Mountaineering from Bookcase

Reading: Gastons-West Col Publications, 1979. Pages clean and bright, boards tidy, light edge wear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. Pages clean, boards tidy, some edge wear and slight spotting to the dust jacket, with 'signed copy' sticker on the dust jacket.. Signed By the Author. Hard. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Collins, 1955. Pages bright and clean, boards tidy, dust jacket rubbed and spotted, slight spotting on closed edges, small inscription on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hard. Good/Fair. 8vo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1979. First edition, signed by author on title page, this is the story of a polar journey of four men and two women with no previous polar experience. Dust jacket lightly browned along edges, lightly edgeworn, spine ends bumped with chip to foot with small loss, boards very clean and tidy, pp clean and bright,… Read more about this item

London: Baton Wicks, 1992. This book is a pictorial record of the author's climbing career. Signed by author on fly-title page, soft covers bright and colourful, minimal shelfwear visible, colour photographs throughout, all bright, a very neat and tidy copy.. Signed by Author. Soft. Very Good. 4to.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. Translated by Basil Creighton, with a Foreword by Sir John Hunt, dust jacket design by Faith Jaques. 'Cho Oyu, which means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan is the seventh highest mountain in the world and was conquered in 1954 by Herbert Tichy and his small expedition: this Austrian expedition was the smallest at that time… Read more about this item

London: Diadem Books, 1994. This edition edited by Helmut Dumler and illustrated with the large-format photographs of Willi Burkhardt, includes new anecdotal material drawn from books and journals, e.g. the Alpine Journal with 150 action photographs depicting key sections of the climbs. Dust jacket bright and colourful, blue cloth covered boards tidy, pp very clean and bright, binding sound,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. 'Including an Account of the First Ascent of Chomolhari'. Dust jacket in poor condition, edgeworn with chips along reading edges, corners and spine ends chipped, spine browned with loss to head, spine edges worn, rear cover rubbed with two closed tears to head 1 cm, sellotape repairs to front cover and spine, cloth covered boards… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Front cover colourful, corners and spine ends chipped, spine edges and rear cover rubbed and stained in places, light wear to boards, clean with gilt lettering to spine, small ink inscription to front pastedown, black and white photograph of author to frontispiece, pp clean, text clear to read, black and white photographs throughout, pp secure… Read more about this item

Sheffield: Dark Peak Ltd. Mountaineering magazine, published six times a year, Issue 2 dated May 1976, 8 issues bound within hard back boards, all in good condition.. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1939. Jackets tanned, rubbed, and chipped with some loss to edges. Some foxing, particularly to closed edges, otherwise contents clean and firm.. Hard. Good/Fair. 8vo.

ELKARLANEAN S.L., 1998. Jacket spine sunned. Central gutters cracked. Otherwise clean and tidy.. Hard. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 4to.

New York: Aperture Foundation, 1999. Dust jacket clean and tidy with only light edgewear to corners and spine ends, black cloth covered boards in very good condition, pages clean and bright, black and white photographs clear, binding sound, a very neat and tidy copy.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Folio.

London: Edward Arnold, 1922. Boards and edges rubbed, spine ends lightly chipped, some minor discolouration to top edges of boards, front hinge split, some foxing throughout, mainly to closed edges and prelims, content clean and bright, all plates and maps present and tidy.. Cloth. God/No Jacket. 4to.

London: Methuen & Co, 1919. Spine lightly tanned, gilt titles dulled, light chipping to spine ends, foxing throughout, small stain to closed edges, central gutters a little strained, content clean and tidy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

The Banff Centre for Mountain Culture; Adventure Press; National Geographic, 2000. Jacket has some light wear.. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1974. Translated by Geoffrey Sutton. Front cover of dust jacket bright and colourful, light edgewear to head and to spine ends, rear cover lightly rubbed/bumped at head/foot with small closed tear at corner, boards clean and tidy, closed edges lightly foxed, head of title page and following 2 pages lightly creased, pp very clean… Read more about this item

Birkenhead: Willmer Brothers & Haram Limited, 1957. Boards rubbed and stained, corners and spine ends bumped, head of spine frayed exposing binding, spine browned, small spot stains to foot of closed reading edges, ink notation marks to margins on some pages, small spot stains to foot of some pages otherwise pp clean, text clear to read, pp secure in binding..… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Silent Books, 1990. 'A Portfolio of Early Rock Climbing Photographers by the Abraham Brothers.' Dust jacket clean, bright and colourful with only the lightest of edgewear, boards very clean and tidy, pp very bright and clean, text clear to read, black and white photographs clear, binding sound, a very neat and tidy copy.. Enlarged Edition. Hard. Very Good… Read more about this item

London: The Percy Press, 1937. Dust jacket in poor condition, edgeworn and chipped especially at corners and spine ends with loss exposing spine of boards, rear cover detached with sellotape repair, boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, boards and spine sunned, light foxing to endpapers, light spotting to closed edges, pp clean, text clear to read, black… Read more about this item