London, England: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.1 in., pp. 366. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black and white photographs and fifteen maps. Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. A biography of one of the greatest British mountain climbers..... More
London, England: Harper Collins, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 9 x 11.5, pp. 256. Richly illustrated with color black and white photographs and maps. Signed by author on half title page. Paper boards are identical to dustjacket: a photograph of Mount Everest with title in black and gold to front..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 7.5 x 10 in., pp. ix + 118. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Signed on half title page by authors Chris Bonington and Doug Scott. Pale green boards with silver title to spine. Light rubbing to edges..... More
Mick Conefrey, 2020. Limited, Numbered, Signed Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5 x 8.25 in., pp. 315. Signed by author on title page, dated 2020. Limited special edition (59/150) with signature of, an extra laid-in 4.75 x 7.25 inch ink print of Kathmandu (#5/52) by Adam T. Burton. Protected in mylar. The..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1954. First English Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.6 x 8.5 in., pp. 314. Illustrated with forty pages of black and white photographs. Black cloth boards over red cloth spine. Gilt line-sketch of Potala Palace to cover; gilt title to spine. Previous owner's name, dated..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.9 x 8.7 in., pp. 320. Illustrated with frontispiece of King and seven other black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Light age-toning to pages. Light rubbing..... More
London, England: Kaye & Ward, 1977. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.25 in, pp. 205., Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Denim-blue cloth boards with silver title to spine. Previous owner's signature and ink stamp to front free endpaper. Very light rubbing to top of..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.2 in., pp. 160. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs and maps. Red boards with gilt title to spne. Previous owner's sticker to top of front free endpaper. Very llight rubbing to dustjacket. Messner has pushed..... More
Melbourne, Australia: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. A. J. Veilhan. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in., pp. xx + 303. Illustrated with four color plates, forty-eight photographic plates, sixteen ink drawings by A.J. Veilhan, and five maps. Signed on half title page by four members of the 1953 Everest..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1962. Stated First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Three-quarter bound decorated leather over blue marbled boards. Five raised bands (six compartments).Gilt lettering and mountain motif to four of the compartments. Some scratching to marbled boards, and one small nick to leather on rear board. Lovely two-toned marbled..... More
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1980. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 7 x 10. in., pp. 301. lllustrated with sixteen pages of color photographs. SIGNED by Jim Wickwire, Dianne Roberts, and Jim Whittaker on front free endpaper. Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Rubbing to dustjacket edges and corners. Two inch..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.6 in., pp. 206. Illustrated with six pages of black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by the author, David Roberts, and by one of the two climbers, Bradford Washburn, who lived to tell this tale..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 2009. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Grey and black boards. 25 photographs. 334 pp. Signed by author David Roberts on title page. "Washburn's remarkable achievbements -- including nine first ascents of North American peaks -- would stamp him not only as one of a...... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.1 in., pp. 157. Inscribed on the half title page by the author, dated 1991. Light blue boards with white title to spine. Mountain embossed in blind to front board. Very light rubbing to edges. Previous owner's..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.4 x 9.4 in., pp. 414. Signed by author on title page. Gray paper board with gray cloth spine. SIlver title to spine. Light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Light edgewear to dustjacket. More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.2 in., pp. 240. Illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Inscription by author, dated 1988, to title page. Full number string on publisher's page. Blue cloth boards with white title to spine. Very light rubbing to..... More
London, England: Chatto and Windus, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.25 in., pp. xvi + 248. Illustrated with forty-seven black and white plates and seven maps. Blue cloth boards with gilt title in green, gilt-framed panel. Corners nudged; top front corner cloth worn away to very tip. Age-toning to pages..... More
London, England: Diadem Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9 in., pp. 1056. Illustrated with frontispiece and several mountaineering ink drawings. Signed by editor (Salkeld) on title page. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light rubbing dustjacket covers and edges. Protected..... More
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1979. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.4 in., pp. 220. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Red-orange paper board with publisher's emblem stamped in blind to front board. Silver title to black cloth spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of..... More
London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, 1936. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.9 in., pp. xvi + 310. Illustrated with twenty-seven full-page photographs with captioned tissue guards. Maps and drawings by Bip Pares. Black cloth boards with light sky-blue title to cover and spine. Light rubbing to extremities..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. xxii + 400. Illustrated with black and white photographs and map of route. Dark blue spine over light blue paper boards. Gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Very..... More
London, England: Diadem Books, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.25 x 6.1 in., pp. 896. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Protected in mylar. The great explorer and writer H.W. Tilman..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.6 in., pp. xii + 233. Illustrated with thirty-six black and white photographs and six maps. One foldout map, 10 x 8 in., of Karakoram Mountains ("Sketch Map to Illustrate the Whole Story"). Light blue cloth boards with..... More
London, England: Charles Knight & Co. Ltd., 1972. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.2 x 6 in., pp. xxii + 214. Illustrated with fold-out map black and white drawings and photographs. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to exrtremities. Rubbing to dustjacket; two inch zigzag scratch to center..... More
