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Shipton, Eric Men Against Everest 1955 Prentice-Hall NJ 1st, 8vo, pp.161, 8 bw photos, sketches, map, appendix, blue cloth; cloth tight, vg #24719 $5.00 $4.25
A look back at the pivotal events in the history of Everest attempts. UK edition is titled 'The True Book about Everest’, see below.
Neate S67, SB S25, Yak S214.
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Shipton, Eric That Untravelled World: An Autobiography 1977 Hodder & Stoughton London rep, 8vo, pp.286, 27 bw photos, 6 maps, map eps, green cloth; dj chipped, vg, cloth fine. #24354 $45.00
Shipton was one of the greatest mountain explorers of all time and, although he took part in five Everest expeditions, is best known for his small, private, lightweight expeditions, often with Tilman. This book includes East Africa, the Karakoram, Everest, and Patagonia. Note: This book is not inc[read more]
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Shipton, Eric That Untravelled World: An Autobiography 1969 Scribner's NY 1st, 8vo, pp.286, 26 bw photos, 6 maps, map eps, blue cloth; dj w/ light edge wear, unclipped, vg, cloth miss corner of ffep, tight, else fine #11489 $25.00
Shipton was one of the greatest mountain explorers of all time and, although he took part in five Everest expeditions, is best known for his small, private, lightweight expeditions, often with Tilman. This book includes East Africa, the Karakoram, Everest, and Patagonia. Note: This book is not inclu[read more]
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Shipton, Eric That Untravelled World: An Autobiography 1969 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.286, 27 bw photos, 6 maps, map eps, green cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #22157 $95.00
Shipton was one of the greatest mountain explorers of all time and, although he took part in five Everest expeditions, is best known for his small, private, lightweight expeditions, often with Tilman. This book includes East Africa, the Karakoram, Everest, and Patagonia. Note: This book is not inclu[read more]
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Shipton, Eric The Six Mountain-Travel Books 2010 US rep, thick 8vo, pp.ix, 800, photo frontis, 109 bw photos, 18 maps, sketches, appendices, wraps; fine #27282 $19.00
A nice reprint of Shipton’s popular mountain books - Nanda Devi, Blank on the Map, Upon that Mountain, Mt. Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951, Mountains of Tartary, Land of Tempest.[read more]
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Shipton, Eric & Bradford Washburn Mountain Conquest 1966 American Heritage NY 1st, 8vo, pp.153, many color & bw photos/illus, illus eps, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth pulled top spine, tight, vg #23764 $5.00 $4.25
A nice book covering major peaks and climbs around the world - Matterhorn, McKinley, Nanda Devi, Everest, and others.
Neate S61, SB S26.
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Shirakawa, Yoshikazu Himalayas 1986 Abradale/Abrams NY 2nd, folio, np, 6 multi-page & 248 full-page color photos, 6 maps/diagrams, white cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #10113 $45.00
This magnificent 17" book is a larger format version than that published in 1977.[read more]
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Shirakawa, Yoshikazu Himalayas 1977 Abrams NY concise ed, lg 4to, pp.128, 40 color & 11 bw photos, 6 maps, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #11501 $35.00
Shirakawa’s large-format photography of the Himalaya is stunning. Neate S72, SB S32, Yak S217.[read more]
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Shirakawa, Yoshikazu The Alps 1975 Abrams NY 1st, 4to, pp.136, 56 color photos, 4 maps, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #23426 $25.00
Another in Shirakawa’s fine photo coverages of the world’s mountain ranges. This book weighs 3.5 pounds.[read more]
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Shirase, Norbu & the Japanese Antarctic Expedition Support Committee (trans by Lara Dagnell and Hilary Shibata) The Japanese South Polar Expedition 1910–12: A Record of Antarctica [南極記 Nankyoku-ki] 2011 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.414, 3 color & 71 bw photos, 4 color & 33 bw illus, 2 color maps, appendicies, red cloth; signed Shibata, issued w/o dj, cloth new #25896 $74.95
Now translated for the first time into English, this is often called the ‘official account’ of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition (JAE) 1910-12. The JAE, under the leadership of army lieutenant Nobu Shirase was the first exploration of Antarctic territory by Japan. After initial scepticism about th[read more]
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Sides, Hampton In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette 2014 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 454, 26 bw photos, map, illus eps, white/grey cloth; dj & cloth new #26769 $28.95
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, b[read more]
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Sierra Club. The Sierra Club: A Guide 1989 Sierra Club SF 1st, 8vo, pp.64 + 16, 30 color & 27 bw photos, appendices, wraps; fine #23433 $5.00 $4.00
A special publication with two photo sections.
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Siggins, Lorna Everest Calling: The Irish Journey 2013 UK rev ed, 8vo, pp.x, 214, photo frontis, 103 color & 5 bw photos, sketch, map, appendices, black cloth; dj & cloth new #26485 $35.95
This revised edition of Siggins 1994 edition not only recalls the ground-breaking success of the 1993 Irish expedition which placed the first Irishman atop Everest via the North Ridge, but also chronicles many Everest achievements since – the first summit by an Irishwoman, Clare O’Leary, Pat Falvey’[read more]
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Simmonds, P. L. Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions 2005 UK 1st thus, 8vo, pp.313, frontis, 13 bw illus, wraps; new. #24184 $35.95
On 18 May 1845 Sir John Franklin set sail with a crew of 134 men on two ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage. The ships were last seen on 26 July by an Arctic whaler off the entrance to Lancaster Sound and from there they vanished, never to be seen again. A[read more]
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Simpson, Joe Dark Shadows Falling 1997 US 1st, 8vo, pp.207, photo frontis, 27 color photos, photo eps, blue cloth; signed, dj fine, cloth w/ nick to bottom first 4 pages, fine #11468 $65.00 $59.00
Joe contrasts the Everest tragedies of 1996 with changes in the moral climate of climbing society. Also includes his 1996 attempt on Pumori.
Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award.
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Simpson, Joe Dark Shadows Falling 1997 US 1st, 8vo, pp.207, photo frontis, 27 color photos, photo eps, blue cloth; dj unclipped, near fine, cloth fine #8742 $7.00 $5.95
Joe contrasts the Everest tragedies of 1996 with changes in the moral climate of climbing society. Also includes his 1996 attempt on Pumori. Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award.
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Simpson, Joe Storms of Silence 1996 Cape London 1st, 8vo, pp.304, 13 color & 44 bw photos, blue cloth; d jfine, cloth fine #10116 $39.00
Simpson confronts agression and violence while taking us to Gangchempo and Cho Oyo in the Himalaya, Huascaran in Peru, and, of course, Sheffield, England.[read more]
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Simpson, Joe The Beckoning Silence 2002 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 290, 26 color & 14 bw photos, photo eps, black cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #22441 $39.00
Another tale from Joe Simpson! In this one he examines the exhilaration and despair he has encountered in the mountains, leading him to leave mountaineering. He takes us to Bolivia, the Alps, Colorado, and Spain before confronting his final mountain – the Eiger’s North Face.
Winner 2003 National [read more]
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Simpson, Joe This Game of Ghosts 1994 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.320, photo frontis, 62 bw photos, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #24858 $39.00
Simpson's third book explores fear, the unknown, and climbing friends lost.[read more]
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Simpson, Joe This Game of Ghosts 1994 Cape London 1st, 8vo, pp.320, photo frontis, 62 bw photos, blue cloth; signed, dj spine lightly faded, unclipped, near fine, cloth near fine #22158 $45.00
Simpson's third book explores fear, the unknown, and climbing friends lost.[read more]
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