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No Purdah in Padam The Story of the Women's Overland Himalayan Expedition, 1958
Deacock, Antonia
London George G. Harrap 1960 First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean unfaded green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, very light bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Map-illustrated endpapers, with small custom printed mountaineering bookplate on front fixed endpaper (top left corner). Plate from the "American Alpine Club - Rocky Mountain Branch" lightly tipped in on verso of front free endpaper. 207 pgs. with appendix. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with slight surface wear to corners and top and bottom spine edges; no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the Women's Overland Himalayan Expedition in 1958, with a foreword by Dame Isobel Cripps and with 11 plates in half-tone and 2 maps. 018330
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100.00 USD
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High in the Thin Cold Air
Hillary, Sir Edmund and Desmond Doig
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1962 Stated First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
"First Edition" stated on copyright page. Clean gray cloth boards with blue title box, silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 256 pgs. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has 3/4" closed edge tear at base of rear panel with light associated creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the Himalayan Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Ecyclopedia. 018158
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20.00 USD
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The Conquest of Everest
Hunt, Sir John
New York E. P. Dutton 1954 Stated First Edition Hardcover Fine Very Good+ Jacket
Stated First Edition. Very clean blue cloth boards with Mt. Everest illustration on cover, very clean beige cloth spine with blue lettering in light blue title box. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 300 pgs. with index. Clean bright unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, no tears, very small edge chip at top rear corner near spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. With a chapter on the Final Assault by Sir Edmund Hillary; foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 017586
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200.00 USD
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Ten Great Mountains
Irving, R.L.G.
London J. M. Dent & Sons 1942 Second printing Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket
Clean unfaded green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper; no other marks. 213 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges, slight darkening to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "This book gives one of the best and clearest descriptions one has yet read of the difficult "Second Step" on Everest which has baffled many climbers. Its ten chapters have hundreds of interesting points, and the photographs are remarkable for the way in which they show the massive proportions, the tremendous downrush of precipices, and the dizzying effect of corners and slaps that seem to be hung out over space." - Manchester Guardian Mountains include: Snowdon, Ben Nevis, Mount Cook, The Matterhorn, Ushba, Mont Blanc, Mount Logan, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga, Mount Everest. 017646
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25.00 USD
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The Romance of Mountaineering
Irving, R.L.G.
London J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1946 Second printing Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Slightest hint of fading to spine, very tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 331 pgs. with index. 41 superb photographs reproduced in collotype, and maps and diagrams; frontis plate of mountain emerging from clouds with clean tissue guard. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, (21' Net on front inside flap), states "2nd Impression" at top of dustjacket flap ("Reprinted 1935, 1946" on copyright page of book). Slight age toning to dustjacket spine, no chips, a few tiny nicks at top and bottom spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A combined history and description of the theory and practice of mountaineering all over the world, magnificent to read, with magnficent photographs. 017631
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50.00 USD
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Challenge: An Anthology of the Literature of Mountaineering
Irwin, William Robert
New York Columbia University Press 1950 First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean green cloth boards with small illustration at lower corner of front board, black cloth spine with bright silver lettering. Very tiny bump to top front board edge; no fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 444 pgs. with index. Dustjacket has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Twenty-five of the most exciting firsthand accounts of mountaineering all over the world--of scaling peaks in the Andes, the Rockies, the Pyrenees, the Himalayas, the Alps--as they have appeared over the past century. Writers include Sir Leslie Stephen, Gertrude Bell, Evelyn Waugh, John Muir, John Buchan, and more; also includes a brief glossary and suggestions for further reading. 017647
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25.00 USD
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Mountain Prospect
Russell, Scott
London Chatto & Windus 1946 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean blue cloth boards with blue title box, bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, slight bumping at top of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 248 pgs. Illustrated with 47 plates and 7 regional maps, there is also laid in a folded "Scott-Map of the White Mountains of New Hampshire" in excellent condition. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (18s Net on front inside flap), has very shallow chipping (1/4" or less) at top spine edge, slight age-toning to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. While in a Japanese prison camp at Singapore, the author decided to fortify his mind by writing of the things nearest his heart. This book was the result. The author set out to recapture, in full detail, the peaks of his own experience as a climber, an explorer, a botanist. 017609
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45.00 USD
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Lowell Thomas' Book of the High Mountains
Thomas, Lowell
New York Julian Messner 1964 First edition Hardcover Very Good++ Good+ Jacket
First Edition. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clena blue top-stained page edges. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 512 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge, 3" curved closed edge tear at lower front panel edge near spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Here, as only Lowell Thomas could write it, is the story of mountains--a story that reflects the glory, the adventure, the fact and lore, the fascinating discoveries that have emerged from man's urge to conquer the giants of the earth. 018107
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25.00 USD
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