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Top Sellers in Rock Climbing
Psychovertical
by Andy Kirkpatrick
Andy Kirkpatrick’s film Cold Haul, about his and Ian Parnell’s ascent of the Lafaille Route on the Dru, won first prize at the Graz Festival.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Rock Climbing Books & Ephemera
If You Fall.... It's a New Beginning
by Darke, Karen
O Books, 2006. 1st ed VG+ pb signed by Karen Darke. Yes. account of her life before and more importantly after the fall that left her paralysed and in a wheelchair, signed by Karen Darke
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A$14.41
The Totem Pole
by Pritchard, Paul
Constable, 1999 reprint. 1st ed reprint VG in VG dw. after winning the Boardman-Tasker Award for "Deep Play" Pritchard used the prize money to fund a climbing trip around the world. This is the story of how he was injured, hit by a falling boulder while climbing on a sea-stack off Tasmania, and his fight to recover
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A$28.81
Lakeland's Pioneer Rock-Climbers
by Jackson, Herbert & Jackson, Mary
Dalesman Books, 1980. 1st ed VG pb. Based on the Visitors Books at Wasdale Head from 1876-1886 [Neate J02]
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A$23.05
Rock Climbing In Wales -- Second Edition
by James, Ron
London: Constable, 1975. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering spine. Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, very clean covers, clean pages, no crease marks, a few tiny foxing spots on top edge of text block. Original dust wrapper is in nice condition with no chips, no tears, front flap has clipped corner.
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A$30.54
Ascent
by Steck, Allen & Roper, Steve
Sierra Club Books, 1989. 1st ed VG- pb. large format, 206 pages, 24 essays about the mountaineering experience in word and image, mainly about the USA
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A$28.81
Journal no. 53 - 1959
by Fell & Rock Journal
FRCC, 1959. 1st ed VG in card covers. 1959 journal in card covers
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A$9.60
Long Days in Lakeland
by Turnbull, Ronald
Grey Stone Books, 1998. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a selection of long walking and scrambling routes including traverses of the Lake District, the Bob Graham Round, the Scafell Scramble Circuit, expect what it says, these are long days!
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A$19.21
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, WITH MINUTE DIRECTIONS FOR TOURISTS; AND MR. WORDSWORTH'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE COUNTRY, ETC.; ALSO, FIVE LETTERS ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT, BY THE REV. PROFESSOR SEDGWICK. -- 1859 FIFTH EDITION
by Wordsworth & John Hudson (editor)
Kendal & London: Thomas B Hudson & Longman and Co. and Whittaker and Co., 1859. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 1859 FIFTH EDITION. Original textured brown cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, blind lettering rear, debossed decorations front and rear. There is a 1cm ink spot on the front cover. The spine backstrip is detached, chipped at the ends, and broken horizontally about 4cm from the top. There is chipping along the outside edge with loss to the first two blank pages,...
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A$129.79
Menlove
by Perrin, Jim
Gollancz, 1985. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. biography of a leading British climber from between the wars, he was also a talented writer [Neate P41]
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A$57.63
High Endeavours: Life & Legend of Robin Smith
by Cruickshank, Jimmy
Canongate, 2005. 1st ed Fine in VG dw. biography of Smith who would probably have gone on to be one of Scotland's greatest climbers if he had not died so young, in the Pamirs aged just 23
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A$48.02
Cascade Alpine Guide. Climbing And High Routes. Columbia River To Stevens Pass --- 1987 Second Edition expanded and revised
by Beckey, Fred
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1987. 2nd Edition . Thick Flexible Textured Wraps. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 1987 Second Edition (expanded and revised) of this series of guidebooks on the Cascades. Bright & clean, crease mark spine cover, no previous owner marks on any pages, no foxing, clean inside and outside, probably rarely used book. Original textured light beige durable wrappers, black lettering front cover & spine, 327 pages, many b/w photos, several maps and route diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE...
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A$38.17
The First Fifty Years of the BMC
by Milburn, Geoff & Walker, Derek & Wilson, Ken
BMC, 1997. 1st ed VG- (as inscription of Bridlington Walking & Climbing Club inside and "BWCC" in felt tip on front edge of pages) in VG dw, (no 310 of 500 limited edition) signed by John Hunt, George Band, Chris Bonington & Joe Brown. Yes. a political history of the British Mountaineering Council, signed by John Hunt, George Band, Chris Bonington & Joe Brown
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A$76.84
Tower Peak. The Largest Roadless Area In California. High Sierra Hiking Guide. -- 1975 FIRST EDITION
by Fawcett, Ken
Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 1975 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original khaki green paperback with black lettering front and spine. The book has a 15mm tear lower front, 6cm x 1cm loss lower rear corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. Complete with large folding map at end. The book measures 152mm tall x 107mm and has 90 pages, several b/w photos, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING...
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A$76.34
The Mountain Men
by Hankinson, Alan
Heinemann, 1977. 1st ed VG in VG dw. covers the history of rock climbing in North Wales from about 1800 to 1914 [Neate H24]
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A$38.42
Climbers Guide to Ben Nevis
by S.M.C
Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1969. 1st ed new series G no dw pictorial cover. small format guide to rock climbing on Ben Nevis [Neate Q348]
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A$9.60
A Price Guide to Books Concerning British Mountaineers and Mountaineering in the British Isles 1781-1999
by Palmer, Dek
Cheyne Books / Northern Liberties Press, 2000. 1st ed VG pb. 120 page pb, a Price Guide to Books Concerning British Mountaineers and Mountaineering in the British Isles 1781-1999
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A$23.05
Oread Mountaineering Club 50th Anniversary Journal
by Oread Mountaineering Club (ed H. Pretty)
1st ed VG in VG dw signed by Harry Pretty, the editor,
nicely produced hardback celebrating the club's first 50 years, extracts from their journals from 1949 to 1999, well illustrated with b&w and colour photos and some line drawings, signed by the editor, Harry Pretty
nicely produced hardback celebrating the club's first 50 years, extracts from their journals from 1949 to 1999, well illustrated with b&w and colour photos and some line drawings, signed by the editor, Harry Pretty
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A$38.42
Yes, To Dance: Essays from Outside the Stockade
by Perrin, Jim
Oxford University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. UK: Oxford Illustrated Press 1990, first edition, first printing. Fine/Near fine. 7.5 x 9.75 in., 196 pp. Articles on Britain's rock climbs and rock climbers.
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A$15.27
Classic Mountain Scrambles in Scotland
by Dempster, Andrew
Mainstream Publishing, 1992. 1st ed VG+ no dw pictorial cover. 50 scrambles from The Cobbler in the south through to Skye
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A$19.21
Autumn 1956
by Mountain Craft
The Mountaineering Association, 1956. VG pb journal. Autumn 1956 Journal (no.33) in paper covers, large format, 24 pages, includes Cuillin, Snowdonia, Mountain Guides, Artificial aids and more
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A$9.60
Climber's Choice
by Ament, Patrick (ed)
Ragged Mountain Press, 2002. 1st ed VG in VG dw. 23 of the best climbing writers present the choice of their work; includes contributions from Bonington, Simpson, Venables, Webster, Pritchard, Robbins, Long, Ament, Gill, Pratt, Bonatti, Diemberger and more, this anthology includes trips to Yosemite, Karakoram, Himalaya, Patagonia
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A$17.29
Who's Who in British Climbing
by Wells, Colin
The Climbing Company Ltd, 2008. 1st ed VG pb. nearly 700 mini biographies of climbers, living and dead, 574 pages
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A$28.81
Climbing with Angels and Ghosts
by Grant, Frank J
Cherry Tree Publications, 2008. 1st ed VG pb. mainly accounts of his rock climbing throughout the UK, much of it solo, also a trek to climb Island Peak in Nepal
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A$11.53
My Climbing Adventures in the Four Continents
by Turner, Samuel
Fisher Unwin, 1913 2nd impression. 2nd imp VG with owners Prize Plate no dw. a mountaineer who travelled in Siberia, South America and New Zealand, but Neate says that 'his bombastic style spoils his books and detracts from his not inconsiderable climbing achievements'. [Neate T71]
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A$57.63
Cross Country Skiing In Yosemite -- 1985 FIRST EDITION
by Messick, Tim
Denver: Chockstone Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1985 FIRST EDITION. Original glossy pictorial paperback. The book is in fine, unused condition. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no rubbing, no loss, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 229mm tall x 152mm and has 65 + [3] pages, several b/w photos, several topos and diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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A$30.54
