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Lightweight Expeditions -- FIRST EDITION
by Collister, Rob
Seattle: Cloudcap, 1989. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original blue boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tear, no rubbing, no chips, clean. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage...
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£20.23
Journal Of A Voyage To Peru: A Passage Across The Cordillera Of The Andes, In The Winter Of 1827, Performed On Foot In The Snow; And A Journey Across The Pampas
by Brand, R.N., Lieut. Chas
London: Henry Colburn, 1828. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG condition in early (first?) binding of 1/2 calf with tan & black marbled boards, textured leather spine in 4 compartments with gilt stamped raised bands, black title patch spine with gilt lettering, brown coated EPs, all edges trimmed and speckled in brown. rubbing edges & corners of covers, top of spine rubbed down about 2mm, pages very clean and bright, very minor foxing on blank side of frontispiece and two very faint...
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£1,011.62
Cordillera Blanca Perú
by Hans Kinzl & Ervin Schneider
Universitats-Verlag Wagner, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Innsbruck: Universitats-Verlag Wagner [1950], first edition. Paper-covered boards with burgundy cloth spine in VG condition; small bumps to corner, covers clean & unmarked, gilt on spin is bright, no flecking. VG- dust jacket has one chip at top corner by spine & rear panel soiling. Large folding topo map in rear pocket is in very good condition. 8.5 x 10.5 in., 167 pp. Photo album from 3 expeditions (1932, 1936 &...
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£84.98
Against the Wall
by Yates, Simon
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.
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£12.14
THE ASCENT OF YERUPAJA
by Sack, John
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing of First UK Edition. Original blue boards with red lettering spine. Clean covers, fading at top of spine, old owner name & address on top of blank FFEP otherwise no previous owner names or writing on any pages, sold binding. The dust jacket has lots of edge wear with some small loss in places -- mainly the upper rear area (see photo). The book measures 20cm tall x 13cm and has 191 pages, 15 b/w photos, map....
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£12.14
The Andes Are Prickly: Travels in Peru with the Scottish Andean Expedition
by Slesser, Malcolm
Gollancz, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. signed and inscribed by author. London: Gollancz 1966, first edition. VG hardback in a VG price-clipped dust jacket. Price written on corner of first free endpaper. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 254 pp. Attempt on the unscaled east face of Yerupaja. Inscribed & signed by Slesser on the title page.
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£40.46
Mountaineering in the Andes: A Sourcebook for Climbers
by Neate, Jill
Expedition Advisory Centre, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. signed by author. London: Expedition Advisory Centre 1987, first edition. Plastic comb-bound paper covers in VG condition; tiny ripples to part of bottom edge of last few pages (doesn't appear to be from moisture). 8.5 x 11.75 in., 274 pp. This is the first edition of Neate's compendium of ascents & expeditions in the Andes of South America. Signed by Neate on the title page.
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£60.70
THE ASCENT OF YERUPAJA
by Sack, John
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Printing of First UK Edition. Original blue boards with red lettering spine. Fading spine, slight age browning to pages, no foxing, no previous owner names or writing on any pages, sold binding. The book measures 20cm tall x 13cm and has 191 pages, 15 b/w photos, map. First ascent of the highest peak (6617m, via W Face & S Ridge) in Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru by a group of Harvard (& 2 Stanford) students that...
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£8.09
My Life: Eiger North Face, Grandes Jorasses, & Other Adventures -- FIRST EDITION WITH REAL SIGNED PHOTO
by Heckmair, Anderl
FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Included with the book is a loose (not attached in any way) b/w photographic portrait of Heckmair tipped onto thin card hand-signed by Anderl Heckmair. This is a real gelatin silver emulsion photograph (not a modern printed copy) produced directly from a film negative image on photographic paper. The book has no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, is clean, tight binding (probably never read), no foxing. The dust jacket is...
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£190.19
Uncle Alec And The Grahams Of Franz Josef -- FIRST EDITION
by Graham, Alec & Jim Wilson
Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe, 1983. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original orange boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding, never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, very minor rubbing top front (from shifting inside publisher's shipping box of 20 copies), no...
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£20.23
Running The Amazon -- 1989 FIRST EDITION
by Joe Kane
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1989 FIRST EDITION. Original gray boards with black cloth spine lettered in red gilt. The book is in excellent condition with clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket has no loss or tears but has fading to spine. The book measures 242mm tall x 165mm, and has 277 + [3] pages, 35 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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£8.09
Devil Mountain -- 1942 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition
by Dennison, L. R
New York: Hastings House, 1942. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1942 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original green cloth with brown decoration front cover, brown lettering spine. Sunning to spine,rubbed corner tips and spine ends, generally clean, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, complete with all pages and photos. The book measures 213mm tall x 143mm and has 271 pages, 26 b/w photos, EP map. Prospecting around Mt Auyan-Tepui...
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£101.16
Vertical Pleasure The Secret Life Of A Taxman -- FIRST EDITION
by Fowler, Mick
Seattle: Cloudcap, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original maroon boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in as new condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no rubbing, no foxing, clean, tight binding -- never used. The dust jacket is in new condition with no tears, no chips, no soiling, no fading, original price still present on flap. This book was acquired directly from the publisher and kept in climate...
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£36.42
Rondoy: An Expedition to the Peruvian Andes
by Wall, David
John Murray, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. London: John Murray 1965, first edition, first printing. Fine hardback in a VG unclipped dust jacket; plastic lamination on jacket is pulling near spine. 5.75 x 8.75 in.,176 pp. Climb of Rondoy in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru. Two climbers on the expedition died.
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£9.71
Pure and Perpetual Snow: Two Climbs in the Andes of Peru
by Mazel, David
FreeSolo Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Alamosa, CO: FreeSolo Press 1987, first edition, first printing. Trade paperback in VG+ condition; appears unread. 5.25 x 8 in., 136 pp. Guided climbs on Alpamayo & Ausangate.
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£12.14
A Search for the Apex of America
by Peck, Annie S
Dodd, Mead, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Dodd, Mead 1911, first edition. VG decorated cloth; wear to extremities, top of spine slightly frayed, two moisture spots on spine, previous owner's name to front pastedown, mild fading to gilt on spine. Gilt decoration on front remains strong. No dust jacket. 6 x 9 in., 370 pp. Peck climbed for several years before she turned her attention to South America. She sought a summit higher than Aconcagua, and thought she had...
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£263.02
Tiquimani
by Griffin, Margaret
Kosmo Publishing, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Stellenbosch, South Africa: Kosmo Publishing 1965, first edition. VG+ hardback in a VG unclipped dust jacket. Offsetting to the map endpapers (apparently common with this book). Jacket shows mild edge wear, no chips or tears. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 164 pp. Account of 1963 South African expedition to the Cordillera Real of Bolivia.
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£101.16
White Mountain And Tawny Plain -- ADVANCE PROOF COPY of FIRST UK EDITION
by Hauser, Günter
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1961. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. ADVANCE PROOF COPY of the first UK edition. Original plain grey wrappers with publisher's proof stamp in black on front cover and simple typed title label on front. Original advance dust jacket slightly trimmed precisely to fit the proof copy. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, clean, tight binding. The dust jacket is quite nice but has...
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£24.28
Through These Gates: Linwood Park
by Boas, Karen & Ray
Linwood Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No dust jacket. Haddonfield, NJ: Linwood Press 1984, first edition. Dark green cloth in fine condition. No dust jacket as issued. 8.5 x 11.25 in., 203 pp. History of church camp on Lake Erie.
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£20.23
Cordillera Huayhuash Perú
by Kinzl, Hans
Verlag Tiroler Graphik, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Innsbruck: Verlag Tiroler Graphik 1954, first edition. VG+ paper-covered boards with green cloth spine; gilt is bright. Dust jacket is also VG+; no chips or tears, mild wear to extremities. There is a letter, in German, affixed to the back of the frontis page. It is dated 1978 and makes reference to Professor Kinzl. 8.25 x 10.75 in., XLII pp. of text + approx. 70 pp. of photos. Text in German, English & Spanish. The...
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£84.98
Charles Darwin 1809-1882 A Centennial Commemorative -- NEW in publisher's packing
by Darwin, Charles
Wellington: Nova Pacifica, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. 1982 FIRST EDITION deluxe binding in publisher's slipcase. New condition, straight from publisher's shipping box (still present), kept in climate controlled storage for years. Never used. With publisher's original packing & shipping review/delivery confirmation slip. No fading, no wear, no foxing, no owner marks, no bumps. New condition. Big volume: the book measures 320mm tall x 248mm and has...
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£283.26
Mountaineering in the Andes: A Sourcebook for Climbers
by Neate, Jill
Royal Geographic Society, 1994. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. London: Royal Geographic Society 1994, 2nd edition. Trade paperback in VG condition; slight curl to corner of cover. 6 x 9 in., 256 pp. An amazing compendium of data about the Andes range, from Vanezuela to Tierra del Fuego: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Cordillera Blanca, Cordillera Huayhuash, Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cordillera Occidental, Ojos del Salado, Sarmiento, etc.
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£20.23
Yuraq Janka Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko Peru -- FIRST EDITION in NEW condition
by Ricker, John F
New York: American Alpine Club, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original glossy pictorial paperback. New condition purchased directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. In publisher's original shrink-wrap with the four (on two sheets) folded loose maps under the shrink-wrap. The book measures 228mm tall x 152mm, and has 180 pages, several b/w photos, 4 large folding maps on 2 sheets of paper (loose as issued)....
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£24.28
Parque Nacional Huascaran Ancash-Peru
by Bartle, Jim
Nuevas Imágenes S.A., 1993. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. Lima: Nuevas Imágenes S.A. 1993, 3rd printing. VG- oblong stapled wraps. 11 x 8.5 in., 40 pp. Excellent photography of the immense mountains of Huascaran National Park in Peru.
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£12.14
Clawing for the Stars: A Solo Climber in the Highest Andes
by Villarreal, Bob
Abbott Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press 2014, first printing. Fine/Fine. 6.25 x 9.5 in., 294 pp. Trekking and climbing in the Andes.
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£16.19
