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 Mollier, Christian Everest 74: Le Rendez-vous du Ciel
1975 Flammarion Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.239, 36 color photos, map, 2 sketches, wraps; inscribed on ffep which has had 1” clipped, else fine. #22988 $39.00
Account of the French post-monsoon attempt on Everest’s West Ridge in 1974. Expedition leader Gérard Devouassoux was killed in an avalanche. In French, no English translation. Perret 3057.[read more]
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Mollier, Christian Everest 74: Le Rendez-vous du Ciel
1975 Flammarion Paris 1st, 8vo, pp.239, 36 color photos, map, 2 sketches, wraps; vg+ #17401 $29.00
Account of the French post-monsoon attempt on Everest’s West Ridge in 1974. Expedition leader Gérard Devouassoux was killed in an avalanche. In French, no English translation. Perret 3057.[read more]
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Molony, Eileen Portraits of Mountains
1950 Dobson London 1st, 8vo, pp.117, frontis, 11 bw photos, red cloth; dj rubbed, vg, cloth fine. #24096 $15.00
Essays on British mountains by such well-known mountaineers as Noyce, Richards, Murray, and others. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature. Neate M129.[read more]
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Moneta, José Manuel Four Antarctic Years in the South Orkney Islands: An Annotated Translation of 'Cuatro Anos en las Orcadas del Sur'
2017 UK 1st. 8vo, pp.440, photo frontis, 84 bw photos, 2 plans, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, wraps w/ French flaps; new #27490 $89.95
This is one man’s fascinating record of four winters in the Antarctic during the 1920s, the period of transition from the isolation of the Heroic Age to the beginnings of radio communication with the world outside. The Argentine José Manuel Moneta (1900-1973) chronicles in words and photographs the [read more]
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Monteath, Colin Erebus: The Ice Dragon – A Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano
2023 NZ Ltd Boxed Ed n/100, 8vo, pp.352, photo frontis, 113 color & 45 bw photos, 31 color & 25 bw illus, 2 color & 5 bw maps, illus eps, pictorial cloth, pictorial slipcase; signed Monteath & Adele Jackson, slipcase & cloth new #27879 $245.00
Haunting and searingly beautiful, Antarctica’s Mount Erebus has attracted explorers, mountaineers, artists, and scientists; each drawn to the mountain by their own particular vision or curiosity. The mountain is a truly unique geological phenomenon — an active volcano sheathed in ice, with hundreds [read more]
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Monteath, Colin Hall & Ball - Kiwi Mountaineers : From Mount Cook to Everest
1997 Hedgehog House Christchurch 1st, 8vo, pp.160, photo frontis, 244 color & 7 bw photos, color map, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new. #13525 $125.00
Rob Hall and Gary Ball were two of New Zealand’s most accomplished expedition climbers with 47 expeditions to the highest mountains of the seven continents. This large-format book uses much of their own material and is a tribute to their accomplishments from their early days in the New Zealand Alps[read more]
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Monteath, Colin Under a Sheltering Sky: Journeys to Mountain Heartlands
2003 NZ 1st, 4to, pp.240, 250 color photos, 12 color maps, cloth; signed, numbered bookplate, dj corner(s) bumped from shipping else dj & cloth new. #23018 $89.95
Monteath is one of New Zealand's best known photographers and writers specialising in the world's polar and mountain regions. A mountaineer for 35 years, Colin has taken part in mountaineering and trans-alpine expeditions on every continent. Among his many ascents in New Zealand he lists 13 climbs[read more]
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Montgomery, Michael All Out for Everest
1975 Elek London 1st, 8vo, pp.198, 15 bw photos, 2 maps, green cloth; dj fine, cloth fine #9923 $9.00
A 6000-mile overland journey from England to Everest. SB M43, Yak M230.[read more]
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Monzino, Guido Kanjut Sar: Atti della Spedizione G.M. ’59 al Kanjut Sar (Karakorum)
1961 Aldo Martello Milano 1st, 4to, pp.342, 33 color & 155 bw (2 fldg panoramas) photos, 16 figs, 5 tables, 5 maps, appendix, map eps, white/red cloth; dj lightly pulled top spine, mark to back cover, vg+, cloth fine #12161 $175.00
A massive work on the Italian first ascent of Kanjut Sar (25,460’) in 1959. Monzino led 21 expeditions during his lifetime. This book weighs 4.5 pounds. In Italian, no English translation.[read more]
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Monzino, Guido La Spedizione Italiana all'Everest 1973
1976 Privately printed Milano 1st, 4to, pp.177, photo frontis, 22 color plates, 4 bw photos (1 fldg), 23 figs, 9 tables, 4 sketches, 2 color maps, errata slip, green cloth; slipcase w/ 2” split on top edge, else fine, cloth fine #23365 $195.00
This huge 64-man expedition placed eight members on the summit. Theirs was the first use of a helicopter within the Western Cwm for support. This massive work weighs 5.25 pounds, scarce. In Italian.[read more]
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Moon, Patricia Tough & Cheerful: The Life and Times of Kanchha Sherpa Last Living Member from the First Ascent of Mount Everest
2023 US rep, 8vo, pp.138, photo frontis, 53 color & 6 bw photos, diagram, 4 color maps, wraps; new #27821 $24.95
A story about the world’s tallest mountain, the evolution of Nepal, and a man who has been part of the staggering transformation of both. As the last living member of the 1953 first summit of Everest, with Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, Kanchha’s history is one never to be forgotten.
In 1933,[read more]
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Moore, Terris Mt. McKinley: The Pioneer Climbs
1981 Mountaineers Seattle 2nd, 8vo, pp.xv, 202, photo frontis, 45 bw photos, 8 maps, wraps; inscribed by Moore ‘For Jack Young – my lifelong friend with all good wishes. This new edition from the author. T.M.’ & additionally signed by Moore, bookplate of Jack Young, very good #10288 $49.00 $39.00
An excellent history of Mt. McKinley from the first attempts by Wickersham and Cook in 1903 through the Alaska Test Expedition of 1942. Moore made the first ascent of Minya Konka in 1932.
Jack Young was a member of the 1932 expedition, along with Moore, which made the first ascent of Minya Konka [read more]
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Moore, Terris Mt. McKinley: The Pioneer Climbs
1967 Univ Alaska College 1st, 8vo, pp.202, color frontis, 41 bw photos, 8 maps (1 fldg), photo eps, blue cloth; signed Brad Washburn, dj rubbed, vg, cloth fine #25433 $75.00 $65.00
An excellent history of Mt. McKinley from the first attempts by Wickersham and Cook in 1903 through the Alaska Test Expedition of 1942. Moore made the first ascent of Minya Konka in 1932.
Neate M140.
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Moore, Tim Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and Loafer
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.280, 8 bw illus, map, black cloth; dj & cloth new #25618 $23.95 $9.95
In this humorous book, Moore retraces the 1850s travels of Lord Dufferin. Dufferin, a wealthy British philanthropist, sailed his yacht Foam across the Arctic Circle and wrote ‘Letters from High Latitudes’. In the 1990s, Moore decided to retrace Dufferin's travels to Iceland, Norway, and Spitzberge[read more]
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Moorehead, Catherine Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott
2023 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xxiv, 344, 48 color & 10 bw photos, 1 bw illus, 10 bw maps, appendix, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27939 $34.95
Doug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalaya to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous ‘epic’ on The Ogre, [read more]
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Moorehead, Catherine The K2 Man (and His Molluscs): The Extraordinary Life of Haversham Godwin-Austen
2013 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xx, 279, 10 color & 5 bw photos, 23 color & 3 bw illus, 2 color & 1 bw maps, appendices, blue cloth; signed, dj & cloth new #26556 $49.95
Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), from an ancient and interesting Surrey aristocratic family with royal connections, not only found the first way to the 'savage mountain', K2, but went on to be the first serious explorer of the Karakoram, Ladakh, Western Tibet, Bhutan, Northern Burma and Assam. H[read more]
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Moran, Martin Alps 4000: 75 Peaks in 52 Days
1994 David & Charles London 1st, 8vo, pp.288, 61 color photos, 17 maps, appendices, grey cloth; dj unclipped, tight, near fine, cloth fine #23032 $5.00 $4.25
Moran tells the amazing story of his first-ever traverse of all 75 4000m peaks of the Alps. He and fellow climber Simon Jenkins even used bicycles to get from peak to peak! They traveled over 620 miles and climbed 229,000 feet, all in 52 days.
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Moravec, Fritz Dhaulagiri - Berg Ohne Gnade
1961 Österreichischer Bundersverlag Wien/München 2nd, 8vo, pp.223, 17 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth; cloth bright, fine. #22200 $49.00
The account of the 1959 Austrian Himalayan expedition to Dhaulagiri. At this time it was the highest unclimbed peak in the world. They were the first to reconnoiter the NE ridge. Despite the death of one member, the team managed to reach 25,250’ before being defeated by wind and weather. In Germ[read more]
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Moravec, Fritz Dhaulagiri - Berg Ohne Gnade with Team Signed Expedition Postcard
1960 Österreichischer Bundersverlag Wien/München 1st, 8vo, pp.224, 17 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth; inscribed by Moravec, dj chipped top/bottom spine, 1.5” tear back, unclipped, good+, cloth lightly faded on spine, tight, fine #27567 $225.00
With Postcard of the Osterreichischen Himalaya Dhaulagiri Expedition 1959. signed 8 members – Fritz Moravec (leader), Othmar Kucera, Stefan Pauer, Karl Prein, Hans Retay, Heinrich Roiss, Erich Vanis, & Wilfred Wehle, fine
The account of the 1959 Austrian Himalayan expedition to Dhaulagiri, at the[read more]
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Moravec, Fritz Gefahren und Gefährten: Abenteuer auf Spitzbergen [Hazards and Companions: Adventure in Spitsbergen]
1963 Österreichischer Bundersverlag Wien/München 2nd, 8vo, pp.160, 4 color & 41 bw photos, map, photo eps, dec blue cloth; inscribed, dj w/ few edge tears, cloth bright, fine #26814 $49.00
Although best known for his Himalayan expeditions, which included the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956, Moravec also had two expeditions to northern Spitsbergen, in 1958 and 1960. Here he provides accounts of his explorations, via dogsled, and an epic boat journey around the southern coast of S[read more]
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