Search Results: Authors starting with G from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

Alta: Alta Avalanche Study Center & U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1967 FIRST EDITION. Original stiff paper wrappers with b/w photo illustration on front. VERY UNCOMMON first edition. The book has two light brown spots/streaks upper rear cover and some light rubbing rear cover otherwise it is in near fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 267mm tall x 204mm, and has 144 pages, 9 b/w photos, several diagrams of avalanche sites. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Revelstoke: Footprint, 1987. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 1987 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original black boards, silver lettering cover & spine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no rubbing, no fading, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket is in fine condition EXCEPT for a 2cm tear at top of spine. The book measures 276mm tall x 292mm, and has 156 pages, 119 color & 10 b/w photos, 7 sketches, 2 maps. BIG BOOK: EXTRA POSTAGE required for international shipping. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Revelstoke: Footprint, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition First Printing. 31cm tall x 24cm, 144pp, 100+ colour photos. black cloth, silver lettering cover & spine. FINE in FINE DJ with no chips or tears. SIGNED by Garden on the verso of the title page. Beautiful photo book of the Selkirk & Purcell mountains of Canada. Text covers history of past explorations & more recent mountaineering. A good book, the best modern one on area. Introduction by Wil liam Lowell Putnam. BIG BOOK: EXTRA POSTAGE required for international shipping. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Batsford, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Worn. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original light greenish blue cloth, navy lettering spine. Covers have a little sunning very top edges of covers, gift inscription on blank FFEP, otherwise no other owner marks or writing, solid binding, clean. Worn dust wrapper (8mm chip across top spine, 1cm chip top front corner, tear along 3/4 spine fold). Book measures 227mm tall x 15cm, and has 51 numbered pages + 128 full-page b/w photo plates, folding map, index. Excellent photos of the UK's finest peaks. Shipping to UK is $12.95 (air mail). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED (NOT STOCK PHOTOS).

Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lynton Lamb. FIRST EDITION 1928. Original navy cloth. Gilt lettering front cover & spine.The book has rubbed lower front corners, smull scuff upper rear, no foxing, solid binding, old owner name penned to front pastedown otherwise no previous owner names or marks on any pages. The book measures 232mm tall x 155mm and has 128 pages + many unnumbered plates of 115 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

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 strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer,… Read More

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing FIRST EDIITION -- ADVANCE PROOF COPY. Original beige wrappers with black lettering front. Old owner name penned to top of front cover otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, light browning spine, spine a little slanted, wear at spine ends and corner tips, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 216mm tall x 140mm, and has 201 pages and 15 b/w photo plates. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1983 FIRST UK EDITION. Original navy boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in fine, unread condition with no flaws other than the usual tanning of page paper. Clean, no rubbing, no fading, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket is present with no tears, no loss, no rubbing, no fading, clean, complete with original price printed on the flap corner. The book measures 239mm tall x 158mm, and has 157 pages, 7 color & 39 b/w photos, 6 maps, bibliography, index. History and geographic description of the three Himalayan regions. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Easingwood: G. H. Smith & Son, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of first edition. The book has 232 pages, 8 colour & 80 b/w photos, 9 maps, index. Author led group of young men from Ampleforth College in Yorkshire on climbing expeditions to Myrdals Jokull Ice Cap in SE Iceland, Atlas Mtns of Morocco, Trollaskagi Mtns in N Iceland, Lyngen Peninsula in Arctic Norway, and climb of Kolahoi (17600') in Kashmir. CONDITION: Original blue boards with gilt lettering spine. fine DJ with no chips or tears. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight binding, no foxing. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Dunedin New Zealand: Mount Aspiring National Park Board, 1971. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. First Edition? (not stated, but there is no indication of any previous edition). Original color pictorial soft cover binding. Nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no loose pages, clean pages. Book measures 215mm tall x 138mm and has 70 + [2] pages, 19 b/w & 17 color photos + 4-page foldout b/w panorama, several b/w sketches, large folding map loosely inserted at rear, bibliography. Chapters on access, the Haast Pass highway, hikes & treks, the mountains, plants, animals, geology, park history, early ascents. POSTAGE TO NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIA FOR THIS ITEM is at most $12.95 but probably less if mailed in an envelope. Please enquire for rate. PHOTO IS OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED FOR SALE (NOT a stock photo).

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original black hardcover with silver lettering spine. The book has owner inscription on title page otherwise no marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, clean. The dust jacket has a 1cm tear near the middle of the spine, no tears, no chips, price-clipped flap corner. The book has 208 pages, photos on nearly every page (most in color), maps, list of all known ascents to Oct 1992, list of deaths, etc., large bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1956. 1st Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1st Printing The June 1956 issue of the New Zealand Alpine Journal. Original brown wrappers with black lettering front & spine & rear. Clean covers, solid binding, curling spine ends with small tear, no foxing, no owner writing or marks on pages, complete. This issue includes and article on the first ascent of Kangchenjunga by Norman Hardie, Masherbrum expedition of 1955 by Hewitt, many articles on climbs in New Zealand. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..

Secaucus: Chartwell, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ulrich Ackermann. FIRST PRINTNG of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, no rubbing, clean. The book measures 300mm tall x 266mm, and has 140 pages + [4], 129 color photos (31 of mountains). Mainly a photographic presentation with captions. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Bellows Falls VT: U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association, 1934. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Second Edition" printed on lower front cover. WITH rare SKIER'S MAPS supplement. Original pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Heavy tideline stains to front cover, very faint tideline in margin of upper outside corner of several pages (not bad), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. INCLUDES the usually missing and RARE SKIER'S MAPS supplement (6 maps stapled together (as issued): Mt Washington-Pinkham Notch, Franconia, Moosilauke, Cardigan, Laconia-Belknap, Lake Placid, Woodstock. The maps are in fine, unused condition. The maps show no indication of being second edition or reprinted. The journal measures 229mm tall x 153mm, and has 168 pages + 16 pages of ads, several b/w pages, 6 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of the First UK Edition. Original blue cloth with silver lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with clean covers, slight darkening upper rear cover, a bit of rubbing very tips corners, tiny former owner address label on front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket is present with 2cm loss at bottom of spie, small loss at top spine, tear rear flap crease with thin loss at crease. The book measures 238mm tall x 154mm, and has 282 pages, 35 b/w photos (12 by Sella), 6 sketch maps, 13 engravings by Edward Whymper, glossary, index. Account of 22 climbing accidents in the Alps from 1820 to 1910, each described in detail. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Lausanne: Librairie Payot, 1947. Third Edition (revised) . Broché = Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. THIRD EDITION REVISED. Original paper covers with illustration on front cover. Book covers have edge wear with loss at the corners of the rear cover, some creasing along length of spine. The binding is solid and not broken (pages are sewn). There is some age embrowning of pages but not bad. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Book measures 228mm tall x 144mm, and has 304 pages, 34 b/w photo plates, bibliography. Text is in french. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe, 1983. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original orange boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, very minor rubbing top front (from shifting inside publisher's shipping box of 20 copies), no chips, clean. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 217mm tall x 154mm, and has 224 pages, 49 b/w photos, 6 maps, reference list, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Victor Gallancz, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing SECOND PRINTING OF FIRST EDITION. The book is in fine condition except for fore-edge foxing which does not extend onto page faces, no foxing on page faces, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, tight binding. The dust jacket has no tears, no chips, no rubbing, is clean, complete, no fading. The book measures 221mm tall x 135mm, and has 320 pages, 46 b/w photos, 4 maps, index. Climbing autobiography: Europe, Asia, N & S America, Africa. Gray was joint leader with Don Whillans on the 1964 expedition to Gaurisankar which almost reached top (chapter on this). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Tacoma: The Washington State Historical Society, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDIITON 1972. EX-LIBRARY. Wrappers bound into card library covers. Usual library marks. No owner writing or underlining on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, clean. The book measures 28cm tall, and has 29 pages, 4 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hodder And Stoughton Limited, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1954 FIRST UK EDITION SIGNED by Alfred Gregory and by Sir John Hunt. Original DELUXE binding of white parchment with gilt pattern decorated front and rear, gilt lettering spine, original rear EPs comprising a chart of the ascent of Everest. The book is hand-signed by Gregory on the pre-title page and by John Hunt on the page at the end of his introduction alongside his printed signature on the same page. Both signatures are handwritten, original, and not printed. The book is in excellent condition with very clean covers, some foxing along the extreme top edge of the covers, foxing on the first 3 and last 3 pages but no foxing on other pages, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than the penned signatures of Gregory and Hunt), solid binding (no cracking or splits). The original dust jacket has slight curling to extreme upper edge, no tears, no soiling, no loss, no… Read More