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8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, illustrations and maps in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Hardcover in-4° 238 pages, tres nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, cartonnage illustre de l"editeur.— Edition originale. Bel exemplaire. [RB-1]
in-8°, 235 pp., illustrations n&b, cartes, broche, couv. illustree.- Première edition. Tres bel exemplaire. [DV-12]
32 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
in-8, 187 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broché, couverture illustrée.- Bel exemplaire. [DV-8][CA27/0-]
Les Editions de France 1937, In-12 broché de 214 pages. Bon état.
Paris Les Editions de France 1932, In-12 relié demi-basane marron amateur, dos à nerfs. 264 pages. Préface du Général BRUCE.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 16 plates (all original tissue guards present); original maroon pebble-grain cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Front and rear advertisement paste-downs preserved. With the nineteenth century armorial bookplate of Lt.-Colonel Hon. Henry C. Legge on front paste-down, and binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
76 pages. Lovely colour photography throughout. Text primarily in English. Features: Gisele photo in Jaspal ad; Excellent spas are plentiful around Thailand; Rock climbing in the stunning Krabi setting; World's top tennis stars stop off in Bangkok; Inflight service information; How to stay in good shape while in the sky; Royal Orchid Plus; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates (a number double-page) throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly frayed dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at rear panel and two short closed tears. The story of the ill-fated 1957 expedition on Haramosh in the Karakorum. SCARCE. Neate 58.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 13 plates on 11, half-title and title lightly spotted; original cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrip lightly mottled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author was a contemporary of the Abraham brothers with whom he climbed occasionally. He was also one of those who made the first ascent of the Ben Nuis Chimney on Arran in 1901. Includes short bibliography. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate 43.
8vo., Second Edition, with lithographed frontispiece, 16 mounted lithographed proofs as plates, 2 lithographed folding maps and 2 folding charts (ALL NEATLY COLOURED BY HAND), lithographed folding facsimile, lithographed folding panorama and large lithographed folding map (some moderate spotting), plates and some maps mildly spotted (mainly at margins), text generally clean and crisp, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; brown cloth, neatly rebacked in calf lettered in gilt, gilt top, new laid endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Crisp copy of a scarce Alpine classic, first published in 1828. Neate *38.
peti in-4° 221 pages, tres nombreuses nombreuses photographies en noir et en couleurs de l"auteur, broche, couverture illustree à rabats.— Edition originale. Bel exemplaire. [GD8/1]
A clean, unmarked book in a tight binding. Slight edge wear. Large format: 10 1/2"w x 14"h. 182 pages. A selection of 150 of Ray Atkeson's color photographs of the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountain Range.
8vo., First Edition, with several plates, free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth, boards framed in blind, upper board lettered in gilt, green top, green marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. The Britannia Hut is the only mountain club hut in the Alps built entirely from funds raised by British climbers. Clinton Dent (1850-1912) was the first President of the Association. RARE. Neate 33.
Donostia, ELKAR, 2002. Nombroses il·lustracions en color i b/n. 323p. 4t. Cartoné editorial amb sobrecoberta il·lustrada. Molt bon exemplar.
8vo., Second Edition, with a mounted chromolithographed frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 7 fine mounted chromolithographed plates (all original tissue guards save one present), 24 woodcut illustrations in the text, and 9 folding engraved and coloured maps (one of two short tears in folds), neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary recto; attractively bound in late nineteenth century half calf BY SMART OF GLOUCESTER, marbled boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, upper hinge tender else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the engraved binder's ticket on front paste-down. Published in the same year as the first edition. This edition has a new title-vignette and an extra woodcut illustration. This work is effectively the forerunner of the Alpine Club Journal. 'Commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection' (Neate). An appendix lists all Alpine peaks above 12,000ft. Neate 18.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 15 plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper, half-title and title lightly spotted; original terracotta plain cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, upper joint fractionally rubbed at headband else a very good, bright, firm copy. This copy has the upper board plain rather than gilt-blocked. Comprises selections from Volume I-V of the Alpine Journal. Neate 22.
8vo., Fourth Edition, with mounted chromolithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved title-vignette, 7 fine mounted chromolithographed plates (all original tissue guards present), 24 woodcut illustrations in the text, and 9 folding engraved and coloured maps; original terracotta diced cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, green endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the contemporary trace ticket of Sanders of Upper Tooting on front paste-down, and binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. Published in the same year as the first edition. This edition has a new title-vignette and an extra woodcut illustration. This work is effectively the forerunner of the Alpine Club Journal. 'Commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection' (Neate). An appendix lists all Alpine peaks above 12,000ft. Neate *18.
Very Good English Paperbacck. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 87, [2] p., color photos. Oo! Mountains: Untamed sons of mother nature.= Daglar, daglar: Doganin asi çocuklari.
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous plates and maps (a number folding); red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded version of the original edition of 1923.