Mountaineering/Rock Climbing from 100 POCKETS

London, UK: William Collins, 1942. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942 First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Spot to fEP. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, long advocate of mountain climbing not led by guides, and,… Read more about this item

London, UK: William Collins, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942, 1946 Printing. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/VG; w/edge rubs to leading edges & price strike-out to rear inner flap. Showing discoloration to fEP w/PO name (Miss Helen Jolly), title page, and rear endpaper… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Warner Books Inc, 1988. First Edition, 13th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Bright. First Edition, 13th Printing. Softcover/NF w/trace edge rubs & faint creasing to lower back corner. Authors Frank Wells was just shy of his 50th birthday, and Dick Bass had just turned 51; neither knew much about… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio Division, 1999. Boxed Set/4 Audio Cassettes . Boxed Set/4 Audio Cassettes. New/None as Issued. BOXED SET/FULL SET/4 AUDIO CASSETTES. Cassettes/BRAND NEW. Box/VG; sound & intact, but shelf-worn.. This audio presentation is an abridgement ot The Lost Explorer (published 1999); read by Jeffrey Demunn & Michale McClone, w/an introduction of David… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1979. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Carroll Seghers (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; Strong & sound w/nips, chips, small losses to edges, surface rubs & trace soiling to back. Practical guide/reference to hiking and mountaineering skills for women. 16 chapters by mountaineer, photographer and sports writer Carroll Seghers, II… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Times Books/Random House, 1999. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. Stated First Amerian Edition. Expedition/adventure. fIRST Published in UK under the title : "The Death Zone". In 1996 film-maker and writer Matt Dickinson, with foremost British mountaineer Alan Hinkes, successfully scaled Mount Everest's North Face despite… Read more about this item

Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/faint imprint of PO name to fEP. Orienteering. The National Outdoor Leadership School's official guide to finding one's way in the wilderness. Text, illustrated, covers navigational techniques, from map and compass to GPS, and, review of tools, equipment, and… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA: San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club, 1970. 3rd Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Red softcover/NF w/trace corner tip wear. First published 1931; updates to this 3rd Edition are primarily updates to available mountaineering equipment. Basic guide. 11 chapters w/illustrations: I, Equipment; II, Alpine Camping & Cooking; III,… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell, 1946. First Edition, 2nd Printing of 1949 . Text/Near New. Green linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Trace soil spots to rear endpapers. Color frontis and plates. First published 1907; this is a revised edition w/2 additional chapters by R.L.G. Irvine. A history of early attempts to scale the Matterhorn followed by detailed accounts of Guido Rey's (1861… Read more about this item

London, UK: Adam & Charles Black, 1938. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards/Good; strong & sound w/discoloration to front, back & spine. DJ/None. Discoloration to fEP for having housed news clipping. Frontispiece: A crevasse near the Bergli. Collection of b/w photos by British mountaineer, botanist, photographer, author, and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: March Press, 1978. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Pat Ament, Tom Frost, & Tim Higgins (Photographers). Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/edge & surface rubs, and faint creasings to front corner tips. A responsible manual and guide to safe rock climbing beginning from perfecting the first foothold to the importance of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Stated First Edition. DJ/ with trace wear/under mylar. History of the ill-fated 1957 climb of Eiger, and a daring rescue, the circumstances of which are plagued by mysteries. The Eiger is a "living" mountain is under constant change (unstable weather,… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 1990. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. Collectible - Fine/No Jacket. Collectible. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace wear to lower front corner. Prize reference/resource for mountaineers and mountain skiers. Dedicated guide to understanding glaciers, how to cross them avoiding crevasses, and safely rescue crevass victims. Lucid text augmented with line drawings.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/edge wear. Brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to lower text edge. Bookdealer sticker to rear cover verso. Mountaineering adventures. Autobiography/memoir of father, Sir Edmund Hilliary (1919 - 2008), and son, Peter Hillary (1953… Read more about this item

London, UK: The Percy Press, 1937. First Edition, First Thus . COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace discoloration to fEP (likely from having housed a newspaper clipping). Upper text edge dyed green. Green linen boards/VG; strong & sound, showing marked discoloration. DJ/None. One of the earliest of English-language histories of Himalayan climbing written for young readers.… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace soiling to title page verso & contents page. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped else Fine. History of the sport of rock face scaling. Chronicle of major ascents from 1890 through Douglas Keith Scott's (1941 - ) own… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1998. First Edition, 2nd Printing . New/New. BRAND NEW Copy. Memoir of mountaineer and retired attorney Jim Wickwire (1940 - ) whose extraordinary accomplishments was featured on 60 Minutes, inspired a PBS, a Broadway play, and a full-length film. Wickwire, with Louis Reichardt, were the first Americans to conquer K2, world's 2nd highest… Read more about this item

Golden, Colorado, U.S.A.: Amer Alpine Club, 1999. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace wear to lower front corner. Annual publication; first issue, 1929. This volume presents a review of the world of climbing for 1998.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Black linen boards/NF w/light wear. DJ/None. British mountaineer Sir Christian John Storey Bonington's (1934 - ) career includes 19 expeditions to the Himalayas. In 1970 Bonington led the first team to ascent the south face of… Read more about this item

London, UK: John Murray, 1935. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Pale blue linen boards/VG; strong & sound w/edge & surface rubs, and showing light soiling/discoloration. DJ/None. Bookshop label to front cover verso. Chronicle of the 1934 Nanga Parbat (1953 celebrated its ascent by Sir Edmund Hillary, followed by that… Read more about this item