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Kikstra, Harry Everest: Summit of the World
2009 UK 1st, 16mo, pp.96, 47 color photos, chart, 4 color maps, map eps, spiral bound; new #25331 $16.95
The latest in the Pocket Summits guide series. These are pocket-sized, with a spiral binding and a wrap-around cover that features a full color large-scale map of the climb (1:90,000), plus color photos, trip planning & preparation info, area history, etc. Kikstra explains in detail how to tackle [read more]
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King, Clarence Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
1935 Norton NY rep, 8vo, pp.320, photo frontis, 7 bw photos, red cloth; cloth w/ inscription, vg+ #25936 $15.00 $5.00
A classic of American mountaineering first published in 1872. Neate K21.
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King, H. G. R. & Ann Savours Polar Pundit: Reminiscences about Brian Birley Roberts
1995 SPRI Cambridge 1st, 8vo, pp.iv, 140, wraps; new #25913 $13.95
Roberts developed an interest in polar matters at an early age and went on to have a career in both Arctic and Antarctic exploration. He organized and led the Cambridge University Expedition to Vatnajokull in Iceland (1932) and the Cambridge University Expedition to Scoresby Sund in East Greenland [read more]
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King, Peter, ed Scott’s Last Journey
1999 US 1st, 4to, pp.192, map frontis, 139 bw photos, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #20344 $30.00 $27.00
In this new edition of Scott’s Journals depicting his incredible journey to the South Pole, King includes a very nice selection of photos by Herbert Ponting.
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King, Thomas Starr The White Hills: Their Legends, Landscape, and Poetry
1864 Crosby & Nichols Boston 2nd, , 8vo, pp.xv, 403, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 61 illus, gilt dec green cloth; cloth rubbed, corners worn, 2 contemporary names, vg. #23196 $65.00
A classic history and description of the White Mountains, including an ascent of Mount Washington. Neate K25.[read more]
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Kinzl, Hans & Erwin Schneider Cordillera Blanca Perú
1950 Graphik Innsbruck 1st, 4to, pp.167, 120 bw photos, lg color fldg map in pocket, red dec tan cloth; dj rubbed, chipped top/bottom spine, good+, cloth map w/ no tears & orig folds, fine #27149 $175.00
The classic work on three German expeditions to the Cordillera Blanca in 1932, 1936, and 1939 on which a number of first ascents were made. Three-quarters of the large-format book are devoted to photos from the expeditions and there is a very nice large map of the range. This is a companion volume t[read more]
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Kinzl, Hans, Erwin Schneider & Arnold Awerzger Cordillera Huayhuash Peru
1955 Graphik Innsbruck 1st, 4to, pp.42 + 72, photo frontis, 3 color & 63 bw photos, map, map eps, green/tan cloth; dj w/ edge wear, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #23562 $259.00 $175.00
Account of the 1954 Ő.A.V. expedition whose main objective was exploration and climbing in Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash. Numerous attempts and ascents were made with climbing on Nevado Tsacra, Yerupaja, Puscanturpa, Sarapo, Jirishanca Chico and Ninashanca. This is a companion volume to, and scarcer[read more]
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 Kirkpatrick, Andy Cold Wars: Climbing the Fine Line Between Risk and Reality
2011 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.272, 38 color 6 & bw photos, 20 drawings, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #25844 $45.00
This is the brilliant sequel to Kirkpatrick’s Boardman-Tasker Award winning debut ‘Psychovertical’. Mountaineering stand-up Kirkpatrick has achieved his life’s ambition to become one of the world’s leading climbers, specializing in big wall aid climbing, winter expeditions, and suffering generally. [read more]
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Kirkpatrick, Andy Psychovertical
2008 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.277, 35 color photos, 12 bw illus, 14 route drawings, map, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #26134 $95.00
Kirkpatrick is one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers. In this, his first book, he describes his 13-day solo ascent of El Capitan’s Reticent Wall interwoven with his earlier climbs in Yosemite, the Alps, and Fitzroy.
Winner of the 2008 Boardman-Tasker Award for Mo[read more]
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Kirkpatrick, Andy Psychovertical
2008 UK 2nd prtg, 8vo, pp.277, 35 color photos, 12 bw illus, 14 route drawings, map, blue cloth; signed, dj fine, cloth fine #26011 $95.00
Kirkpatrick is one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers. In this, his first book, he describes his 13-day solo ascent of El Capitan’s Reticent Wall interwoven with his earlier climbs in Yosemite, the Alps, and Fitzroy. Winner of the 2008 Boardman-Tasker Award for Mou[read more]
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Kirkpatrick, Andy Unknown Pleasures: Collected Writing on Life, Death, Climbing and Everything in Between
2018 UK Ltd Signed ed n/200, 8vo, pp.xviii, 232, 32 bw illus, black cloth; signed on limitation page, dj & cloth new #27357 $59.95
Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick.
Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health, and the media, it is easy t[read more]
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Kirkpatrick, W. T. Alpine Days and Nights
1932 Allen & Unwin London 1st, 8vo, pp.198, photo frontis, 11 bw photos, green cloth; cloth rubbed, bookplate Alpine Club of Canada + 1 other, vg. #23049 $29.00
A collection of articles first published in the Alpine Journal from 1900-31. Neate K30.[read more]
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Kirkus, Colin “Let’s Go Climbing!”
1946 Nelson London 2nd, 8vo, pp.vii, 200, photo frontis, 17 bw photos, color map, green top edge, red cloth; dj chipped/edge tears, clipped, good, cloth w/ inscription, tight, very good #27566 $12.00
Kirkus (1910-42) was a British rock climber who climbed extensively in Wales, making a number of new routes with Menlove Edwards, as well as in the Alps and Himalaya. In this instructional book, first published in 1941, he also describes several climbs including the 1933 expedition to Satopanth, led[read more]
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Klatzel, Frances Daring to Dream: Sherpa Women Climbing K2
2002 Nepal 1st, square 8vo, pp.66, 27 color illus, map, pictorial cloth; dj & cloth new #27702 $27.95
Klatzel tells the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, Maya Sherpa, and Dawa Yangzum Sherpa as they struggled with their own decisions on climbing K2, the mountainous obstacles overcome to raise the necessary funds, and the challenging journey and climb.
More than an account of climbing, the book[read more]
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Klier, Heinrich Abenteuer Schnee [Adventure Snow]
1963 Bergverlag Rother München 1st, 8vo, pp.208, photo frontis, 80 bw photos, sketches, pictorial cloth; cloth spine reglued, vg #27378 $9.00 $7.65
Klier, an Austrian alpinist and writer, covers his climbs in Switzerland, Peru, Patagonia, and elsewhere. In German, no English translation.
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Klipper, Stuart D. The Antarctic: From the Circle to the Pole
2008 US 1st, 4to, pp.175, 110 color panorama photos, white cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth new #25263 $39.95
A very nicely presented book of color panoramas of the Antarctic continent. Klipper has traveled to Antarctica six times in twenty years to photograph this astounding body of work, offering a sweeping look at this majestic continent, which has lately become central to global climate change concerns[read more]
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Klover, Geir Nansen
2015 Norway 1st, square 8vo, pp.212, 7 color & 171 bw photos, 5 color & 10 bw illus, 3 color & 3 bw maps, photo eps, wraps; new #27555 $29.95
Nansen (1861-1930) was voted by the people of Norway as the most important Norwegian in the 20th century. After reading this book you will understand why.
The book .provides a brief but complete review of all of Nansen’s many contributions to Norway and the international community. It includes hi[read more]
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Klucker, Christian Adventures of an Alpine Guide
1932 Murray London 1st, 8vo, pp. xiii, 329, photo frontis, 17 bw photos, map, black cloth; cloth spine lightly faded, vg+ #25585 $49.00
Klucker was a great German guide who made numerous first ascents. In 1890 he made several difficult new climbs with Norman Neruda. In 1893 he participated in the first traverse of the Peuterey Arête on Mont Blanc. Uncommon.
Neate K33.[read more]
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New Knight, Duncan & Stephen Haddelsey Marvellous! The Trans-Antarctic Expedition Diary of Major ‘Roy’ Homard 1955-58
2022 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.300, 13 bw photos, 2 illus, 2 sketches, wraps; new #27947 $29.95
In 1958 Roy Homard joined one of the most important, though largely forgotten, polar expeditions of the Twentieth Century, Sir Vivian Fuch’s British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-58. Roy was a member of both the Advance Party – becoming one of the first men to survive under canvas [read more]
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Knight, Max Return to the Alps
1978 Friends of the Earth SF 4to, pp.159, color frontis, 53 color photos, photo eps, green cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #9829 $25.00
A very nice Format Series book on the Alps.[read more]
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