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Fraser, Colin The Avalanche Enigma
1966 McNally Chicago 1st, 8vo, pp.301, 48 bw photos, 14 figs, appendix, map eps, green cloth; dj near fine, cloth w/ some speckling to spine, near fine #21899 $19.00 $9.00
Fraser worked for the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research and was in Switzerland during the terrifying winter of 1950-51. He describes avalanches and explains the processes that create them in layman’s terms and provides many accounts of accidents to illustrate the technical poi[read more]
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Freedman, Lew Denali Ranger: A Life of Drama and Adventure on North America’s Tallest Peak
2017 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xx, 218, 98 bw photos, wraps; new #27303 $19.95
Roger Robinson has been Denali mountaineering for over forty years and has worked as a ranger for most of this time. Robinson has climbed Denali, at 20,310 feet, numerous times, leading patrols on the mountain, organizing clean climb efforts on the mountain, meeting the best climbers in the world, a[read more]
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Freeman, Andrew A The Case for Doctor Cook
1961 Coward-McCann NY 1st, 8vo, pp.315, map, dark blue cloth; dj chipped top/bottom spine, edge wear, clipped, good+, cloth tight, vg+ #27623 $24.00
A scoop such as newspapermen seldom see appeared in the New York Herald of September 2, 1909. Extending across page one in three lines of towering type was the story that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, a Brooklyn physician, had reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908. Five days after that story appeared, a[read more]
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Freeman, Lewis R. On the Roof of the Rockies: The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies
1925 Dodd, Mead NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xiii, 270, photo frontis, 62 bw photos, gold dec blue cloth; cloth spine faded, sticker mark bottom spine, good #25138 $24.00 $19.20
Account of a photographic surveying expedition. Neate F60.
This book is from the Phil Hanson Collection. Phil's love of rock and ice climbing transcends to his collection of treasured books. He discovered his passion for the sport later in life, when Henry Barber gave a motivational speech at [read more]
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 Frésafond, Jean-Pierre Expedition au Gasherbrum II [Expedition to Gasherbrum II]
1977 De La Cité Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.192, 19 color photos, map, wraps; inscribed 31/12/79, near fine #13003 $37.00
Account of the 1975 French expedition to Gasherbrum II. The summit was reached, via the South Spur, by Marc Batard and Yannick Seigneur. In French, no English translation.[read more]
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Freshfield, Douglas Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration
1979 Bibliotheca Himalayica Kathmandu 2nd, 8vo, pp.xxii, 373, 42 bw photos, 3 maps (2 fldg, 1 color), appendices, illus eps, black cloth; dj chipped bottom spine & flap corner, unclipped, vg+, cloth tight, fine #18957 $95.00
Freshfield (1845-1934), a British barrister, mountaineer, writer, poet and geographer, was one of the greatest mountain explorers of any age. A prominent figure in the RGS, he is considered to be one of the most scholarly and sensitive mountain writers. This is a reprint edition of his classic work.[read more]
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Freshfield, Douglas W. Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration
2000 India 1st thus, 8vo, pp.xvi, 373, photo frontis, 41 bw photos, 1 bw fldg panorama, 1 sketch, 3 maps (2 fldg, 1 color), appendices, wraps; new. #24395 $35.95
Freshfield (1845-1934), a British barrister, mountaineer, writer, poet and geographer, was one of the greatest mountain explorers of any age. A prominent figure in the RGS, he is considered to be one of the most scholarly and sensitive mountain writers. This is a reprint edition of his classic wor[read more]
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Friis, Herman R., ed. The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter
1976 Univ Press of Virginia Charlottesville 1st, 4to, pp.xii, 172, color frontis, 4 color & 75 bw illus, 4 maps, blue cloth; dj w/ small pull top spine, light rubbing, near fine, cloth fine #25771 $39.00
Porter served as astronomer, scientist, surveyor and cartographer, and artist over the course of 18 years in the Arctic regions to Greenland, Franz Josef Land, northern British Columbia, and Labrador. He was with 10 Arctic expeditions from 1894 – 1912, journeying with Frederick Cook and Robert Pear[read more]
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Frison-Roche, R. & Pierre Tairraz Mont Blanc and the Seven Valleys
1961 Arthaud Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.267, photo frontis, 169 bw photos, fldg map back, blue cloth; cloth very good, map w/ marker outline, very good #13570 $9.00 $7.65
A well-illustrated book on Mont Blanc and the surrounding valleys.
See Neate F76.
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Frison-Roche, Roger First on the Rope
1952 Prentice-Hall NY Book Club, 8vo, pp.246, red cloth; bookplate Ex Libris Pete Schoening, dj chipped, worn, good, cloth vg+ #11507 $9.00
Fiction. The story of the struggles of a Swiss guide in the French Alps. From the collection of American mountaineer Pete Schoening with his circular bookplate. Neate X134.[read more]
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Frison-Roche, Roger & Sylvain Jouty A History of Mountain Climbing
1996 Flammarion NY 1st, 4to, pp.335, 206 color & 169 bw photos, 58 color & 99 bw illus, 5 color maps, black cloth; dj chipped top right corner, pulled top spine, sticker on back, unclipped, near fine, cloth fine #25139 $35.00 $15.00
A profusely illustrated work focusing on the history of climbing in the Alps and other great mountain ranges. Includes biographies of 50 great climbers and a bibliography.
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Fryxell, Fritiof The Teton Peaks and Their Ascents
1932 Crandall Studios Wyoming 1st, small 8vo, pp.xiii, 106, photo frontis, 16 bw photos, fldg map loosely inserted, gold dec brown cloth; signed, cloth w/ light rubbing to corners, fine #22138 $295.00
A most important early book on the Tetons. Originally published in three parts in the journal ‘Appalachia’, then updated for this book format. This is the first book on technical climbing in the Tetons with a history of ascents and detailed route descriptions. The information within was obtained [read more]
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Fryxell, Fritiof, ed The Tetons: Interpretations of a Mountain Landscape
1946 Univ California Press Berkeley 2nd, prtg, 8vo, pp.xiv, 77, photo frontis, 21 bw photos, 2 figs, fldg map, red cloth; dj w/ name on flap, near fine, cloth w/ bookplate, fine. #24063 $19.00
Published as a guide for visitors to the Grand Teton National Park.[read more]
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Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Sir Edmund Hillary The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1958 Little, Brown Boston, Toronto 1st, 8vo, pp.xv, 338, color frontis, 30 color & 63 bw photos, 9 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth w/ bookplate, else fine #9132 $27.00
Account of first crossing of Antarctica, 2158 miles by motorized vehicle.
Conrad p.394, Karrow 246, Meadows 393, Renard 568, Spence 490.[read more]
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Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Sir Edmund Hillary The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1958 Cassell London 1st, 8vo, pp.338, color frontis, 30 color & 63 bw photos, 9 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; signed Hillary, dj w/ small mark to spine, unclipped, else fine, cloth fine #9131 $125.00
Account of the first crossing of Antarctica, 2158 miles by motorized vehicle.
Conrad p.394, Karrow 246, Meadows 393, Renard 567, Spence 490.[read more]
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Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Sir Edmund Hillary The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1958 Cassell London 1st, 8vo, pp.338, color frontis, 30 color & 63 bw photos, 9 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; signed Hillary, dj top spine pulled, very good, cloth fine #26660 $125.00
Account of the first crossing of Antarctica, 2158 miles by motorized vehicle.
Conrad p.394, Karrow 246, Meadows 393, Renard 567, Spence 490.
This book is from the Fritz Lang Polar Collection. To see all current offerings from this Collection,
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Furse, Chris Antarctic Year: Brabant Island Expedition
1986 Croom Helm London 1st, 4to, pp.223, frontis, 48 color & 124 bw photos, 3 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth; dj lightly rubbed, unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #9134 $12.95
Month-by-month account of the Fifth Joint Services Expedition which spent 1984 studying and climbing Brabant Island off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.[read more]
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Gabbard, Andrea Mountaineering: A Woman’s Guide
1999 US 1st, 8vo, pp.126, 63 bw photos, sketches, appendix, wraps; new #14262 $14.95 $11.95
Discusses alpine skills for women beginning with the author’s own climb of Rainier. Covers training, outfitting, safety, equipment, and techniques for high altitude climbing.
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Galbraith, Peter A. Denali Justice
2014 US 8vo, pp.xi, 307, bw photo, map, appendices, wraps; new #27524 $19.95
In mid-December, 1981, a small air taxi crashed at 10,300’ on the slopes of Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska. All four people aboard survived the crash and the wreckage was quickly located. The weather was good the next morning but no rescuers landed nearby and no emergency supplies were[read more]
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Gallagher, Nora, ed Patagonia: Notes from the Field
1999 Chronicle Books SF 1st, 8vo, pp.144, photo frontis, 71 color & 2 bw photos, grey cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #25140 $15.00 $12.00
A nice collection of stories from the pages of Patagonia’s catalogue, with about a third previously unpublished. From the mountain community, contributors include Yvon Chouinard, Kitty Calhoun, Warren Hollinger, Ron Matous, Rick Ridgeway, Victor Saunders, and Mark Wilford.
This book is from the P[read more]
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