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 Reinisch, Gertrude Wanda Rutkiewicz: Karawane der Träume [Wanda Rutkiewicz: A Caravan of Dreams]
1998 Munchen 1st, 4to, pp.192, 192 color & 25 bw photos, blue cloth; signed Kurt Diemberger, dj & cloth new. #17406 $59.00
At long last, an English-language book on the great Polish climber Wanda Rutkiewicz. Rutkiewicz was regarded as the top woman climber of her day with ascents of eight 8000m peaks - Everest (1978), Nanga Parbat (1985), K2 (1986), Shishapangma (1987), Gasherbrum II (1989), Gasherbrum I (1990), Cho Oy[read more]
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Rowe, J. Lincoln Kangchenjunga Yalung Face Print
UK Image size 21" x 15", Print size 25¼" x 17¾", ltd ed 100; signed George Band, Joe Brown, Norman Hardie, Tony Streather, and Lincoln Rowe along bottom edge, color w/ wide white margins on thick paper stock; rolled, new #21589 $355.00
Text states "Kangchenjunga Yalung Face - The third highest Mountain in the World 28169 ft. First ascended on 25th May 1955 by George Band and Joe Brown and on 26th May 1955 by Norman Hardie and Tony Streather Limited Edition Print no. __ of 100 signed copies from a pastel field study by J. Lincoln R[read more]
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Sale, Richard, Eberhard Jurgalski, & George Rodway On Top of the World: The New Millennium – The Continuing Quest to Climb the World’s Highest Mountains
2012 UK 1st, 4to, pp.248, photo frontis, 258 color & 27 bw photos, 1 color illus, sketch, 31 tables, blue cloth; signed Sale, dj & cloth new #26028 $59.95
This is a terrific update to Sale and John Cleare’s earlier work ‘On Top of the World/Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Mountains’ published in 2000. Each of the 14 8000m peaks has a chapter with a brief historical overview followed by focus on events of the last ten years. The photo selection is su[read more]
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Scott, Doug Angel Peak Poster
Image size 15" x 21.25", Poster size 19.5" x 28", text states "Angel Peak - From West Ridge of K2", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #23567 $29.95 $23.96
Another beautiful image by Doug Scott.
Doug Scott is one of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers. He has reached the summit of some 40 peaks, including Everest and Kangchenjunga. His first ascent of Everest’s southwest face in 1975 with Dougal Haston is a great story. Half of Doug climbs w[read more]
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Scott, Doug Bhutanese Children Poster
Image size 23.5" x 11.75", Poster size 28" x 19.5", text states "Bhutanese Children", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #22832 $29.95 $23.96
This is a gorgeous image of four young, curious children in Bhutan.
Doug Scott is one of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers. He has reached the summit of some 40 peaks, including Everest and Kangchenjunga. His first ascent of Everest’s southwest face in 1975 with Dougal Haston is a great [read more]
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Scott, Doug Broad Peak Poster
Image size 25.5" x 9", Poster size 27.75" x 19.5", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #23568 $29.95 $23.96
Text states "Broad Peak - From the South Rib of K2 - The original route of ascent was up the hanging glaciers and snow slopes on the right. The Godwin-Austen Glacier meets the Abruzzi and Vinge Glaciers at Concordia on the right, with the prominent peaks of Chogolisa, K6 and K7 in the background." A[read more]
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Scott, Doug K2 from Broad Peak Poster
Image size 19.75" x 12", Poster size 23.25" x 16.5", text states "K2 from Broad Peak", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #22834 $29.95 $23.96
This is a gorgeous, classic image of K2, second highest mountain in the world, which Doug attempted four times (1978, 1980, 1983, 1987).
Doug Scott is one of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers. He has reached the summit of some 40 peaks, including Everest and Kangchenjunga. His first asce[read more]
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Scott, Doug Lhotse Everest Poster
Image size 23.5" x 11.75", Poster size 28" x 19.5", text states "Lhotse Everest from Makalu", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #22836 $29.95 $23.96
This is a marvelous photo of both Everest and Lhotse from a unique vantage point. Shining brightly in the early morning sun is the rarely attempted Kangshung Face of Everest. Also visible is the South Col, South Summit, and Pinnacles region on the sloping Northeast Ridge.
Doug Scott is one of B[read more]
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Scott, Doug Makalu, Lhotse, Everest Poster
Image size 23.5" x 11.75", Poster size 28" x 19.5", text states "Makalu Lhotse Everest from Kangchenjunga", signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ wide white margins, thick paper stock; signed, rolled, new #22838 $29.95 $23.96
This image of Makalu, Lhotse, and Everest was taken by Doug from the North Col of Kangchenjunga in 1979. It is seven miles from the Eastern Cwm of Makalu to the North-East Ridge of Everest. This is a unique vantage point seen by few people.
Doug Scott is one of Britain's most accomplished mount[read more]
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Scott, Doug Nanga Parbat Rupal Face and Mazeno Ridge Poster
Image/poster size 23.25” x 16.5”, text states “The 8 mile long Mazeno Ridge of Nanga Parbat (8125 metres) from the south”, signed in lower right-hand corner, color w/ no margins; signed, rolled, new #13729 $11.95 $9.56
Doug has made several attempts on Nanga Parbat’s long and difficult Mazeno Ridge.
Doug Scott is one of Britain's most accomplished mountaineers. He has reached the summit of some 40 peaks, including Everest and Kangchenjunga. His first ascent of Everest’s southwest face in 1975 with Dougal Hast[read more]
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Sepioło, Mariusz Himalaistki: Opowieść o Kobietach, Które Pokonują Każdą Górę (Climbers: A Story of Women who Overcome Every Mountain)
2017 Wydawnictwo Znak Krakow 1st, 8vo, pp.319, 41 color & 14 bw photos, stiff wraps; new #27478 $34.95
Profiles of 14 Polish women mountaineers who have climbed in the Himalaya – Halina Krüger-Syrokomska (Gasherbrum II 1975, K2 died 1982), Anna Okopińska (Lhotse 1974, Gasherbrum II 1975, Makalu 1978, K2 1982), Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf (K2 1984, Nanga Parbat 1985, K2 died 1986), Wanda Rutkiewicz (Gas[read more]
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Skarja, Tone Kangčendzenga: Gora Usode [Kangchenjunga: Mountain of Fate]
2008 Slovenia 1st, 8vo, pp.224 + 32, 56 color & 13 bw photos, illus eps, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth new #25478 $79.00
Škarja, one of Slovenia’s foremost expedition leaders, has written a great book documenting Slovenian climbing on the Kangchenjunga massif. He covers the expeditions to Kangbachen (1965, 1974, 2007), Yalung Kang (1983, 1985), Kangchenjunga (1991), and Siniolchu (1994). A number of subsidiary summi[read more]
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Skuhra, Rudolf Sturm auf die Throne der Götter: Himalaja-Expeditionen 1921 – 1950 [Storm on the Thrones of the Gods: Himalayan Expeditions 1921 - 1950]
1952 Buchergilde Gutenberg rev ed, 8vo, pp.224, 24 bw photos, 4 sketches, map, dec blue cloth; cloth fine. #20490 $29.00
A summary of expeditions to Everest, Kangchenjunga and Nanga Parbat, with a bit on Annapurna and K2. In German, no English edition. Yak S274.[read more]
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Smythe, Frank The Kangchenjunga Adventure
1931 Gollancz London 2nd, imp, 8vo, pp.464, photo frontis, 47 bw photos, 6 maps, appendices, green cloth; cloth rubbed, bookplate, good+. #12110 $35.00
This is the account of the unsuccessful international expedition of 1930 led by G. L. Dyhrenfurth. Kangchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world, was attempted numerous times but was not successfully climbed until 1955. This 1930 team was one of the strongest to climb in the Himalaya but was [read more]
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Smythe, Tony My Father, Frank: Unresting Spirit of Everest
2013 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.324, 96 bw photos, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #26554 $39.95
Frank Smythe’s mountaineering achievements in the decade before the Second World War became a part of climbing history. His intensive Alpine climbing followed by two Himalayan expeditions – to Kangchenjunga in 1930 and success the following year on Kamet, the highest summit then reached – became th[read more]
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Snaith, Stanley At Grips with Everest
1938 Oxford NY 1st, 8vo, pp.258, 7 bw photos, map, silver cloth; xlib, cloth spine darkened, lib number & wear to top spine, markings to eps, vg #23341 $9.00 $7.20
Summary accounts of Everest expeditions through 1938, as well as Kangchenjunga, Nanda Devi, and Nanga Parbat. Neate S137, SB S46, Yak S295.
To see all of our Sale Items, click here.[read more]
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Somervell, T. Howard After Everest: The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary
1936 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 339, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 21 bw illus, fldg map, appendix, grey cloth; cloth spine lightly faded, bookplate of Bill Hackett, near fine #22495 $79.00
Somervell was the doctor on the 1922 and 1924 British Everest expeditions, climbed in the Kangchenjunga region after leaving Everest in 1922 and again in 1928, attempted to reach Nanda Devi in 1926 (eight years before Shipton and Tilman’s exploration), and was president of the Alpine Club. Neate S1[read more]
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Temple, Philip The World At Their Feet: The Story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World
1969 Whitcombe & Tombs Christchurch 1st, 8vo, pp.250, 4 color & 54 bw photos, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, red cloth; signed George Lowe, dj rubbed, small chip top spine, vg, cloth fine #10162 $85.00
A nice book which traces the development of mountaineering in the Southern Alps and describes the climbs that led to the first ascents of Everest and Kangchenjunga. It then broadens to include other expedition arenas. Includes an appendix listing NZ expeditions from 1935 to 1968. Neate T17.[read more]
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Temple, Philip The World At Their Feet: The Story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World
1969 Whitcombe & Tombs Christchurch 1st, 8vo, pp.250, 4 color & 54 bw photos, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, red cloth; signed Temple & George Band, dj lightly rubbed, near fine, cloth fine. #10163 $95.00
A nice book which traces the development of mountaineering in the Southern Alps and describes the climbs that led to the first ascents of Everest and Kangchenjunga. It then broadens to include other expedition arenas. Includes an appendix listing NZ expeditions from 1935 to 1968. Neate T17.[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Meetings with Mountains: Remarkable Face-to-face Encounters with the World's Peaks
2006 UK 1st, 4to, pp.192, photo frontis, 115 color & 22 bw photos, blue cloth; signed Ed Webster, dj & cloth new #24520 $65.00
In this beautiful, large-format, tribute to some of the world’s stunning landscapes, Venables has collated a selection of fascinating tales of some of the greatest feats of human endurance. The peaks included are Mont Blanc, Eiger, Deborah, Lucania, Logan, Waddington, El Capitan, Cerro Torre, Sarmi[read more]
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