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: 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: 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

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: 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

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