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 Hornbein, Thomas F. Everest: The West Ridge
1980 Mountaineers Seattle rep, 8vo, pp.181, 73 color photos, black cloth; inscribed Hornbein, signed Gombu Sherpa & Jim Whittaker, dj fine, cloth fine #22592 $215.00
This is the first hardcover edition following the Sierra Club large-format edition. In addition to being signed by Hornbein it is signed by Gombu and Whittaker who made the first American ascent. This edition has some photos not included in the original that are more oriented towards the climb its[read more]
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Hornbein, Thomas F. Everest: The West Ridge
1965 Sierra Club SF 1st, lg 4to, pp.201, color frontis, 88 color photos, map, dec eps, gold dec tan cloth; signed, dj w/ light rubbing, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine #9771 $135.00
The 1963 expedition, led by Dyhrenfurth, placed the first Americans on the summit and made the first traverse - up the West Ridge and down the South Col route. A mountaineering milestone. This is the true first edition and an absolutely lovely, large-format, book with glossy photos. Selected by Nati[read more]
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Hornbein, Thomas F. Everest: The West Ridge
2013 US Anniversary Ed, 8vo, pp.303, color frontis, 128 color & 1 bw photos, 21 color portraits, chart, sketch, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #26443 $39.95
The 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, placed the first Americans on the summit and made the first traverse -- up the West Ridge and down the South Col route. This new anniversary edition is a larger-format book than recent editions, features more photos than any prio[read more]
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Hornbein, Thomas F. Everest: The West Ridge
2005 US rep, 8vo, pp.x, 181, 73 color photos, wraps; signed, new #9775 $45.00
The 1963 expedition, led by Dyhrenfurth, placed the first Americans on the summit and made the first traverse -- up the West Ridge and down the South Col route. A mountaineering milestone. This edition has some photos not included in the original that are more oriented towards the climb itself, a [read more]
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Hornbein, Thomas F. Everest: The West Ridge
1981 Mountaineers Seattle rep, 8vo, pp.181, 73 color photos, black cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #25047 $75.00
The 1963 expedition, led by Dyhrenfurth, placed the first Americans on the summit and made the first traverse -- up the West Ridge and down the South Col route. A mountaineering milestone. This hardcover edition followed the Sierra Club large-format edition. This edition has some photos not include[read more]
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House, Steve Beyond the Mountain
2009 US 1st, 8vo, pp.285, 21 color & 61 bw photos, 3 maps, map eps, black cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25332 $59.00
House’s first book focuses on what it takes to be one of the world’s best high-altitude mountain climbers - raising funds, negotiating some of the world’s most dangerous countries, suffering freezing-cold bivouacs, enduring the discomforts of high altitude, and learning the hard lessons. These stori[read more]
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Houston, Charles Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains
1998 Mountaineers Seattle 4th, 8vo, pp.272, photo frontis, 35 figs/photos, 9 tables, appendix, wraps; signed, fine #27147 $29.00
A recommended read for anyone going high.[read more]
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 Houston, Charles S., Robert H. Bates, et al. K2: The Savage Mountain
2000 US 1st thus, 8vo, pp.334, 36 bw photos, sketch, 2 maps, appendices, wraps; signed Houston & Bates, new #19879 $65.00
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition. Neate H118, Yak H245.
This item is provided by Thom Davis, fellow mountaineer and bibliophile. Thom and I have [read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2 8611M
1954 Arthaud Paris 1st, 4to, pp.100, 7 color & 52 bw photos, sketch, map, wraps w/ dj; signed Charles Houston, dj & wrapper spines missing, covers off, library labels on cover, poor, AAC & DPL bookplates, DPL stamp to title & copyright pages, poor #25050 $125.00 $90.00
The photo book of the 1953 Third American Karakoram Expedition. This book, never published in English and hard to find, is largely photographic and makes a nice companion to Houston's classic 'K2: The Savage Mountain'. Includes the separate map. In French. Perret 2286, Yak H246.
DPL (Denver P[read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2 8611M
1954 Arthaud Paris 1st, 4to, pp.100, 7 color & 52 bw photos, sketch, fldg map, wraps w/ dj; signed Bob Bates, Nick Clinch, Bob Craig, Tom Hornbein, Charles Houston, & Dee Molenaar, dj w/ original paper band, pulled top/bottom spine, unclipped, near fine, internally tight, fine #19010 $495.00
The wonderful photo book of the 1953 Third American Karakoram Expedition. This book, never published in English and hard to find, is largely photographic and makes a nice companion to Houston's classic 'K2: The Savage Mountain'. Includes the often-missing separate map. In French, no English translat[read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2: The Savage Mountain
1994 Adventure Library NY Ltd Signed Ed, 8vo, pp.xx, 214, 21 color & 9 bw photos, 12 sketches, map, appendices, map eps, pictorial cloth; signed Bates & Houston, issued w/o dj, cloth new #22101 $145.00
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition. This reprint edition contains transcipts of tape recordings made at base camp following the accident. This nicely don[read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2: The Savage Mountain
1954 McGraw-Hill NY st, 8vo, pp.334, 9 color & 27 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, red/black cloth; signed Houston & Bates, dj chipped top spine, edge wear, vg, cloth tight, near fine #9783 $195.00
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition. A classic book and great read.
Neate H118, Yak H245.[read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2: The Savage Mountain
1954 McGraw-Hill NY 1st, 8vo, pp.334, 9 color & 27 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, red/black cloth; signed Houston, Robert Bates, Bob Craig, & Dee Molenaar, cloth w/ light spine fade, tight, very good+ #9787 $395.00
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition.
Neate H118, Yak H245.[read more]
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Houston, Charles, Robert Bates, et al. K2: The Savage Mountain
1954 McGraw-Hill NY 1st, 8vo, pp.334, 9 color & 27 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, red/black cloth; signed Bob Bates, Robert Craig, Charles Houston, & Dee Molenaar, dj w/ edge wear, clipped, vg, cloth fine #9785 $249.00
Account of the 1953 3rd American Karakoram expedition to K2. One of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering with Pete Schoening's incredible belay saving the entire expedition. Neate H118, Yak H245.[read more]
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Howard, Tony Quest into the Unknown: My Life as a Climbing Nomad
2019 UK 1st, ltd signed ed n/200, 8vo, pp.x, 425, 103 color & 12 bw photos, black cloth; signed on limitation page, dj & cloth new #27531 $59.95
Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, ‘One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers’. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now[read more]
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Howard, Tony Troll Wall
2011 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xxi, 186, 36 color & 19 bw photos, sketch, map, appendix, black cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25688 $35.99
Norway, 1965. A team of young climbers from the north of England camp at the bottom of the tallest vertical rock face in Europe – the Troll Wall. No one has dared attempt this gigantic challenge before. Some say it will never be climbed. This will be the adventure of a lifetime. Rain and snow s[read more]
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Huber, Alexander & Heinz Zak Yosemite
2002 Bergverlag Rother Munchen 1st, 4to, pp.176, photo frontis, 168 color & 12 bw photos, illus eps, blue cloth; signed Jim Bridwell, Lynn Hill, & Royal Robbins, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #27350 $69.00
A gorgeous book celebrating the evolution of climbing within Yosemite, principally El Capitan. In German.[read more]
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Huber, Alexander & Thomas The Wall: A New Dimension in Climbing
2001 UK 1st, 4to, pp.128, color frontis, 131 color photos, pictorial cloth; signed Reinhold Messner, issued w/o dj, cloth fine #27280 $69.00
A tremendous book in which the Huber brothers describe their early climbs in Germany and expeditions to Yosemite, the first ascent of Latok II with Conrad Anker, Cho Oyu, and the Ogre. With additional text by Reinhold Messner.[read more]
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Hunt, John Our Everest Adventure: The Pictorial History from Kathmandu to the Summit
1954 Brockhampton Leicester 1st, 8vo, pp.128, photo frontis, 141 bw photos, 2 maps, dec blue cloth; signed Alfred Gregory, dj rubbed, 3 taped tears, clipped, vg, cloth tight, near fine #10899 $75.00
A nice companion photo book to Hunt’s 'The Ascent of Everest'. Alfred Gregory’s signature is less common as he lived in Australia.
Neate H138, SB H32, Yak H271.[read more]
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Hunt, John The Ascent of Everest
1954 Hodder & Stoughton London 4th imp, 8vo, pp.xx, 300, color frontis, 7 color & 71 bw photos, 6 maps/drawings, appendices, blue cloth; signed George Band, dj vg+, cloth fine #13397 $85.00
The 1953 first ascent of Everest by Hillary and Tenzing, a must for any mountaineering library. Band was the youngest member of the 1953 Everest expedition and made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga. UK edition of "Conquest of Everest". Neate H135, SB H31, Yak H269.[read more]
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