Search Results: Authors starting with O from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

Sidney British Columbia: Gray's Publishing Company, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition1981 in original glossy pictorial paperback binding. The book is in near fine condition with no flaws other than minor wear at tips of spine corners and cover corners, no tears, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, clean. The book measures 203mm tall x 131mm, and has 199 pages, blw photos, maps, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Chicago: Thomas S Rockwell Company, 1931. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Third printing of First Edition, 1931. blue cloth, silver lettering cover & spine, splotch marks front cover, frayed spine end, solid binding, World's Fair commemorative stamp "Byrd's South Pole Ship" upper corner of FFEP, no writing on pages, soiling (brown spot) on facing pages of author portrait plate (not in image or in text). 235mm tall x 15cm, 192 pages, 19 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Calcutta: The Survey Of India, 1924. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Original printed wrappers with red cloth spine. This is the catalogue updated and corrected to July 1924 as printed, but hand updated/corrected in fine red pen to 11 December 1925. The book is large format measuring 332mm tall x 250mm. It has 61 pages and many index maps including two folding ones. One index map shows Mt Everest, Makalu and Gauri Sankar with printed elevations 29002 feet, 27790 feet, and 23440 feet respectively. The covers have edge tears with one on the front being 5cm long. The book has been updated by hand in red pen mainly in the textual specification section at the rear. I did not seen any corrections on map images. These updates were almost certainly done by the publisher prior to selling this item. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Dehli: Cosmo Publications, 1974. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1974 HARDCOVER REPRINT. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, no previous owner marks of writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has edge rubbing, shallow loss along top of spine, 2cm twisting tear upper rear near spine crease). The book measures 221mm tall x 142mm, and has 418 pages, 7 b/w engravings. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Calcutta: Government of India, Geological Survey of India, 1893. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Second Edition: REVISED "Largely rewritten" and enlarged, 1893, Anonymously inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the top of the first blank page. Leather spine and corners with gilt borders, gilt lettering spine, maroon silk boards, pattern coated EPs. The book has some rubbing to spine and corners, a few light marks on covers, some foxing mainly restricted to margins of pages opposite folding maps and plates (most pages have no foxing), no previous owner names or writing on any pages (other than author's signed inscription), very solid binding, complete with all pages, plates, and maps. The book measures 257mm tall x 188mm, and has 543 pages, 1 b/w photogravure b/w photo of Mt Simvu, 22 plates & folding maps (including 2 in pocket at end, and one large map of the Himalaya at end of text), 27 in-text illustrations, geographical index, general index. A seminal work that… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Early reprint in same binding and format as the first printing. The only difference between this and the first printing is that this does not have "first edition" printed on the copyright page. Otherwise the book is identical to the first printing. The book measures 218mm tall x 141mm, and has 212 pages, 30 b/w photos. Rescue of Corti from the Eigerwand in 1957, the deaths of the others on the climb. Much conflict regarding the climb, mainly relating to Corti. This story reads like a good suspense novel evoking empathy, horror, frustration, and perhaps anger. Exciting, fast-paced true but unhappy (excepting the magnificent collective rescue effort) story. CONDITION: Original black cloth, silver lettering spine. Faint trace of bookplate removal from the first blank page, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, clean. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. HARDCOVER 1969 reprint. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no rubbing, no foxing, clean, tight binding. This edition was not issued with a dust jacket (= no copy of this edition has a publisher's dust jacket). This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book measures 221mm tall x 145mm, and has 238 pages, 58 b/w photo illustrations, 1-page map, 1-page diagram, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Alaska: no publisher indicated, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hal Spence (photos). Original staple-bound booklet with b/w illustrated covers. The pamphlet is in fine condition except for a faint 3cm light spot (oil?) rear cover that penetrates onto the last page. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, sharp edges. An overview of of Mt Austine, an active volcano in the Kenai Penninsula of Alaska, with emphasis on the large 1986 eruption. The booklet measures 215mm tall x 140mm, and has 19 pages, 8 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Palo Alto: Self Published By Author, 1979. Reprint . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 1979 Revised and updated edition. Original glossy yellow paperback with black lettering and illustration front cover, staple-bound. The book is in new, unused condition having been purchased directly from the author and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book has clean covers, no damage, no writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, no foxing -- NEW condition. The book measures 182mm tall x 115mm, and has 144 pages, many route sketches (same as those in the 1956 first edition). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Banff: The Alpine Club Of Canada, 1947. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original textured green wrappers printed in black. Fading spine and edges of cover, some minor wear spine ends, small 4mm brown spot (tea?) to fore-edge of text block, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and maps. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Banff: The Alpine Club Of Canada, 1946. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original textured green wrappers printed in black. Fading spine and edges of cover, gift bookplate of University of Wyoming (illustrated with nice mountain scene) on inside front cover otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (no library marks or stamps on any pages or outside), solid binding, clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and maps. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Banff: The Alpine Club Of Canada, 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original textured green wrappers printed in black. Fading spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and maps. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Banff: The Alpine Club Of Canada, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original textured green wrappers printed in black. Fading spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and maps. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Banff: The Alpine Club Of Canada, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original textured green wrappers printed in black. Fading spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, clean, no foxing, complete with all photos and maps. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.