Search Results: Mountaineering from Azarat Books

Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. published by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club 1985, Vol. XXIV No. 70. Near fine red cloth in a VG+ unclipped dust jacket. 5.5 x 8.5 in., 225 pp. A century of great rock climbing and fell walking stories.

Seattle Mountaineers, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Seattle: The Mountaineers 1981, first edition. VG+ hardback in a near VG unclipped dust jacket; clean, square copy. 5.5 x 8.75 in., 207 pp. Autobiography of pioneering Italian climber.

Darack Photography, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. signed by author. Davis, CA: Darack Photography 1995, first edition, first printing. VG trade paperback. 5.5 x 8.5 in., 168 pp. Solo climb of Denali in 1991. Signed by author Darack on the page after the title page.

Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Seven folding route cards to North American mountains. 5 published by Alpenglow: Disappointment Peak (Tetons), Mount Owen (Tetons), Cube Point/Baxter Pinnacle (Tetons) & 2 Grand Teton routes: Exum Ridge & Owen-Spalding. Also: Mount Baker (North Cascades), Coleman-Deming & Easton routes (Cascade Alpine Guides) and Cathedral Peak SE Buttress (Sierra Nevada) published by Shooting Star Guides. Two of the guides have been folded, the others are all VG condition.

Putnam's , 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Putnam's 1875, first edition. Green beveled boards in VG condition; one signature is working loose but holding, folding map at front has an unrepaired tear. Covers are clean with no bumps; gilt on front is very bright, spine is slightly darkened. 5.75 x 8 in., 380 pp. Subtitle: Observations on a journey from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus, through the upper valley of the Himalaya.

Cassell, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. London: Cassell 1902, first edition. Burgundy cloth in good condition; expertly rebacked with new endpapers, bumps to upper corner & fore edge, foxing to back of frontis & tissue guard (but frontis photo is unaffected). All plates are present, & the folding map is in excellent condition. No dust jacket. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 252 pp. + ads. Ascent of Aconcagua & attempt on Sarmiento in Tierra del Fuego. Conway was Alpine Club president 1902-04.

William Morrow, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near fine. signed and inscribed by author. NY: William Morrow 1986, first edition, first printing. Cloth hardback in good condition; water rippling to approx. last 30 pp. & rear pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket is in VG+ condition. 6.5 x 9.5 in., 351 pp. Trek across China & Tibet, climb of the north face of Mount Everest. Phil Ershler made a solo ascent to the top. This copy Inscribed & signed by author Jenkins and signed (twice) by expedition leader Lou Whittaker.

Indus, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New Delhi: Indus 1999, first edition. Fine/Fine. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 237 pp. Blend of history, travelogue & guide book to this mountainous region of northern India.

Pocket Books, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. signed by authors. NY: Pocket Books 1998, first edition. VG+ hardback in a fine unclipped dust jacket.. 6.25 x 9.5 in., 322 pp. Severe climbs in the Cascades, Andes, Alaska, Himalayas. Signed by both Wickwire & Bullitt on the title page; no inscription.

Thomas Nelson, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. London: Thomas Nelson (no date, ca 1916), reprint. Blue cloth in good+ condition; no bumps or markings on covers, spine is slanted, previous owner's name on first free endpaper, browning to free endpapers (apparently from chemical action with glue in the binding). No dust jacket. 4.5 x 6.5 in., 382 pp. Accounts of various alpine climbs, descriptions of dangerous ventures into the mountains of the Alps.

Dillon, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near fine. signed and inscribed by author. Minneapolis: Dillon 1986, first edition. VG hardback in a near fine dust jacket. Top edge of boards is bumped. 6 x 9 in., 136 pages. Ascent of Gongga Shan, a 24,900 ft. mountain in China. Inscribed, signed & dated by Murphy on the first free endpaper.

Associated, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Washington DC: Associated 1969, 3rd edition. VG+ green cloth; four tiny specks on fore edge, shadow of binder's glue on pastedowns. Dust jacket is in fine condition; wrap-around woodcut illustration is in outstanding condition. 5.5 x 8 in., 251 pp. Woodson was a pioneer in African American historical research. In 1926 he launched the celebration of ""Negro History Week"", the precursor of Black History Month.

Horst Klemm, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. signed by author. Published by Horst Klemm in 1994, #1503 of an edition of 5000. Quarter-leather and brown cloth in near fine condition. In a fine slipcase, no dust jacket as issued. 9.5 x 12.5 in., unpaginated. Huge beautiful book on the people and nature of southern Africa, principally Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia. Signed by Klemm on the limitation page. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book; priority & international shipping will require extra postage.

Ernest Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. UK: Ernest Press 2006, first edition. Fine/Fine. 6 x 9 in., 126 pp. A 38-part narrative poem, an account of the 1924 disappearance of George Mallory on Mount Everest.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1952, 2nd printing. VG+ blue cloth in a VG price-clipped dust jacket. 6 x 9 in., 248 pp. Climbs in the Swiss Alps.

Lulu Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. signed by author. Lulu Press 2010, first edition. Blue cloth hardback in near fine condition; bubbling to front pastedown (from binding process). Dust jacket also is near fine. 6.25 x 9.25 in., 267 pp. Adventure novel set on the slopes of Mount Rainier. Signed by author Horman on the first free endpaper.

Jonathan Cape, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London: Jonathan Cape 1997, first edition, first printing. Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 9.5 in., 176 pp. Grueling climb of the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Much angst.

Aircraft Pub., 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Glendale, CA: Aircraft Pub. 1941, first edition. Cloth boards in VG condition; no dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, owner's inkstamp on first free endpaper. 6.25 x 9.25 in., 161 pages. Subtitle: ""Practical application of aircraft descriptive geometry to aircraft design and manufacturing for the designer, engineer and loftsman."" Many diagrams, several of which fold out (in crisp condition). Volume 1 only.

Robert A. Siegal Auction Galleries, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries 2008, first edition. Oversized paperback in near fine condition. 8.5 x 11 in., 124 pp. Auction catalogue of privately issued postage stamps on covers. Color illustrations on every page, a beautiful production. PLEASE NOTE: Expedited domestic shipping & international shipping will require extra funds for this heavy book.

Seattle Mountaineers, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No dust jacket. Seattle: The Mountaineers 2001, first edition. Fine trade paperback. 7 x 8.5 in., 206 pp.