Category: Mountains, Mountaineering, Alpine Climbing

Appalachia. December 1944. Number 98

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1944

Seller ID: 036429

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1944. Original issue from December 1944. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, faint old transparent stains to the outer edges of the first few pages, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: A Visit to Howse Pass and the Freshfields, The Artist of Katahdin, A Sheriff Looks Back, a Corsican Climb, the Growth of Cold River Camp, The Art and Technique of Walking, Mountain Folk, Indians of New Jersey, lots mo...
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Appalachia. December 1945. Number 100

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1945

Seller ID: 036431

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1945. Original issue from December 1945. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: Tuckerman Headwall, Of Divers Mountain Trails, Rapids Ahead!; G.I. Sahib on Skis, Parson Sprague and the Mountain, Mount Willard Ramblins, The Ibex and Chamois in Ancient Medicine, Yosemite in Winter, Maine Mountains and Mammals, A Guatemala Volcano, Saddleback in 1839, Canals and Current...
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Appalachia. June 1944. Number 97

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1944

Seller ID: 036428

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1944. Original issue from June 1944. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: A Volcano is Born, W. H. Bartlett Illustrator of American Scenery, on Kiska, Capstone of Vermont, Cordilleran Climbs, on Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, Rock Climbing Along the Potomac, Moosehead Lake to the Sea by Canoe, An Innocent in the Tetons, lots more including information on trails, eq...
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Appalachia. June 1948. Number 105

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1948

Seller ID: 036434

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1948. Original issue from June 1948. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil and wear, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: Tropical Tramps on the Cotopaxi, The White Mountains, Once in the Eastern Alps, the Cliff's Frankenstein, Tuolumne Interlude, Rock-climbing int he Willoughby Lake Regions, Bringing a Map to Life, lots more including information on trails, equipment, organizations, club climbs and tri...
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The A. M. C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to the Trails in the Mountains of New Hampshire (Twentieth Edition)

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1972

Seller ID: 045241

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1972. Twentieth edition, 1972. Includes four of the seven folding maps, with Chocorua-Waterville, the Washington Range and Carter-Mahoosuc absent, pls and extra copy of Mt. Cardigan. Bright orange cloth, 556 pages. Light cover soil, spine ends rubbed, good hinges, sound text block, notes on endpapers, pages clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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The A.M.C. New England Canoeing Guide. A Guide to the Canoeable Waterways of New England

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club : 1965

Seller ID: 044826

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston: The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1965. First edition, 1965. Includes the three folding maps in pockets inside the covers. Silver cloth printed in black, about 6 inches tall, 475 pages including index. Fair to good condition with some cover wear, good hinges, sound text block, some waviness to the top inch of pages throughout (likely a quick dip in water, no discoloration), minor corner wear to a few pages, page clean, name and address on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition.
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The A.M.C. Massachusetts and Rhode Island Trail Guide

By: Appalachian Mountain Club [AMC]

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Appalachian Mountain Club : 1967

Seller ID: 045242

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Boston, Massachusetts: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1967. Second edition, 1967. Trail guide with four folding maps in pockets inside covers plus many additional folding maps bound in. Green cloth, 442 pages. Some cover soil and rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, pages clean with a name on the front free endpaper, no other markings. All maps present.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 8th and 9th August, 1827

By: Auldjo, John

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Bologna, Italy, Libreria Alpina Degli Esposti : 1972

Seller ID: 045137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Bologna, Italy: Libreria Alpina Degli Esposti, 1972. 1972 facimile in remarkably nice condition, number 159 of 220 copies printed. Crimson red leatherette with raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, textured endpapers, 120 pages plus colophon, no dustjacket. Includes 22 plates including folding and color. Very light wear to extremities, no fading, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. This book is from a collection of alpine and mountaineering books owned by Jeffery and Beverly Parrette who traveled the world climbing challenging peaks an...
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Southern Germany and Austria, Including the Eastern Alps. Handbook for Travellers. With 18 Maps and 20 Plans

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Coblenz, Karl Baedeker : 1871

Seller ID: 008846

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1871. Hard-to-find 1871 second edition in original red cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering, 380 pages. Gilt and red covers bright and unfaded, light surface soil, small chip at spine head, small crease in upper spine covering, occurring most likely when bound. Front hinge lightly cracked but text block sound, pages free from chips or tears, some light foxing and age-toning, one or two pencil notes, light insect damage to the far outer edge only of the rear free endpaper. Frontis map roughly removed, all other maps in very good condition. Name of John Lyon Gard...
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The Land in the Mountains, Being an Account of the Past & Present of Tyrol, Its People and Its Castles

By: Baillie-Grohman, W. A., Introduction By Charles Landis

Price: $65.00

Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. : 1907

Seller ID: 045031

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1907. First edition, 1907. Well-illustrated with 82 tissue-protected plates and two double-page maps, frontis in color. Red cloth printed in tan and gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 288 pages plus four pages of publisher's ads, errata slip tipped in, no dustajcket. Covers have some soil, wear to the extremities, faded but legible spine, hinges internally reglued and secure text block sound, subtle foxing to endpapers and half-title, pages lightly age-toned but clean, names and 1908 date on front free endpaper, additional persona...
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A Guide to the Eastern Alps

By: Ball, John

Price: $110.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, and Co. : 1874

Seller ID: 045343

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874. Title page dated 1874. Early printing. Heavily worn copy with the general map of the Eastern Alps and the geological map absent, but with a folding panorama not called for attached to the rear free endpaper. Marron cloth printed in gilt, map on front endpapers, 639 pages. Covers worn, spotted unevely faded and showing signs of moisture exposure (no damp odor), rear hinge internally lightly cracked, binding sound, pages clean with a very minor dampstain to the top of the rear endpapers, name on rear free endpaper, no other markings. Maps that are present,...
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The Alpine Guide Volume II Parts I and II. The Central Alps I and II. Alpine Club Edition

By: Ball, John. Revised By A. V. Valentine-Richards

Price: $95.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co. : 1907

Seller ID: 045338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. Part I dated 1907, part II 1911. Alpine Club edition, as stated on the spines. Illustrated with numerous folding maps in full color. Light brown tweed type cloth printed in black, 326, [1] corrigenda; 432 pages. Leaflet printed with Subscriber's Copy laid in loosely in volume II. Very good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine ends, some corners lightly bumped, good hinges, sound text blocks, all maps present and very good, half-titles a bit darkened, pages clean, name and address on part I half-title, decorative name stamp on each title page, n...
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Diary of a Journey Across Tibet. Bibliotheca Himalayica Series I, Volume 17. With an Introduction to the 1976 Edition

By: Bower, Hamilton

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Kathmandu, Nepal, Ratna Pustak Bhandar : 1976

Seller ID: 045248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1976. 1976 reprint. Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Illustrated with black and white plates, folding map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers, with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is very good with some light shelf soil, minor chips to front inner flap, no other chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present.
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The Last Secrets: The Final Mysteries of Exploration

By: Buchan, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1924

Seller ID: 045335

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First edition, 1924. Tan cloth, black and white frontis, additional plates and maps in black and white, no dustjacket. Covers worn and rubbed with fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally lightly cracked but secure, text block sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation By Members of the Alpine Club. Vol XVI, February 1890 to November 1891 (Nos. 107-114)

By: Butler, A. J., Editor. Members of the Alipine Club

Price: $65.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co. : 1891

Seller ID: 045385

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1891. Original bound volume of eight issues, numbers 107 - 114. With two folding maps, several plates, one color, one printed on pink paper, two sepia, others black and white. Publisher's original rust brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 576 pages plus two short reports on the Carrel fund. Covers lightly edgeworn, with some fraying to corners and spine ends, good hinges, a few pages at the front and rear slightly loosened with text block otherwise sound, pages clean with gift notation on preliminary blank, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard...
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The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation By Members of the Alpine Club. Vol XVI, February 1892 to November 1893 (Nos. 115-122)

By: Butler, A. J., Editor. Members of the Alipine Club

Price: $65.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co. : 1893

Seller ID: 045384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1893. Original bound volume of eight issues, numbers 115 - 122. With five maps, eight plates, three of which are color. Light green cloth with gilt spine lettering, 539 pages plus a 36 page report of the special committee on equipment for mountaineers bound in before the index. All maps and plates present and in good to very good condition. Covers lightly edgeworn, spine faded and speckled, uneven fading to covers, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -...
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Alpine Byways; or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860

By: By a Lady [Mrs. Henry Freshfield]

Price: $195.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts : 1861

Seller ID: 045300

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. First edition, 1861. All four maps present but the seven plates neatly removed. Light purple cloth printed in gilt and decorated in blind, 232 pages. Covers scuffed, especially near top of front cover, frays to corners and chips to spine ends, minor lean to binding when laid flat, advertising on front pastedown endpaper bound in upside down, good hinges, text block sound, decorative name stamp on title page, page clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.
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Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1898-99. Part VII: Explorations in Alaska in 1898

By: Charles D. Walcott, Director

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1900

Seller ID: 035903

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. First edition, 1900. Part VII, Alaska, including numerous illustrations and maps, including folding maps in color, 5 large folding maps in a rear pocket. Externally quite worn, internally good to very good, maps very good. Ex college library with expected markings plus withdrawn stamps on the endpapers and stamped once on the reverse side of each folding map. Dark brown cloth printed in gilt, 11.5" tall, 508 pages. Covers lightly rubbed with additional wear to the extremities, hinges internally reglued and secure, text block sound, pages slig...
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Aconcagua and Tierra Del Fuego. A Book of Climbing, Travel and Exploration

By: Conway, Sir Martin

Price: $165.00

Publisher: London, Cassell and Company : 1902

Seller ID: 045057

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

London: Cassell and Company, 1902. First edition, 1902. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs plus a double page map. Maroon cloth printed in gilt, 252 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, most heavily at the extremities, ex-library with remains of spine label, pocket, stamps, etc. on endpapers, additional stamp on title page with later decorative name stamp also on title page, hinges internally light cracked and secure, sound text block, pages clean. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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Mountain Memories: A Pilgrimage of Romance

By: Conway, Sir Martin

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, Funk and Wagnalls : 1920

Seller ID: 045010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1920. First edition [1920]. With 16 black and white plates. Maroon cloth printed in gilt, 282 pages, no dustjacket, possibly as issued. Some rubbing to the corners and spine ends, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound, pages clean, with just a few minor instances of foxing, red Asian style square stamp with the name Parrette on half-title, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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Category: Mountains, Mountaineering, Alpine Climbing