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19712111902158901022Tora mi shobo 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Tora mi shobo paperback
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh copy. WITH THE SEPARATELY PRINTED LEAF OF CORRIGENDA & NOTES. Printed for the author. SCARCE. See Neate p.121.
1996LFA-126728880Un ouvrage de 136 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1996, Amphora, collection "Savoir-Faire Sportif", bon état
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.
18484Genève, Editions de la Compagnie 1602, sans date. In-8 broché, couverture décorée. 20 images en noir par Elzingre, Noël Fontanet, Paul Perrelet, Jules Courvoisier, Serge Pahnke, Francis Portier, Ed.-Louis Baud, Van Muyden et Georges Chapot.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's first book, originally published in 1966. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with 44 plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with git frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy of author's first book. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953, the first British ascent of the Eigerwand, first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90.
3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; cloth (blue/brown/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First volume with personal armorial bookplate on front free endpaper. The trilogy comprises: I Chose to Climb (sixth impression, 1977), The Next Horizon (first impression, 1973) and The Everest Years (first impression, 1986). Neate 90, 94 (first and second volumes respectively).
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo taken aboard the Abel P. Upshur as she leaves port; RAF to the aid of gallant Greece; Super full-page aerial photo of RAF bombing attack in progress on the Albanian port of Valona, being used by Italy; Illustrated text of statement in the House of Commons on the progress of the war by Winston Churchill; Wonderful full-page photo of a massive British factory containing many bombers under construction; photo of desert listening post in action; Map showing the progress of British operations in the western desert; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the Albanian port of Valona under bombardment by the British navy; Photos of terrible London bomb damage to the House of Commons and Middle Temple Library; Photos on Hitler's 'invasion coast' (France); Illustration of fallen German pilots in rubber boat climbing aboard a Nazi raft prepositioned for them off the coast of France; Great before and after photos of repaired bomb damage to the London and North Eastern Railway; Illustrated text of the last speech of the late Lord Lothian, British Ambassador the the U.S., who passed away on 12 December; Dramatic photo of a British battle squadron firing on the French Fleet to keep it from enemy hands - the Bretagne is shown ablaze; Gallabat taken from Italians; Commentary on the war this week; British Army studies invasion tactics - photos of British troops in boats practising to cross unbridged rivers; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
8vo., Fourth Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 6 plates by Whymper; maroon cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, black endpapers, joints lightly rubbed and case a litle shaken else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. First published in 1871. This edition includes minor textual corrections and the first Index. Neate *839.
Paris Les Editions de France 1932, In-12 relié demi-basane marron amateur, dos à nerfs. 264 pages. Préface du Général BRUCE.
in-8, 187 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broché, couverture illustrée.- Bel exemplaire. [DV-8][CA27/0-]
200818781Genève 2008. Pendule de 28 cm de diamètre, au cadran illustré par Albertine pour la course de l'Escalade (fond illustré très légèrement gondolé).
19329996660Editions de France Paris Les Editions de France 1932, In-12 relié demi-basane marron amateur, dos à nerfs. 264 pages. Préface du Général BRUCE.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1883CA0238a5 volumes. 495 pages with frontispiece six plates plan and appendices; 536 pages with appendices and index; 567 pages with appendices and index; 675 pages with appendices and index; 840 pages with appendices tables and index. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7" bound in quarter calf with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Palau 4576 Second edition.<br /><br />Lucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada Alamán studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España in the Viceroyalty of New Spain colonial México. He frequently traveled on his credentials as a scientist and diplomat becoming one of the most educated men in Mexico. At the outset of the war for Mexican independence in September 1810 Alamán is said to have been an eyewitness of the massacre of Spanish families in his home city of Guanajuato. This experience may have influenced his lifelong devotion to conservative politics and his nostalgia for monarchic rule for Mexico. For most of the 1840s he devoted himself primarily to writing the history of Mexico from the perspective of a conservative. His three-volume work Disertaciones sobre la Historia de la Republica mexicana Mexico 1844–1849 and his five-volume Historia de México desde los primeros movimientos que prepararon su independencia en el año de 1808 hasta la época presenteMexico 1849–1852 stand as the major intellectual productions of the Conservative Party in nineteenth-century Mexico and the only histories produced by a Mexican author of his era to view the Spanish presence in his country favorably.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Early owner's embossed stamps to title pages moderate wear some age toning corners bumped and rubbed book plates removed from front pastedowns some chipping to edges else a good to very good set. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Victoriano Agueros y Comp hardcover books
1883CA0238a5 volumes. 495 pages with frontispiece six plates plan and appendices; 536 pages with appendices and index; 567 pages with appendices and index; 675 pages with appendices and index; 840 pages with appendices tables and index. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7" bound in quarter calf with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Palau 4576 Second edition.<br /><br />Lucas Ignacio Alamán y Escalada Alamán studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España in the Viceroyalty of New Spain colonial México. He frequently traveled on his credentials as a scientist and diplomat becoming one of the most educated men in Mexico. At the outset of the war for Mexican independence in September 1810 Alamán is said to have been an eyewitness of the massacre of Spanish families in his home city of Guanajuato. This experience may have influenced his lifelong devotion to conservative politics and his nostalgia for monarchic rule for Mexico. For most of the 1840s he devoted himself primarily to writing the history of Mexico from the perspective of a conservative. His three-volume work Disertaciones sobre la Historia de la Republica mexicana Mexico 1844–1849 and his five-volume Historia de México desde los primeros movimientos que prepararon su independencia en el año de 1808 hasta la época presenteMexico 1849–1852 stand as the major intellectual productions of the Conservative Party in nineteenth-century Mexico and the only histories produced by a Mexican author of his era to view the Spanish presence in his country favorably.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Early owner's embossed stamps to title pages moderate wear some age toning corners bumped and rubbed book plates removed from front pastedowns some chipping to edges else a good to very good set. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Victoriano Agueros y Comp hardcover
190213109Genève, Henriy Kündig, 1902. In-8 de VII-570 pages, demi-chagrin bordeaux, dos à 5 nerfs, pièces de titre beige et bordeaux, A. Meli-Lupi en lettres dorées en queue.
199624086Edisud 1996 190 pages Aix en Provence. in-8. 1996. Broché. 190 pages.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing to front near spine and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Mountaineering magazine including features Walking boots tested, Lourmarin in France, Lost in Patagonia, bouldering in Oz, Gran Sasso in Italy, Cerro Torre and much more. Very well illustrated, some in colour.
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to some corners. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 88pp. Mountaineering magazine including features Cairngorm walk, X.C skiing in Norway, super grit hit list, Harpur Hill, Namibia climbing and much more. Very well illustrated, some in colour.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Mountaineering magazine including features on Bregaglia, Nepal trekking, peak bouldering, Snowdonia 20 walk, Millican Dalton, Gran Paradiso walk and much more. Very well illustrated, some in colour.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight strain to staples and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Mountaineering magazine including features Verdon Gorge, Kathmandu trekking, Lochnagar, Gardoms Edge, Trento, North Wales walk and much more. Very well illustrated, some in colour.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 95pp. Mountaineering magazine including features Soft rock in France, Ben Nevis walks, Haute Route - Zermatt, Baffin Island crags, Dovey Hills and much more. Very well illustrated, some in colour.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps coloured in outline; original grey tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in red, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61, which includes a search for the yeti and an attempt on Makalu. Published a year after the US edition. Neate 371.