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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, with numerous plates, some light and inoffensive spotting, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. This title in found more often in green cloth. Having climbed extensively in the Alps, the author was killed in a climbing accident on Tryfan. Neate 232.
40 pages. Features: Colour photo ad for the 1965 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport Coupe; Harry Peteran - Shoemaker at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children; Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy's Fight to Live Her Own Life; Photo of Daliah Lavi; Moonshine & Cookies (fiction); Climbing Through British Columbia - article with great colour photos; How to fill your freezer and live off the fat of the land; The Case of the Disappearing TV - locating televisions in 'hidden' places in homes; Free Shopping Spree - Ruth Buckerfield loads her shopping cart for 6 minutes at an IGA grocery store in North York; Young London Goes Ladylike - great colour and black and white fashion photos of designs by Emmanuelle Khahn, David Bond, Bates, John, Kiki Byrne and Roger Nelson; The Rites of Spring - watching pickerel spawn at Gamebridge, Ontario - article with photos; What Ails Dr. Ben Casey? - a visit with TV's Vince Edwards; Rural Route comic strip by Walter Ball; Montmorency comic. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Gene Chase's Davis D-1-W; GlaStar;Sky Arrow; Minimoa; Climbing Everest; OX-1-1/4?; The Seasprite. Light wear. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations in the text and maps, and pictorial endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, blue top, small mark on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (just affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Endpaper portraits and illustrations by A.J. Veilhan. Noyce was the first member of the expedition to readh the South Col. Neate 576.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations and maps in the text, and portrait endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Arguably the best of the personal accounts of the first successful Everest expedition. On 21 May Noyce and Annullu were the first members of the team to reach the South Col, so lifting morale of the expedition as a whole. 'One of the best of the many Everest books' (Neate). Neate *576.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous plates and endpaper maps in red; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed and well-illustrated account of Snowdon, Snowdonia and its climbers during the 'golden age'. Uncommon in this condition. Neate 943.
in-8°, 215 pp., cartonnage editeur sous jaquette illustree. Bon etat [DV-16] Edition originale dont il n"est pas annonce de grand papier.
No marks or inscriptions. Extremely faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 234pp. A guide to seventy-seven climbs in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State, North America with full instructions and photographs of each climb from two very experienced climbers.
8vo., Second Edition, with engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, 21 engraved plates, 92 illustrations in the text, 5 folding maps (one or two short tears in folds) and large folding chart at end, neat contemporary signatures on blank preliminary, title very lightly dust-soiled; firmly bound in contemporary brown half morocco, marbled boards ruled in blind, back with raised bands, second and third compartments letterd in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, marbled edges, cream endpapers, covers mildly age-marked and faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean copy in contemporary binding of the most famous mountaineering book of all time. Neate *897.
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, plates and rear endpaper map; original series binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, radial corners, primrose endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 49 plates (one in photogravure with original tissue guard), 14 diagrams of routes in the text and 2 large folding coloured maps; cloth series binding of red cloth lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The first edition is elusive in this condition.
82 pages. Features: The famous whirlpool of Corrievreckan; Grantown-On-Spey; Climbing the Matterhorn - the first British ascent was made by T.S.G. Carruthers and a companion; The Craig Crannogs; Ballet Rambert; Physicians of Edinburgh; Meet the Stirlin' (Starling); On Being a Child Genius; Edinburgh's James Bond - story and photo of Sean Connery; Victorian Architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson; Angling Company; Photos of weddings of the month, including Mr. J. Usher and Miss R. Houldsworth; and more. Ads include: Saint Joseph, South Africa, Helena Rubinstein, Sunshine Cruising/P&O Orient Lines, Chivas Regal, Pringle at Coplands, Nice colour-photo ad for the Ford Consul Classic (white model shown by beach), Lancome, Brooke Bond, nice one-page Land-Rover ad shows logs being hauled, and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Moderate external soiling. Unmarked. Loss to bottom of backstrip. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
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
in-8, X-208 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broché, couverture illustrée.- Bel exemplaire. [BAT-2]
In 4, cm 24 x 32, pp. 144 con centinaia di illustrazioni fotografiche a colori. Cartonatura editoriale. Ex libris. Questo testo viene considerato uno dei primi esempi di fotografia artistica legata all'arrampicata grazie alle immagini del fotografo Uli Wiesmeier. Glowactz, tedesco, e' stato uno dei protagosti dell'arrampicata durante gli anni '80
In 4, cm 23 x 34, pp. 88 con molte illustrazioni fotografiche nel testo a colori. Tutta tela editoriale con sovraccoperta. Ex libris. Prima opera dell'arrampicatore Marco Preti, riporta le sue esperienze di prime arrampicate in molti paesi del mondo. Primo italiano a salire la via Salathe El Capitan, ha arrampicato in Australia, Seychelles, salito il K2 ecc.
Previous owner's name on reverse of half-title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with light creasing to top of spine and lower front edge.
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and route maps; terracotta buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. English rock-climbing classic. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original Abraham edition of 1900.
Snowdonia, containing some of the finest and most accessible cliffs in Britain, needs no introduction to rock climbers. This new guide for climbers ... offers over 500 of the region's best-quality climbs, including outstanding routes from little-known Central Wales and the Lleyn Peninsula, as well as introducing recent developments at Rhoscolyn, Great Orme and on the North Wales Slate. The book has been thoroughly researched and tested, and provides detailed route descriptions incorporating standard grading as well as a star system. These, together with the lavish use of excellent photo-diagrams, make the climbs easy to locate and follow. Book
New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English and Turkish. 277 p., color ills. Rock climbing guide for Turkey.= Türkiye kaya tirmanisi rotalari rehberi. Enlarged routes of climbing in Turkey with their UIAA, names, bolt numbers, meter, equippers, first accents and years and notes.
Alella, Edit. Pleniluni, 1987. Nombroses il·lustracions en b/n. 181 p. 8è major. Rústica editorial il·lustrada. Molt bon exemplar.
Editions Arthaud 1951, grand in-8 broché sous jaquette, 96 pages, avec de nombreuses photographies, avec sa carte, bon état. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Annapurna
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs in heliogravure (the majority full-page) in the text and double-page coloured map; faux-morocco boards, upper board lettered in gilt, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, covers mildly age-soiled, corners lightly bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Sold from the Scottish Royal Geographical Society with its bookplate and stamps on endpapers and title. Published a year after the French edition. Neate 320.
Donostia, ELKAR, 2002. Nombroses il·lustracions en color i b/n. 323p. 4t. Cartoné editorial amb sobrecoberta il·lustrada. Molt bon exemplar.
121 pages. Average wear. Modest external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
