The Cuillin of Skye.
Ernest Press, 1986. Facsimile. Hardcover. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. 140pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. First published in 1952, this facsimile edition done in 1986. Corners lightly bumped. Light toning to the jacket. More
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Kongur China's Elusive Summit
Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Hardcover. 25 x 17.5 cm. 224pp. Grey cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Bonington on the title page. Non-authorial gift inscription on front free endpaper. Color and black and white photos throughout. More
Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. 25 x 17.5 cm. 132pp. Many photographs, some in color. Black cloth in dust jacket. Signed by one of the authors (Bonington) on the title page. More
Above the Snow Line; Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 20 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. xiv 327pp. Bound in blue illustrated boards. With two engravings by Edward Whymper and an illustration by Percy Macquoid. Frontispiece is detached but present. Toning and edgewear to the spine. Front gutter cracked. Neate D19. Describes..... More
East of Everest; An Account of the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan Expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., [1956]. Hardcover. 25 x 19 cm. Octavo. 70pp + 48pp of photographs. 3 maps. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Address stamp on front free endpaper. Some edgewear and small closed tears to jacket. Original price of $5.00 present on front flap. Neate..... More
Mountain Memories: A Pilgrimage of Romance
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. 24 x 16.5 cm. [x] 282pp, 16 plates. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. A couple of small closed tears to tail of spine. Looks like a bookplate has been carefully removed from the front paste-down. Neate C106. More
Grief is a Lonely Journey.
New York: Comet Press Books, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. 12mo. 71pp. Blue boards in dust jacket. Rubbing to the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Laid in is an envelope mailed to the previous owner from the author, inside the envelope..... More
Annapurna; First Conquest of an 8000 meter Peak (26,493 feet)
Easton Press, 2007. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Octavo. 8 1/2' x 5 3/4" Bound in red leather with gilt design and lettering to spine.Four raised bands. Moire endpapers. AEG. Ribbon. 314pp. More
Starlight and Storm: The Ascent of Six Great North Faces of the Alps With a Section on the Technique of Mountain Climbing.
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 189pp. 32 plates. Black cloth in dust jacke.t Stated first (American) edition, translated by Wilfrid Noyce, Sir John Hunt and Roland Le Grand. Some edgewear to jacket spine and some tape repair/reinforcement..... More
Five Miles High; The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of the First American Karakoram Expedition
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 381pp. Red cloth in rare dust jacket. 32 pages of photographs. Fold-out temperature chart. Map endpapers. Illustrated with photographs taken by members of the expedition. First edition with same date on title and copyright..... More
Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative / The Mountain of My Fear.
North Salem: The Adventure Library, 2001. First Adventure Library Editiohn. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14.5 cm.226pp. Bound into half grey cloth and illustrated boards. No jacket as issued. Illustrated with photos and drawings. More
In the Throne Room of Mountain Gods.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1979. Second Printing. Hardcover. 28 x 21.5 cm. 326pp. Blue cloth in dust jakcet. Illustrated. Stated second printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To Jack, with best wishes, Galen Powell". Abrasion/tear to the middle gutter side of the front free endpaper..... More
Climbing in the British Isles Volume I - England.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. 16mo. xii 162pp (2). Bound in red cloth. Volume 1 of a 3 volume series. 23 illustrations by Ellis Carr and 5 plans. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Gutter starting between page xii and 1..... More
Climbing in the British Isles II - Wales and Ireland.
London: Longmans & Green, 1895. Hardcover. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. 16mo. 197pp. Bound in red cloth. With 31 illustrations by Ellis Carr and 9 plans. Volume 2 only of a 3 part series. Spine is faded. Previous owner's name on half-title and title page. A few pen markings opposites. More
Men, Mules, and Mountains: Lieutenant O'Neil's Olympic Expeditions.
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. xx 483pp followed by 21 maps. Stated first printing. Green cloth in dust jacket. End notes, biographical sketches, bibliography. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. More
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