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Victoire sur l'Everest, Signed
$1200.00
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Victoire sur l'Everest, Signed
by John Hunt

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Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Editions G.P., (1962). Octavo, 15x21xcm. 383pp. Signed on the title page by John Hunt, Michael Westmacott, Charles Wylie, E. Jones, George Band, H. Nicol, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, Jan Morris, Michael Ward, John Jackson...
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Everest: South West Face Signed 1st Edition
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Everest: South West Face Signed 1st Edition
by Chris Bonington

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London: hodder and Stoughton, 1973. Octavo, 165x240mm. 352pp. First edition, signed by the author and six scalers of Mount Everest, including Sir John Hunt, Michael Westmacott, George Band, Michael Ward, Charles Wylie and Jerry Rosedale. Original blue...
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The Puma's Claw Signed 1st Edition
$250.00
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The Puma's Claw Signed 1st Edition
by Simon Clark

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condon: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, (1959). Octavo, 14x22cm. 223pp. First edition, signed by Simon Clark (expedition leader), Kim Meldrum (expedition member), and Sir John Hunt (who wrote the introduction) on the half title page. Original beige cloth, spine...
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Everest the Hard Way Signed
$1200.00
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Everest the Hard Way Signed
by Chris Bonington

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London: Book Club Associates, 1976. Quarto, 185x260mm. 239pp. Reprint edition, signed by the author as well as by Sir John Hunt, Michael Ward, George Band, Charles Wylie and Michael Westmacott. Original blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Pictorial...
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Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps
$1500.00
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Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps
by Walter Weston

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London: John Murray, 1896. Octavo, 163x228mm. xiv + 346pp. First edition. Modern half calf, marbled paper over boards; spine with raised bands, gilt-decorated compartments, and a gilt-stamped morocco label. Illustrated with 27 black & white plates, as...
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The Mountain World 1954 Signed
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The Mountain World 1954 Signed
by Marcel Kurz

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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954. Octavo, 175x243mm. 224pp. First edition, signed on the half title page by 8 members of the famed 1953 Everest expedition: Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir John Hunt, George Lowe, Charles Wylie, Alfred Gregory, Michael...
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The Siege of Naga Parbat 1856-1953
$75.00
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The Siege of Naga Parbat 1856-1953
by Paul Bauer

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London: Rupert Hart Davis, 1956. 1st English edition. Original blue cloth. Boards slightly bumped, ownership inscription on ffep. Dj with wear to the extremities, closed tear on rear panel, dampstain to lower spine. Intact with "25s. net" on front flap...
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Rakaposhi Signed 1st Edition
$350.00
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Rakaposhi Signed 1st Edition
by Mike Banks

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. Octavo, 14x22cm. 238pp. First edition, signed by Mike Banks and fellow mountaineer George Band on the title page. Original red cloth, spine stamped in black. In a price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous black &...
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The Alpine Guide, 2 Volumes
$125.00
Flexible

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The Alpine Guide, 2 Volumes
by John Ball

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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866-? Small 8vo, 125x175mm. xxvi,cxvi,404; cxvi,521. 2 volumes (of 3). Volume 1: Western Alps. Volume 2: Central Alps. (Lacking volume 3: Eastern Alps.) Bound in the original publisher's cloth over flexible boards, gilt....
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In the Ice World of Himalaya... Among the Peaks and Passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suru, and Balitistan, First Edition
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In the Ice World of Himalaya... Among the Peaks and Passes of Ladakh, Nubra, Suru, and Balitistan, First Edition
by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman

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London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1900 First edition, octavo, 3/4 modern red morocco; xvi, 240pp., with 67 full page black & white photographs, three folding maps at rear (backed with stiff paper) two bound in, larger one laid in. Text pages quite age toned...
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The Call of the Snowy Hispar: A Narrative of Exploration and Mountaineering of the Northern Frontier of India
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The Call of the Snowy Hispar: A Narrative of Exploration and Mountaineering of the Northern Frontier of India
by William Hunter Workman and Fanny Bullock Workman

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London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1910. Octavo. Red cloth with illustration mounted to front board. Corners lightly bumped; wear to edges & joints. xvi, 297pp. Previous owner's name & address in a very neat hand, in contemporary ink, to front...
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit, 1st Edition, Signed
$200.00
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit, 1st Edition, Signed
by Chris Bonington

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London: Hodder and Stuoughton, (1982). Octavo, 18x25cm. 224pp. First edition, signed by the author, Chris Bonington, and the expedition leader, Michael Ward, on the title page. Original navy cloth, spine stamped in silver. In an unclipped dust jacket...
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The Climbs of Norman-Neruda, 1st Edition
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The Climbs of Norman-Neruda, 1st Edition
by May Norman-Neruda

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition, 8vo, 335pp plus ads, 30 b/w plates. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. No DJ as issued. Boards are badly edgeworn and stained, showing signs of water damage and sun-fading. Top...
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The Night Climbers of Cambridge
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The Night Climbers of Cambridge
by Noel Howard Symington as Whipplesnaith

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London: Chatto and Windus, 1953. Octavo, 14x22cm. viii + 183pp. Reprint edition. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. Several black & white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Lacking a dust jacket. Spotting to the boards, particularly the front...
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains 1st Edition
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains 1st Edition
by Jon Krakauer

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New York: Lyons & Burford, (1990). Octavo, 15x23cm. xi,186pp. First edition, the author's first book. Original quarter black cloth, grey paper over boards, spine stamped in gilt. In an unclipped dust jacket. Light wear and fading along the head and tail....
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$275.00
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Ergebnisse der Forschungen am Kilimandscharo 1912
by Fritz Klute

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Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1920. 8vo., 136pp., 8pp. of photos, folding map at rear. Original paper wraps. Green wraps slightly faded & coming loose from spine. Map is bright, with no tears. Inscribed by the author on the title page & dated 1925. Dr Fritz...
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$400.00
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Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club, 1st Edition
by John Ball

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London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. 8vo., xvi, 516pp. Complete with 9 maps & 8 tipped in chromolithographic plates. Contemporary half calf, marbled paper over boards. Light wear to binding, front hinge cracked. Some internal foxing....
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$450.00
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Ice-Bound Heights of the Mustagh: An Account of Two Seasons of Pioneer Exploration and High Climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya, 1st Edition
by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman

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London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1908. 8vo, 175x240mm. xv + 444pp. First edition. In the original green pictorial cloth. Rebacked, retaining the original spine; new endpapers. Top edge gilt. Color frontis, 3 color plates, and 3 photogravures...
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$100.00
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Abenteuer Berg 1ST Edition
by Toni Hiebeler

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Stuttgart: Engelhornverlag, 1957 Title: "Mountain Adventurer" (text in German) First edition VG/G+ $100.00...
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Hours of Exercise in the Alps
by John Ll D Tyndall

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Rebound by University Bindery of St...
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