of wildflowers is caught on film using macrophotography, which produces a remarkably clear, larger-than-life, stop-action image. From the bud brimming with nectar and the unfolding of petals to the beauty of full bloom and then, after fading and shrinking, the fall of the corolla, the photographs reveal flowers as they have never been seen before." Dustjacket in very good condition with only general light rubbing, a little shelf wear at spine and a couple of lightly bumped corners. There is minimal foxing to inside of dustjacket. The covers are dark green board with the title in silver along the spine. Light bumping of corners. The text is very clean and crisp with no annotations. A giftcard has been attached to the front pastedown endpaper. It is in-keeping with the style of the book and has no inscription inside. The photographs are in excellent condition and are just breath-taking. Most are full page… Leer más

Hurtig: Edmonton, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the short-title page. The book is in nice condition with minor faint soiling covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing. The dust jacket has a little rubbing at spine ends and corners, no tears, no loss, 9cm crease mark front cover that shows as a thin white line, original price still present on flap corner. The book measures 31cm tall x 23cm, and has 144 pages, glossary, bibliography, and over 100 color photos of mostly mountains with accompanying text of climbing history. Excellent descriptive overview of Canada's mountains. Covers mostly the big peaks of the Canadian Rockies but also includes some on the Coast Range, Purcells, Bugaboos, Selkirks, Tombstone Range in NWT, St Elias Mountains including Mt Logan, the highest peak in Canada. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1989 FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original black cloth binding with gilt lettering spine. The book is in excellent condition with no previous owner writing or marks on any pages, clean covers, tight binding, bright gilt, no foxing. The original DJ has no tears, no rubbing, clean, no fading, no loss. The book measures 31cm tall x 23cm and has 101 pages, many sharp color photos, index. Excellent, vivid color action photos of climbing in SE Utah (Castle Valley, Fisher Towers, Arches Natl Park, Colorado River Valley, Canyonlands Natl Park, Indian Creek), with descriptive text & climbing history & anecdotes quoted from Kor, Ingalls, Carter, & others. BIG BOOK: EXTRA POSTAGE required for international shipping.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket has a little rubbing at corner tips, no tears, no chips, tiny surface fleck upper rear edge. The book measures 278mm tall x 235mm, and has 175 pages, 24 b/w & 79 color photos, 4 maps, sketches, large bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1929 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original dark red cloth with gray title patch lettered in gilt on spine, blue title patch lettered in gilt on front cover. The book has clean covers, fading to spine, some fading lower edge of front and rear covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, The book measures 225mm tall x 150mm, 313 pages, 24 b/w photos, folding map at end of index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1929 TENTH IMPRESSION of First Edition. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: W. M. Thompson, 1966. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1966 ADVANCE PROOF COPY of First Edition. Original pale green wrappers with black lettering front and spine. The book has fading along the edges both front and back and the spine is faded. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, no tears, some wrinkles to spine covering, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 240mm tall x 185mm, and has 127 pages, 30 b/w photos, 1 map. The final product, what was actually sold in stores as the published first edition, had 32 photos. This proof copy has 30 of those but does not include the last two. However, the detailed captions for the photos (at the end) in this proof have descriptions for 38 photos, 5 of those being left blank, and three of them describing photos that were not included in the proof (but two of which were included in the final product). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Johnathan Cape, 1996. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of First Edition. This book has been SIGNED by Audrey Salkeld on the title page. The book is in fine NEW condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, clean pages, no crease marks, no foxing. Original dust jacket is in fine NEW condition: no tears, no rubbing, no chips, complete with unclipped flap corners, clean. Book measures 24cm tall x 15cm, and has 312 pages, 30 b/w photos, many references, biblio, index. This hardcover first printing is one of the scarcest of the Boardman-Tasker Book Award winner books. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer,… Leer más

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First UK Edition translated from the German edition. Original green cloth binding with decorated front cover & spine, gilt lettering front & spine, original green coated end pages. The book has tissue-repaired inside hinges, strong binding and stable, former owner bookplate on the front pastedown, a bookstore stamp on upper edge of the verso of the FFEP along with seller's mark in pencil in the same area, no other marks or writing on any pages, a little fore-edge foxing but no foxing on page faces, light cover wear with some surface rubbing at the corners, generally clean. Complete with all maps and illustrations. The plates with the original photos are clean with no darkening/browning of the margins that is sometimes found with this book. The book measures 26cm tall x 18cm and has 404pp, 3 colored folding maps, colored frontispiece, 8 mounted b/w photos, 12 illustrated plates, 19 text illustrations, 11… Leer más