London: Longman, Reese, Orme, and Green, 1830. Second edition (first issued in 1828). 8vo. x, (1), 148 pp. Illustrated, 19 plates, 3 folding maps (one with a repaired tear). Neate 38. Contemporary black half-calf (rubbed), gilt, and marbled boards, spine gilt with rules ornamentation, and title (dull); owners' names on..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Geographical Club of Philadelphia, January, 1893. First edition, Bulletin of the Geographical Club of Philadelphia, Vol. I, no. 1, a separate. 8vo. 35 pp. Four plates from paintings and sketches by the author. On the importance, pleasures, and difficulties of the sport. Inscribed on a front endpaper by..... More
Boston, (MA): Nathaniel Noyes, 1856. First edition. 12mo. 72 pp. Each page of text framed within a thin rule. Bent, p. 2. While attempting an ascent of Mt. Washington, Dr. Ball lost his way as a snowstorm began, spending three days in the elements with virtually no protection, until finally..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers for the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1955. First American edition. (from sheets printed in Switzerland). 8vo. 222 pp. Illus. from photos, plates, some folding, maps. Annual survey of world mountaineering, this one covering 1954 expeditions, with articles written by climbers. Very good. Gilt-stamped brown..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Limited St. Dunston's House. Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., 1888. Expanded and revised edition. 8vo. ix, 208, 7 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and line drawing on front cover. Frontis; plates and in text illustrations; folding map. Library plate stating "Property of..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1940. First British edition (first published in the United States the previous year). 8vo. 319 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet , about 2200 feet..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939. First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 381 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet, about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very..... More
Muenchen, (Germany): Verlag Knorr & Hirth GMBH, 1931-1933. First edition of each volume. 8vo. 2 volumes: 174; 191 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, some folding, maps and plans. 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..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, [1914]. First edition. 8vo. xii, 218 pp. Plates, portraits. Neate 135: "Good selection of photographs of early climbers." Rather persistent foxing, else very good. Original green cloth, gilt spine title (dull). (#8413). More
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1895. First Edition. 8 vo. xii. 403pp. With 100 full-page illustrations by A.D. McCormick. Original quarter vellum and light sage green cloth (lightly soiled), top page edges gilt. 1 / 100 copies on better paper and deluxe binding. This copy lacks limitation page. A very..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1889. First edition. 8vo. xi, 336 pp. Publisher's undated 24-pagge catalogue at the rear. Many references to mountaineering in Switzerland and an entire section (72 pages) devoted to Zermatt as a mountaineering center." Neate 185: "[The author's] books are invaluable for detail and accuracy." Very good. Original..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1888. Second edition. 4to. viii, 180 pp. Illustrated from photographs and wood engravings, plates, 22 photogravure portrait plates, dedication leaf with an additional small photogravure portrait. Neate 197: "Illustrated with Abney's superb photographic portraits. The second edition is the nicest version." Signature or..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1930. 8vo; xx, 204 pp. First edition. With many reproductions of contemporary woodcuts and engravings. Fold-out map. Very good in very good dust jacket. More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1912. First American edition. 4to. 2 volumes: xvii, 469 pp.; portfolio volume containing 18 folding panoramas, three folding maps, and a 16-page pamphlet printing a list of illustrations and an index. Half-title to the text volume. Neate 266 (for the British edition). "One of..... More
London: Methuen & Co., (1932). First edition (the first two series issued in 1859 and 1862). 8vo. xi, 307 pp. Plates. A collection of articles that appeared in the first five volumes of "Alpine Journal." Neate 22: "[The first two series] are commonly regarded as the cornerstones of any mountaineering..... More
London: Constable, (1923). First edition. 8vo. 270 pp. Maps. Noted Himalayan explorer details his mountain climbing experiences in other parts of the world, primarily in Europe, but also including Japan and Africa. Neate 293: "Climbs in Corsica and the lesser Alps." Original green cloth, gilt title on spine. Very good..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1903. First edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 373 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, some folding, large folding map. With the ownership signature of Gerald Kitchingman, dated "March 1921 / Rawalpindi," on the front endpaper and his marginal pencil markings and notes, some in either red or blue pencil..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1870. First edition. 8vo. vii, (2, contents), 181 pp. Frontispiece from a wood engraving, two folding maps (one laid down on tissue and with residue from old tape repairs). Neate 316: "[The author was an] enthusiastic but inept mountaineer, who had a number of lucky escapes. In..... More
Cambridge, MA: Privately printed, 1932. First edition. 12mo. 30, (1) pp. Illustrated with one plate of a mountain view from a photograph. Brief account of hiking and mountaineering on Mount Desert Island, Maine, without much substance, by four outdoor enthusiasts and a dog. Not in Neate. OCLC locates five copies..... 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
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
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
