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8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text and large folding map in pocket at end; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, covers mildly age-soiled else a good, clean copy. Published in the same year as the French edition. Neate 297.
in-8°, 287 pp, 26 photographies en noir, couverture illustree a rabats. Bel exemplaire [CA-00]
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Plastic comb binding. 5 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h. 221 pages, plus index. First edition, limited # 690/1000. Black and white photos and illustrations.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates (toned in blue or sepia) and maps, and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, joints faintly rubbed else a near fine copy. Neate 862.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece and 16 plates; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. First published in 1943. See Neate 468
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 14 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Neate 835.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 59 plates on 46 and 7 full-page maps in the text; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-browned and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Written from a Japanese POW camp at Singapore, Russell's classic account records summer camps with New Zealand pioneer A.P.Harper, experiences in Jan Mayen and the Arctic, and an expedition to the Karakoram-Himalaya under Shipton. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate R98.
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1940. Neate 735.
248 pages, illustrated, appendices, bibliography, index. eng
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, covers unevenly sunned else a bright, firm, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip and frayed and creased at edges. An account of the author's post-war climbs wearing his artificial leg. SCARCE. Neate *942.
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, plates in photogravure and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on title, free endpapers lightly browned; original oatmeal buckram, backstrip with leather labels (chipped at edges) framed and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, corners lightly bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy. Mummery's classic account was first published in 1895. In this, arguably the best, edition the frontispiece of Aiguille Verte is replaced by the author's portrait. Neate *555.
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous monochrome plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the armorial bookplate of Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle on front free endpaper. Vaughan-Arbuckle, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Logistics Corps, served in India, Hong Kong, Germany and the Falklands. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *364.
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.
8vo., First Edition, text in French, with coloured frontispiece, numerous fine coloured and monochrome plates, and printed endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; pictorial boards, ivory cloth back lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. See Neate *641.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Oblong large 8vo. In English and Turkish. 24, [1] p. Color ills. Nemrut-Suphan Geopark.= Nemrut-Süphan Jeoparki. Photography by Ali Ihsan Gülcü, Adem Gül.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned, and rubbed and creased at extremities.
271 pages. Tissue-protected black and white photographic frontis portrait of 'The Old Low House'. "When I rejoined the Alpine Club last winter, after some years of absence from that most pleasant society, it was suggested that I should collect and publish some of my papers on Alpine subjects which appeared thirty years ago and more in various periodicals. That is the excuse for the present little book." - from Preface. Chapters include: How we slept at the Chalet des Chevres, How we mounted the Oldenhorn, How we did Mont Blanc, Ice-caves of Annecy, A winter excursion in Switzerland, A night with a salmon, The Chateau in the Ardennes, The Engadine, Archaeological frauds in Palestine, Collecting Ancestors, Pontresina. Above-average wear to maroon boards. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper. Discolouring to portions of last few pages due to moisture - all text remains legible. Large faded area on back board due to moisture. Hairline crack along front hinge. Back hinge starting at top. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, free endpapers mildly browned; original green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, backstrip dulled (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. Neate 7.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and a plate; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, covers unevenly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. The first, and perhaps deceptively humble, appearance of a rock-climbing classic; in its plea for conservation it is decades before its time. It was several times reissued in various forms, but never as attractively as in this, its original binding. Neate 680.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 80 fine plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neate 661.
VG/VG First edition unprice-clipped. No significant fault with book or dj save that there are isolated light felt tip marks in text, but the text remains readable. No loss, but reflected in price. Octavo 196pp with many expedition photographs. Delightful accounts of the ascent of Everest by the first british woman to do so
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.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout, endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial boards blocked with regional map in blue, boards lightly browned at extremities, a bright working copy in unclipped but heavily browned dustwrapper. Effectively the pictorial complement to Hunt's standard 'The Ascent of Everest'. The majority of the stunning photographs appear here for the first time. Neate 395.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 109 fine plates and double-page map in red and black, title mildly spotted, lengthy inscription on half-title. Pale green cloth,upper board and backstrip lettered in darker green, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes technical data on the photographs. See Neate 626.
G (original blue cloth with dark blue mountain scene in line on front board, slightly faded especially on spine which is a little 'soft'. Slight foxing to endpapers, minimal wear) Third issue. Octavo 292pp illustrated. Describes a traverse of the Eastern Alps from Bludenz to Zell am See, made in the Summer of 1935
