New York: Macmillan, 1895. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. 306 pp, with folding Map of the Kingdom of Kashmir and many illustrations by the author. Lettering and illustration on cloth boards is quite faded, one crack in binding, scattered foxing, old dampstain and private library embossed stamp visible on title..... Item #22446
London and New York: Kaye & Ward and Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 143 pp, illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. Quarto (8-3/4" X 10-1/2"). Translated by Audrey Salkeld. Slight dust soiling to top edge, else fine, in a clean..... Item #11457
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 268 pp, illustrated with color and b/w photographs.Slight softening to spine ends, else a fine copy. Briefly inscribed and signed by Messner beneath the epigraph. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has just a...... Item #12395
London: Robert Hale, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 176 pp, with index and bibliography, illustrated with 70 photographs by the author and 4 maps. Good only. Front hinge starting, boards sunned at top and bottom edges, evidence of removed bookplate on front free endpaper. Useful survey of climbing history in..... Item #11334
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 105 pp of text, plus 150 photographs by the author and 7 map-diagrams. Spine and edges toned, corners bumped. Binding sound, text unmarked. No dust jacket. A well-illustrated survey of climbing in this region. Neate M112. Item #11490
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Third edition. 185 pp, illustrated. Fine copy in a verygood dust jacket with moderate edgewear and a few small chips. This edition includes a new chapter updating the book (regarding new roads, tunnels, towns, dams, etc.) since..... Item #22644
David & Charles, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 288 pp, indexed, w/maps and color photographs. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Martin and his climbing partner Simon Jenkins completed the first ever traverse of all 75 "4000ers" in one continuous journey..... Item #11397
Denver: The Artcraft Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Number 266 of a limited edition of 700 copies, all signed by the author on the limitation page. xxxiii, 462 pp, with many illustrations, folding profile. A very good copy with minor wear to the boards, inscribed on the front..... Item #22490
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 10.75 x 8 inches, 213 pp, extensively illustrated with photographs and maps. As new, in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. An important work by the distinguished mountaineering bibliographer, containing detailed summaries of the location..... Item #22637
London: Sands & Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10" x 7.5", pp xvi, 163, extensively illustrated, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, vignette on front board. Rubbing to edges and corners, light foxing to endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, small bookseller label (W. Erskine Mayne, Belfast) on..... Item #22397
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. 191 pp, w/photographs and maps. Translated from the original German by Oliver Coburn. "Describes the pleasures and drawbacks of climbing in Spitsbergen" (Neate, N45). The 8 members of this expedition covered about 1250 miles and made..... Item #11815
Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. 244 pp, illustrated with color photographs. Some rubbing to bottom edge. Binding tight, text unmarked. Signed by Perkins under her name on the title page, with two hearts drawn beneath. Dust jacket has..... Item #14210
![Item #14210 The Climb of my Life, Scaling Mountains with a Borrowed Heart [SIGNED]. Kelly Perkins](/images/noimage82.png)
London: Secker and Warburg, 1965. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Second revised edition, with new introduction and 32 pages of plates. Mild bump to head of spine, else a fine copy. Dust jacket has to edgewear. small chips/tears at head and foot of spine. First published..... Item #22632
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in a No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Map, frontis portrait of the author, and 20 b/w photographs. Foreword by Douglas Freshfield, Introduction by Rev. L.C. Casartelli. An ex-library copy with the usual discard markings. Mild spine slant, one plate loose..... Item #11153
New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 187 pp, 8" x 11", extensively illustrated with both color and b/w photographs. Very slight wear to edges of book and jacket, else fine. "Lavishly illustrated work of instruction by a master of the art"..... Item #22638
London: J.M. Dent, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 122 pp, indexed, illustrated with maps and diagrams and 37 pages of plates. Near fine copy in original blue cloth with slight bumping to corners. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Translated from the 1954 French original..... Item #22609
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 301 pp, illustrated with color photographs. Fine copy in very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and folds. Ridgeway was one of three to reach the summit without oxygen in 1978. Neate R33..... Item #22610
Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1956. Hardcover. Very good. Serie Orientale Roma, XII. 194 pp text + 82 plates, five maps in rear pocket. Upper corners heavily bumped, foxing to fore edge of text block. Binding sound, contents clean. The Amne Machin range is an eastern..... Item #22443
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Translated from the Russian by Alex Brown. 270 pp, with 32 plates. Spine toned, some small stains on front board, owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Text clean, binding tight. No dust jacket. Neate R66: "Mt. Stalin was discovered in..... Item #22612
New York: W.W. Norton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. 350 pp, indexed, photographically illustrated. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket which is clipped at the lower corner of the front flap (price still present) and has one tiny (1/8 in.) tear to..... Item #22614
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Very good in a good+ dust jacket. First popular edition, containing only the narrative. 299 pp, with index, illustrations, folding map. Mild spine lean, corners lightly bumped, gift inscription dated 1937 on front free endpaper. Binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket (illustrated by Bib..... Item #22611
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. 259 pp, illustrated with color and b/w photographs, maps. Fine copy in a clean dust jacket with some wear to the top edge. Engaging account of an unauthorized and unsupported attempt by four amateur mountaineers to climb..... Item #22633
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 224 pp, indexded, illustrated with photographs and maps. Top edge slightly dust-soiled, else fine. Dust jacket has just a touch of wear. A record of expeditions made in four successive summer seasons across..... Item #22607
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Third edition. 287 pp, with drawings in the text by Bip Pares. Spotting to fore edge of text block, otherwise clean and sound. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows wear along the top edge. Shipton and..... Item #22615
Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small bump to fore edge of book visible on both boards, otherwise a fine copy, in a near fine dust jacket with a scratch at the upper right corner. Signed by Simpson (without..... Item #13140
![Item #13140 This Game of Ghosts [SIGNED]. Joe Simpson](/pictures/thumb/13140.jpg?v=1610688244)
