Search Results: MOUNTAINEERING from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Wherry's Alpine holiday memoirs from 1891 to 1895; plus a chapter on "the climbing foot", and one on accidents. 8vo, xvi, 174 pp, ads [4], b&w photographic illustrations. Green gilt cloth covers with gilt title at spine and front board with gilt decoration. Slt. ruffling to head of spine, slt. rubbing on covers, fox spotting to end papers, interior clean, spine tight. OCLC: 6480890.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. Moore (1841-1887) (known generally as A. W. Moore) was a British civil servant and mountaineer and member of The Alpine Club. This is the second edition, printed after a rare private printing from 1867. Presented to Ursula Corning by her father. Ursula Corning was a noted mountain climber (Matterhorn) & skier and member of The Alpine Club in London. She worked for the OSS, a predecessor to the CIA, during World War II. Large 8vo, xxxv (list of 21 plates and 10 maps), 444pp, index [6]. Green cloth covers, gilt text on spine, foredge uncut. Spine sunned, rubbed at corners, interior clean and bright, binding tight. OCLC: 7094157.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. Proof. A proof copy of an account of the first successful ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Brown kraft paper wrappers marked "Not Final Copy Set from Collected Galleys NB", with a stamp on the brown paper wrapper to be returned to Curtis Brown, publishers in New York. 8vo, 284pp, with a new set pf pages 283 - 290 loosely inserted at the back. A couple of penciled notations - on "Illustrations in Colour", a note that says '16 pp probably' and '48pp probably' on "Photographs". All page numbes are shown as zeros. Loosely inserted is a typescript of the forward by H.R.H., with 'The Duke of Edinburgh' struck out. Wrappers a little browned and a light crease through first couple pageso/w very good.

Berlin: Raimond Mitscher, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. The Matterhorn and its history. 4to, decorated tan cloth boards, gilt title on spine. Cover illustration has 3 climbers scaling the Matterhorn, with cover text in gilt as part of the mountain. 191 pp, with 15 chapters and many photographs throughout. Cover dusty, spine frayed at head, and slightly at foot. Binding split, several pages loose/chipped but present. Interior pages clean. OCLC: 315276807 records only the National Library of Scotland holding a copy.

London: Edward Arnold, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Freshfield [1845-1934] was a British lawyer, author and a keen traveler and mountaineer. He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880, was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club and served as President of both. He teamed with Italian photographer Vittorio Sella for this work. Freshfield was the first foreigner to reach the Eastern Summit on Elbrus; he led an exploration of the Caucasus and was the first man, officially, to conquer Kazbek with guides from the village Gergeti. Freshfield also became the first mountaineer to examine the western face of Kangchenjunga, which rises from the Kangchenjunga Glacier. Two vols, 4to, Vol. I, xxiii, 278pp; Vol. II, x, 295pp, with total 76 full page b&w photographic plates, 4 color folding maps (one in end pocket), 3 folding b&w panoramas, b&w illustrations in the text (complete). Green cloth covers with gilt floral decoration on both boards, gilt text on… Read More

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. John Tyndall (1820 - 1893) was a prominent 19th century physicist and philosopher. He was an accomplished author, speaker, mountaineer. Presented to Ursula Corning by her father. She was a noted mountain climber (Matterhorn) & skier and member of The Alpine Club in London. She worked for the OSS, a predecessor to the CIA, during World War II. Sml 8vo, 105pp, 8 pp catalog at back, original Victorian brown patterned cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Two illustrations of the Weisshorn and Matterhorn. Frayed at top and base of spine, o/w good + condition. OCLC: 877274878.

New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Hardcover. Very good condition. Presentation copy from the author, Jan. 1, 1936. Privately printed by Frederick Fairchild Sherman and limited to 300 copies. Quarter imitation vellum and teal paper covered boards, gilt title at front board. Small 4to, 21pp with 6 full page photogravures. Deckle edged pages, printed on hand made Dutch paper. Boards sunned, dusty, rubbed and bumped at corners. Spine rubbed at top and edges. Interior clean and bright, binding tight. OCLC: 716836317 records only the Mediatheque Valais (Sion), Switzerland holding a copy.

Genf, Alpina: Alpina, 1925. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 1/2 mottled br. leather, 1/2 marbled paper, gilt title on spine,180 pp, b/w photographic illustrations and (1) fold-out color map of "Chemins aux environs de Zermatt" at 176 pp. Spine rubbed at edges w loss at head and foot not effecting title. Internally toned, clean, binding tight.