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The White Spider
by Heinrich Harrer
The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.
Alps Books & Ephemera
Recollections of an Old Mountaineer
by Larden, Walter
Edward Arnold, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: Edward Arnold 1910, first edition. VG burgundy cloth; mild foxing to endpapers, foxing to page edges, gift inscription on first free endpaper (dated 1910). No dust jacket. 6 x 9 in., 320 pp. + ads. Memoir of mountain climbs, mostly in Swiss Alps. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.
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A$77.47
The Eigerwand
by Harlin, John
American Alpine Club, 1963. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: American Alpine Club 1963, reprint. Stapled wraps in VG+ condition; slight sun-affected browning to extremities of cover. 6 x 9 in., 13 pp. History of climbs on the north face of the Eiger. Harlin died in 1966 while putting in a direct route up the face.
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A$30.99
The Oberland And Its Glaciers Explored And Illustrated With Ice-Axe And Camera
by George, H. B
London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges...
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A$929.64
New Fragments
by Tyndall, John
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Top edges gilt. 500 pp. Moderate wear to binding, spine faded. Contents solid.
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A$44.45
Monte Bianco 360°
by Boccazzi-Varotto, Attilio
Priuli & Verlucca, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Ivea, Italy: Priuli & Verlucca 1992, first edition, first printing. Fine/Near fine. Slipcase is VG+ with a tear to the paper on the spine. 13.25 x 12 in., unpaginated. There are 25 preliminary pages of text in Italian, French & English; this is a brief history of climbing on Mont Blanc. The bulk of the book has 59 color photographs, 13 are panoramas, 4 of which are 360°. Captions are in 6 languages. At rear is a section of...
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A$193.68
Some Account of Chamouni and Mont Blanc part III
The Saturday Magazine, 1837. Softcover. Good. The Saturday Magazine, November 1837. Supplement No. 347. Four printed leaves which appear to be extracted from a larger volume. Good condition, the high-quality paper has held up very well. 7.5 x 11.5 in., 8 pp. This supplement describes the ascent & descent of Mont Blanc; this was a noteworthy climb for the day.
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A$23.24
Postscript to Adventure
by Schuster, Claud
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950, first edition, first printing. VG/VG. Dust jacket is price-clipped & has mild soiling to rear. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 214 pp. Lectures on mountaineering by a past president of the Alpine Club.
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A$23.24
Focus on Chamonix
by Couttet, Hubert Gay
S.A.C.A.T., 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Torino: S.A.C.A.T. 1983, first edition, first printing. VG+ oversized paperback; glossy covers are unmarked. 8.25 x 11 in., 64 pp. Overview of Chamonix; majority of book is on climbing & skiing.
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A$15.49
Edward S. Curtis 1868-1952
by Adam, Hans Christian
Barnes & Noble, 2006. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Barnes & Noble 2006, reprint. Softbound pictorial covers in near fine condition. 8 x 10 in., 240 pp. 100s of Curtis's classic photos, beautifully reproduced.
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A$23.24
The Climbs of Norman-Neruda
by edited by May Norman-Neruda
T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1899, first edition. VG red cloth; some uneven fading to covers, spine & its gilt is dulled, attractive bookplate on the front pastedown (same name penciled on first free endpaper). There is a rectangular shadow on the rear pastedown, possibly from a bookplate removal (no damage to paper). Top edge gilt. Binding is square & tight. No dust jacket. 5.75 x 9 in., 335 pp. Climbing memoir of British...
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A$348.62
Salute the Mountains: 100 Walks in the Alps
by Pause, W
George C. Harrap, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. London: George C. Harrap 1962, first edition, first printing. VG-/VG. Faint rippling to bottom of last 10 pp. Price-clipped dust jacket has mild wear to top of spine. 8.25 x 10 in., 210 pp. Beautifully designed guide to treks in the Alps; each walk has a full-page photo facing the route description.
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A$23.24
Italian Alps: Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
by Freshfield, Douglas W
Longmans, Green, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: Longmans, Green 1875, first edition. Bound in half leather & blue cloth; gilt titles & emblems on spine. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. VG- condition; wear to the leather at the spine, bookplate on first free endpaper, browning to short title page & browning to fore edge. All 5 folded maps are present. 5.5 x 7.75 in., 385 pp. Illustrated with 10 wood engravings by noted artist John Gilbert.
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A$232.41
The Day the Rope Broke
by Clark, Ronald W
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. NY: Harcourt, Brace & World 1965, first American edition. VG cloth in a VG unclipped dust jacket. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 221 pp. Story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn; four died on the way down when their rope parted.
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A$30.99
Innocents in the Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition
by Bull, Colin
University of Alaska Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. signed and inscribed by author. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press 2005, first edition. VG cloth in a VG dust jacket. 6.5 x 9.5 in., 254 pp. Story of scientific expedition to Spitsbergen by a group from Birmingham University. Inscribed and signed by author Bull on the page facing the title page.
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A$30.99
The Matterhorn
by Rey, Guido
T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1907, first edition, first printing. VG+ brick red cloth; very clean, tight & straight. Leather spine patches are excellent, with bright gilt & no discernable wear. Uncut page edges are a little darkened, top edge gilt. Verso of plate pages show darkening at the margins. There is no foxing on any pages. No dust jacket. 35 plates as called for: 14 are mounted olive/black-and-white sketches, 10 are...
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A$581.03
The Alan Geisler Collection of United States Carriers and Locals
by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries
Robert A. Siegal Auction Galleries, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries 2008, first edition. Oversized paperback in near fine condition. 8.5 x 11 in., 124 pp. Auction catalogue of privately issued postage stamps on covers. Color illustrations on every page, a beautiful production. PLEASE NOTE: Expedited domestic shipping & international shipping will require extra funds for this heavy book.
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A$30.99
les Alpes/the Alps
by Gogna, Alessandro
Libris, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. London: Libris 2005, first bilingual edition. Fine hardback in a VG dust jacket. 8.75 x 11.25 in., 127 pp. Photography by Marco Milani. Text by Allesandro Gogna, well-known Italian alpinist. In French & English.
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A$38.74
Revue Alpine
by French Alpine Club
French Alpine Club, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Lyon: French Alpine Club 1929, Vol. XXX, Nos. 1-4. Quarter leather in good condition; mild wear to edges, spine leather dull, uneven fade to front paper-covered board, even browning to pages. No dust jacket. 6.25 x 9.25 in., 134 pp. Complete 1929 year of the mountaineering publication of the Lyon chapter of the French Alpine Club. French language, no English translation.
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A$69.72
Pilatus Panorama
Lucerne. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Lucerne, Switzerland: No publisher or date (probably 1950s). Fold-out panorama in paper covers, VG condition. 4.5 x 6.25 in. View from summit of Pilatus above Lucerne. Folds out to approx. 4.5 ft. The panorama looks like a reproduction of an early colored lithograph.
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A$23.24
I Climb Mont Blanc
by Washburn, Bradford
Perry Mason Company, 1927. Softcover. Good/No dust jacket. Article in The Youth's Companion, Vol. 101, No. 26, June 30, 1927. Large tabloid-sized stapled magazine in good condition; minor spotting to front, corner bend lower front. 10.5 x 12 in., 14 pp. Washburn was 17 when he climbed Mont Blanc; he wrote a book about it (Among the Alps with Bradford) which was published later in 1927.
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A$23.24
The Latest from Zermatt: 1960 to Present
by Truffer, Beat P
Aroleit, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Zermatt: Aroleit 1987, first English language edition. Trade paperback in VG condition; crease on back cover. 5 x 7 in., 66 pp. Facts & figures about the mountains around Zermatt in Switzerland.
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A$23.24
British Ski Year Book 1939 Volume X No. 20
by Lunn, Arnold (editor)
London: The Ski Club Of Great Britain, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1939 issue in original light gray wrappers with black lettering covers and spine. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no foxing, solid binding. The book has 318 pages + xx pages of ads, a few b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.
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A$54.23
Between Heaven and Earth
by Rebuffat, Gaston
Vane, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. signed and inscribed by author. London: Vane 1965, first edition. VG blue cloth in a VG unclipped dust jacket. Book is unmarked & has no bumps; top boards show slight bowing, no other flaws. Jacket has a 0.5"" closed tear to bottom rear & slight wear to same edge. 7.5 x 9.5 in., 183 pp. Fantastic black-and-white photos of Rebuffat & other alpinists in action on steep rock & ice in the Alps. Inscribed & signed by Rebuffat on the short...
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A$271.15
Storming the Eagle's Nest. Hitler's War in the Alps
by Ring, Jim
London: Faber & Faber. 2013. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 368 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$20.00
