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London / Seattle: Diadem / The Mountaineers, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in original dust jacket, publisher's errata slip laid in. Clean black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Faint staining to top text block edges. No names, writing or marks - all pages clean and bright and illustrated with magnificent photographs, maps. 366 pages. Dust jacket is clean but slightly age-toned; unclipped, no tears, one tiny chip at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 372 pages with index. Clean jacket is not price clipped (6.50 on front inside flap), has edge wear, a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London: Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Bk Club ed.. Clean hardcover book in nice dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name and date neatly penned on front free endpaper. No other writing or marks. Some dust speckling to text block edges. Contains 8 superb full color photogravure platesand 16 pages of monochrome reproductions. 328 pages with Glossary. Dust jacket is quite clean, has one tiny (dried pea size) edge chip, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean third printing hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with awesome photographs in both black and white and full color. 300 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, one 1/4" closed tear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean white boards with blue cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. Tiny bit of fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with eight pages of color photographs. 254 pages. Clean jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, no chips, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A spectacular true tale of mountain adventure and spiritual challenge..

New York : The Beechhurst Press, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean large format hardcover book illustrated with 75 photogravure plates, in original dust jacket. Size approx. 9" 12". Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 96 pages. Dust jacket has some shallow edge chipping, short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Colin Wyatt, former British ski-jumping champion, traversed on ski such widely dispersed territories asthe Atlas Mountains of North Africa, the Albanian Alps, the Canadian Rockies, the glacial volcanoes of New Zealand, and the Australian Snowy Mountains. He crossed Lapland to the North Cape, besides conquering the more familiar but no less formidable peaks of the Swiss and French Alps. From these expeditions he brought back this collection of photographs… Read More

Editions Jeheber Genève Paris, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Large hardcover book with green cloth-covered boards, embossed cross and rope design on cover, dark green title box with gold lettering on spine. Very light soiling and wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Crossed out previous owner name on back side of front free endpaper at top edge. No other marks. All text in French. Magnificent photographs throughout this book of Mount Everest, climbers, sherpas and surrounding area. Published September, 1953. 144 pages + four-page list of illustrations. Size approx. 8-1/2" x 11". Several newspaper and magazine articles laid in about Mt. Everest conquests. Led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition saw Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach a height of about 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record, opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way… Read More

National Geographic Society, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. National Geographic Society, 1997. First Edition . Fine/Fine. Beautifully clean book and dust jacket, SIGNED by one of the climber's featured in the book. Large book - size approx. 9-1/2" x 12". Very clean, unfaded dark blue cloth boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no previous owner markings. Introduction by Tim Cahill. Signed "Araceli" with a small drawing on page 32 next to Araceli Segarra's photo; again signed "Araceli" with a mountain drawing on page 233 next to her photograph. Beautifully illustrated with spectacular Imax camera images from the motion picture, "Everest." Afterword by David Breashears. 256 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Some additional Everest… Read More

New York: Random House, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing. Clean stated First American Edition in original unclipped jacket. Light blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, blue and silver metallic lettering on spine. Slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with full color photographs. 303 pages + "About the Author." Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, slight wear at top spine edge; not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. First Edition . Very Good/Very Good+. First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Translated by Audrey Salkeld. Clean orange cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Beautifully illustrated endpapers; 4-digit number written in ink at top corner of front pastedown; same number and a card sleeve is on one of the preliminary pages. All other pages an text block edges are clean. Illustrated with maps, awesome photographs in full color and black & white. 254 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, slight fading at upper edge of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In May 1978 Reinhold Messner became the firt man in history to climb Mount Everet without the use of artificial oxygen--an event that made international headlines and permanently… Read More

New York: Random House ( Landmark Books ), 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later printing.. Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Landmark Books no. W-36. Clean light green cloth boards with darker green and red compass and mountaineer decoration on cover, red lettering on spine. Small bump to one corner tip. No fraying or soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings, glossy black and white photographs. 177 pages with Index. Clean photo-illustrated jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A story of the conuests of the highest and most perilous mountain range in the world, by William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court..

Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books, 2008. Stated First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing (Stated "First Printing) in clean unchipped dust jacket, with letter from publisher laid in. Gorgeous large book - size approx. size 9-3/4" 11-1/4". Clean glossy color photo illustrated boards. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean blue endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Beautiful full color photographs throughout. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Collectible gift quality condition..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Very clean first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, maps. 224 pages with index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The British South Georgia Expedition, 1954-1955, wasthe first xpedition to enter Antarctic regions with mountaineering as its principal objective. An important book of exploration and mountaineering..

London: Paul Elek, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. London: Paul Elek, 1947. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book with original unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with stamped white lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Illustrated with awesome black and white photographs. Introduction by Francois Mauriac. 128 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge nicks and very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A superbly written r3ecord of mountain climbing in the French DAUPHINE. Illustrated with the author's own photographs..

London: B. T. Batsford, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Clean blue boards with red lettering on spine. Two very tiny bumps to bottom of front board edge, no fraying or wear-through at all on this book. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Well-illustrated with glossy black & white photographs (65 illustrations of the mountains and their climbers). 240 pages with index. Jacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and a few light scratches; jacket design is "The Ascent of Mont Blanc: TheGlacier Du Tacconay," from a lithograph by George Baxter, 1856. Now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

San Diego / New York: A. S. Barnes, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. San Diego / New York: A. S. Barnes, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 287 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1947. Stated First Printing . Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean and solid Stated First Printin in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean charcoal gray cloth-covered boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with maps, photographs. 411 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and a few very short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

London - Sydney - Auckland - Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton / Morrow, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Foreword by H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh and introduction by Michael Ward. Illustrated with maps, stunning full color and black and white photographs. 224 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear, tiny bit of wear at one corner tip; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Julian Messner, 1964. Book. Very Good++. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Julian Messner, 1964. First edition. Very Good++/Good+. First Edition. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clena blue top-stained page edges. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 512 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge, 3" curved closed edge tear at lower front panel edge near spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Here, as only Lowell Thomas could write it, is the story of mountains--a story that reflects the glory, the adventure, the fact and lore, the fascinating discoveries that have emerged from man's urge to conquer the giants of the earth..

New York : Liveright, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. Association copy. Clean teal boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. A little dust speckling to text block edges. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper as follows: "To Dr. Rothenberg, Without whose kind professional ministrations, the "meek mountaineer" would probably not have survived his childhood! In grateful appreciation and with all best wishes for a happy and full life in Ithaca. - Fred - May 27, 1974." Illustrated with black and white photographs. 192 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, uchipped, two short closed edge tears to rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's descriptions of mountains he has climbed, expressing the challenge and joy of climbing, with a bit of advice and encouragement to all who… Read More