London: Methuen & Co., (1938). First edition in English. 8vo. xv, 203 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, four maps and diagrams. Translated from the first edition "Karakoram: l'expédition française a l’himalaya," published in Paris in 1937. Neate 247: "Attempt on Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak)." Very Good. Original brown cloth, gilt..... 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

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: 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

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

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: 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

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: 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

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

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