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 Venables, Stephen Everest: Summit of Achievement
2003 UK 1st, oversize 4to, pp.252, photo frontis, 103 color & 197 bw photos, 11 maps (1 color), photo eps, blue cloth; signed Ed Webster, dj top edge lightly pulled, else dj & cloth new #22900 $75.00
A massive work, weighing over five pounds, done to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first ascent of Everest. This is beautifully illustrated with many never-before-published photos. It presents the initial early surveys, to the reconnaissance expeditions, all the early attempts, and thru th[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Higher Than The Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest
2007 UK 2nd, 8vo, pp.370, 46 color & 18 bw photos, 5 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27283 $29.00
Venables has now written a full autobiography which explores how and – more importantly – why he became a mountaineer. Starting from childhood, he describes many previously unpublished adventures, including early alpine climbs, winter Scottish journeys, Afghanistan before the Russian invasion, the N[read more]
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Venables, Stephen Higher Than The Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest
2007 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.370, 46 color & 18 bw photos, 5 maps, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #24748 $45.00
Venables has now written a full autobiography which explores how and – more importantly – why he became a mountaineer. Starting from childhood, he describes many previously unpublished adventures, including early alpine climbs, winter Scottish journeys, Afghanistan before the Russian invasion, the N[read more]
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Venables, Stephen To the Top: The Story of Everest
2003 US 1st, 8vo, pp.96, photo frontis, 40 color & 29 bw photos, maps/sketches, photo eps, pictorial cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #27268 $9.00
Although geared toward younger readers, Venables does a very nice job in presenting the Everest story. Starting with the Mallory and Irvine saga the book then turns to the final triumph of Hillary and Tenzing. The latter half of the book covers the Americans in 1963, Haston and Scott in 1975, Messne[read more]
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Venables, Stephen To the Top: The Story of Everest
2003 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.96, photo frontis, 40 color & 29 bw photos, maps/sketches, photo eps, pictorial cloth; signed Ed Webster, dj & cloth new #22981 $29.00
Although geared toward younger readers, Venables does a very nice job in presenting the Everest story. Starting with the Mallory and Irvine saga the book then turns to the final triumph of Hillary and Tenzing. The latter half of the book covers the Americans in 1963, Haston and Scott in 1975, Mess[read more]
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Viesturs, Ed w/ David Roberts The Mountain: My Time on Everest
2013 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 330, 37 color & 3 bw photos, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #27583 $9.95
Based on his extensive experience on Everest, eleven expeditions in 23 years, Viesturs presents riveting accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the most famous and infamous climbs throughout the last century. With an introduction by Tom Hornbein.[read more]
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Viesturs, Ed w/ David Roberts The Mountain: My Time on Everest
2013 US 3rd prtg, 8vo, pp.xvi, 330, 37 color & 3 bw photos, blue cloth; signed Viesturs, dj & cloth new #26645 $26.95
Based on his extensive experience on Everest, eleven expeditions in 23 years, Viesturs presents riveting accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the most famous and infamous climbs throughout the last century. With an introduction by Tom Hornbein.[read more]
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Vranka, Milan Nezvestní z Everestu: Príbeh štvorice slovenských horolezcov, ktorá zmizla na najvyššej hore sveta [Missing on Everest: The Story of Four Slovak Climbers who Disappeared on the Highest Mountain of the World]
2011 Pvt pub 1st, small 8vo, pp.160, 42 color & 19 bw photos, illus eps, pictorial cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth new #25990 $44.95
This is the first detailed account of the 1988 Slovak Everest Lhotse Expedition. 1988 was an extremely busy year for Everest with climbers all over the mountain. The Slovak team first made an ascent of Lhotse, placing two climbers, Dušan Becík and Jozef Just, on the summit without supplemental oxy[read more]
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Ward, Michael Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration - A Record of Mountaineering, Geographical Exploration, Medical Research and Mapping
2003 UK 1st, ltd ed 500, 8vo, pp.xxiv, 350, 34 bw photos, 1 color & 2 bw illus, 7 diagrams, 21 drawings, 27 maps, map eps, appendix, red cloth; signed, dj unclipped, very fine, cloth tight, very fine #25328 $189.00
The first comprehensive Monograph to tell the Everest story as it has evolved over the centuries. Ward was a member of both the 1951 and 1953 Everest expeditions and was directly involved in the pivotal events that led to success. In this major ‘biography’ of the world’s highest peak, written to cel[read more]
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New Ward, Michael Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration - A Record of Mountaineering, Geographical Exploration, Medical Research and Mapping
2003 UK 1st prtg, ltd ed 300, 8vo, pp.xxiv, 350, 34 bw photos, 1 color & 2 bw illus, 7 diagrams, 21 drawings, 27 maps, map eps, appendix, red cloth; signed Ward & Tom Hornbein (pg.286), dj unclipped, very fine, cloth tight, very fine #27862 $225.00
The first comprehensive Monograph to tell the Everest story as it has evolved over the centuries. Ward was a member of both the 1951 and 1953 Everest expeditions and was directly involved in the pivotal events that led to success. In this major ‘biography’ of the world’s highest peak, written to cel[read more]
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Warren, Dr. Tim Lessons from Everest: 7 Powerful Steps to the Top of Your World
2010 US 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 145, 23 bw photos, wraps; signed, new #25636 $18.95
Warren honed his climbing skills on Mt. Washington, Rainier, Kilimanjoro, Denali, Grand Teton, Yosemite, and Aconcagua before attempting Everest. After a devastating failed attempt to climb Everest in 2007, and a brief period of mourning, he focused on learning the lessons that had been revealed to[read more]
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Weathers, Beck Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.292, photo frontis, 9 bw photos, blue/white cloth; signed Pete Athans, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #20666 $25.00
Beck Weathers is widely known as the person who miraculously survived the ferocious storm on Everest in May 1996. As a member of Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team he managed to reach the Balcony but soon lost his vision. His story tells of his climbs on Denali, Popocatepl, Pico de Orizaba, Elbru[read more]
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Weathers, Beck Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.292, photo frontis, 9 bw photos, blue/white cloth; dj & cloth new #19096 $24.95
Beck Weathers is widely known as the person who miraculously survived the ferocious storm on Everest in May 1996. As a member of Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team he managed to reach the Balcony but soon lost his vision. His story tells of his climbs on Denali, Popocatepl, Pico de Orizaba, Elb[read more]
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Weathers, Beck Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
2001 US 1st thus, 8vo, pp.345, photo frontis, 8 bw photos, wraps; very good+ #26801 $5.00
Beck Weathers is widely known as the person who miraculously survived the ferocious storm on Everest in May 1996. As a member of Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team he managed to reach the Balcony but soon lost his vision. His story tells of his climbs on Denali, Popocatepl, Pico de Orizaba, Elb[read more]
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Weathers, Beck Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
2000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.292, photo frontis, 9 bw photos, blue/white cloth; signed Weathers, Pete Athans, & Jamling Tenzing, dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #20164 $175.00
Beck Weathers is widely known as the person who miraculously survived the ferocious storm on Everest in May 1996. As a member of Rob Hall’s Adventure Consultants team he managed to reach the Balcony but soon lost his vision. His story tells of his climbs on Denali, Popocatepl, Pico de Orizaba, Elbru[read more]
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Webster, Ed God’s Rays on Mt. Everest – Sagarmatha, Nepal
Image size 13" x 19.25", Poster size 19" x 25", text states "God’s Rays on Mt. Everest – Sagarmatha, Nepal", color w/ wide white margins, thick 80# paper stock; signed, rolled, new #25992 $19.95
Webster took this very lucky, one-of-a-kind picture from a helicopter in 1985, at age 29, at the conclusion of his first Everest expedition – to the West Ridge Direct route, up the peak’s left-hand skyline in this view. Sitting in front of Ed in the helicopter was Billy Squier, the American rock ‘n[read more]
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Webster, Ed Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Everest
2000 US 1st trade ed, thick 8vo, pp.xv, 582, photo frontis, 176 color & 282 bw photos, 2 maps, 3 route maps, 8 photo-diagrams, blue cloth; signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth w/ pen/date mark to ffep, else fine #17405 $29.95
Webster has seen Everest from all sides as a member of three very different teams. Here are his accounts of his attempt on the West Ridge Direct (1985) as part of a 20-member team, his solo ascent of Everest’s North Peak - Changtse (1986), and his participation in the audacious ascent of the Kangsh[read more]
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West, John B. Everest: The Testing Place
1985 McGraw-Hill NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 187, 18 color photos, 8 figures, appendices, blue cloth; dj fine, cloth fine. #18355 $35.00
West led the 1981 American Medical Research Expedition which conducted scientific and medical research from base camp up to the summit, reached by five climbers. This is a good book for those interested in the effect of altitude on the body and as a source for other scientific articles. From the c[read more]
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West, John B. Everest: The Testing Place
1985 McGraw-Hill NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 187, 18 color photos, 8 figures, appendices, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth fine #24356 $22.00 $14.95
West led the 1981 American Medical Research Expedition which conducted scientific and medical research from base camp up to the summit, reached by five climbers. This is a good book for those interested in the effect of altitude on the body and as a source for other scientific articles.
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Whelan, Diane Base Camp: 40 Days on Everest
2014 Canada 1st, 8vo, pp.223, 19 color & 4 bw photos, map, wraps; signed, new #26697 $29.95
In the spring of 2010, filmmaker Whelan made her second trip to Everest as a member of the Asian Trekking expedition which included Arjun Vajpai, who became the youngest non-Sherpa to summit. In this personal and eye-opening exposé, she shares gripping stories of Maoist rebels, avalanches and bodie[read more]
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