London: John Murray, 1918. Second printing (August, 1918; first published July, 1918). 8vo. 2 volumes: x, (2), 546; vi, (2), 569 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portrait plates, folding map of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal. "Note: In this second impression various errors and misprints have been corrected, and a few..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (c1939). First American edition. 8vo. (12), 331 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawing vignettes as chapter head-pieces, large folding map at rear. "The full account of an eighteen months' search in South Eastern Tibet for the source of the Salween — the black..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1982. First American edition. 8vo. x, 277 pp. Illus. from photographs and old images, plates, in-text line drawings, map. Very good. Blue cloth, gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket. (#8450). More
New York: Macmillan, 1895. First American edition (from British sheets, with a new title page). 8vo. xii, 306 pp. Illustrated, portrait frontispiece, line drawings, folding map. Very good.. Original illustrated gray cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. (#1536). More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. Second edition (following a rare 1867 privately printing). Large thick 8vo. xxxv, 444 pp. Illustrated, frontispiece portrait, plates, maps. Neate 535: "Moore was a member of the party which made the first ascent of the Brenva ice-ridge on Mont Blanc." Original green cloth, gilt spine title..... More
as pictured in two photograph albums comprising 74 snapshots, each 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. 12mo. cloth albums. 33 of the photographs are landscapes of the mountains taken at great height, almost all including snow, glaciers, sheer faces, and soaring peaks; 13 more scenes from the same series include..... More
NY: Longmans Green and Co.; London: Edward Arnold, 1909. First American edition (from British sheets with a new title page). Large 8vo. xv, 263 pp. Plates, folding maps. Neate 553. Original gilt-stamped black cloth (cloth along top of rear joint splitting, some wear to spine ends). Still a good solid..... More
New York and London: Longmans, Green & Edward Arnold & Co., 1925. First American edition (from British sheets). Large thick 8vo. xi, 372 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, some in color, double-page panorama, large folding map at rear. With a commemorative stamp, celebrating this expedition, mounted on the front endpaper..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First edition. 8vo. xxvii, 439 pp. Plates, folding maps. Neate 595: "Principal work on the Selkirk range." Original white and gilt-stamped decorated navy cloth, top edges gilt. A very good copy. (835). More
London: Heinemann, (c1970). First edition. 8vo. x, (2), 180 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, endpaper maps. "Adventurous account of the author's solitary [1968] exploration of [Bhutan's] remote interior ... the last uncharted land of Asia." Very good. Red cloth, gilt spine title, color illustrated dust jacket. (#8449). More
Graz, Leipzig, Wien: Verlag Syria, 1936. First edition. 12mo. 64 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits. Accounts of Matterhorn ascents in 1931 and 1935. Mountaineer Robert L.M. Underhill's copy, with his ownership stamp on the front pastedown. Underhill (1889-1983) was an "American mountaineer best known for introducing modern Alpine style..... More
London: David Bogue, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xii, 219 pp. Illustrated, wood engravings in text, hand-colored engraved frontispiece. Publisher's ads. Neate 715: "[The author was an] English writer with a passion for Mont Blanc. After his ascent in 1851 he produced an illustrated lecture based on his experiences. This ran..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1903. First edition. 8vo. xii, 342, (1) pp. Illustrated, two maps, one folding. Neate 769: "One of the classics of Canadian mountain exploration and climbing." Original gilt-stamped charcoal cloth. Very good. (842). More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1899. Revised edition (first published in 1871). 8vo. x, (2), 481 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates. "The present reprint is edited by Mrs. Tyndall, who has added an index. The slight verbal alterations made in the text were for the most part indicated..... More
LONDON: Longman, Green, Longham and Roberts, 1862. First Edition. 8 vo. vii. 105pp. With 2 plates. Brown cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Worn spine at top and bottom with slight edge wear. A very good copy. Neate #837. More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. First edition. 8vo. vi, (4), 105 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates. Inscribed on the front endpaper "Madame / Homage of the author / December 1865." Mountain climbing in Switzerland. Neate 837: "From a scientific beginning, [Tyndall] took more and more to the..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. First edition in English. Large 8vo. xii, 523 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, maps, one folding. Gives a detailed topographical description and considers Alpine rivers and lakes, flora and fauna, roads and railways, geographical boundaries, etc. Very good. Original 4-color illustrated cloth..... More
London: John Murray, 1880. Third edition (originally published as Scrambles Amongst the Alps in 1871). Square 8vo. xxiv, 325 pp. 14 plates, two folding maps. Neate 898: "[Abridged edition] of the most famous mountaineering book in the world." Original gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth. Very good. More
London: R. & R. Clark for John Murray, 1892-1891. First edition. Large 8vo. Two volumes: xxiv, 456; xxii, (4), 147 pp. First volume with four maps, three folding, one in rear pocket, 20 plates; second volume illustrated, 14 plates, 42 in-text illustrations from line drawings. Neate 899: "Supplementary volume of..... More
New York: Privately printed, 1914. First edition, 1/300 copies. Small 4to. (4), 21 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plate. Author's card, signed by him, affixed to front pastedown. With the small morocco book label of Robert Ludlow Fowler. Not in Neate. Original parchment-backed gilt-stamped boards (rubbed and a little soiled). Corners..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First edition. Xviii, (2), 327 pp. Illustrated, 12 tinted lithographic plates, two folding maps. Neate 915: "Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn ushered in the 'Golden Age' of mountaineering." Somewhat later tan polished half-calf and marbled boards, endpapers, and edges, spine gilt with ornamentation..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1856. First edition. 8vo. xviii, (2, errata leaf), 384 pp. Illustrated from lithographs, four plates. Neate 1913: "[The author's] ascent of the Wetterhorn ushered in the 'Golden Age' of mountaineering." Several stamps of the "Alpine Club," new endpapers, else very good. Original green cloth, gilt spine title..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Tall 8vo. xvi. 297pp. Illustrated with 2 maps and 113 illustrations in very good condition. American edition of Neate #929. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901. Second edition (first published in 1900). 8vo. xvi, 204 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, two folding maps at the rear. Neate 926: "Reprint [of the original], with the omission of two portraits and a route map ... the first of seven important Himalayan expeditions during..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1928, per Neate]. First American edition, from British sheets, with a new title page. 8vo. xiv, (2), 368 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Mountaineer Robert L.M. Underhill's copy, with his ownership signature on the front endpaper, dated in the year of publication, his pencil notes concerning..... More
