Search Results: Authors starting with Y from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

Tokyo: Hakusuisha Publishing, 1984. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 1984 second edition. New condition in publisher's original box and plastic dust jacket. No marks, no writing, no foxing, clean, never used. Purchased directly from the publisher and held in climate controlled storage for years. Original dark green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The publisher's printed slipcase box has the original wrap-around band with blurbs in Japanese printed on it. The book measures 264mm tall x 190mm and has 759 pages.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original black cloth with gilt lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has some fraying to top of spine otherwise it is in nice clean condition with a solid binding, owner name and address penned to top of first blank page, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, no staining. 273 pages with folding map in rear pocket. Map is in fine condition. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: The Alpine Club, 1926. 1st Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1st Printing The November 1926 issue of the Alpine Journal. Original pale green wrappers with black lettering front & spine & rear. Clean covers, several pages not opened, several light wrinkles spine otherwise an exceptionally well preserved example, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, complete, no foxing, slight browning to first page, solid binding. This issue has an article by J.W. Hickson on climbs in the Canadian Rockies, two articles on the Mount Logan expedition: Food by MacCarthy and Equipment by H. S. Hall. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..

London: The Alpine Club, 1898. 1st Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 1st Printing The May 1898 issue of the Alpine Journal. Original pale green wrappers with black lettering front & spine & rear. Clean covers, small area of wear very bottom of spine otherwise and exceptionally well preserved example, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, complete, very minor foxing in the margins of a few pages (most pages have no foxing), solid binding. This issue has a lengthy account of first ascents in the Canadian Rockies with Norman Collie & Fay by Harold B. Dixon. PLUS an article by Filippo de Filippi on the Duke of Abruzzi's first ascent of Mount St Elias (2 Vittorio Sella photo plates + 1-page map). PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED..

Bern: Hallwag, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST SWISS EDITION. Original brown cloth, small gilt decoration front cover, green title patch spine with gilt lettering. FINE condition in nice dust wrapper (btu 1x1cm chip upper front near spine, two 15mm tears top spine with crinkle marks). TEXT IN GERMAN. Swiss edition of On High Hills & Mountains With A Difference, two books in one. Book measures 227mm tall x 145mm and has 359 pages, 21 b/w photos.

London: John Murray, 1896. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1896 FIRST PRINTING of the First USA Edition. Original olive green cloth, double gilt border with swirls front, gilt lettering front surrounded by gilt border, gilt lettering and swirled end rules spine, original dark brown coated EPs. Much better condition than most copies, clean covers, bright gilt on front and spine, fading very tips of cover corners, tight binding, some shallow dents edges of rear cover from old string wrapping for mailing (books used to be mailed wrapped in paper bound vertically and horizontally with sturdy string), no foxing, solid binding, complete with all maps and plates, old owner name faintly stamped to corner of last blank page, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 237mm tall x 160mm, and has 409 pages, 4 folding maps (1 in pocket), 18 b/w plates, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: John Murray, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition 1939. Original red cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, very minor rubbing tips corners, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket has splash marks front and spine, foxing spots, small loss at spine ends, rubbing at creases, price-clipped flap corner. The book measures 19cm tall and has 149 + [1] pages, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.