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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., 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.
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.
Flat signed by Joe Simpson to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 290pp. The intrepid mountaineer takes us through his adventures in Bolivia, the Alps, Colorado, Spain and finally the North Face of the Eiger. He tells us of his fears, exhilarations and despairs along with the painful loss of climbing friends. Tucked in is a further example of the signature from another book.
22 pages. Published upon the fiftieth anniversary of the climbing of these British Columbia mountains. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, map and large folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Classic first ascent. Neate *815.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case with marbled lining, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. An elegant copy of a cornerstone of British mountaineering literature. Neate *393.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (lightly faded), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Neate *393.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous fine photographs, some very light and occasional marginal browning, light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *302.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 265 pages. Full green cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Inscribed by Tonia Shoumatoff, daughter of the late authors.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and 2 folding maps (one coloured; one coloured in outline); pictorial cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Robert Sauve Pulman on front paste-down. Not recorded by Neate.
8vo., Third Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and endpaper maps; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, green top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. Neate 401.
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.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 21 fine photographic plates in gravure (all original tissue guards present), 20 smaller photographs as chapter heads and 10 maps in the text, endpapers mildly browned; original pale green buckram, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), joints very lightly rubbed, short split in paper of upper hinge (but binding entirely sound), a well-preserved, bright, cleam, crisp copy. With the engraved bookplate of Herbert Cooke on front paste-down. One of the greatest Alpine memoirs. Moore climbed with Whymper and Horace Walker, and was a member of the party which made the first ascent of Mont Blanc via the Brenva ice-ridge. Originally published privately in 1867 in an edition of 100 copies. The plates are remarkable for their extensive and detailed captions. Moore's later diaries, currently unpublished, are held by the Alpine Club. Neate *535; Perret 3086 'edition la plus interessante pour l'alpiniste'.
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, title-vignette, and 99 full-page plates, endpapers mildly browned; original green ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, hinges tender (but binding wholly sound), boards mildly faded else a bright, clean copy. With the engraved armorial bookplate of John Francis Leigh Clare on front paste-down, and his holograph signature on front free endpaper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Clare was son to John Leigh Clare, merchant and art collector, of Toxteth Old Hall, Liverpool. Neate *176.
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates and 6 illustrations in the text; attractively bound in tan half calf BY LARKINS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with dark brown leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled with floral spray in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH HIS FINE ENGRAVED PICTORIAL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the trade ticket of Matthews & Brooke of Bradford and Leeds on front paste-down. Bonney was President of the Alpine Club from 1881 to 1883; Dent from 1887 to 1889. Dent made the first ascent of the Dru (1978) and visited the Caucasus several times during the last decades of the century. He was instrumental in founding the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club and became its first President in 1879; an obituary and memoir was published when the Association opened the first British hut on the Allalinhorn in 1912. A UNIQUE AND SPLENDID COPY LINKING TWO PRESIDENTS OF THE ALPINE CLUB AND WITH OUTSTANDING BRITISH AND ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING PROVENANCE. Neate *98.
1973131060The Alpine Club, Londong 1973. 2999, IX pages. With a lot of illustrations, Illustrated original softcover binding. (Partially a little used). 22x14 cm
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Sequel to 'High Conquest', continuing the story of post-war climbing and the conquest of Everest. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Neate, 843.
197716754B. Arthaud, 1977. In-8 de 404 pages, cartonnage d'éditeur illustré de photographies en couleurs. Frottements au coins et aux coiffes.
14152Nouveaux exploits du héros Tarasconnais illustré par ROSSI, ARANDA, MYRBACH, DE BEAUMONT, DE MONTENARD etc. In 12 demi toile marron muette. Portait de l’auteur faux-titre, frontispice en couleurs, titre, 367 pages, non rogné 130x195mm, Illustrations en noir dans le texte. Couverture illustrée en couleurs, conservée. Paris Marpon Flammarion éditeur 1886. Bon exemplaire.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 218 p. Color ills. A story and memoirs of an Turkish Everest Expedition. Surp yergiri gi gançe. [= Holy land beckons. Notes of travel].
Fine English Paperback., Very good., 21 x 15 cm, [8], 160, [24] p., b/w and color ills. "Tanrilarin tahtina yolculuk. Everest tirmanisimin hikayesi, TUNÇ FINDIK, Meteksan Sistem Yayinlari, Ankara, 2002"
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. With print-through impression of the red cover cloth on the end papers. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 134pp. Tables of the 3000 ft Munros, the 2500 ft Corbetts and the 2000 ft Donald mountains and lowlands of Scotland with illustrations and maps and a Gaelic guide.
in-8°, 111 pp., nombreux dessins n&b, broche, couv. illustree. Etat d'usage (passages soulignes). [CA33-4]
