Search Results: Authors starting with V from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

Orono: University of Maine Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1991 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, rubbing at spine ends, crease marks to upper corner of about 10 pages, 5 small corrections in red pencil(?) to pages, otherwise no previous owner writing or marks on pages, two small brown spots on blank FFEP, solid binding, no foxing. From the collection of George Wallerstein, a researcher who spent 3 months climbing, exploring, and experimenting on the east Greenland icecap in 1955. The book measures 235mm tall x 155mm and has 208 pages, 16 b/w photos, 2 maps, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First US Edition. Original navy boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, clean, tight binding. The dust jacket has no chips, no tears, rubbing at the very tips of flap creases, clean. The book measures 240mm tall x 154mm, and has 239 pages, 9 maps, 17 b/w & 14 colour photos, index. Winner of Boardman-Tasker prize for mountaineering literature. First half book recounts bold mixed climb (1st ascent) of N face of Kishtwar-Shivling with Dick Renshaw. Second half is on an expedition to the Rimo group in the eastern Karakoram. Much historical information with map & approach updates. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. ADVANCE PROOF COPY of First UK edition. Original pale blue wrappers with black lettering front cover and spine. The book is in good condition: some ripples on covers and last several pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, clean, tight binding. The book measures 205mm tall x 137mm, and has 231 pages, 9 maps.. Winner of Boardman-Tasker prize for mountaineering literature. First half book recounts bold mixed climb (1st ascent) of N face of Kishtwar-Shivling with Dick Renshaw. Second half is on an expedition to the Rimo group in the eastern Karakoram. Much historical information with map & approach updates. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION 1937. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering front and spine. The book has rubbing at corners, a few spots on covers, bookseller stamp and old owner name on FFEP otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book has 171 pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Matsumoto Japan: Shinshu Uiversity, 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original tan boards with gilt lettering spine. As new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no rubbing, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no rubbing, no fading, clean. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book is larger format measuring 264mm tall x 190mm, and has 466 pages + [1], several b/w photos, many b/w diagrams & charts, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ansel Adams. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1954. This is the first printing of the first edition of the popular guide that has been reprinted many times, the first printing now being very scarce. Original blue cloth, silver lettering and boot-prints front cover, silver lettering spine. The book has faint damp mark lower outside corner of the first several pages of the text block (mainly a tide-line visible in the corner of the photo plates and not visible on most other pages), very clean covers, old owner name and address crossed out at top of blank FFEP otherwise no other owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no folded page corners, no foxing. The book measures 189mm tall x 124mm, and has 301 pages, several b/w illustrations and maps, 17 b/w photos including 5 by Ansel Adams. THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Paris: Denoël, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST EDITION. Text in French. Original glossy pictorial hardcover. Issued without dust wrapper, ie, no dust wrapper was ever produced for any copy of this book. minor bump top front spine corner, otherwise FINE condition. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Book is medium large format measuring 268mm tall x 225mm, and has 175 pages, 92 color & 85 b/w photos, route topos for the climbs, maps. Lavish guidebook to 34 rock climbing areas in the USA with 255 routes described. Same format and design as Rébuffat's book Mont Blanc The 100 Finest Routes. This is part of a uniform series that Rébuffat wrote, edited and supervised...with the usual superb photography. The original route names are in english and have not been translated to french. This is the 16th book in the series and somewhat uncommon compared to most other volumes in the series.

New Dehli: Sterling Publisher Pvt. Ltd., 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding, small 5mm light mark fore-edge (see photo) and similar small light mark on top edge. Front cover has some text bleed-through from the underlying board material (cheap India construction using recycled material for the cover boards that had printing on it which now shows through the cover cloth). I have seen this on other copies of this book and on other books published in India. Original dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, clean. The book measures 22cm tall x 14cm, and has 243 pages, 20 b/w photos, EP maps, glossary, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no rubbing, no owner marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, clean. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Reynal And Company, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1956 FIRST EDITION. Original green cloth with dark red lettering front and spine. The book has clean covers with no fading, minor bump lower front corner, minor bump lower outside front corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tiny fore-edge foxing spots but no foxing on page faces, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss at spine corners, 25mm tear lower front, 5mm tiny tears top edge rear cover, original printed price present on flap corner. The book measures 221mm tall x 139mm, and has 256 pages, 24 b/w photos, 2 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Amsterdam: Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1988. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. Reprint same year as first printing. Glossy paperback binding. Text is in Dutch. New condition: no owner marks or writing, no foxing, clean, tight binding, never used. The book measures 200mm tall x 125mm and has 187 + [1] pages. Author on Everest 1982 (first Dutch Everest expedition), on Everest 1984 (to the summit -- but subsequently a very disputed claim), and on Cho Oyu 1987. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.