Search Results: Titles starting with I from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of first USA edition. SIGNED by Harrer on the short title page. The book is in fine condition. Previous owner personal bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, NOT ex-library, clean covers, no fading, no foxing, tight binding. The Dust Jacket has some rubbind along folds and at spine ends, 5mm tiny tear upper front, 1cm clean tear lower rear. The book measures 234mm tall x 156mm, and has 256 pages, 5 maps, 38 photos (18 in color). Account, in diary form, of the first ascent of Carstensz Pyramid, considered by many to be one of the seven summits (the opposing opinion views Mt. Kosciusko in Australia as the 7th summit). This book describes eight first ascents in the Carstensz Range, including the 1st ascent of Carstensz Pyramid (16500') in 1962 with Philip Temple. It is one of few books on… Read More

Verona: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1971. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. October 1971 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original grey cloth hardcover with black lettering spine. CONDITION: Shallow splash mark (tea?) upper top edge of first 50 pages (penetrates no more than 3mm into top page margin), otherwise the book is in fine condition with clean covers, tight binding, complete with all pages and photos, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing. The original dust jacket has a 2cm tear lower rear near spine (hard to see), very minor edge wear. The book measures 263mm tall x 191mm, and has 182 + 32 pages of b/w photos + [4], 64 photo plates (39 color photos & 36 b/w photos), 1 full-page route diagram. Text is in Italian. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company Inc, 1973. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original black cloth with silver lettering spine. Clean covers, slight fading spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, minor fore-edge foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket is clean, no tears, no chips. The book measures 214mm tall x 135mm, 168pp, 20 b/w photos on 16 plates, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1986. Second Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of 1986 PAPERBACK Edition. Similar format as the 1977 first edition but new foreword by George Schaller, new preface, slightly fewer photos but with some new additions, and new afterword. Original glossy pictorial paperback. The book has clean covers, damp rippling to last 100 pages to lower 5 inches of inside area of pages (not sticking together and most without any tideline or discoloration, just a few ripples), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, complete with all pages and photos. Hefty book measures 274mm tall x 208mm, and has 334 pages, 305 photos (51 in color), bibliography, index. BIG BOOK: EXTRA POSTAGE required for international shipping. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers printed in black on front with black spine band. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, solid binding, probably never read. The book measures 279mm tall x 215mm, and has 149 pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Quality Book Club, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing 1973 Hardcover reprint. Original red boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket has no tears, no loss. The book measures 223mm tall x 145mm, and has 160 pages, 24 b/w photos. Leader's account of expedition to Jostedals glacier in Norway for survey & scientific work. Team parachuted onto the glacier, climbed on it, descended its main ice fall, & ran the river gushing from the glacier's toe in rubber dinghies. Exciting adventure. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original green cloth, blue-brown-grey-white-black decoration of mountain scene front cover, TEG, gilt lettering cover & spine. minor faint soiling front covers, solid binding, old gift inscription penned to the front free endpaper dated Xmas 1907 (which means the book was sold before the publication date on the title page), no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, bright clean pages, COMPLETE with all plates and maps. A nice example of the book in collectible condition. The book measures 243mm tall x 161mm, and has 444 pages, 166 b/w photos & 4 watercolor plates in color, 2 folding maps, index. THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Norman: Airlife Publishing, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1988 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original brown boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition but has some clear glue (publisher's?) residue to upper front cover, otherwise the covers are very clean without fading or rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has faded spine, no tears, no chips, no loss, clean. The book measures 232mm tall x 158mm and has 357 pages, many b/w illustrations and photos, EP map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Ancona: Self-published By the Expedition -- printed By Aniballi, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Original navy boards (no lettering cover or spine). SIGNED by author on title page. Near FINE condition (3mm bump lower rear cover), in nice dust wrapper (15mm tear lower front, 3mm chip lower rear). Book measures 246mm tall x 167mm, and has 244 pages, 25 color & 40 b/w photos, 9 geological diagrams, 7 maps, climbing records of team members. Text in italian, no english edition. Leader's account of large italian expedition that attempted SE Ridge of Fang. Team reached the ridge at 20,850 feet after 3000' of difficult climbing up the south side. Very poor snow with severe cornicing, plus unstable weather, led to the decision to stop the attempt. The first half of the book consists of chapters on culture, geography, and geology of the Nepal Himalaya, followed by detailed itineraries for 7 treks: Annapurna base, Kali Gandaki, Everest Khumbu, Gosainkund-Helambu, Marsyangdi… Read More

Veronesi: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. FIRST printing of this book which is completely reformatted and abridged from the author's earlier title, Uomini Sul K2. Text is in Italian. A full english translation of this book has not been published. Included with the book is a color postcard showing Compagnoni on the summit of K2. This postcard is signed by Compagnoni (not printed, but hand-signed in black pen) on the image side. The postcard is free of writing or marks on the address side, never stamped or mailed. The book is original glossy pictorial hardcover with color summit photo on front. This book was published without a dust jacket (= no example of this book has a publisher's dust jacket). This is the same photo depicted on the postcard, but the image on the book has been inverted (in error, intentionally?) and recolored (in error, intentionally?). The colors on the postcard are the correct colors. The book measures 200mm tall x 125mm,… Read More

London: Elliot Stock, 1882. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 1882 FIRST EDITION. Original dark blue cloth with black lettering and decoration front cover. Ex-Library with spine number, usual library stamps (stamps on versos of illustration plates), library bookplate on front pastedown, library bookplate pasted to rear cover. Nothing missing, complete with all pages and illustrations. Browning to EPs, no writing or underlining on pages, but all plates have library stamps on the versos. Several text pages have library stamps in the margins. Apparently, the library was concerned that this book might be pilfered. A good working example of this increasingly rare last of the ascent of Mont Blanc narratives. The book measures 223mm tall x 141mm, 76pp, 6 b/w engravings, diagram, map. Account of the 768th ascent of Mont Blanc. The climb was made by the author from Chamonix and is written in a very straightforward, unsensationalized manner, thus giving a most accurate description of what… Read More

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, clean. The dust jacket is clean and has no tears and no chips. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original textured blue boards, gilt lettering front & spine. Nice clean covers, old gift inscription on corner of blank FFEP, no other marks or writing in book, no foxing, solid binding, minor fore-edge soiling, overall quite nice condition in the original rare dust jacket. Dust jacket has 1cm deep loss along top spine, 3cm tear lower rear spine crease, generally clean. The book measures 225mm tall x 140mm and has 361 pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1938. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. TRAVEL BOOK CLUB edition 1938. Original beige cloth with green lettering spine. The book has minor soiling covers, slightly faded spine, solid binding, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, complete with all photos and map. The book measures 22cm tall x 14cm, and has 311 pages, 16 b/w photos (including 3-page foldout of author's passport), map, index. Adventures of an American from San Francisco who made three journeys to Tibet between 1912, 1918, and 1924, disguised as a beggar. Most notable was his lone trek from Sakar to Nepal then to Gyangtse. Same format/contents as 1st edition but different binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1987 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition -- WINNER of the 1987 Boardman-Tasker Award for mountain literature. Original navy boards with gilt lettering spine. Inscribed and SIGNED by team member Gareth Wood on the title page. Wood was the third member of the expedition and reached the South Pole alongside Swan and Mear. WITH commemorative, illustrated envelope SIGNED by Roger Mear and SIGNED by Robert Swan (the Gareth Wood signature on the envelope is a stamped signature; Mear's and Swan's signatures are hand-signed). The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, no owner writing or marks on any pages (other than Wood's signed inscription), no foxing. The original dust jacket is clean and bright, no fading, no rubbing, no tears, no chips, complete with publisher's printed price on front flap corner still present. The signed commemorative envelope is in fine condition. It… Read More

Golden: Outbooks, 1981. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1981 First Edition of this version of Muir's article. Original wrappers with illustrated front and back, staple-bound. The book is in clean condition with no chips or tears to covers, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The booklet measures 229mm tall x 153mm, and has 24 pages, 27 b/w illustrations, 1 map. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 2005 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition, inscribed and signed to another Greenland explorer on the recto of the short-title page. Original black cloth with gilt lettering front cover and spine. The book is in superior condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, two penned comments by Wallerstein correcting text, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (apart from author's signed inscription), no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, no loss, clean. The book has been inscribed to George Wallerstein who pioneered first ascents in Greenland's mountain in the 1950s. Wallerstein was a leading astronomer (created U Washington's department) who climbed and made many first ascents in the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere. The book measures 235mm tall x 160mm and has 254 pages, many color and b/w photos, index, PHOTOS ARE OF… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. reprint Probably a later printing of the first edition since there is no indication of edition on copyright page. Original very light grey boards, blue lettering front and spine. The covers are clean and not rubbed, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, minor top edge foxing but no foxing on page faces, tight binding. The dust jacket has tears along the flap folds, tiny edge loss in places, clipped front flap corners, two tape repairs (inside) at flap folds. The book has 190 + [1] pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Museum Press Limited, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing FIRST EDITION 1958. Original blue boards with red lettering spine. EX-LIBRARY with usual library marks on EPs and title page and spine of cover. Generally clean condition with no foxing, library marks but no writing or marks other than the library marks on EPs and title page, solid binding, complete. The dust jacket is rubbed, has small loss at edges, has library sticker on spine. The book measures 220mm tall x 147mm, and has 128 pages, several b/w sketches, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: iUniverse Inc., 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First printing of first edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on short title page, 8vo PB (no hardcover issued), 23cm tall x 152mm, 283pp, 34 b/w photos, biblio. Biography of Kraus. He was born in Trieste in 1905 and lived and climbed in Europe, mainly the Austrian Alps, until he fled the Nazis and came to the USA in 1938. He lived in New York and was one of the major pioneering climbers of the Shawangunks. Kraus was also a successful physician who did pioneering work in muscles and fitness. He was President John F. Kennedy's back doctor. glossy pictorial paperback. signed by author on title page. Fine