Search Results: Mountaineering & Caving from Mike Park Ltd

London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 1891. First edition. With the first map but lacking the other two maps, with a chromolithograph colour frontispiece, twelve plain lithograph plates and eight mounted photographs, nineteen text illustratons, large thick octavo, pp xx, 404, a little foxing and age-toning throughout, an inscription on the half-title, with two small library stamps on the title page [Kenya Carnegie Circulating Libraries and McMillan Memorial Library], an accession stamp on the verso of the title page, stoutly bound in grey cloth. [Meyer was a German geographer and traveller. In 1887, during his first attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, Meyer reached the base of Kibo, but was forced to turn back. He did not have the equipment necessary to handle the deep snow and ice on Kibo. In 1888, alongside the Austrian cartographer Oscar Baumann, he explored the Usambara region, with designs of continuing on to Mount Kilimanjaro. However, the two explorers could not proceed on, due to events… Read More

Llandudno: Modern Etchings Limited Not dated - 1930's - 1940's ? Illustrated with line drawings, small horizontal octavo, pp 94, very slightly sed and marked internally, paperback, covers a little marked and worn, binding leaning slightly.. Paperback. Good. Illus. by H. Clayton Jones.

Oxford University Press, 1961. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xii, 159, clean internally, blue cloth slightly dull and slightly rubbed and marked. Overall quite a good copy of a very scarce book. [From the library of Anthony Huxley, with his stamp on the front endpaper. Son of Julian, nephew of Aldous, grandson of Leonard and great-grandson of Thomas Henry - Anthony Huxley was the only member of this towering scientific dynasty to choose botany and horticulture as his career. His earlier writings on mountain flowers reflected his passion for the high ground, and among his forty-odd works there stands his "Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains" of 1962, a classic work notable for its painstaking accuracy. A great chance to obtain a book from a famous provenance.]. Cloth. Good.

London New York & Toronto: Geoffrey Cumberledge, Oxford University Press, 1956. Second impression. Small octavo, pp (6), 186, illustrated with small line drawings by Lynton Lamb and eight photographic plates, very clean internally, cloth-backed patterned boards, a slight mark on the title label otherwise vert good, the dustwrapper (also by Lynton Lamb) is not price-clipped and shows only slight signs of use. Signed by author on the title page and with a short but charming typed note from the author loosely inserted. A great copy. . Signed letter from author. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lynton Lamb.

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1923. Illustrated with nine maps, octavo, pp viii, 270, generally clean internally but a previous owner has entered occasional pencil crosses in text and index and these are quite heavy - an imprint is left even if erased, there are also a few notes on the rear endpapers; green cloth very slightly marked and ith just slight signs of wear.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1924. Well illustrated, small thick quarto, pp xx, 316, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, very slightly used internally, blue cloth a little worn and scuffed, the head and tail of the spine pulled. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary for some areas.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Well illustrated, horizontal quarto, pp 232, a small neat name on the front endpaper, otherwise a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper. [Popular survival expert Ray Mears presents a richly illustrated compendium of practical skills and wisdom, relevant not only to wilderness survival, but also urban life. The book contains step-by-step guides to a wide range of survival techniques, as well as accounts of Ray's own experiences and his bushcraft philosophy. ] . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1958. Illustrated, octavo, pp (6), 230, the fore-edge very faintly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, black cloth with only very slight signs of use, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly rubbed and marked (slightly heavier on the rear cover), a tiny closed tear at the top of the front cover,the spine faded. [The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings and cave paintings dating back to the Upper Paleolithic. In conjunction with other caves and abris of the Vézère valley, the Rouffignac cave was classified a Monument historique in 1957 and a world heritage site in 1979 by UNESCO.]. First English edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and marked.

A MIXED COLLECTION OF CAVING MAGAZINES, CONNECTED IN PARTICULAR WITH RADIO, TECHNOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY: British Cave Research Association. Cave Radio & Electronics Group. Newsletters 6 - 12, 15 - 17, 20, 23 & 51. (1991 - 2003); Speleonics. Issues 6 - 10, 14, 18 & 19. (USA 1986 - 1993); Grampian Speleological Group. Newsletters 53, 71, 73. (1988 - 1992); Underground Photographer. Issues 1 and 4 (1995 - 1996); Together with a handful of miscellaneous papers, including Hamish MacInnes report "Ground Probing Radar for Avalanche Search (CAS Bag number 11), and David Gibson's article on Cave Radio (offprinted from Cambridge Underground 1990). A miscellaneous selection , but of considerable interest; these ephemeral items seem to turn up rarely. Published without covers, stapled as issued, slightly worn throughout. . Unbound. Fair.

Leicester: Cordlee & British Cave Research Association, 1991. Illustrated, octavo, pp vi, 296, very slight signs of use internally, paperback, very slightly worn, upper corner very slightly bruised. Overall still a very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1915. Illustrated with black and white plates, some of which are mounted, large thick octavo, pp xvi, 250, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, rather weak internally, the hinge at page 176/177 very weak indeed, and some other hinges becoming so, brown cloth slightly rubbed, lower cover very slightly marked, rear corners slightly bruised. [With the stamp of Fred B. Butler on the front endpaper, and also an armorial bookplate. He had a keen sense of local history and over a span of 50 years gathered a collection of archives, manuscripts, photographs and artefacts, most of which related to Taranaki history. He wrote articles for the local newspapers from 1927 to 1947, using two nom de plumes 'Humane' and also 'Egmont'. ]. Emmeline Freda Du Faur (1882 - 1935) was an Australian mountaineer, credited as the first woman to climb New Zealand's tallest mountain, After her climb to the summit of Mount Cook in 1910, she is quoted as stating: "I was… Read More

Trento: Editoria s.r.l., 1985. Well illustrated with colour photographs, large 8vo, pp 124, paperback, a good clean copy.. Paperback. Very Good.

Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Society, 2005. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp x, 144, paperback, a very good copy. [This Sabah Society Monograph is devoted to commemorating 40 years since the Royal Society Expeditions to Mount Kinabalu. which was declared a national park in 1964. The Royal Society Expeditions (RSE) of 1961 and 1964 took place when Sabah was in transition from a British administered colony to an independent state within the Malaysian Federation. The First RSE was the last of a long series of major scientific expeditions undertaken during the colonial era. The First RSE was also the first team to undertake an exploration of the long and difficult Eastern Ridge of Kinabalu. All previous explorations of the mountain had focussed on its western side. The same Expedition was also the first to explore the Pinosuk Plateau, on which thrived a unique forest at 5000 ft, on rocky detritus washed down from the mountain. Sadly, this forest does not exist any more, as it was cleared in the 1980s to make way… Read More

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2013. Very well illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 152, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. [This book is a guide to the remote and rugged eastern part of Mount Kinabalu, the tallest mountain on the island of Borneo. The western part of the mountain is readily accessible by a scrambling trail that has been developed over several decades into a secure track with guard rails, steps and ropes in steeper sections. It attracts thousands of amateur climbers every year. The eastern summit of Kinabalu was scaled for the first time only in 1957 by two British climbers Myles Bowen and Ross Urquhart, a century after the maiden climb to the western summit by Hugh Low in 1851. The steep ascent over sheer cliffs and the rugged terrain continue to limit the number of visitors to East Kinabalu. In this book the authors provide information on the topography of East Kinabalu, four climbing routes, and brief historical information on each route. The routes described are the Bowen’s… Read More

London: John Lane : The Bodley Head, 1914. Second edition. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xx, 355, a folding map at the rear in good condition, a small ink stain to the verso of the title page and the half-title, otherwise clean internally, with the blind-stamp of the Saxifrage grower Brian Arundel on the title page, brown cloth very slightly worn.. Second edition. Cloth. Good.

Harpers Ferry: Appalachian Trail Conference Inc., 1974. 12mo, pp (c.300), a few turned corners but otherwise clean internally, paperback,covers very slightly worn, the spine faded. [There are no maps in this edition]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

Johannesburg: Lorton Communications, 1988. Illustrated, and with seven folding maps at the rear (one is a little creased), pp 147, signature of Brian O'Shea on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, pictorial boards, a very good copy.. Boards. Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1899. Well illustrated with many plates, two folding maps, large 8vo, pp xvi, 390, neat contemporary inscription on the front endpaper, some foxing and browning throughout, a little smoky, decorated cloth gilt, a little worn and marked, spine faded and with two holes at the base. VERY SCARCE.

Cardiff: Wild Places Publishing, 1997. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 268, a very good bright clean copy in a dustwrapper showing the very slightest signs of use. Signed by author on the title page. SCARCE. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Kota Kinabalu, 2015. Very well illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp xviii, 162, paperback, a very good new copy. [For very many explorers, naturalists and conservationists, there is no parallel to the spectacular Kinabalu and its special biological richness. During its genesis, this geologically young mountain attained remarkable height to over 4000 m, and has weathered climate change episodes through millenia that ranged from ice-capped peaks to today’s largely bare granitic summit area. The mountain has an impressive array of natural communities dispersed over a complex formation of rock types and topography, across an impressive elevation gradient from tropical, through temperate, to polar climatic regimes. The precipitous topography has kept many places unexplored and most ecological assemblages and organisms are only beginning to be better studied.]. First Edition. Paperback. New.