Seattle, WA: The American Alpine Club, 1961. Hardcover. 12mo. 6.5 in. x 4.4 in., pp. xii, 386. Illustrated with seven pages of black and white photographs and numerous maps, including fold-out map n black and red attached to rear pastedown. Burgundy cloth with gilt title to front and spine. 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
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1956. Clare Winston. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 141. Illustrated with sixteen black and white photographs and drawings.Blue paper boards with vertical red and blue string design. SIlver and blue title to black cloth spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Specks of dar stain..... More
London, England: John Lane, 1935. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in x 5.9 in., pp. xv, 272. Illustrated with black and white photographs, fold-out photo of Minya Konka, maps and charts. Purple cloth boards with light blue title to spine. Publisher's Blue topstain. Rubbing to extremities. Light sunning to..... More
San Francisco, CA: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octave, 9.25 in. x 6.3 in., pp. 172, [1]. Inscribed, dated, and signed by the author on the front free endpaper (this was signed the year he passed away). Limited edition of 500 copies handbound by Earle Gray. Illustrated with "15..... 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
1975. First Edition. Softcover. Trade paperback: 11 in x 8 in., pp. 300. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Photo of Elk Meadows and orange title to front; outlined orange title to spine. Light rubbing to covers, with some light creasing. Spine creases; spine cracked at pp. 190/191, but holding..... 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
Seattle, WA: Lowman & Hanford Co., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.4 in. x 6.2 in., pp. 249. Lovingly inscribed and signed by the author on thre front free endpaper. Illustrated with thirty-two black and white photographs. Mustard cloth boards with brown title and mountain design to front, and brown..... More
San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 13.8 in. x 10.5 in., pp. 198, [2]. Signed on the front flyeaf by expedition members Tom Hornbein (the author), Jim Whittaker, and Dick Emerson. Illustrated with three glossy color photographs before the title page, dozens of glossy photographs throughout..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.6 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 334. Illustrated by line drawings and color and black and white photographs. Red cloth boards over black paper boards with gilt iceaxe to front and gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities; sunning to top..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 6 in., pp. xx, 300. Illustrated with eight color and forty-eight black and white photographs, and six maps. Blue cloth boards with white line drawing of Everest over beige spine. Beige title in blue-stamped panel..... 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
Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in, pp. vi, [4], 213. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by both Lute Jerstad and the author, John McCallum. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light blue cloth boards with vertical olive stripe..... 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
Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.2 in x 7.5 in,., pp. xix, 332. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Jacket art and sketches by the author. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to edges of boards. A few..... More
Edmonton, Canada: Reidmore Pocol, 1980. Hardcover. Small Folio, 12 in. x 9.25 in., pp. 127. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated with dozens of color plates. Beige boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to edges of boards. Rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Protected in..... More
London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.8 in. x 7.5 in., pp. xxii, 360. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and another full page lithographs of the Matterhorn and Guides at the Riffle, nine additional photo plates, and twenty-one line drawings. Beige linen-cloth covers. Gilt title on black..... 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
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1957. Stated First Edition (First English Edition). Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 189. Illustrated with thriry-two black and white photograpohs and one map. Black cloth boards with publisher's emblem stamped in blind to front; silver title to spine. Light rubbing..... 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
