Search Results: Mountains Mountaineering and Climbing from Madoc Books

New York - London: GP Putnam's Sons, 1927. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BRADFORD Washburn. GREEN Bert. TARRAZ G. COUTTET Alfred. VG, 2nd ed, 1927, 44 illustrations. In red cloth, black ink titles, corners rubbed. Spine, faded, edges bumped, black ink title. Internally, advert, frontis, [1], [4], (v-xiv), 160 pp, [6] adverts, 44 illustrations, 1 photographic plan of alps, [6] adverts, map endpapers, no inscriptions. Written for Children, author was an American Mountaineer and an authority on Alaskan Mountaineering. Uncommon! (Neate 874). (Folio, 136*195 mm). Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. See Wiki for a full Bio.

48, Watling St. London.: Newman & Co. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. In decorative, printed, yellow, soft paper covers, cotton ties, no backstrip, Internally, 6 numbered & titled B&W leaves of illustrations, no text leaves as issued, not dated but c1845, pencil gift inscription to fep dated 1887. (187*104 mm). Uncommon, no listing at Abbey, COPAC or WorldCat! A very rare little comic item which does not seem to appear in any institutional collections. A family jaunt up Snowdon is fraught with disaster as various members fall into streams, loose items of clothing to the winds, and take fear at the steep ascent. Finally at the top, the father eschews the stunning views for a bottle of stout before descending via Capel Curig.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1931. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Holmes, H Hoerlin & A Zurcher. 2nd ed, 1931, VG, 74 illustrations. His first and perhaps best book. In blue cloth, gilt title, blind edge tooling, corners & edges lightly worn & bumped. Spine, edges bumped, gilt title & tooling. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], (viii-xx), [1], 2-307 pp, [1], 74 illustrations (B&W photographic, including 1 large folding), some light foxing to edges of titlepage and half title plus the last couple of pages,. (Neate 727). (Folio, 140*218 mm). Title continues: in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica. With a foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young. Smythe, mountaineer and author, was perhaps the most popular mountain writer in English that there has ever been. Even fifty years after his death many of his twenty-five mountain books were still widely read. See ODNB.

London Manchester: 34 Cross Street: Sherratt and Hughes, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G, 1st ed, 1913. In brown boards, gilt titles, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, black ink titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, half title, [5], 6-141 pp, lacking portrait frontispiece (supplied via photocopy), occasional spot, pencil owners name to half title (John Wm Kershaw). Cracked along upper joint, some watermarks to lower cover, small paper tear to corner upper cover. Articles on Wales, The Lakes, Langdale, English Alps, Bettws-y-Coed, Cat Bells and Skiddaw etc. (Folio, 123*184 mm). Uncommon. WorldCat shows only 4 copies in the UK. (Neate H32).

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 24 pls, 3 maps, complete. In red cloth with gilt title to spine. With the original repaired price clipped DW. Internally, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xiv), [1], 2-330 pp, 3 maps (2 folding), 24 pls, 3 illustrations within text, Goethe ink inscription to fep. The DW blank verso has been professionally tipped to white paper. There was an edition published in Germany in the same year. Folio, 152*225 mm. (Neate 736). Whymper, mountaineer, explorer, scientist, writer, artist, engraver, lecturer & wood-engraver. Smythe, mountaineer & author.

London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. First Edition . Cloth. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An Illustrated History of the 7,000 meter Peaks. Still in original wrapper, unopened! Full of wondeful illustrations, 214 pp. Very important source of mountaineering high peak information.

New York: 549 & 551 Broadway: D Appleton & Company, 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. VG, 1st US ed, 7 pls, 1871. In the orioginal red printed cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, edges rubbed, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-x), [2], [1], 2-473 pp, [1], [6] adverts, 7 pls (B&W), ink owners details to verso frontis (CP Patterson 1873), wear to lower cover, small tear at spine head, signs of removed bookplate to fpd. (Folio, 125*194 mm). (Allibone 1457. Neate 839). Tyndall, physicist & mountaineer, who in 1854, after attending the British Association meeting in Liverpool, visited the skate quarries of Penrhyn in north Wales. His familiarity with the effects of pressure upon the structure of crystals led him to give special attention to the problem of slate cleavage. By careful observation and experiments with white wax & many other substances which develop cleavages in planes… Read More

London: Fleet Street: Ward and Lock. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG, 1st ed, 1860, 1 pl, 25 illustrations. In black half calf over green marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners & edges a little rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, frontis, [3], (vi-xxxvi) memoir, 299 pp, 1 pl, 25 illustrations within text, not dated but 1860, a little light spotting to endpapers only, beyond that clean and tight. (Folio, 100*155 mm). (Neate 718). Smith, author, public lecturer, and mountaineer, and was a founder member of the Alpine Club in 1857.

London: George Redway, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. MACKANESS. VG, 1st ed, 1886, 4 pls. Attractive maroon cloth, gilt edge tooling & central image, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, faded, gilt tooling, edges & joints bumped & rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], (viii) only, [1], 2-307 pp, [1], [3], 4-38) adverts, [2] index, remains of removed bookplate to fpd. (Neat P21/604). (16mo, 117*177 mm). Hill walking in the North Wales, The Lakes & Norway.

Cumbria: Cicerone Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A descriptive bibliography of selected works published in the English Language, 1744-1976. In black cloth with title in gilt to spine. DW, worn at edges, price clipped, title in red to front cover. Spine has the title in black ink, price clipped. Internally orange endpapers, NO inscriptions, 165 pp.

London: George Redway, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. MACKANESS. G, 1st ed, 1886, 4 pls. Attractive maroon cloth, gilt edge tooling and central image, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, faded, gilt tooling, edges & joints bumped & worn. Internally, half title, frontis, [7], (viii) only, [1], 2-307 pp, 4 pl, dark brown endpapers, printed by Turnbull and Speers, Edinburgh. (Neat P21/604). (Folio, 119*176 mm). Hill walking in the British Isles and Norway.

London New York: T. Fisher Unwin and Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1895. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PENNELL. BRISTOW. HOLMES. SELLA.. An exciting account of early Alpine ascents. First edition in modern blue cloth. Spine, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xii), [1], 2-360 pp, 11 pls (with guards), 21 illustrations within text, some spotting, library stamp to verso of tp, t.e.g., remainder uncut, new endpapers. (266*180 mm). (Neate 555).

London: New Burlington Street: Richard Bentley, 1862. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TUGWELL Georgel. HBS (Hanhart lith.). In modern quarter tan calf, over green marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, guarded frontis, [5], (vi-vii), [1] contents, [1] errata, [1], 2-262 pp, [1], 2 pls (coloured), marbled endpapers, facsimile of the original image to cloth tipped onto fpd, printed by G Phipps, 13 & 14 Tothill Street, Westminster, London. An excellent copy. (Westwood 211. Allibone 2469). (188*123 mm). Title continues: Being the Welsh Experiences of Abraham Black & Jonas White, esquires, Moralists, Photographers, Fishermen, and Botanists. Tugwell also published A Manual of Sea Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast (1856), which was explicitly addressed to 'amateur ramblers about our English coasts who take a pleasure in noticing every form of beauty which they may… Read More

London: New Burlington Street: Richard Bentley, 1862. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TUGWELL Georgel. HBS (Hanhart lith.). In contemporary embossed red cloth, gilt climbing equipment emblem, edges rubbed. Re-spined, remains of old laid down, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-vii), [1], [1], 2-262 pp, 2 pls (coloured), with the tipped in errata, a.e.g., 1866 book prize label to ffep. (180*119 mm). (Westwood 211. Allibone 2469). Tugwell also published A Manual of Sea Anemones Commonly Found on the English Coast (1856), which was explicitly addressed to 'amateur ramblers about our English coasts who take a pleasure in noticing every form of beauty which they may encounter in their wanderings' and cited the blessings of sea anemones as their beauty, the ease with which they can be collected, and that 'they may be kept in the drawing room or the study without trouble or annoyance, and may be carried away… Read More

London: New Burlington Street: Richard Bentley, 1862. First . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. HBS & GT. In green embossed cloth, gilt tooling, corners & edges bumped slightly. Spine, gilt title & tooling, edges bumped & worn. Internally, half title, frontis, [2], [5], (vi-vii), [1], [1] errata, [1], 2-262 pp, [1], 2 pls (coloured & tissue guarded), brown endpapers, no inscriptions, printed by G Phipps,13 & 14 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, small binders label to ep. (Anderson 337). (Folio, 125*189 mm). Title continues: Being the Welsh Experiences of Abraham Black & Jonas White Esquires, Moralists, Photographers, Fishermen and Botanists.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1859. First . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Commonly regarded as the cornerstone of any mountaineering collection. In the original pictorial gilt cloth, corners bumped, gilt titles to spine, expertly re-backed preserving the original cloth. Internally, half title, frontis, title with vignette, [5], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-516 pp, 8 colour chromolithographs, 9 maps (some folding), 23 woodcuts, new endpapers, small signature on title (McDaniel), light edge wear, one map with short tear, lightly foxed. (208*136 mm). (Neate 18). There was also a second series with plain plates as well as a number of later printings. Ball was the first President of the Alpine Club and his travelers guide to the Alps was the standard work for many years.

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gustave Dore 1832-1883. VG, 1st ed, 1867, 1 map, 112 illustrations. In red cloth, gilt title, & coat of arms, corners & edges a little bumped & worn, beveled edges, light marks. Spine, faded, gilt title, edges bumped & worn. Internally, frontis and engraved half title with vignette present, title page in red and black ink withing ruled borders, (xvi), 326 pp, 1 map, 112 illustrations, [2], [6] adverts, small bookseller label to ep, dark green endpapers, book plate of LB McCulloch and small bookseller label to fpd. (241*1162 mm). Details of a tour through Bordeaux, to Val de Luz to Biarritz etc illustrated by Dore. Doré, (Louis Auguste) Gustave, illustrator. See ODNB for a full Bio.

Keswick, Cumberland: G.P. Abraham, 1906. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author and SAUNDERS Rev TBA of Keswick. VG, First edition, 1906, complete In blue marked cloth, front edge faded. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-xx), [2], 394 pp, 30 illustrations (full page & in monogravure), 10 pen & ink sketches, and 11 route drawings, chipped edges to frontis tissue guard. (197*140 mm). (Neate A08). 93 courses (routes) are described, 14 routes in the easy listing, 38 routes in the Moderate List with the remainder either in the Difficult or Exceptionally Severe List. The book is divided into two parts, Part 1, on the Carnedds, Tryfan and the Glyders was taken by George D Abraham; while Part 2, dealing with Snowdon and the climbs south of the Llanberis Pass, including Cader Idris, was written by Ashley P Abraham. The Abraham brothers who in around 1900 planned to produce a guide to Snowdonia… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co, 1853. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. MOUNTAINEERING CLASSIC First US edition, in the publishers gilt printed, embossed green cloth, edges bumped. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped, small edge tear. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-x), [1], 6-208 pp, 1 pl, 2 vignettes, some offsetting & foxing, bookplate to fpd (George F Danforth, Rochester), ink name tp, VG. (188*126 mm). (Neate S86).

London Albemarle Street: John Murray, 1892. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1892, Second edition, Vol 1 only, nicely rebound in green half goatskin over green cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-xxiv), [2], [1], 2-456 pp, frontis + 19 full page plates (B&W), 118 text figures, 4 maps, 1 in rear pocket, errata on p xxiv, top edges cut, remainder not, evidence of book plate removal to fpd, (227*161 mm).