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Casewit, Curtis W.
The Mountain World
1976
Random House
NY
1st, 4to, pp.251, color frontis, 100 color & 74 bw photos, gilt dec spine, blue cloth
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dj fine, cloth fine.
#24090
$19.00
A look at mountains and the mountain environment around the world. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate C19.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1953
1953
Harper
NY
1st, 8vo, pp.220, 60 bw photos (2 fldg), fldg photo, 12 maps/sketches, brown cloth
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cloth very good+
#9932
$15.00
Majority of the book devoted to the 1952 Swiss Everest expedition. Also includes mountaineering in Bolivia, Peru, Greenland, and a great 41” separate photo panorama of the Khumbu Glacier, stretching from Taweche to Nuptse, by André Roch, worth framing. This is the first of a great series of ten volu
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1954
1954
Allen & Unwin
London
1st, 8vo, pp.224, 55 bw photos (6 fldg), 12 maps, brown cloth
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dj lightly rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth fine
#11560
$24.00
Includes first ascents of Everest, Nun Kun, and Nanga Parbat and the American attempt on K2.
Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S113.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1954
1954
Harper
NY
8vo, pp.224, 55 bw photos (6 fldg), 12 maps/sketches, brown cloth
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dj rubbed, chipped, vg, cloth w/ inscription, near fine
#9936
$29.00 $24.00
Includes first ascents of Everest, Nun Kun, and Nanga Parbat and the American attempt on K2. Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S113.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1955
1955
Harper
NY
8vo, pp.222, 55 bw photos (7 fldg), 12 maps, brown cloth
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dj rubbed, vg, cloth w/ inscription, fine
#11460
$29.00 $24.00
Includes first ascents of K2 and Cho Oyu as well as attempts on Makalu. Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S114.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1956/57
1957
Harper
NY
1st, 8vo, pp.200, 54 bw photos (16 fldg), 7 maps (1 color), brown cloth
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dj rubbed, 2 edge tears on front, unclipped, vg-, cloth fine
#9938
$19.00
Includes first ascents of Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Lhotse and a McKinley portfolio by Washburn.
Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S115.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1958/59
1959
Harper
NY
8vo, pp.208, 52 bw photos (12 fldg), 6 maps (1 color fldg), brown cloth
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dj rubbed, chipped/taped top spine, vg, cloth fine
#15049
$29.00 $24.00
Includes the first ascents of Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak, and Manaslu. Diemberger provides his account of the first ascent of Broad Peak and his final climb with Hermann Buhl on Chogolisa. Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S116.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1958/59
1959
Allen & Unwin
London
1st, 8vo, pp.208, 52 bw photos (12 fldg), 6 maps (1 color fldg), brown cloth
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dj rubbed, 2” tear on front, unclipped, good+, cloth fine
#11561
$14.00
Includes the first ascents of Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak, and Manaslu. Diemberger provides his account of the first ascent of Broad Peak and his final climb with Hermann Buhl on Chogolisa.
Neate j78, SB S62, see Yak S116.
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Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Mountain World 1964/65
1964/65
Allen & Unwin
London
8vo, pp.215, color frontis, 54 bw photos, 6 maps, brown cloth
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cloth fine
#9944
$8.00
Includes first ascents of Everest's West Ridge and Mt. Huntington and the nice color folding map of the Panta Group, Cordillera Vilvabamba in the back pocket.
Neate j78, SB S62, Yak 119.
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