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| ISBN: 0834804921 |
| Title: 100 Views of Mount Fuji |
| Author: Timothy Clark |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Mount Fuji is one of the renowned worldwide as Japans highest and most perfectly shaped mountain. Serving as a potent metaphor in classical love poetry and revered since ancient times by mountain-climbing sects of both the Shinto and Buddhist faiths. This volume explores a wide range of manifestations of the mountain in more recent visual culture, as portrayed in more than 100 works by Japanese painters and print designers from the 17th century to the present. |
| Remarks: Colourful Illustrations of Mount Fuji and Bibliography |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 160 |
| Size(mm): 230 x 275 |
| Weight(grams): 720 |
| Price: US$ 41.25 |
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| ISBN: R000030087 |
| Title: A Camera in the Hills |
| Author: F.S. Smythe |
| Edition Year: 1939 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The author states that his object in this book is to endeavor to explain the principles underlying mountain photography. Using a simple camera and standard film, the author explains the technical principles used to create his stunning photographs, which explore subjects such as a frozen stream, shadows in the snow, and a gathering storm. |
| Remarks: Fair/--dj. Quarto. Greyish-green cloth boards, with some denting. Staining all over the rear board, possibly from a liquid. A bit of worming from pp 51 onward, as well as on the margins of the front and back boards. Endpapers are yellowed. Rear endpaper torn along the hinges. Front hinge torn as well, which affects the front board although not the book block. Internally clean. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 147 |
| Size(mm): 205 x 275 |
| Weight(grams): 820 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: 0898867347 |
| Title: A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True |
| Author: Laura and Guy Waterman |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book explores the enduring mystery of why people climb, its meaning in their lives, and what we see and what we cannot see in the mountains and in the people who are drawn irretrievably to them, |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 206 |
| Size(mm): 147 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 350 |
| Price: US$ 16.95 |
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| ISBN: 9622170894 |
| Title: A Golden Souvenir of the Himalaya |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1989 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is one of the series of books providing a unique visual journey to a number of key destinations in Asia and other parts of the world. Featuring stunning colour photography, illuminating photo captions and an in-depth essay on each country, these books will inspire travellers to visit new places and provide a lasting record of places already seen. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs by Ashok Diwali, Prem Kapoor, Toby Sinclair, Gurmeet Thukral, Joanna van Gruisen, Magnus Bartlett, Jeremy Horner, Michael Jardine, Earl Kowall and Pat Lam. Text by Pushpesh Pant. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 79 |
| Size(mm): 210 x 280 |
| Weight(grams): 350 |
| Price: US$ 9.50 |
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| ISBN: R000031840 |
| Title: A History of British Mountaineering |
| Author: R.L.G Irving |
| Edition Year: 1955 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: |
| Remarks: Very Good. Near Fine. Octavo. Dust jacket price clipped, in protective wrapper. Only very slightly edge worn. Red boards, with light wear to head and tail of spine. Clean and crisp throughout. A beautiful copy. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 240 |
| Size(mm): 153 x 227 |
| Weight(grams): 660 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 0718220005 |
| Title: A Man and His Mountains |
| Author: Norman Croucher |
| Edition Year: 1984 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A Man and His Mountains-but this is no ordinary man and this story no ordinary mountaineering story. From a boyhoods love of mountains Norman Croucher triumphed over an accident at the age of 19 in which he lost both legs below the knee, to go on to fulfill his dream of becoming a mountaineer and who has climbed and led expeditions in almost all major mountain ranges of the world. This story of courage, determination and achievement is one that will absorb, thrill and claim the admiration. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 217 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 520 |
| Price: US$ 23.25 |
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| ISBN: 0091801273 |
| Title: A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya |
| Author: Stephen Venables |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the gripping account of an extraordinary escape by one of the best-known mountaineers. It is also a fascinating story of exploration - the exploration of a remote, unknown Himalayan Valley and less obvious, internal, exploration of a mind trying to come to terms with risk and death. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 207 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 570 |
| Price: US$ 26.95 |
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| ISBN: AS00001039 |
| Title: A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya |
| Author: Stephen Venables |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the gripping account of an extraordinary escape, by one of the best known mountaineers of the author's generation. It is also a fascinating story of exploration of a remote, unknown Himalayan valley and less obvious, internal, exploration of mind trying to come to terms with risk and death. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs and Appendix |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 580 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030035 |
| Title: A Yak for Christmas |
| Author: Louise Hillary |
| Edition Year: 1968 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A delightful and humorous account by the wife of Sir Edmund Hillary of her family travels to the Everest Base Camp and back home through India, Thailand, and Malaysia. |
| Remarks: Good/Good. Signed by the author on half title page. Number 11, Beaux Arts Commemorative Volume. Octavo. Previous owner signature on half title page. Dust jacket edge worn, with a small tear on front top edge, taped, and a small tear on the back. Leaves and edges show light spotting. Otherwise, a crisp and clean copy. SBN 340 04437 3 |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 500.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030036 |
| Title: A Yak for Christmas |
| Author: Louise Hillary |
| Edition Year: 1968 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A delightful and humorous account by the wife of Sir Edmund Hillary of her familys travels to the Everest Base Camp and home through India, Thailand, and Malaysia. |
| Remarks: Good/Good. Octavo. One small tear on front of dust jacket, a small hole on the back. Book slightly edge worn, with light spotting on the endpapers and edges. Large worn area on back endpaper map. SBN 340 04437 3 |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030105 |
| Title: Abode of Snow |
| Author: Kenneth Mason |
| Edition Year: 1955 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A detailed account of Himalayan history: from early history to 1953. An appendix covers the chronological summery, Himalayan and Karakoram peaks, and the determination of Himalayan heights. |
| Remarks: Very Good/--Fair. Octavo. Dust jacket has small tear to head of spine and is edge worn. Dark green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. |
| Edition: First American |
| Pages: 372 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 660 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: 817387106X |
| Title: Across the Frozen Himalaya |
| Author: Harish Kohli |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an account of the first ever ski traverse from the Karakoram Pass to the Lipu Lekh Pass, a 2000 kilometer epic through the coldest winter in the previous two decades. The Ski-Himalaya expedition crossed twenty passes, including three that were hitherto unknown. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Maps, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 296 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 620 |
| Price: US$ 15.95 |
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| ISBN: 0671019910 |
| Title: Addicted to Danger: A Memoir about Affirming Life in the Face of Death |
| Author: Jim Wickwire and Dorothy Bullitt |
| Edition Year: 1998 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Adventurist Jim Wickwire, an eyewitness to glory and terror above 20000 feet, has braved bitter cold, blinding storms and avalanches to become what the Los Angels Times calls one of the Americas most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers. This describes how he reassessed his priorities and rededicated his life to his family and his community - completes a unique and moving portrait of one mans courage and commitment. This is a tale of adventure in its truest sense. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 322 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 233 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 16.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001038 |
| Title: Addicted to Danger: A Memoir About Affirming Life in the Face of Death |
| Author: Jim Wickwire and Dorothy Bullitt |
| Edition Year: 1998 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A good adventure story mixed with meditations on the meaning of life, death and dying. Wickwire is one of the world's most accomplished mountain climbers. For over 30 years he has challenged the great summits: Everest, K2 in the Himalayas, Mt. McKinley, and so many others. Some of these mountains he has conquered, some have conquered him, but he has never lost his desire to climb. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, B&W Photographs and Index |
| Edition: First Hardback Edition |
| Pages: 322 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 700 |
| Price: US$ 280.00 |
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| ISBN: 0094722404 |
| Title: Alfred Gregorys Everest |
| Author: Alfred Gregory |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A visually lush collection of photographs by official photographer of the 1953 Hillary/Tenzing expedition to the summit of Everest. A wonderful testimony to one of the greatest achievements of our time. |
| Remarks: Fine/Fine. With a foreword by Jan Morris. Quarto. Full color illustrated dust jacket, with slight fading to edges. In original black cloth boards, gilt-lettered to the spine. A beautiful copy. Bright and unsoiled throughout. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 183 |
| Size(mm): 197 x 276 |
| Weight(grams): 1000 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001006 |
| Title: All 14 Eight-Thousanders |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Leather Bound |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Audrey Salkeld |
| Abstract: This book gives a clear description about the 14 eight thousanders peak of the world. It gives the historical highlights about the climbers of the mountains. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps, Appendix, Tables and Index |
| Edition: Reprinted |
| Pages: 248 |
| Size(mm): 230 x 270 |
| Weight(grams): 1350 |
| Price: US$ 450.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001006A |
| Title: All 14 Eight-Thousanders |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Audrey Salkeld |
| Abstract: This book gives a clear description about the 14 eight thousanders peak of the world. It gives the historical highlights about the climbers of the mountains. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps, Appendix, Tables and Index |
| Edition: Reprinted |
| Pages: 248 |
| Size(mm): 230 x 270 |
| Weight(grams): 1350 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001018 |
| Title: Alleingang Nanga Parbat |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1979 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: Italian |
| Abstract: In this book Messner tells of the first solo ascent of Nanga Parbat – the formidable 8000 meter mountain in Pakistan also known as the killer mountian -- and his three previous unsuccessful attempts. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs and Illustrations |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 269 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 600.00 |
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| ISBN: R000033254 |
| Title: An Innocent on Everest |
| Author: Ralph Izzard |
| Edition Year: 1954 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The story of a Daily Mail reporters coverage of the 1953 English expedition to Everest. Interesting portrayal of the media in 1953, with accounts of the rivalry between the Daily Mail and the official newspaper for the expedition. |
| Remarks: Very Good, Fair. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine with decorated boards. Dust jacket shows fading to spine, chipping on the head and tail edge of spine, edge worn. Leaves are slightly yellowed, endpapers show yellowing and some spotting. Previous owner signature in top right corner of front paste-down endpaper. Otherwise, the text is quite clean. |
| Edition: First American |
| Pages: 319 |
| Size(mm): 210 x 140 |
| Weight(grams): 430 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001138 |
| Title: Annapurna a Womans Place: The Dramatic Story of the First Womens Ascent of One of the Worlds Highest Peaks |
| Author: Arlene Blum |
| Edition Year: 1980 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is a personal account of a public adventure. Its about the 1978 American Women's Himalayan Expedition to Annapurna I that could never have taken place without the support of hundreds, indeed, thousands of people. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Foreword by Maurice Herzog, Colour and B&W Photographs, Bibliography and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 185 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 940 |
| Price: US$ 250.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001201 |
| Title: Annapurna Premier 8.000 |
| Author: Maurice Herzog |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: French |
| Abstract: A book about the expedition on Annapurna Range in French Language. |
| Remarks: Author Signed. B&W Photographs, Small notes at the free endpaper, View of Dhauagiri Range. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 293 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 205 |
| Weight(grams): 360 |
| Price: US$ 800.00 |
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| ISBN: 817303074X |
| Title: Annapurna, South Face |
| Author: Chris Bonnington |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Annapurna South Face describes in detail the planning that goes into making a major expedition, the complicated logistics of the actual climb, and makes an authoritative account of a highly technical assault on a difficult face. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: Reprinted Edition |
| Pages: 410 |
| Size(mm): 110 x 176 |
| Weight(grams): 255 |
| Price: US$ 9.00 |
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| ISBN: 089886738X |
| Title: Annapurna: 50 Years of Expeditions in the Death Zone |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In this book the writer traces the dramatic evolution occured on June 3, 1950 when Maurice Herzog triumphantly stood upon the exposed snow dome at the top of Annapurna in the Himalaya. In that first ascent, Herzog crossed the magic border - the Death Zone - of 8000 meters for the first time in history, ushering in a new era in high-altitude mountaineering. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photograph, List of Expedition and Summit Successes |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 172 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 34.25 |
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| ISBN: R00030037A |
| Title: Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak |
| Author: Maurice Herzog |
| Edition Year: 1952 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith |
| Abstract: The dramatic story of the French expedition that first conquered an 8000 meter peak. It is the triple accomplishment of successful exploration, reconnaissance and assault, all within the brief season between the melting of the winter snows and the onset of the monsoon, that places the achievement of the French expedition in a class by itself...With an introduction by Eric Shipton. |
| Remarks: Fine/--dj. Octavo. Light blue boards with dark blue mountain detail. Some chipping and denting to the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing and fraying to the corners. Pictorial endpapers. A very clean copy. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 340 |
| Price: US$ 50.00 |
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| ISBN: R00030037B |
| Title: Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak |
| Author: Maurice Herzog |
| Edition Year: 1952 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith |
| Abstract: The dramatic story of the French expedition that first conquered an 8000 meter peak. It is the triple accomplishment of successful exploration, reconnaissance and assault, all within the brief season between the melting of the winter snows and the onset of the monsoon, that places the achievement of the French expedition in a class by itself...With an introduction by Eric Shipton. |
| Remarks: Fine/--dj. Octavo. Light blue boards with dark blue mountain detail. Very light denting to the head and tail of the spine. Pictorial endpapers. A superb copy. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 340 |
| Price: US$ 50.00 |
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| ISBN: R00030037C |
| Title: Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak |
| Author: Maurice Herzog |
| Edition Year: 1952 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith |
| Abstract: The dramatic story of the French expedition that first conquered an 8000-meter peak. It is the triple accomplishment of successful exploration, reconnaissance and assault, all within the brief season between the melting of the winter snows and the onset of the monsoon, that places the achievement of the French expedition in a class by itself. |
| Remarks: Fine/--dj. Octavo. Light grey boards with blue mountain detail. Some denting to the head and tail of the spine, light bumping to corners. Pictorial endpapers. Slight yellowing to leaves. Otherwise, a beautiful copy, clean and tight. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 340 |
| Price: US$ 50.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030112 |
| Title: Annapurna: Spedizione Italiana nel Nepal |
| Author: Gianfranco Bini and Guido Machetto |
| Edition Year: 1974 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: Italian |
| Abstract: Account of 1973 Italian Annapurna expedition, fantastically illustrated with large color photographs of the people and natural environment on thick, high quality paper. |
| Remarks: Good. Octavo album. No dust jacket. Buckram, with gold lettering. Boards slightly soiled with denting and wear to edges. Marking and soiling on front and rear endpapers and title page. A few markings throughout the text. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 70 |
| Size(mm): 235 x 295 |
| Weight(grams): 1660 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030037 |
| Title: Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak (26,493 feet) |
| Author: Maurice Herzog |
| Edition Year: 1952 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith |
| Abstract: A tale of adventure and triumph by the leader of the French expedition that first ascended Annapurna. Particularly hard to find in the first American edition, especially with an intact dust jacket. |
| Remarks: Fine, Fair. Octavo. Expedition map on the inside of slightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Front fold over torn off, but intact. Grey boards with blue mountain emblem. A crisp, clean, and attractive copy. |
| Edition: First American |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 340 |
| Price: US$ 60.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001029 |
| Title: Antartica: Both Heaven and Hell |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1991 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Jill Neate |
| Abstract: A remarkable story of hardship, courage, and determination, this is Messner's account of yet another incredible adventure in a life that has already known so many. On the long march across the ice continent he sensed that 'Heaven' and 'Hell' are not human inventions but rather that they are inseparable halves in the nature of the world, which man should not seek to separate from one another. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs and Appendix |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 381 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 950 |
| Price: US$ 450.00 |
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| ISBN: R000032766 |
| Title: At Grips with Everest |
| Author: Stanley Snaith |
| Edition Year: 1946 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Account of some of the British expeditions to Everest, and also discussing Nanda Devi, Kangchenjunga, and Nanga Parbat. Written for younger readers. |
| Remarks: Good. Duodecimo. Light green cloth boards, with wome worming, fading to the edges, and bumping. A small amount of worming throughout the leaves, although heaviest to the front and rear of the book, particularly from the front pastedown endpaper through p. vii and p. 162 to the rear pastedown endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. |
| Edition: Reprinted |
| Pages: 164 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 190 |
| Weight(grams): 200 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177693255 |
| Title: At the Foot of the Fish-Tail Mountain |
| Author: Lily M. O Hanlon |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Standing not more than twenty miles to the north of the Pokhara valley, the Fishtail Mountain, known locally as Machha Puchhare, is a stunning sight to behold. The shining snows and majestic cathedral of rock are a testament to the power of the grand creation. In a quiet corner of the valley where pleasant lakes, picturesque farms and terraced hillsides are bursting with teeming life, a determined band of women arrived, devoted to improving the lot of a poor but vibrant folk. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs and Foldout Maps. |
| Edition: Reprinted Edition |
| Pages: 61 |
| Size(mm): 122 x 185 |
| Weight(grams): 100 |
| Price: US$ 2.50 |
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| ISBN: R000032664 |
| Title: Attack on Everest |
| Author: Hugh Ruttledge |
| Edition Year: 1935 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: An interesting account of the authors expedition to Mt. Everest in 1933. |
| Remarks: Good/--. No dust jacket. Octavo. Black cloth, gold emblem. Discoloration and fading to spine. Edges of boards moderately worn. Pocket for 3-D glasses on rear paste-down endpaper, glasses missing. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 339 |
| Size(mm): 164 x 243 |
| Weight(grams): 820 |
| Price: US$ 500.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177691791 |
| Title: Attack on Everest |
| Author: Hugh Ruttledge |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: It was nine long years since the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on the north face of Mount Everest. In the intervening years, the mountain had remained off limits. In this volume some wonderful and now historic photographs beautifully illustrate the people, the countryside, the monasteries en route and the spectacular scenes from high on the mountain. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations and Foldout Maps. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 339 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 460 |
| Price: US$ 5.25 |
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| ISBN: AB00001183 |
| Title: AU Nepal: Tsiza et Les Caravanes |
| Author: Christine De Cherisey |
| Edition Year: 1983 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: French |
| Abstract: This book is about the lifestyle of a boy who lives in a Himalayan region and the people of that region. |
| Remarks: Autographed Copy, Colour Photographs by Eric Valli, B&W Illustrations and Glossary. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 47 |
| Size(mm): 240 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: 0805069275 |
| Title: Below Another Sky: A Mountain Adventure in Search of a Lost Father |
| Author: Rick Ridgeway |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Combining gripping adventure writing with intimate memoir, the author takes readers to the mysterious mountain domain of Tibet and into the remote corners of his past. The author recounts his amazing journey with Asia Wright , the daughter of his friend Jonathan, who was killed in a horrific avalanche twenty years before. A soaring account of 30 years in the teeth of action and a 10 week pilgrimage to reunite the present with past. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 320 |
| Size(mm): 137 x 210 |
| Weight(grams): 300 |
| Price: US$ 12.00 |
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| ISBN: R000033234 |
| Title: Below the Snowline |
| Author: Doughlas W. Freshfield, D.C.L. |
| Edition Year: 1922 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: |
| Remarks: Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 270 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 250.00 |
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| ISBN: 0920656463 |
| Title: Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits |
| Author: Patrick Morrow |
| Edition Year: 1986 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the spellbinding story of one man's quest for adventure and personal fulfillment. A photographer of international stature, Morrow documents his feat with over 100 spectacular photographs and tells a gripping tale of life and death above the clouds. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 175 |
| Size(mm): 210 x 275 |
| Weight(grams): 640 |
| Price: US$ 26.95 |
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| ISBN: 0898864577 |
| Title: Beyond Risk: Conversations With Climbers |
| Author: Nicholas O Connell |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an interview by O Connell with teh worlf famous mountain climbers like Reinhold Messner, Riccardo Cassin, Sir Edmund Hillary, Kurt Diemberger, Walter Bonatti, Royal Robbins, Warren Harding, Chris Bonnigton, Doug Scott and so on. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 300 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 228 |
| Weight(grams): 470 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: 9993371505 |
| Title: Beyond the Himalayas |
| Author: K.N. Dhakal(Prateek Dhakal) |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A writing about the writer's visit to Dolpa and Mustang with his foreigner friends. It reveals the geographical, cultural, lingual, social aspects of this two himalayan districts and also describes the day to day events and incidents occured during their trekking from climbing helicopter to climbing up a cliff in four feet. From this book one can visualize beyond the snow-capped peaks while sitting in the reading room. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Map of Nepal and Map of Dolpo for trekking. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 158 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 200 |
| Price: US$ 20.00 |
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| ISBN: 0316034681 |
| Title: Beyond the Limits: A Womans Triumph on Everest |
| Author: Stacy Allison with Peter Carlin |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In this book the author provides a rare close-up of the elite mountain-climbing world: the idiosyncratic, dedecated individuals who make up the international climbing community: the political and strategic maneuvering before and during an expedition: the grueling training and single minded ambition: and the constant danger and pressing threat of death. It describes how it feels at 29,028 feet when cells dont regenerate and the body literally begins to waste away. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 282 |
| Size(mm): 162 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 26.95 |
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| ISBN: 073180127X |
| Title: Blood on the Lotus |
| Author: Lincoln Hall |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The exciting story of how the lives of the three people became entangled, swept up into the political turmoil of a country fighting to regain its independence. All is not as it seems in the game of intrigue which overtakes them. Who is in control and what are the their motives? This is what the story reveals. |
| Remarks: Maps |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 316 |
| Size(mm): 170 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 625 |
| Price: US$ 20.75 |
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| ISBN: AS00001032 |
| Title: Blood on the Lotus |
| Author: Lincoln Hall |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The exciting story of how the lives of the three people became entangled, swept up into the political turmoil of a country fighting to regain its independence. All is not as it seems in the game of intrigue which overtakes them. Who is in control and what are the their motives? This is what the story reveals. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author and Maps |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 316 |
| Size(mm): 170 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 625 |
| Price: US$ 320.00 |
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| ISBN: 0297646354 |
| Title: Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington |
| Author: Chris Bonnington |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an omnibus of Chris Boningtons three volumes of autobiography. They are I Chose to Climb, The Next Horizon and The Everest Years. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 687 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 1250 |
| Price: US$ 53.50 |
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| ISBN: 9780743258463 |
| Title: Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life |
| Author: Arlene Blum |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is a story of the authors journey from her overprotected youth in Chicago to the tops of some of the highest peaks on Earth. Chronicling a life of extraordinary personal and professional achievement, Blums intimate and inspiring memoir explores how her childhood fueled her need to climb and how in turn her climbing liberated her from her childhood. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 313 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 21.50 |
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| ISBN: R000030045 |
| Title: Challenge: An Anthology of the Literature of Mountaineering |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1950 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: William Robert Irwin |
| Abstract: A unique collection of writings on mountaineering from a variety of authors, including Evelyn Waugh, Charles Edward Montague, John Muir, Anthony Trollope, Henry David Thoreau, and more. Biographical information included for each author. |
| Remarks: Fair/--. No dust jacket. Original two tone cloth with mountaineering emblem. Slight denting to the spine and yellowing of leaves. The binding is loose, with the half title page splitting from the front board. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 444 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 900 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 0094763909 |
| Title: Chomolungma Sings the Blues: Travels Round Everest |
| Author: ED Douglas |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is about the disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine close to the summit of Mount Everest in 1924. This is a tragic romanticism of young men risking everything for a dream. This sensitive account sheds new and different light on the mountain and its people. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Epilogue and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 226 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 35.00 |
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| ISBN: 0340401117 |
| Title: Chomolungma: New Zealanders on the North Face of Everest |
| Author: Graeme Dingle and Mike Perry |
| Edition Year: 1986 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is an exciting acount of a major Himalayan expedition and a tribute to the team's climbing skills and courage. It is also a significant chapter in the annals of the Himalayan climbing. Chomolungma is a detailed study of the determinants of success on the mountain, budgeting for expeditions to Chomolungma and mountain photography. It includes important material on Tibetan history and early attempts on Everest from north. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs of Everest, Map of expedition routes and camps on Chomolungma and Glossary |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 172 |
| Size(mm): 190 x 270 |
| Weight(grams): 700 |
| Price: US$ 35.00 |
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| ISBN: 1560252502 |
| Title: Climb: Stories of Survival From Rock, Snow and Ice |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: Clint Willis |
| Abstract: This book offers the worlds best writing about mountaineering in all its forms - from the rigors and risks of high-altitude climbing on Everest to the challenges of scaling El Capitans 3000 vertical feet. These stories describe climbings cllure as well as its terrible risks. It proves that sometimes the best cure for a fractured skull is to finish the climb. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 259 |
| Size(mm): 152 x 226 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: 0071364455 |
| Title: Climbing Everest: A Meditation on Mountaineering and the Spirit of Adventure |
| Author: Pat Ament |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This vividly imagined reflection on climbing provides an entirely new perspective on mountaineering. It provides ten playful keys to climbing Everest that contain the underlying message - that it is not an important thing to do. For those who believe that reaching the pinnacle of Everest will prove something, the author says flatly that mediocre climbers have succeeded where experts climbers have failed. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Notes and Bibliography |
| Edition: Reprinted |
| Pages: 144 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 190 |
| Weight(grams): 275 |
| Price: US$ 10.75 |
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| ISBN: 0916890791 |
| Title: Cloud Walkers:Six Climbs on Major Canadian Peaks |
| Author: Paddy Sherman |
| Edition Year: 1979 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an admirable compilation of Canadian alpine history. The heroes of this fascinating book are six high mountains in western Canada-Logan, Waddington, Slesse, Robson, Fairweather and Howson - mountains that are awesomely beautiful, but with a thousand dangers for climbers and unwary aircraft pilots. It tells the story of men and women who defied the forces of nature on these peaks for exploratory ascents or rescue missions. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographers. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 161 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 212 |
| Weight(grams): 290 |
| Price: US$ 11.50 |
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| ISBN: 1552631443 |
| Title: Coronation Everest: Eyewitness Dispatches From the Historic Hillary Climb |
| Author: Jan Morris |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This little book is a work of historical romanticism. It recalls the almost simultaneous occurence of two events - a young queen's coronation, the first ascent of a mountain - which profoundly stirred the British nation 40 years ago. The queen was Elizabeth II of England. The mountain was Mountain Everest, the highest of them all, climbed at last by a British expedition after decades of failed attempts. |
| Remarks: Sketch Map and Envoi |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 21.95 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 210 |
| Weight(grams): 200 |
| Price: US$ 10.75 |
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| ISBN: 185283501X |
| Title: Coronation Everest: The First Ascent and the Scoop that Crowned the Queen |
| Author: Jan Morris |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is a work of historical romanticism. It recalls the almost simultaneous occurence of two events - a young queen's coronation, the first ascent of a mountain - which profoundly stirred the British nation 40 years ago. The queen was Elizabeth II of England. The mountain was Mountain Everest, the highest of them all, climbed at last by a British expedition after decades of failed attempts. |
| Remarks: Index and Sketch Map |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 128 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 225 |
| Price: US$ 16.50 |
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| ISBN: 9781585426461 |
| Title: Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest |
| Author: Lincoln Hall |
| Edition Year: 2007 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25, 2006, he died on Everest. Indeed, Hall attempted to climb the mountain during a deadly season in which eleven people perished. And Hall was in fact pronounced dead after collapsing from altitude sickness. Two Sherpas spent hours trying revive him, but as darkness descended, word came via radio from the expedition leader that they should descend in order to save themselves. In this page turning account of survival against all odds, Hall describes in fascinating detail the days and nights that led up to his fateful night in Mount Everests death zone. His story is all the more miraculous given his climbing history. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Glossary and Index. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 309 |
| Size(mm): 158 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 21.50 |
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| ISBN: AS00001001 |
| Title: Detectives on Everest: The 2001 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition |
| Author: Jochen Hemmleb and Eric R. Simonson |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is a story of a mountaineering expedition's continuing journey into the past, a story of the fascination that remains with the mystery of the final hours of the lives of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. In May 2001 the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition returned to the North Face of Mount Everest to search for more answers to the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Aspects of these stories, brought to light by new discoveries on the mountain, in archives and from interviews are told here. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps, Bibliography and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 205 |
| Size(mm): 220 x 250 |
| Weight(grams): 760 |
| Price: US$ 325.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030068 |
| Title: Die Heraus Forderung: Zwei Ubd Ein Achttausender |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1977 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: German |
| Abstract: A classical mountaineering account written by perhaps the world's greatest mountain climber. In the book, Messner describes attempts on the south face of Lhotse and Hidden Peak in the Himalaya. |
| Remarks: Very Good/--dj. Octavo. Red cloth, with some scuffing, rubbing to the edges, marginal sunning. Worming damage on the top edge of the front board. Rear board has a small amount of sticker residue on the bottom left-hand corner. Front pastedown endpaper has a small price sticker and is becoming unglued at the top right corner. Internally clean, with only a small amount of soiling. A solid copy. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: 9780814410844 |
| Title: Die Trying: One Mans Quest to Conquer the Seven Summits |
| Author: Bo Parfet |
| Edition Year: 2009 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is a story of a man who decided that his day job on Wall Street was not quite the description of what living life really meant. Bo Parfet takes you along on his journey as he leaves his computer screen behind and ventures to the tops of the seven continents. He is a great example of what a normal guy with lofty goals can achieve. This story of dedication and passion could be very well inspire others to think out side the box. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs and Appendix. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 236 |
| Size(mm): 157 x 236 |
| Weight(grams): 575 |
| Price: US$ 21.50 |
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| ISBN: 8187138424 |
| Title: Doctor on Everest |
| Author: Kenneth Kamler M.D |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book puts the reader in the place of a climbing doctor and reveals of what it takes for both the human body and the mind to function at high altitude. An undoubtedly destined to become a classic of mountaineering literature. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 304 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 450 |
| Price: US$ 6.95 |
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| ISBN: R000032706 |
| Title: East of Everest |
| Author: Bob Langley |
| Edition Year: 1984 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A novel about violence and politics, love and hate, set against the background of Everest. A woman searches for her husband, who is waging guerilla warfare against the Chinese government, while the Chinese government searches for both of them. |
| Remarks: Good/very Good. Octavo. A brightly illustrated dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to edges, head and tail of spine. Price clipped, with some light foxing inside. Periwinkle blue cloth boards, gilt-lettered to spine, with some denting to the edges, head and tail of spine. Rear free endpaper has been torn off. Some yellowing to the margins of the leaves. Internally clean. |
| Edition: First UK |
| Pages: 252 |
| Size(mm): 142 x 222 |
| Weight(grams): 420 |
| Price: US$ 50.00 |
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| ISBN: 0330370006 |
| Title: Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains |
| Author: Jon Krakauer |
| Edition Year: 1998 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book spirits the reader to the highest reaches of some of the greatest mountains of the world, K2, Mt. McKinley and the Eiger, immersing us in the culture of climbing and introducing the men and women who spend their lives in a quest to conquer these peaks. This book takes one right to the mountains themselves to experience both the thrill and terrors of climbing. |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 186 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 200 |
| Weight(grams): 150 |
| Price: US$ 7.50 |
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| ISBN: 0340577444 |
| Title: Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering |
| Author: Walt Unsworth |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Personalities, peaks, climbing techniques, potted histories of ranges, the ethics, the jargon, the gear-since 1975 the Encyclopaedia of Mountaineering has been an unrivalled and much thumbed source of every aspect of climbing knowledge, from the Abraham brothers to Andrzej Zawada, from alpine guides to competition climbing, alpenstocks to quickdraws. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: Enlarged and Updated |
| Pages: 383 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 231 |
| Weight(grams): 590 |
| Price: US$ 42.00 |
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| ISBN: 0297829270 |
| Title: Everest |
| Author: Chris Bonington |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This very personal book is an overview of the evolution of Himalayan climbing during the last 50 years by one of its most acclaimed exponents. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 210 x 270 |
| Weight(grams): 1220 |
| Price: US$ 26.95 |
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| ISBN: R000032772 |
| Title: Everest 1933 |
| Author: Hugh Ruttledge |
| Edition Year: 1947 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the official account of the fourth British Everest Expedition, in 1933, led by the author Hugh Ruttledge, a climb that ultimately reached to over 28,000 feet. |
| Remarks: Fair/--dj. Duodecimo. Half-binding in grey green cloth, with decorative blue floral paper. Rubbing and fraying to the bottom edge of the front board, light scuffing to the front and rear boards, fading to the spine and the blue floral paper on the front board, and bumping to the corners. Pasted-on title on the spine is chipped, loose. Paste down endpapers have some rippling, as from temperature. Wormed throughout, although this does not affect the readability of the text. |
| Edition: Fifth BlackJacket Edition |
| Pages: 254 |
| Size(mm): 120 x 180 |
| Weight(grams): 250 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: 0141310081 |
| Title: Everest Adventure: True Stories from the Death Zone |
| Author: C.J. Charley |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book captures the magic of Everest and recreates the beautifully some of the mountain's triumphs, dramas and extraordinary tales. It describes about Everest, the very highest point in the world and the ultimate challenge, It says about death zone where one out of every six climbers will never return from the zone. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 133 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 200 |
| Weight(grams): 100 |
| Price: US$ 13.75 |
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| ISBN: AS00001155 |
| Title: Everest and Oyu: My Own Story |
| Author: Miroslav Caban |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A book written to share the desire with other the kind of experiences that every mountain climber dreams of. This book is addressed to all who would imagine themselves in their shoes, struggling over the ice, snow and rocks. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour Photographs |
| Edition: First Nepal Edition |
| Pages: 182 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 150.00 |
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| ISBN: 1851586636 |
| Title: Everest Calling: Ascent of the Dark Side: The Mallory-Irvine Ridge |
| Author: Lorna Siggins |
| Edition Year: 1994 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the story of this groundbreaking expedition which drew climbers and support from both sides of the Irish border. The final success on the summit was the result of years of preparation, including two preparatory expeditions to Himalayan peaks, and was all the more remarkable given that Ireland has no great mountaineering tradition. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 186 |
| Size(mm): 195 x 252 |
| Weight(grams): 750 |
| Price: US$ 13.95 |
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| ISBN: 999335421X |
| Title: Everest From the Air |
| Author: Captain Bed Upreti |
| Edition Year: 2006 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: Japanese |
| Abstract: Nepal may be one of the poorest countries in the world, but when it comes to mountains there is no other that stands taller. WIthin its boundaries lie eight of the ten highest mountains in the world. This book includes the photographs taken from the mountain flight. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs. Also available in English and French Language. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 111 |
| Size(mm): 225 x 285 |
| Weight(grams): 820 |
| Price: US$ 25.00 |
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| ISBN: 9993354228 |
| Title: Everest From the Air |
| Author: Captain Bed Upreti |
| Edition Year: 2006 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Nepal may be one of the poorest countries in the world, but when it comes to mountains there is no other that stands taller. WIthin its boundaries lie eight of the ten highest mountains in the world. This book includes the photographs taken from the mountain flight. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs. Also available in French and Japanese Language. |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 111 |
| Size(mm): 225 x 285 |
| Weight(grams): 820 |
| Price: US$ 25.00 |
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| ISBN: 9993397806 |
| Title: Everest From the Air |
| Author: Captain Bed Upreti |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: French |
| Abstract: Nepal may be one of the poorest countries in the world, but when it comes to mountains there is no other that stands taller. WIthin its boundaries lie eight of the ten highest mountains in the world. This book includes the photographs taken from the mountain flight. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs. Also available in English and Japanese Language. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 111 |
| Size(mm): 225 x 285 |
| Weight(grams): 820 |
| Price: US$ 25.00 |
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| ISBN: 0340423668 |
| Title: Everest Kangshung Face |
| Author: Stephen Venables |
| Edition Year: 1989 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In telling the story of this notabe achievement, the author shares all the emotions of expedition climbing at first-hand: the frustration of a slow bad weather approach, the exhilaration of discovering marvellous rock climbing on the lower buttress, the delight in tier after tier of bizarre snow fluttings and ice towers and son on. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 236 |
| Size(mm): 175 x 250 |
| Weight(grams): 920 |
| Price: US$ 49.50 |
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| ISBN: 0750932783 |
| Title: Everest Pioneer: The Photographs of Captain John Noel |
| Author: Sandra Noel |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book draws together the work of John Noel for the first time. Stunning images captures the drama and tragedy of the expeditions-the first to venture upon the highest mountain on earth-the landscapes extraordinary beauty and the life of the people who inhabited one of the remotest region on earth. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 176 |
| Size(mm): 255 x 255 |
| Weight(grams): 1000 |
| Price: US$ 36.95 |
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| ISBN: 8173030731 |
| Title: Everest the Hard Way: The Adventure Story of the Decade |
| Author: Chris Bonnington |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Drawing on firsthand accounts of his fellow climbers Chris Bonnington vividly portrays the tensions, emotions and, on one occasion, bitter personal tragedy, behind the most spectacular ascent in the history of climbing. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: Reprinted Edition |
| Pages: 352 |
| Size(mm): 110 x 175 |
| Weight(grams): 250 |
| Price: US$ 9.00 |
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| ISBN: 0333510437 |
| Title: Everest Without Oxygen |
| Author: Tony Feldman |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The climbing of Everest is an exciting achievement in any event: but when two climbers get to the top without the use of oxygen, it's a major triumph. This book tells you how they did it and why they wanted to try the impossible and win. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 64 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 225 |
| Price: US$ 3.25 |
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| ISBN: 0007147481 |
| Title: Everest: 50 Years on Top of the World |
| Author: George Band |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book puts the first successful ascent into context, detailing the adventures and tragedies that occured during the early expeditions, and providing a full account of the 1953 expedition and the many difficulties that faced the team before their final, triumphant summit push. It also offers a survey of climbing on Everest since 1953, covering new routes, new achievements, and inevitably, new tragedies. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 230 x 290 |
| Weight(grams): 1440 |
| Price: US$ 47.75 |
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| ISBN: AS00001024 |
| Title: Everest: Alone at the Summit |
| Author: Stephen Venables |
| Edition Year: 1996 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the book ever been published on the East - or Kangshung - Face of Everest. It describes about the escape from the mountains, extraordinary tales abound of human survival against the odds set by nature or circumstances. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Appendix and Index |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 236 |
| Size(mm): 170 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 220.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001019 |
| Title: Everest: Expedition to the Ultimate |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 1979 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Audrey Salkeld |
| Abstract: This is the dramatic account of what people said could not be done - but which was done. This is the story of how Everest, the highest point on our earth, was at last surmounted by man without the use of artificial oxygen. The book reads like an exciting novel and at the same time it is a unique documentary of the most spectacular adventure in expedition history. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs and Illustrations |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 254 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 800 |
| Price: US$ 550.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177691805 |
| Title: Everest: From the First Attempt to the Final Victory |
| Author: Micheline Morin |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Thus, without in any way belittling the exploits of Hillary and Tenzing, it is fair to say that the 1953 victory is the victory of all expedition leaders, climbers, members of support teams, transport officers, doctors, sherpas and the porters. This is a full story of man’s quest for the summit of Mount Everest, beginning in the mists of time with the early climbs from Tibet, and ending in 1953 with victory from Nepal. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 205 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 300 |
| Price: US$ 6.50 |
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| ISBN: 2950775802 |
| Title: Everest: Minus 2 Meters |
| Author: Benoit Chamoux |
| Edition Year: 1993 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Between 1985 and 1992, the author, a native of the Savoie region and now 32 years old, climbed ten of the fourteen eight thosanders, the highest mountains in the world winning acclaim as Frances Top himalayan mountaineer. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs and Also French Language. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 127 |
| Size(mm): 190 x 255 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 15.95 |
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| ISBN: AS00001011 |
| Title: Everest: Mountain Without Mercy |
| Author: Broughton Coburn |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is both a stunning portrait of the most majestic mountain on earth and a riveting firsthand account of the men and women who dare to challenge it. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 240 x 310 |
| Weight(grams): 1500 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001011A |
| Title: Everest: Mountain Without Mercy |
| Author: Broughton Coburn |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Leather Bound |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is both a stunning portrait of the most majestic mountain on earth and a riveting firsthand account of the men and women who dare to challenge it. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 240 x 310 |
| Weight(grams): 1550 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001011B |
| Title: Everest: Mountain Without Mercy |
| Author: Broughton Coburn |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Leather Bound |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is both a stunning portrait of the most majestic mountain on earth and a riveting firsthand account of the men and women who dare to challenge it. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 240 x 310 |
| Weight(grams): 1550 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177692038 |
| Title: Everest: Reflections from the Top |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: Christine Gee, Garry Weare and Margaret Gee |
| Abstract: This book is about the contributions that is evident that to summit Everest demands incredible qualities of courage, determination and physical prowess. As each climber ascends out of the night into the rays of dawn lighting the upper ridges of the mountain, supreme efforts are translated into untold feelings of vision, joy and relief at reaching the summit. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 141 |
| Size(mm): 133 x 168 |
| Weight(grams): 150 |
| Price: US$ 4.50 |
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| ISBN: 9780620407625 |
| Title: Everest: Surviving the Death Zone |
| Author: Ronnie Muhl |
| Edition Year: 2008 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In 2006, Ronnie Muhl found himself high in the Death Zone on Mt Everest facing a life-threating situation. He made a traumatic decision to turn around with less that 150 vertical metres to go befor ereaching the summit. That decision saved his life and afforded him the opportunity of returning to the mountain in 2007. This is the inspiring tale of the tears and triumphs associated with surviving the Death Zone. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 309 |
| Size(mm): 178 x 254 |
| Weight(grams): 910 |
| Price: US$ 44.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177691732 |
| Title: Everest: The Challenge |
| Author: Sir Francis Younghusband |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: An Everest expedition will fulfill the main purpose of this book, which is to attract the attention of the world to the Himalayas. In addition, the attention of man needs to be drawn thither, for in those mountains untold wealth is to be found. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations and Maps. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 240 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 350 |
| Price: US$ 5.25 |
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| ISBN: R000033244 |
| Title: Everest: The Swiss Expeditions in Photographs |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1954 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Compiledby: The Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research |
| Abstract: With an introduction by Othmar Gurtner, the book has a stunning collection of maps as well as photographs, both in black and white and in color, all interspersed with explanatory captions. |
| Remarks: Very Good. No dust jacket. Light green cloth, some fading to the edges of the boards, with a lot of fading and discoloration on the spine. Six cm. tear along top edge of spine. Minute amount of spotting on endpapers, although otherwise internally tight and clean. 144 pages followed by a list of plates. |
| Edition: First American |
| Pages: 144 |
| Size(mm): 280 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 1160 |
| Price: US$ 600.00 |
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| ISBN: 8173870845 |
| Title: Exploring Pangi Himalaya: A World Beyond Civilization |
| Author: Minakshi Chaudhry |
| Edition Year: 1998 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Pangi Valley - a remote, snow-bound world beyond civilization is located in the mid-Himalayan region known as Pangi range. Due to geographical conditions the valley remains cut-off from the rest of the world for more than six months in a year. This book is a detailed account of the place and the life of people living there. The life of Pangwals is a story of survival, of spirit of human struggle against the forces of nature. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Map of Himachal Pradesh, Trekking Routes, Index, Bibliography and Glossary |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 326 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: 8173870772 |
| Title: Exploring the Hidden Himalaya |
| Author: Soli Mehta and Harish Kapadia |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The purpose of this book is to excote and inspire the climber and trekker to take advantage of the vast possibilities the Himalaya has to offer. It ignores the 8000-metre peaks as having been more than adequately covered elsewhere. But it draws attention to the less familiar and more challenging aspects of the known 7000 and 6000 metre peaks. It concentrates most valuably on the wealth of minor but still extremely rewarding summits, many of them unclimbed and some of them quite unknown. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: Second Revised and Update |
| Pages: 190 |
| Size(mm): 138 x 226 |
| Weight(grams): 300 |
| Price: US$ 5.50 |
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| ISBN: 0333780701 |
| Title: Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest |
| Author: Bear Grylls |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is a personal story of courage, humour, friendship and faith. Consistently engaging and beautifully written, Bear Grylls has an inspirational tale to tell. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 289 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 18.50 |
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| ISBN: 0297646826 |
| Title: Fearless on Everest: The Quest For Sandy Irvine |
| Author: Julie Summers |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is not only a personal quest. It is a fascinating |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 290 |
| Size(mm): |
| Weight(grams): 690 |
| Price: US$ 49.50 |
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| ISBN: 8177691813 |
| Title: First Over Everest: The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 |
| Author: P F M Fellowes, L V Stewart Blacker, P T Etherton and the Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The history of aviation is littered with stories of heroic, often foolhardy enterprise. From the first precarious flights across the English Channel, to the test flying of modern aircraft, the history is one of variety, challenge, daring and technology. In 1933, before man had climbed to the summit of Mount Everest, a small band of enthusiasts set out to fly over the highest mountain in small biplanes with little protection and a lot of bravery. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 279 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 7.50 |
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| ISBN: 0920576613 |
| Title: Forbidden Mountains |
| Author: Vivien Lougheed |
| Edition Year: 1996 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book recounts the adventurers hitchhiking along the worlds most isolated roads, meeting some of the last nomadic peoples, experiencing the searing beauty of high altitude Tibet and travelling along with the worlds weirdest people-other adventure travellers. |
| Remarks: B&W Phototgraphs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 338 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 20.95 |
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| ISBN: 0701134070 |
| Title: Fragile Edge |
| Author: Maria Coffey |
| Edition Year: 1989 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Fragile Edge is the clear-eyed account of a love affair and the vivid story of a journey which was both painful and magical, through modern Chinese cities and ancient Tibetan villages, ghostly Everest Base Camps and bustling monasteries. When Maria Coffey fell in love with Joe Tasker, she knew that he was already committed-to climbing the worlds highest mountains by their most difficult routes. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 183 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 31.95 |
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| ISBN: 0571203140 |
| Title: George Mallory |
| Author: David Robertson |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book, though it recounts George Mallory's experiences on Everest, largely in his own words, was not conceived as an expedition book. Celebrated in his time as the rarest spirit of his generation, George Mallory vanished on 8th June 1924 in a third desperate attempt to climb Everest. 75 years later his body was discovered at 27000 feet. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Paperback Edition |
| Pages: 279 |
| Size(mm): 132 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 340 |
| Price: US$ 21.95 |
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| ISBN: 033378314X |
| Title: Ghosts of Everest: The Authorized Story of the Search for Mallory & Irvine |
| Author: Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson and Eric R. Simonson |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is the brilliantly researched, lucidly written account of two expeditions. From early preparations to day-by-day, blow-by-blow events, it weaves through time bringing together past and present to create a seamless adventure narrative that captures the voices and the actions as it unfolds on the mountain. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps, Appendix and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 205 |
| Size(mm): 220 x 250 |
| Weight(grams): 950 |
| Price: US$ 47.00 |
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| ISBN: 0898866316 |
| Title: Going Higher: Oxygen, Man and Mountains |
| Author: Charles Houston, David E. Harris and Ellen J. Zeman |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: From the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high himalayas, Charles Houston has asked Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of Hypoxia-lack of sufficient oxygen that also occurs in everyday life, due to injury or disease? In this book the authors explains the answers of these questions in an engaging comprehensible style. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 318 |
| Size(mm): 183 x 227 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 24.00 |
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| ISBN: 3855151067 |
| Title: Great Himalaya: Tourism and the Dynamics of Change in Nepal |
| Author: Sanjay Kumar Nepal, Thomas Kohler and Bernhard Rudolf Banzhaf |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Based on extensive fieldwork and years of personal experience, the authors discuss the development of tourism in the Great Himalaya of Nepal from the early days of mountaineering to present-day trekking. Tourism and its potentials, drawbacks, and risks are illustrated with a focus on the Khumbu/Everest and Annapurna regions, the most popular mountain destinations in the country. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs, Maps, Annexes, Abbreviations and Acronyms. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 92 |
| Size(mm): 213 x 300 |
| Weight(grams): 480 |
| Price: US$ 38.00 |
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| ISBN: 0750214899 |
| Title: Habitats: Mountains |
| Author: David Cumming |
| Edition Year: 1995 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: What makes their particular environment - their habitat - special? How does each habitat support its own unique community of animals and plants - and people? These questions are explored in this new series and present us with a challenge, how can we ensure that habitats - the life support systems of our planet - are preserved? The habitat discussed in this book is mountains. This book answers these questions and many more besides. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 48 |
| Size(mm): 230 x 280 |
| Weight(grams): 420 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: AS00001004 |
| Title: Hall & Ball: From Mount Cook to Everest |
| Author: Colin Monteath |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is a tribute to and profile of the author's two long-time friends. This vibrant, widely researched and profusely illustrated story takes the reader on a complex and colourful journey through the lives of two remarkable New Zealanders. Whereever possible, Colin has incorporated Rob's and Gary's own writing in order to bring their personalities to life on the page. This book will stand as a fitting memorial to two of New Zealand's most charismatic and best-loved adventurers. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs and Expedition Chronology |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 160 |
| Size(mm): 280 x 280 |
| Weight(grams): 1200 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: 0898866782 |
| Title: Hermann Buhl: Climbing Without Compromise |
| Author: Reinhold Messner and Horst Hofler |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Hermann Buhl, the first man to stand atop Nanga Parbat, and legendary for his will to push himself to the last - was the mountaineer of the fifties. His account, Nanga Patbat Pilgrimage, has inspired generations of climbers. Yet that classic, shaped and romanticized by a collaborator, does not reveal the man Buhl really was. Now celebrated mountaineer Reinhold Messner and journalist Horst Hofler published Buhl in his own words, pure and unadorned, in this book. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 204 |
| Size(mm): 182 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 670 |
| Price: US$ 34.25 |
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| ISBN: 1841192619 |
| Title: High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington |
| Author: Jim Curran |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book takes one behind the scenes on the Eiger, Annapurna, K2 and Everest to reveal a leader frequently assailed by self-doubt and often devastated by the death of close friends. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Paperback Edition |
| Pages: 264 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 195 |
| Weight(grams): 250 |
| Price: US$ 13.95 |
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| ISBN: AS00001031 |
| Title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places |
| Author: David Breashears |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: For generations of resolute adventures, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and worlds greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. As the worlds fascination with mountaineering reaches a fever pitch, the question remains: Why climb? In this book, elite mountaineer and acclaimed filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 319 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001140 |
| Title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places |
| Author: David Breashears |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: For generations of resolute adventures, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and worlds greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. As the worlds fascination with mountaineering reaches a fever pitch, the question remains: Why climb? In this book, elite mountaineer and acclaimed filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 319 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001140A |
| Title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places |
| Author: David Breashears |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: For generations of resolute adventures, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and worlds greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. As the worlds fascination with mountaineering reaches a fever pitch, the question remains: Why climb? In this book, elite mountaineer and acclaimed filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 319 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001140B |
| Title: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places |
| Author: David Breashears |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: For generations of resolute adventures, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and worlds greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. As the worlds fascination with mountaineering reaches a fever pitch, the question remains: Why climb? In this book, elite mountaineer and acclaimed filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 319 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 450 |
| Price: US$ 150.00 |
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| ISBN: 8173871175 |
| Title: High Himalaya Unknown Valleys |
| Author: Harish Kapadia |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book contains articles covering the author's treks and climbs in the remote valleys during the past 30 years. It contains stories of exploration of the areas in Sikkim, Kumaun, Garhwal, Kinnaur, Spiti, Lahaul, Zanskar, Ladakh and East Karmakoram. These articles give an insight into the Himalayan areas, their history, its people and the period of development of Himalayan climbing in India during the last three decades. |
| Remarks: 29 Maps, 17 Sketches, 31 Photographs and many references. |
| Edition: Fourth Edition |
| Pages: 334 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 700 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: 0895261995 |
| Title: Higher Purpose: The Heroic Story of the First Disabled Man to Conquest Everest |
| Author: Tom Whittaker with Jonny Dodd |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the heroic story of the author Tom Whittaker. Along the way, he takes the reader on his most harrowing adventures-struggling to survive in everest's Death Zone, free falling from a rock face a thousand feet above Yosemite Valey, kayaking solo down a deadly white water river in Tasmania, getting rock fall in the Alps, racing to avoid an impending avalanche on the Matterhorn and much more. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 273 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 28.95 |
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| ISBN: R000030109 |
| Title: Himalaya |
| Author: Herbert Tichy |
| Edition Year: 1968 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: German |
| Abstract: This book presents not only the scholarly monograph but rather a record based on the authors own memories. He tells what it is like to climb a great mountain and of the events that have befallen him and others on expeditions to the rooftop of the world. He provides a lively introduction to the history, geography and ethnology of the region. He introduces his Sherpa guides and the mystics, soldiers, robbers, kings and explores he has known. |
| Remarks: Good/Fair dj. Royal Octavo. The illustrated jacket is plastic protective. Endpaper maps. A clean, neat and fresh copy. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 176 |
| Size(mm): 245 x 285 |
| Weight(grams): 1350 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: R000033183 |
| Title: Himalaya Shuttlecock |
| Author: Hans Kopp |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: H.C. Stevens |
| Abstract: Story of the escape of German would-be escapers from internment in India during WW II. A keen and sometimes sardonic observer, often disguised and thus able to penetrate local ways, Kopp crossed the Himalayas by various means six times. With philosophic good temper he has written an account of his vicissitudes as rich in instructive detail as any happy travellers book. |
| Remarks: Good/Fair. Octavo. Dust jacket chipped, with small tears on the front and back, as well as a small hole. Marking in pencil on the back, some discoloration. Yellow cloth, minute amount of denting on spine. Boards clean and fresh. Some foxing on endpapers and edges, otherwise a good copy. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 191 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 218 |
| Weight(grams): 420 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030046 |
| Title: Himalaya Venture |
| Author: Fritz Kolb |
| Edition Year: 1959 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Lawrence Wilson |
| Abstract: The story of two Austrian mountaineers, interned in India during WW I, who did not let their lack of experience or money deter them from exploring the Himalayas. |
| Remarks: Good/Fair. Octavo. Blue cloth boards with gilt-lettered spine. Previous owner signature on front loose endpaper. Dust jacket is edge worn and slightly faded. Some chipping to head and tail of spine, a small tear on back foldover. Slight yellowing to leaves and endpapers. Denting to head and tail of spine. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 147 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 150.00 |
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| ISBN: 8190008625 |
| Title: Himalaya: Past and Present |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: Maheshwar P. Joshi, Allen C. Fanger, Charles Brown |
| Abstract: This is the introductory volume of the Association of Studies on Himalayas. It contains twenty essays on various themes on Himalayas covering its geology, archaelogy, anthropology, language, history, economics, etc. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 399 |
| Size(mm): 142 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 560 |
| Price: US$ 14.00 |
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| ISBN: R000033250 |
| Title: Himalayan Assignment: A Colonel North Novel |
| Author: F. Van Wyck Mason |
| Edition Year: 1952 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A Colonel North mystery set in the high Himalayas of Tibet, Nepal and India.
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| Remarks: Very Good/-- dj. Octavo. Light blue cloth boards. The spine is heavily faded and the edges are lightly rubbed. Leaves slightly yellowed. A very nice copy. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 282 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 420 |
| Price: US$ 100.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030102 |
| Title: Himalayan Battleground: Sino-Indian Rivalry in Ladakh |
| Author: Margaret W. Fisher, Leo E. Rose, Robert A. Huttenback |
| Edition Year: 1963 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: An account of the hostilities between India and China over the bleak and inaccessible plains of Ladakh. The book was written and researched during the 1963 Sino-Indian War, but discusses the history of the long conflict to control the routes and passes over the mountain barriers and plains of Central Asia. |
| Remarks: Good/dj Fair. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt-lettering to spine. Some wear to the edges and denting to the head and tail of the spine. Minute amount of worming to front cover. Slight yellowing to leaves and endpapers. Previous owner stamp on front paste down endpaper. Errata slip laid in. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 205 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 0906371937 |
| Title: Himalayan Climber: A Lifetimes Quest to the Worlds Greater Ranges |
| Author: Doug Scott |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive photographic portrait of the remarkable climbing career. The author has assiduously photographed his travels and these pictures reflect the splendour and danger of the great peaks. |
| Remarks: Author Signed with Colour Photographs |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 192 |
| Size(mm): 245 x 320 |
| Weight(grams): 1475 |
| Price: US$ 75.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001116 |
| Title: Himalayan Climber: A Lifetimes Quest to the Worlds Greater Ranges |
| Author: Doug Scott |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive photographic portrait of the remarkable climbing career. The author has assiduously photographed his travels and these pictures reflect the splendour and danger of the great peaks. |
| Remarks: Author Signed with Colour Photographs |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 192 |
| Size(mm): 320 x 245 |
| Weight(grams): 1475 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001203 |
| Title: Himalayan Climber: A Lifetimes Quest to the Worlds Greater Ranges |
| Author: Doug Scott |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Leather Bound |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive photographic portrait of the remarkable climbing career. The author has assiduously photographed his travels and these pictures reflect the splendour and danger of the great peaks. |
| Remarks: Author Signed with Colour Photographs |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 192 |
| Size(mm): 240 x 320 |
| Weight(grams): 1500 |
| Price: US$ 500.00 |
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| ISBN: 0906026229 |
| Title: Himalayan Enchantment: An Anthology |
| Author: Frank Kingdon-Ward |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: John Whitehead |
| Abstract: This book balances the botanical side of Kingdon-Ward's activities with his interest in the geographical terrain where he worked, its birds, beasts, insects and its variegated inhabitants, not only Tibetan and Chinese, but also the hill tribes-Abors, Darus, Dulengs, Kachins, Lisus, Lutzus, Marus, Mishmis, Nungs and others-in whose life he took such an affectionate interest. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 254 |
| Size(mm): 158 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 570 |
| Price: US$ 41.95 |
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| ISBN: 0898862620 |
| Title: Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country or Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan |
| Author: Jeremy Schmidt |
| Edition Year: 1991 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the story of two young couples-experienced adventure travelers and mountaineers-who embarked on a journey through Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India and China. Circumnavigating the Himalaya was their only itinerary, the slope of the world's greatest mountain range, their only guide. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs by Patrick Morrow |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 301 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 227 |
| Weight(grams): 710 |
| Price: US$ 22.95 |
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| ISBN: 9780670372374 |
| Title: Himalayan Pilgrimage |
| Author: Gisela Minke |
| Edition Year: 1921 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The Himalaya is different things to different people to Indians,it is the Himalaya,the adobe of snow, mystical home of the Gods,source of all their great and sacred rivers.To the rest of the world ,It is Himalayas ,the highest mountain range on earth"the roof of the world " where the towering peaks have always attracked adventures and mountain climbers, as well as seekers after spiritual heights. |
| Remarks: Good Condition. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 159 |
| Size(mm): 237 x 342 |
| Weight(grams): 1408 |
| Price: US$ 142.00 |
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| ISBN: 0898863791 |
| Title: Hold the Heights: The Foundations of Mountaineering |
| Author: Walt Unsworth |
| Edition Year: 1994 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The author presents a comprehensive history of world mountaineering, from the first recorded ascent to the conquests of Everest and Nanga Parbat in 1953 - milestone ascents that ushered in new eras of exploration. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 432 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 690 |
| Price: US$ 41.25 |
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| ISBN: 0297842749 |
| Title: I Choose to Climb |
| Author: Chris Bonington |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book was the authors first book. This is well written with a warmth and enthusiasm that he has made his own. It describes from the rock-climbing beginnings to the first British Ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 179 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 232 |
| Weight(grams): 300 |
| Price: US$ 34.00 |
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| ISBN: 0898865689 |
| Title: In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories From the Mountaineering World |
| Author: Peter Potterfield |
| Edition Year: 1996 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A compelling and somewhat troubling look at the dark side of mountaineering. It encapsulates the extreme risks and exhilarating rewards of mountaineering. The three harrowing talesof those who have survived the pain grief and world of trouble of a good climb gone terribly wrong. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 270 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 226 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 16.00 |
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| ISBN: 0297843702 |
| Title: Inside Himalaya |
| Author: Michael Palin and Basil Pao |
| Edition Year: 2004 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book brings together more than 300 of the best images of the author from his journey. The highest mountain range on earth is one of the great tests for any photographer and Basil has risen to the occassion. This book Inside Himalaya never misses a trick what they saw and what they saw is what you get and what they saw was amazing. |
| Remarks: Beuatiful Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: Reprinted Edition |
| Pages: 197 |
| Size(mm): 260 x 320 |
| Weight(grams): 1650 |
| Price: US$ 32.00 |
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| ISBN: 0049100858 |
| Title: Into Thin Air |
| Author: John Pilkington |
| Edition Year: 1985 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Into Thin Air is a fascinating portrait of a fast disappearing culture, seen through the eyes of a veteran adventurer. It will appeal to anyone with a delight in faraway places and a taste for unusual travel stories. This is a real happened story of the author during his visit in Nepal. He describes about his 500-mile walk across north-west Nepal where he faced all that the Himalayas could throw him: a blizzard, cliff-hanging precipices and other obstacles. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Maps, Glossary and Bibliography |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 171 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 350 |
| Price: US$ 26.25 |
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| ISBN: 0330353977 |
| Title: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster |
| Author: Jon Krakauer |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The book gives a thorough and chilling account of the ill-fated climb and reveals the complex web of decisions and circumstances that left a group of amateurs fighting for their lives in the thin air and sub-zero cold above 26000 feet - a place climbers call The Death Zone. It also reveals the harsh realities of mountaineering and echoes with the frantic calls of climbers lost high on the mountain and way beyond help. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, B&W Illustrations and Epilogue |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 293 |
| Size(mm): 130 x 195 |
| Weight(grams): 260 |
| Price: US$ 5.00 |
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| ISBN: R000032678 |
| Title: Introduction to Mountaineering |
| Author: George Alan Smith |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The purpose of this book is to inculcate some of the fundamental principles of mountaineering, to convey some of the sense of the enormous satisfactions of the sport into the minds and the hearts of those who aspire to the heights. |
| Remarks: good/Fair dj. Quarto. Illustrated jacket with chipped off and teared edges. Internally clean, bright and fresh copy. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 132 |
| Size(mm): 190 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 450 |
| Price: US$ 40.00 |
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| ISBN: 9813056665 |
| Title: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth |
| Author: Khoo Swee Chiow |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A refreshinghly honest and open account, by one of the Asia's leading adventurers, of how will power and preseverance can take you to the top and make your dreams a reality. This is the inspiring story of the real Khoo Swee Chiow, the story behind the headlines. |
| Remarks: Colourful Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 224 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 26.95 |
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| ISBN: 0898863732 |
| Title: K2 The 1939 Tragedy: The Full Story of the Ill-Fated Wiessner Expedition |
| Author: Andrew J. Kauffman and William L. Putnam |
| Edition Year: 1998 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book brings to light many htherto-unpublished elements in the events that led to the now-legendary tragedy high on the peak....This volume provides a balanced and intriguing view of what transpired throughout the course of the expedition. It is a true story of a mountaineering expedition that took place more than a half a century ago, so far in the past of a rapidly evolving sport that one might almost begin with the words - Once upon a time... |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs, Sketch Maps, Notes and Index |
| Edition: Third Printing |
| Pages: 224 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 380 |
| Price: US$ 18.95 |
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| ISBN: R000030044 |
| Title: Kanchenjunga |
| Author: John Tucker |
| Edition Year: 1955 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In this book the vicissitudes of the reconnaissance expedition at Mount Kangchenjunga are recounted which is a far tougher proposition than Everest and what is more natural than that mountaineers should take up this challenge? |
| Remarks: Fine/--dj. Octavo. The faded and rubbed sky blue cloth boards has dent edges with wormings going throughout the text. Slight foxing of the endpapers. Spotty stains at the leaves. Loose hinge. Otherwise a fine copy. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 224 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 480 |
| Price: US$ 125.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030090 |
| Title: Kingdom of Adventure: Everest |
| Author: James Ramsey Ullman |
| Edition Year: 1947 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: A chronicle of man's assault on the earth's highest mountain narrated by the participants and with an accompanying text by James Ramsey Ullman. |
| Remarks: Very Good/--dj. Navy blue boards with gilt-lettering to the spine. Rubbing to corners, some denting to the head and tail of the spine, and light fraying on the joints. Ex-Library, with stamps on the title page and the front and rear endpapers (both paste-down and free), library sticker on the back strip, sticker damage on front rear and paste down endpapers, black marker on front free endpaper. Internally clean and fresh. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 411 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 95.00 |
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| ISBN: 009165890X |
| Title: Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge |
| Author: Andrew Greig |
| Edition Year: 1986 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book chronicles about the assault on peak and also examines the complex interrelationships of nineteen very different individuals living together, yet alone. It describes about Mal Duff's expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed North-East ridge, the last attempt by a Chris Bonington team that ended in failure and the tragic death of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Sketch Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 249 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 30.25 |
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| ISBN: AS00001030 |
| Title: Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge |
| Author: Andrew Greig |
| Edition Year: 1986 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book chronicles about the assault on peak and also examines the complex interrelationships of nineteen very different individuals living together, yet alone. It describes about Mal Duff's expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed North-East ridge, the last attempt by a Chris Bonington team that ended in failure and the tragic death of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour Photographs, Sketch Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 249 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 320.00 |
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| ISBN: 8183850154 |
| Title: Koh-Himalaya: Kanchenjunga, the Mountain God |
| Author: Col Narinder Kumar |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is a fascinating account by Col Narinder Kumar, the expedition leader of the first ascent of Kanchenjunga, one of the most difficult side. An account such as this book presents written at first hand and soon after the experience it narrates, brings to the event, and perhaps a little of sharing in the excitement, the beauty, the adventure upon the high Himalayas. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 156 |
| Size(mm): 220 x 275 |
| Weight(grams): 850 |
| Price: US$ 40.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001141 |
| Title: Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory |
| Author: David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Last Climb is at once a thrilling narrative of challenge and courage, a treasury of rare historical images and an unforgettable panorama of a forbidden, almost medieval world, the forbidding mountain at its heart, and the indomitable men who were willing to pay their lives to master it - and win immortality in return. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 239 |
| Size(mm): 225 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 1100 |
| Price: US$ 150.00 |
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| ISBN: AS0001141A |
| Title: Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory |
| Author: David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Last Climb is at once a thrilling narrative of challenge and courage, a treasury of rare historical images and an unforgettable panorama of a forbidden, almost medieval world, the forbidding mountain at its heart, and the indomitable men who were willing to pay their lives to master it - and win immortality in return. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour and B&W Photographs, Maps and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 239 |
| Size(mm): 225 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 1100 |
| Price: US$ 150.00 |
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| ISBN: 0340559659 |
| Title: Last Days: A World-Famous Climber Challenges the Himalayas Tawoche and Menlungtse |
| Author: John Roskelley |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: his book describes about the two breathtaking Himalayan peaks: Tawoche in Nepal and Menlungtse in Tibet. This is the stories of the expeditions of the author that took place in 1989 and 1990 respectively that are full of excitement, insight and humour. It also describes the people of Nepal and Tibet, the beauty of their land and the starkness of their life. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, Sketch Maps and Glossary. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 211 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 29.95 |
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| ISBN: AS00001034 |
| Title: Last Days: A World-Famous Climber Challenges the Himalayas Tawoche and Menlungtse |
| Author: John Roskelley |
| Edition Year: 1992 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book describes about the two breathtaking Himalayan peaks: Tawoche in Nepal and Menlungtse in Tibet. This is the stories of the expeditions of the author that took place in 1989 and 1990 respectively that are full of excitement, insight and humour. It also describes the people of Nepal and Tibet, the beauty of their land and the starkness of their life. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, Colour Photographs, Sketch Maps and Glossary |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 211 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 250.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030047 |
| Title: Last of the Annapurnas |
| Author: M.S. Kohli |
| Edition Year: 1962 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The story of the first ascent of Annapurna III, one of the peaks of the Annapurna Himal, a peak towering over 24,858 feet, which was almost entirely unexplored when the team attempted the ascent. |
| Remarks: Good/Fair. Octavo. Dust jacket edge worn with extensive yellowing, also with extensive chipping at tail and head of spine. Tears along fold over. Original woven white cloth with blue stamped lettering. Some yellowing and denting, as well as water stain on index pages. A nice copy of a hard to find book! |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 143 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 440 |
| Price: US$ 400.00 |
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| ISBN: N000093316 |
| Title: Last of the Annapurnas |
| Author: M. S. Kohli |
| Edition Year: 1994 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is about last of the Annapurnas. Annapurna 3 was the last remaining of the four Annapurna peaks in the Himalayas which had yet to be climbed, the author describe, in an intimate style, the story of the preparation, the early trials and the thrilling success of the gallant band of men who risked their very lives to keep alight the torch of human Endeavour. The story is interesting for another reason. Coming as it does from the leader of the team, it gives an insight into the organizational and technical as well as the emotional problems of leading a mountaineering expedition. The feelings of duty, self-sacrifice and love for comrades of one that the dangers of mountaineering generate are testimony to the essential nobility of man. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs, Illustrations, Appendices and Index. |
| Edition: Reprint Edition |
| Pages: 143 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 350 |
| Price: US$ 20.00 |
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| ISBN: 2070251357 |
| Title: Le L?opard Des Neiges |
| Author: Petter Matthiessen |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: French |
| Abstract: Ce livre est une agr?able combinaison de l'alpinisme et le mysticisme. Un voyage ? la recherche de la rare l?opard des neiges embl?me bouddhiste v?n?r?, d?velopp? en une qu?te pour le sens de l'?tre. |
| Remarks: Croquis Cartes |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 365 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 200 |
| Weight(grams): 370 |
| Price: US$ 15.00 |
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| ISBN: 069100689X |
| Title: Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering |
| Author: Sherry B. Ortner |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an extraordinary study of the Sherpa people, opening windows into the realities of their lives and minds, a revelatory look at the whole mountaineering thing from their perspective, and amazingly rich account of the fascinating world of the Himalayas and the Tibetan people. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 376 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 730 |
| Price: US$ 28.00 |
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| ISBN: 0988567152 |
| Title: Lightweight Expeditions |
| Author: Rob Collister |
| Edition Year: 1989 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Small is beautiful. A lightweight expedition to tackle a smaller peak is, many climbers now believe, cheaper, safer and a lot more fun than the big, enormously costly expeditions that capture the publicity. Lightweight expeditions can be undertaken by any climber, they are far more satisfying for the individual concerned and much less damaging to the mountain environment too. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs, Appendix and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 144 |
| Size(mm): 170 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 24.95 |
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| ISBN: 0965015731 |
| Title: Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine |
| Author: Peter Firstbrook |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book is about George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Sanday Irvine who were not the first to die on mountain. But the names of Mallory and Irvine are those remembered because they were the first to perish during a summit attempt. Their death shocked the nation, it was unbelievable that Mallory, the star of mountaineering world could have perished. This is about Mallory and Irvine research expedition. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 224 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 370 |
| Price: US$ 13.50 |
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| ISBN: R000033276 |
| Title: Lure of Everest |
| Author: Brigadier Gyan Singh |
| Edition Year: 1961 |
| Cover: Leather Bound |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Story of the first Indian Everest expedition by Gyan Singh, the head of the expedition. |
| Remarks: Very Good/Fair dj. Octavo. The illustrated dust jacket is worn, with large chips on the head and tail of the spine and a 3 cm tear at the head of the spine. Rubbing to the edges. Cream cloth boards, with some frayed edges and slight discoloration to the spine. Some foxing, although mostly limited to the endpapers. Very clean internally. Scarce. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 212 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 540 |
| Price: US$ 250.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177695010 |
| Title: Makalu: In Simple Harmony |
| Author: Hermann and Dietlinde Warth |
| Edition Year: 2008 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In the 70s and 80s, Dietlinde and Hermann Warth have been living and working in Nepal for some years, where Hermann headed the German Volunteer Service. The authors are also enthusiastic trekkers and mountaineers. They have hiked and trekked many thousands of kilometres through the Nepalese countryside. One of their mountaineering highpoints was the successful International Makalu Expedition 1978. The present book is an account of the course of this alternative-style expedition. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs, B&W Illustrations and Maps. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 151 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 270 |
| Price: US$ 9.75 |
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| ISBN: 8177691910 |
| Title: Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing |
| Author: James Ramsey Ullman |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the story of a man who had been inspired by, and finally devoted his life to the mountains of the Great Himalaya. Spoken as a true son of the soil Tenzing through the capable pen of James Ramsey Ullman, tells us in his own words of his devotion to and fascination with the greatest of all the Himalayan Peaks Chomolungma commonly known to us as Mount Everest and of how in the end with his colleagues of the famed Hunt expedition, he finally was one of the first to set foot on is summit. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 320 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 7.50 |
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| ISBN: 1844034496 |
| Title: Meetings With Mountains: Remarkable Face-to-Face Encounters With the Worlds Peaks |
| Author: Stephen Venables |
| Edition Year: 2006 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: In this book one can experience the majesty, grandeur and terrifying challenges presented by the worlds greatest peaks. Detailed information on location, height, attempts and history are accompanied by beautiful photography and the thrilling accounts of those who have lived thier lives in the shadows of these towering pinnacles. |
| Remarks: Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington and Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 192 |
| Size(mm): 250 x 285 |
| Weight(grams): 1450 |
| Price: US$ 32.25 |
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| ISBN: 0771058527 |
| Title: Men For the Mountains |
| Author: Sid Marty |
| Edition Year: 1978 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: An account of the language, legends, and lore of the Rocky Mountains, as told by ranger Sid Marty. |
| Remarks: Good/Fine. Octavo. Dust jacket edge worn, with a small tear on the back. Signed by previous owner. A crisp, clean, and attractive copy. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 270 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 680 |
| Price: US$ 65.00 |
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| ISBN: 089886027X |
| Title: Men For the Mountains |
| Author: Sid Marty |
| Edition Year: 1981 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an earthly, exultant testimony to the majesty of the wilds, the reality of conservation and the natural heritage of the human spirit. |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 270 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 400 |
| Price: US$ 7.95 |
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| ISBN: 8386054166 |
| Title: Mount Everest Massif |
| Author: Jan Kielkowski |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Ewa Bobrowska-Grzesik |
| Abstract: The massif of Mount Everest is considered to be the highest upland in the whole Mount Everest Group which consists of all the mountain chains between the gorge ofthe Arun River in the east and the Bhote Kosi Valley in the west. This guide is the considerably widened, revised, supplemented and updated version with detailed informations about the highest mountain ranges of the Earth. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 312 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 203 |
| Weight(grams): 450 |
| Price: US$ 40.00 |
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| ISBN: 8177691759 |
| Title: Mount Everest: 1938 |
| Author: H W Tilman |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Following the abortive recorded attempts on Mount Everest that had taken place in 1921, 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935 and 1936, Tilman and his small party, which included Himalayan stalwarts such as E E Shipton and F S Smythe, set out in 1938 for a fifth attempt on this peak. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 160 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 250 |
| Price: US$ 5.25 |
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| ISBN: 8177691775 |
| Title: Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance |
| Author: C K Howard Bury |
| Edition Year: |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the story of the first adventure to unravel the mystery of Mount Everest and to discover both a route across Tibet from Darjeeling and to open a path to the base of the peak itself. This is the full account in which the author describes the frustrations, the hazards and the traumatic tales of exploring such a remote and unknown region of Tibet flanking Everest. False trails, stunning scenery and hidden valleys, all aspects conspired to create an unforgettable saga. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations and Foldout Maps. |
| Edition: |
| Pages: 356 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 215 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 7.50 |
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| ISBN: R000030003 |
| Title: Mountain Jubilee |
| Author: Arnold Lunn |
| Edition Year: 1943 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Autobiographical account of a writer best known for his alpine themes. |
| Remarks: Fair. No dust jacket. Octavo. Original red boards, with spotting and fading. Bookplate, half peeled off, on the rear board. Discoloration to the spine. A bit of worming and discoloration to the leaves. Two stamps by United Service Club on title page and first blank page after 287. Small tear on the front hinge, but internally ok. |
| Edition: Reprint |
| Pages: 287 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 440 |
| Price: US$ 60.00 |
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| ISBN: 0752218905 |
| Title: Mountain Men: Tall Tales and High Adventure |
| Author: Mick Conefrey and Tim Jordan |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book tells the story of the pioneer climbers who explored and conquered the high mountains of the world. They were fanatical, obsessive, eccentric, risk and hardship were a small price to pay to get their names onto the maps and into the history books. Mountain Men accompanies a major BBC television series. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 208 |
| Size(mm): 260 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 440 |
| Price: US$ 23.68 |
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| ISBN: 981041417X |
| Title: Mountain to Climb: The Quest for Everest and Beyond |
| Author: David Lim |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Mountain to Climb is an absorbing first-person account of the authors preparation for the assault on Mt. Everest and his descent into the abyss of near total paralysis. It is the story of a countrys quest for Everest, the failures, heartbreak and sacrifices behind one of Singapores greatest sporting achievements. It is also an uplifting, inspiring and courageous story of a group of ordinary people with an extraordinary quest. |
| Remarks: Coloured Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 241 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 590 |
| Price: US$ 32.25 |
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| ISBN: 0890966176 |
| Title: Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1994 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: David Mazel |
| Abstract: This book is the collection of the stories of the women who climbed on the world's highest peaks and most difficult rock faces, from the English Lake District to the Alphs to the Andes and Himalaya. These stories tell of conflict and cooperation, of women struggling not only to reach a summit but also to negotiate their freedom in a society that preferred they simply stay at home. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs and Illustrations and Bibliography |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 184 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 290 |
| Price: US$ 20.75 |
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| ISBN: 8854400750 |
| Title: Mountains |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 2005 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book includes splendous phtographs of famous mountains of almost all parts of the world. |
| Remarks: Splendous Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 735 |
| Size(mm): 170 x 165 |
| Weight(grams): 1620 |
| Price: US$ 21.50 |
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| ISBN: 0340525312 |
| Title: Mountains of Heaven: Travel in the Tian Shan Mountains, 1913 |
| Author: Charles Howard-Bury |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Editedby: Marian Keoney |
| Abstract: This is about the visit of the writer in Tian Shan mountains straddling the border of Russia and China in 1913, at a time when Siberia was being colonised for the Tsar, and China, having recently deposed the Manchu emperors was in a state of anarchy. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs, Illustrations, Appendix and Index |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 176 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 490 |
| Price: US$ 31.95 |
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| ISBN: 0871568292 |
| Title: Mountains of the Middle Kingdom: Exploring the High Peaks of China and Tibet |
| Author: Galen Rowell |
| Edition Year: 1983 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is acclaimed portrait of the mountain lands of China and Tibet-a realm the Chinese call the middle kingdom between earth and sky, higher and more remote than anywhere else on earth. The text sets the authors own adventures in this exotic region against a rich historical and cultural background, recreating the exploits of earlier explorers and describing the dramatic changes that recent years have wrought on Chinese life and society. The pictures stretches the bounds of imagination. |
| Remarks: 85 Splendid Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 191 |
| Size(mm): 310 x 255 |
| Weight(grams): 930 |
| Price: US$ 24.95 |
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| ISBN: 0375421807 |
| Title: Mountains of the Mind |
| Author: Robert Macfarlane |
| Edition Year: 2003 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the sort of book that restores confidence in the travel genre. A compelling meditation on what draws man to risk himself to be on top of empty, dangerous crags, this is an assemblage of dreamers and athletes, the bloody minded and crazed - all those proud and ultimately helpless protagonists who take on the lofty slopes of the mountain which are Macfarlane's fascination. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 306 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 243 |
| Weight(grams): 600 |
| Price: US$ 20.00 |
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| ISBN: 0312203942 |
| Title: My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalayas Deepest Mystery |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book gives us Messner's heroic and reveting efforts to solve the riddle of the creature Westerners have called the abdominable snowman. Ignoring the inevitable derision that greeted his announcement of the sighting, Messner became convinced that somewhere between tall tales told around campfires and intriguing but inconclusive tabloid photographs lay something of flesh and blood. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs and Illustrations |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 169 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 460 |
| Price: US$ 26.75 |
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| ISBN: AS00001037 |
| Title: My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalayas Deepest Mystery |
| Author: Reinhold Messner |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book gives us Messner's heroic and reveting efforts to solve the riddle of the creature Westerners have called the abdominable snowman. Ignoring the inevitable derision that greeted his announcement of the sighting, Messner became convinced that somewhere between tall tales told around campfires and intriguing but inconclusive tabloid photographs lay something of flesh and blood. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, B&W Photographs and Illustrations |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 169 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 460 |
| Price: US$ 280.00 |
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| ISBN: 0914339915 |
| Title: Mystery, Beauty, and Danger: The Literature of the Mountains and Mountain Climbing Published in English Before 1946 |
| Author: Robert H. Bates |
| Edition Year: 2001 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is an extraordinary, as well as a scholarly account of mountaineering writing and mountaineers from the dragons of 17th Century Scheuchzer, right up to the struggles, triumphs and tragedies on 20th century Everest. |
| Remarks: B&W Illustrations. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 229 |
| Size(mm): 185 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 730 |
| Price: US$ 32.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030407 |
| Title: Naked Before the Mountain |
| Author: Pierre Mazeaud |
| Edition Year: 1974 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Translatedby: Geoffery Sutton |
| Abstract: With a preface by Walter Bonatti. Notable for Mazeauds brilliant descriptions of his many first ascents. There is also a harrowing account of the tragic failure on the central pillar of Fresney, where Bonatti and Mazeaud were the only survivors. The personal aspects of his accounts are as fascinating as the climbs themselves. |
| Remarks: Good/dj Fair. Octavo. Dust jacket has a 5 cm. tear on back, water stains, general wear. Original brown textured paperboards, gilt-lettered to spine. Denting to the edges and a small hole to top front corner. Some small water stains and soiling to leaves. |
| Edition: First English |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 560 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 0297607537 |
| Title: Nanda Devi: A Journey to the Last Sanctuary |
| Author: Hugh Thomson |
| Edition Year: 2004 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is not a book about climbing. It is a book about mountains and one mountain in particular, Nanda Devi, which lies in the Himalaya on the border between India and Tibet. It says if Everest is a mountain that has become littered with the corpses and detritus of previous expeditions, then Nanda Devi remains the epitome of the inviolate mountain - which is perhaps what mountains should be about. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs and Maps. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 125 |
| Size(mm): 175 x 252 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 35.50 |
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| ISBN: 1898573433 |
| Title: Nanda Devi: Exploration and Ascent |
| Author: Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman |
| Edition Year: 1999 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is about the solving of the problem of accessing Nanda Devi Sanctuary, crossed difficult cols, made first ascents, and explored remote, uninhabited valleys. These adventures are recounted in this book. This is the compilation of the classic mountain-exploration books. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 287 |
| Size(mm): 145 x 230 |
| Weight(grams): 460 |
| Price: US$ 16.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00000016 |
| Title: Nanda Devi: L Ascension Impossible |
| Author: Robert Laffont |
| Edition Year: 1976 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: French |
| Abstract: This is a story of strong emotion - of conflicting ambitious and misplaced dedication, of death and victory, of desire and regret. |
| Remarks: Author Signed with B&W Photographs |
| Edition: First French Edition |
| Pages: 261 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 450 |
| Price: US$ 500.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001033 |
| Title: Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition |
| Author: John Roskelley |
| Edition Year: 1987 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is a story of strong emotion - of conflicting ambitious and misplaced dedication, of death and victory, of desire and regret. It is a story of top mountaineer Willi Unsoeld, leader of the expedition, who supported the participation of his young, inexperienced daughter whom he had named for the mountainhe considered the most beautiful in the world. |
| Remarks: Signed by Author, B&W Photographs, Sketch Map and Appendix |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 239 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 300.00 |
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| ISBN: AS00001028 |
| Title: Nepalese Climbers on Mount Everest |
| Author: Ang Phurba Sherpa and Ramesh Raj Kunwar |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: High altitude mountaineering is one of the most dangerous sports on earth. The history of mountaineering in Nepal has been undergone through half century and recognized as the important activities in mountain tourism. This book includes the names of the climbers who have gained this success.This book has been designed with a view that all Nepalese and foreigners will have been benefited to know the respected mountaineers so that one could honour them. |
| Remarks: Author Signed, Colour and B&W Photographs and Appendix |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 239 |
| Size(mm): 180 x 250 |
| Weight(grams): 920 |
| Price: US$ 160.00 |
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| ISBN: R000030052 |
| Title: Nilakantha: Story of the Indian Expedition of 1961 |
| Author: Major N. Kumar |
| Edition Year: 1965 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: An account of the successful Indian expedition to Nilakantha, the defiant peak in the Garhwal Himalayas that had heretofore thrown back all climbers and foiled all attempts, foreign and Indian. |
| Remarks: Good. No dust jacket. Octavo. Cream cloth boards, with some soiling and denting to corners. Front paste down endpaper has small tear on the hinge. Binding slightly loose. Otherwise a nice copy of a hard to find book. |
| Edition: First |
| Pages: 140 |
| Size(mm): 140 x 220 |
| Weight(grams): 360 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 8173871116 |
| Title: Nine Atop Everest: Spectacular Indian Ascent |
| Author: Capt. M.S. Kohli |
| Edition Year: 2000 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book gives a first-hand account of the spectacular climb. It is the story of how the team took on the formidable task, from the birth of the idea and organising the expedition to battling the impossible odds on the treacherous slopes of the Himalaya, and leading to the unbelievable climax of four successive teams reaching the summit. It exudes an air of intense excitement and a sense of challenge that characterised the whole expedition. |
| Remarks: Foreword by Indira Gandhi, B&W Photographs and Illustrations, Appendix and Index |
| Edition: Reprinted |
| Pages: 236 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 225 |
| Weight(grams): 550 |
| Price: US$ 12.00 |
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| ISBN: 0333615042 |
| Title: On Top of the World: The First British Woman to Climb Everest |
| Author: Rebecca Stephens |
| Edition Year: 1994 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book describes the autbors growing passion for the mountains which was ignited in 1989 when she accompanied, as a journalist, an Anglo-American expedition on Everest's North East Ridge. This gives a detailed step-by-step account of the extensive preparations, both physical and psychological, for the climb on Everest which she made as a part of the DHL British 40th Anniversary Everest Expedition. She describes the wonders of the mountain and her elation on reaching its summit. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 196 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 540 |
| Price: US$ 24.95 |
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| ISBN: 0906371929 |
| Title: One Step in the Clouds: An Omnibus of Mountaineering Novels and Short Stories |
| Author: |
| Edition Year: 1990 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Compiledby: Audrey Salkeld and Rosie Smith |
| Abstract: This book gathers together four outstanding novels, two novellas, a play and over thirty short stories that collectively represent some of the finest work of both the past and present writers. The compilors introduce their collection with a comprehensive essay that examines the progress of fiction in mountaineering, comparing the various styles and subjects and drawing attention to many talented but little known authors. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 1056 |
| Size(mm): 154 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 1220 |
| Price: US$ 36.95 |
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| ISBN: R000032762 |
| Title: Peaks and Lamas |
| Author: Marco Pallis |
| Edition Year: 1949 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This edition, 1949, was completely revised and reset. A revealing study of life in the Himalayas and Tibetan art and Buddhism from a journey Ganges and Satlej, Sikkim, and Ladak. |
| Remarks: Very Good/--dj. Octavo. Original red cloth boards with gilt title and detailing on the front board and the spine. The edges are slightly rubbed, with some marginal fading and a few small spots. Rear endpapers have some red staining near the top edge, as from moisture leaching color from the cloth boards. A few pencil markings in the text from previous reader. A beautiful copy. |
| Edition: Revised Edition |
| Pages: 397 |
| Size(mm): 165 x 242 |
| Weight(grams): 1100 |
| Price: US$ 175.00 |
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| ISBN: 0224028839 |
| Title: People In High Places: Approches to Tibet |
| Author: Audrey Salkeld |
| Edition Year: 1991 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: No one can travel in the Himalaya without being changed. To Audrey Salkeld the immensity of those mountains is far greater than can be imagined, their power ferocious, their quality spiritual, their effect overwhelming. This is the vivid account of the two journeys and the authors recollections of people, past and present, in all the magical places form an intoxicating cocktail-sometimes bitter, often surprising and always entertaining. |
| Remarks: Colour and B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 256 |
| Size(mm): 160 x 240 |
| Weight(grams): 650 |
| Price: US$ 35.00 |
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| ISBN: R000032657 |
| Title: Pioneers of Mountaineering |
| Author: B. Webster Smith |
| Edition Year: 1930 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: Brief biographies of celebrated climbers, accounts of various ascents including ascents in the High Alps, the Andes, the Himalaya, the New Zealand Alps, Kabru and Kangchenjunga, etc. |
| Remarks: Fair/--dj. Light green-grey paper boards with mountain climber detail. Bumped. Denting to head and tail of spine. Worming on front and rear boards. Worming in leaves from front endpaper to p. 32, and from pp. 143 to rear pastedown endpaper, mostly marginal. 3.5 cm split in rear joint, and some yellowing to leaves and endpapers. Loose in the front section, up to p. 15. Previous owner stamp on Contents page. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 224 |
| Size(mm): 150 x 200 |
| Weight(grams): 500 |
| Price: US$ 200.00 |
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| ISBN: 0340417005 |
| Title: Quest For Adventure |
| Author: Chris Bonington |
| Edition Year: 1987 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: The writing of this book has resembled an expedition or voyage in many ways. Bonington himself as a famous adventurer, the author has assembled stories of modern adventure and tried to discover their common factors like what is the connection between Wilfred Thesiger, whose journeys across the Empty Quarter were an experience of deep personal impulse, and Neil Armstrong, whose moon-steps were controlled by computer and watched by 500 million people. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: Second Edition |
| Pages: 348 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 590 |
| Price: US$ 25.00 |
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| ISBN: 1852301503 |
| Title: Right Over the Mountain: Travels With a Tibetan Medicine Man |
| Author: Gill Marais |
| Edition Year: 1991 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This is the captivating story of the journey and the amazing events that follow, as Gill Marais and her Indian companion Nazir, travel through the mountains of Tibet. This is an extraordinary and highly readable story, combining the best elements of an absorbing travel adventure with an account of one woman's spiritual search. |
| Remarks: B&W Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 154 |
| Size(mm): 155 x 235 |
| Weight(grams): 250 |
| Price: US$ 17.25 |
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| ISBN: 1853109355 |
| Title: Risking Adventure: Mountaineering Journeys Around the World |
| Author: Jim Haberl |
| Edition Year: 1997 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This book explores the concepts of adventure and risk through a series of five personal experiences in some of the Earths toughest mountain regions. With stunning colour photography and prose as clear as an alpine stream, the author captures the excitement and exhilaration of climbing K2 in the Pakistani Karakoram, the Devils Thumb on the Alaska British Columbia border and so on. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 156 |
| Size(mm): 185 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 780 |
| Price: US$ 49.25 |
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| ISBN: 0811724204 |
| Title: Rock Climbing Basics |
| Author: Turlough Johnston |
| Edition Year: 1995 |
| Cover: Paperback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This complete guide tells you everything you need to know to participate in the fast-growing sport of rock climbing. Step-by-step instructions and more than 240 colour photographs cover the most important climbing skills: top roping, single and multipitch lead climbing, descending and more. With an emphasis on proper technique and safety, the book covers the layback, chimneying bridging, running belays and how to handle walls, corners, roofs, aretes and overhangs. |
| Remarks: Colour Photographs by Madeleine Hallden. |
| Edition: First Edition |
| Pages: 128 |
| Size(mm): 190 x 260 |
| Weight(grams): 440 |
| Price: US$ 13.25 |
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| ISBN: 8173412219 |
| Title: Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration |
| Author: Douglas W. Freshfield |
| Edition Year: 2002 |
| Cover: Hardback |
| Subject: Mountaineering |
| Language: English |
| Abstract: This volume is a description of the first Tour of Kangchenjunga made by Europeans. Its object is not so much to offer another tale of mountaineering adventure as to provide an account of the scenery and glacial features of the Kangchenjunga Group that may be serviceable to Alpine climbers and men of science, and not without interest for those who love the glories of the worlds and count amongst the great mountains. |
| Remarks: B&W Picture of the Kangchenjunga Group, Photographs, Maps and Appendix |
| Edition: Reprinted |
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