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Warth, Hermann Tiefe Überall: Menschen, Schluchten und Achttausender
1986 Rosenheimer 1st, 4to, pp.208, 52 color & 1 bw photos, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth w/ slight vertical line to front, else fine. #23107 $45.00
A nice large-format book covering expeditions to Makalu, Everest, Ganesh 3, Shartse, Kangchenjunga and others. In German, no English translation.[read more]
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 Wickwire, Jim & Dorothy Bullitt Addicted to Danger
1998 Pocket Books NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 322, 96 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed Wickwire & Bullitt, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #25442 $49.00
Wickwire's memoir details his many accomplishments as one of America's premier high-altitude climber's. Includes his ascent of Mount Rainier's Willis Wall (1971), numerous trips to McKinley (1972, '76, '78, '80, '81, '84, '92), his first attempt and subsequent ascent of K2 (1975, 1978), Aconcagua (1[read more]
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Wickwire, Jim & Dorothy Bullitt Addicted to Danger
1998 Pocket Books NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 322, 96 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #13411 $13.00 $10.95
Wickwire's memoir details his many accomplishments as one of America's premier high-altitude climber's. Includes his ascent of Mount Rainier's Willis Wall (1971), numerous trips to McKinley (1972, '76, '78, '80, '81, '84, '92), his first attempt and subsequent ascent of K2 (1975, 1978), Aconcagua (1[read more]
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Wickwire, Jim & Dorothy Bullitt Addicted to Danger
1998 Pocket Books NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 322, 96 bw photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #13553 $25.00
Wickwire's memoir details his many accomplishments as one of America's premier high-altitude climber's. Includes his ascent of Mount Rainier's Willis Wall (1971), numerous trips to McKinley (1972, '76, '78, '80, '81, '84, '92), his first attempt and subsequent ascent of K2 (1975, 1978), Aconcagua (1[read more]
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Wickwire, Jim & Dorothy Bullitt Addicted to Danger
1999 Pocket Books NY rep, 8vo, pp.xii, 322, 96 bw photos, wraps; new. #16296 $14.95 $11.95
Wickwire's memoir details his many accomplishments as one of America's premier high-altitude climber's. Includes his ascent of Mount Rainier's Willis Wall (1971), numerous trips to McKinley (1972, '76, '78, '80, '81, '84, '92), his first attempt and subsequent ascent of K2 (1975, 1978), Aconcagua ([read more]
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Willis, Clint The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
2006 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 536, 26 bw photos, black/tan cloth; signed, corners bumped from shipping, else dj & cloth new #24389 $29.95
Willis’ latest tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent in 1953. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His[read more]
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Willis, Clint The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
2006 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 536, 26 bw photos, black/tan cloth; dj rubbed, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #27584 $29.95 $9.95
Willis’ latest tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent in 1953. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His[read more]
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Wróz, Wojciech Swieta Góra Sikkimu
1982 Sport i Turystyka Warszawa 1st, 8vo, pp.212, 49 bw photos, map, wraps; vg+. #19519 $25.00
Account of the 1978 Polish ascent of Kangchenjunga. This team placed a total of five members, including Wróz, on both the Central and South summits. In Polish, no English translation.[read more]
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Zanetti, Giovanni Kangch 82: La Spedizione delle Guide Valdostane al Kangchenjunga
1984 Musumeci Editore Aosta 1st, 4to, pp.127, 140 color photos, 3 sketches, appendices, map eps, white cloth; dj edges rubbed, 1” taped tear back, unclipped, vg+, cloth tight, fine #12135 $49.95
This large Italian expedition had hoped to attempt the unclimbed Southwest Face of Kangchenjunga but had to divert to the normal route due to bad weather. They succeeded in placing three members on the summit. In Italian, no English translation.[read more]
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Zanetti, Giovanni Kangch 82: La Spedizione delle Guide Valdostane al Kangchenjunga
1984 Musumeci Editore Aosta 1st, 4to, pp.127, 140 color photos, 3 sketches, appendices, map eps, white cloth; cloth rubbed, vg #23407 $59.00 $39.95
This large Italian expedition had hoped to attempt the unclimbed Southwest Face of Kangchenjunga but had to divert to the normal route due to bad weather. They succeeded in placing three members on the summit. In Italian, no English translation.
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