London: Oxford University Press, 1967-1982. Softcover. Very good. Consecutive run of 12 volumes. One volume with tape repair to spine, others with minor chipping, but overall very good. Due to size, shipping cost will be higher than standard for priority or international orders. Published since 1929, the Himalayan Journal offers..... Item #22628
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 367 pp, with index, illustrations from photographs, maps. Bookplate on front free endpaper, else a fine copy in an attractive price-clipped dust jacket with some tiny chips to the top edge. Neate C53..... Item #22444
London: Museum Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 224 pp, indexed and illustrated. Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt, no dust jacket. Mild wear to extremities and slight spine lean. Tightly bound and unmarked. No dust jacket. William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge was an American theologian and climber who lived..... Item #12506
London: Phoenix House, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. 288 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, appendices, bibliography, index. Corners heavily bumped; internals clean and sound. Dust jacket is price clipped and has chipping to the upper right quadrant of the front panel. "This is the first book..... Item #961
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp. vi, 290 + 8 (ads). Index, 12 plates (3 folding). Original blue cloth binding; mild wear to spine ends, one corner bumped. Some foxing to front matter, otherwise clean and unmarked. Foreword by O.T. Jones. A comprehensive survey..... Item #12606
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 402 pp, with appendix, bibliography, index, and more than 50 illustrations from photographs, in the simplest binding of unadorned grayish-brown cloth. Spine lettering faded but legible. Upper corners lightly bumped, binding sound, text clean. Short ownership inscription..... Item #22266
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 402 pp, with appendix, bibliography, index, and more than 50 illustrations from photographs, in pictorial cloth binding. Spine slanted, corners lightly bumped, binding sound, text clean. Neate C102: "The first major climbing expedition to the area. Conway's..... Item #23144
London, Paris, New York, and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 252 pp + publisher's ads, with 27 illustrations and a folding map, in original maroon cloth. Considerable rubbing to edges of boards, corners bumped, slight bleed of cloth color onto top edge of rear endpapers. Binding..... Item #22755
London. New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 282 pp, indexed, with 16 full-page plates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with blind-stamped decoration on front board, gilt spine. Corners lightly bumped, short tear in cloth at head of spine, slight spine slant..... Item #22761
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 321 pp with illustrations from photographs, in original green cloth with mountain vignette in white on front board, top edge gilt. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, some tiny white paint specks on spine, foxing to fore edge of..... Item #22750
Chicago, IL: Swallow Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 126 pp, 11.25" x 8.5", extrensively illustrated with b/w photos. Slight wear to extremities, else a fine copy, in original red cloth binding. Dust jacket is chipped along top edge. Provides short histories of..... Item #22642
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1966. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Revised edition. 155 pp, with index, photographs, maps. Near fine copy in original pictorial cloth, slight spotting to top edge. Dust jacket has a few minor chips and tears. Edwards, who spent nine years as a...... Item #22241
London: Methuen, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 390 pp, with index, half-tone and photogravure illustrations from photographs by the author and by Arthur E. Lightbody and Stuart Vines, folding panorama, 2 folding maps. Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering, image of a condor on upper board. Upper..... Item #22265
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xxiv, 349, with two maps (one folding), 10 color lithograph plates, and additional illustrations in the text. Bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with marbled edges, gilt spine in six compartments with title on black label. Old..... Item #23265
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1900. Hardcover. Very good. New Edition, revised and annotated by Coolidge. pp xxxviii, 572 pp, with illustrations, index, 5 folding maps (2 in rear pocket). Original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt. A very good copy with some fraying to cloth at corners, minor foxing to..... Item #22760
London: Hutchinson, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 176 pp, with 17 plates and a 2-page sketch map of Bezingi Basin. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with some creasing to the upper front..... Item #11697
Tokyo: Bungeishunju, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 10" x 12", 90 (nearly all photographs), [14] pp, extensively illustrated in full color. Slight bump to foot of spine, else a fine copy in like dust jacket, with the original pictorial slipcase, which shows moderate..... Item #22768
Boston: Charles T. Branford Company, 1954. Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Reprint. 456 pp, indexed, with 20 photographic illustratations. Minor wear to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has creasing and tears to the lower front panel. Memoirs of an accomplished Alpine guide, edited..... Item #22619
Harbor Springs, MI: Good Hart Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 306 pp, illustrated with line drawings. As new. Kasischke was a member of Rob Hall's ill-fated expedition during the 1996 Everest climbing season. According to the dust jacket, he offers "his perspective and analysis..... Item #20884
London: John Murray, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in English, translated from the third German edition by Erwin and Pleasaunce von Gaisberg; edited and with additional chapters by H.E.G. Tyndale. Edges of text block dust-soiled, spine ends sunned. Binding tight and square, text unmarked. No dust jacket..... Item #13184
Bombay: Orient Longmans Limited, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in a Fair dust jacket. 384 p, with 56 plates, some color. Binding tight and square, text unmarked. Dust jacket is edgeworn, with chipping and short tears, and is partially adhered to boards due to some old water-damage (not affecting text..... Item #11701
Zurich, Switzerland: AS Verlag und Buchkonzept, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. A tightly bound, unmarked copy with mild rubbing to the extremities, in a clean dust jacket with some edgewear. A comprehensive biography of the extreme alpinist, based on..... Item #11207
Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 291 pp, with glossary and many b/w illustrations. Dust jacket is rubbed at the corners and has a few short closed tears. Barber was an early advocate of clean climbing and a prolific solo climber..... Item #12588
London: Museum Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 166 pp, with 13 plates. Translated from the French by J.F. Burke. Preface by Maurice Herzog. Spine toned, boards lightly edgeworn, endpapers foxed, but still a good, sound copy, with an original publisher's review slip..... Item #11482
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 372 pp, with illustrations and index. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, large bookplate on front pastedown. Binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewar and has a vertical spine crease. Includes discussion of Jesuit travelers..... Item #22636
