Summit by Sella, Vittorio

Aperture, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy of the first edition in jacket. Preface by Ansel Adams. 142, [2] pages. Volume issued in conjunction with the exhibition at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, and 1 other US and 1 Canadian institution, January - November 2000; features photographs of the Alps, the Caucasus, Mount Saint Elias (in Alaska), the Ruwenzori, the Karakoram and the Western Himalaya in 'dazzling photographic documentation' (jacket front flyleaf). Foreword by Brower; preface by Adams; biographical chronology ('timeline') and select bibliography. Presented 'in association with Fondazione Sella' (title page); acknowledgments by Lodovico Sella, Paul Kallmes and Marianne Doezema.B/W Photographs.

Aperture, December 1999. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Aperture, 1999-12-30. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Aperture, 1999. 1999 First Edition. hardcover. 144pp, near VG in VG dw.. Beautiful black and white photographs by Vittoria Sella - a dazzling photographic documentation of a range of mountains.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Aperture, 1999. 1999 First Edition. hardcover. 144pp, VG in VG dw.. Beautiful black and white photographs by Vittoria Sella - a dazzling photographic documentation of a range of mountains.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Aperture, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 11x0x12. Weighted with heavy, nineteenth-century camera equipment, Vittorio Sella climbed some of the world's most mysterious, perilous peaks and photographed them, many for the first time. His strikingly elegant photographs, which in Ansel Adams's words, "revealed [the mountains] in all their sheer majesty," offer groundbreaking scientific and documentary information as well. Climbers today still use Sella's pictures to map out routes and to better comprehend their challenges and the magnificence to come.Through Sella's images, we can witness the grandeur of the world's greatest peaks; the Russian Caucasus, the Saint Elias Range in Alaska, Mount Ruwenzori in Africa, the Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas. His photographic documentation of these peaks had no precedents and has few, if any, equals.Greg Child is a mountaineer and author of Thin Air (Dell, 1993). Wendy Watson is curator of exhibitions at Mount… Read More

Aperture, 1999. 1999 First Edition. hardcover. 144pp, VG+ in VG+ dw.. Beautiful black and white photographs by Vittoria Sella - a dazzling photographic documentation of a range of mountains.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

New York: Aperture - Fondazione Sella, 1999 F/F. Folio. original black cloth in dustwrapper; pp. 144, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.

Aperture. hardcover. Like New. 5x0x8. First edition, first printing Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear large hardcover in price intact jacket. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Aperture, 1999-12-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!