Search Results: my climbs in the alps and by a f mummery

Oxford: Blackwell. VG+/VG-. 1946. reprint. hardcover. 12mo . 256pp . P O name. Interior tape repairs along edges of deep price- clipped DJ. .

Basil Blackwell Oxford, 1936. Hardback in good condition. No dust jacket.. Hardcover. Good.

Basil Blackwell, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Grey cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to bottom edge of front board. Sticker to rear board. Light wear marks overall.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1908. Second Edition. 361 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting causing the binding to be shaky. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Lawrence, MA: Quarterman Publications, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. VERY GOOD/POOR. Lean to spine, heel of spine lightly bumped, page edges tanned, top edge lightly soiled. Jacket dustsoiled, stained, edgeworn, with numerous chips and tears. xii, 360 pp., illus. Facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1896) with a new Foreword by Robert Kruszyna. Size: 8vo

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.y.. Hardcover. 16mo. Light blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive dark blue decorative stamping. 379pp, (5pp ads). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Very good. 1915 ownership signature on front flyleaf. A tight, quite handsome later printing of this 1895 title by a figure often described as the greatest mountaineer of all time (1855-95). Spine gilt bright and fresh.

Lawrence, Massachusetts: Quarterman Publications, 1974. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Clean unmarked copy, very nice, light bump to one corner. Dust jacket has two short closed edge tears, rear panel mildly rubbed, presents nicely in a new protective mylar sleeve. This edition us an unabridged republication of the second edition, as published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1896 under the same title. A foreword has been added to this edition. Illustrated with photographs, 360 pages.

Basil Blackwell Oxford, 1936. 1936 rep. hardcover. xxiii, 256pp, owner's signature and date, light foreedge foxing, VG, no dustwrapper.. Mummery made many important climbs in the Mont Blanc region. He led an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895, with Collie and Bruce, but disappeared whilst reconnoitring.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Photographs. Printed period bookplate of James Chartrand Hallahan with artist initials MPS; else a near fine, unmarked copy.

Thomas Nelson & Sons N/D (c.1908). Duodecimo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

New York: Barrows Mussey, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1937 USA reprint. Original blue cloth with black lettering spine. The book has clean covers, usual sunning to edges and spine, old owner gift inscription on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket has 15mm deep loss at top of spine, larger loss upper rear corner, loss lower front near spine. The book measures 209mm tall x 135mm, and has 256 pages, 16 b/w photo plates. Nice reprint of the 1908 4th printing which includes extra introduction by Mummery's wife plus transcripts of Mummery's letters from Nanga Parbat (total of 13 pages). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..

Barrows Mussey, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. NY: Barrows Mussey 1937, reprint. Blue cloth in good condition; spine faded, names to front pastedown. No dust jacket. 5.5 x 8.25 in., 256 pp. Reprint of classic mountaineering book; Mummery disappeared while reconnoitering on Nanga Parbat in 1895. This copy from the library of Eric Bjornstad, well-known climber & author who made many first ascents in the desert southwest. His name is on the first free endpaper.

Forgotten Books, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.d.. Sm. 8vo; pp. 379; portrait frontispiece; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, illustrated in blue on front; edges of cloth bumped, browned endpapers, spine cocked; a good copy.

London: Thomas Nelson, (1913). 1st edition. Nice copy. 16mo.. hardback in decorated cloth 379pp., frontis., The Nelson Library of Notable Books. Ownership stamp o/w a nice copy in blue blind-stamped boards

Imprint unknown, 1974-12. Hardcover. Good.

no. 2. Very Good. Fine yellow cloth hardcover in very good unclipped unpriced pictorial dust jacket. No reader's marks. Quarterman, USA [published date: 1974] Hardcover Facsimile edition of 2nd edition of 1896 by Fisher Unwin

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913 nd. [1913]. 16mo. original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt, teg (slightly rubbed & marked, endpapers a trifle offset, else clean); pp. 380 (last colophon) + [4 (pubs. cat.)], with 16 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate M181].. First Thus. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

T.Fisher Unwin, 1895. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Half calf and half patterned paper. Backstrip and some of front cover taped over; appear to be that the backstrip has had to be taped back on. Corners bumped, and corners and edges worn. Red page edges. Front and back covers splitting inside, back taped. Frotispiece with velum. Illustrations in main body also with velum. Heavy foxing throughout but otherwise internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1750grams, ISBN:

B. Blackwell. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Blackwell's Mountaineering Library, No. 2. Owner's name on front endpage. (Mountaineering, Alps, Travel)