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Climbers Guide to Ben Nevis
by S.M.C
Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1969. 1st ed new series G no dw pictorial cover. small format guide to rock climbing on Ben Nevis [Neate Q348]
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£5.00
High Endeavours: Life & Legend of Robin Smith
by Cruickshank, Jimmy
Canongate, 2005. 1st ed Fine in VG dw. biography of Smith who would probably have gone on to be one of Scotland's greatest climbers if he had not died so young, in the Pamirs aged just 23
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£25.00
Long Days in Lakeland
by Turnbull, Ronald
Grey Stone Books, 1998. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a selection of long walking and scrambling routes including traverses of the Lake District, the Bob Graham Round, the Scafell Scramble Circuit, expect what it says, these are long days!
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£10.00
The Mountain Men
by Hankinson, Alan
Heinemann, 1977. 1st ed VG in VG dw. covers the history of rock climbing in North Wales from about 1800 to 1914 [Neate H24]
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£20.00
100 years of Rock Climbing in the Lake District: Fell and Rock Journal 1986
by edited by A. G. Cram
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.
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£16.19
Climber's Choice
by Ament, Patrick (ed)
Ragged Mountain Press, 2002. 1st ed VG in VG dw. 23 of the best climbing writers present the choice of their work; includes contributions from Bonington, Simpson, Venables, Webster, Pritchard, Robbins, Long, Ament, Gill, Pratt, Bonatti, Diemberger and more, this anthology includes trips to Yosemite, Karakoram, Himalaya, Patagonia
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£9.00
If You Fall.... It's a New Beginning
by Darke, Karen
O Books, 2006. 1st ed VG+ pb signed by Karen Darke. Yes. account of her life before and more importantly after the fall that left her paralysed and in a wheelchair, signed by Karen Darke
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£7.50
Cross Country Skiing In Yosemite -- 1985 FIRST EDITION
by Messick, Tim
Denver: Chockstone Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1985 FIRST EDITION. Original glossy pictorial paperback. The book is in fine, unused condition. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no rubbing, no loss, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 229mm tall x 152mm and has 65 + [3] pages, several b/w photos, several topos and diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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£16.19
Rock Climbing In Wales -- Second Edition
by James, Ron
London: Constable, 1975. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering spine. Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, very clean covers, clean pages, no crease marks, a few tiny foxing spots on top edge of text block. Original dust wrapper is in nice condition with no chips, no tears, front flap has clipped corner.
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£16.19
Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa
by Burhardt, Majka
Shama Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. signed by author. Addis Ababa: Shama Books 2007, first edition, first printing. Pictorial hardback in VG- condition; bumped corners, penciled price on endpaper. No dust jacket. 8.75 x 13.25 in., 148 pp. Team of 4 women put up rock climbs in Ethiopia. Signed by author Burhardt on the title page.
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£28.33
Scottish Climbs '1' & '2' (two volumes)
by MacInnes, Hamish
Constable, 1976 & 1976. (Vol 1) 2nd ed VG in G+ dw as spine badly faded by sun: (Vol 2) 2nd ed VG in VG dw. two volumes, small format climbing guides (224 & 250 pages) for both summer and winter, to the Scottish peaks [Neate Q338]
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£15.00
Lakeland's Greatest Pioneers: 100 Years of Rock Climbing
by Birkett, Bill
Robert Hale, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. London: Robert Hale 1983, first edition. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. 5.75 x 8.75 in., 192 pp. History of rock climbing in the Lakeland region of Great Britain, where the sport of rock climbing was 'invented'.
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£16.19
Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals
by Skinner, Todd
Portfolio, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. signed by author. NY: Portfolio 2003, first edition, first printing. Near fine hardback in a fine dust jacket. 6.25 x 9.25 in., 194 pp. Skinner was a rock climber who specialized in freeing previously aided routes, including the Salathe Wall in Yosemite. He died in 2006 from a fall while rappelling on the Leaning Tower in Yosemite. This copy signed by Skinner on the short title page.
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£24.28
Downward Bound: A Mad! Guide to Rock Climbing
by Harding, Warren
Prentice-Hall, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1975, first edition, first printing. VG/VG-. Darkening to endpapers, especially at the gutter (from binder's glue). Unclipped dust jacket has 2 small tears at top, small chip at bottom of spine & a 1.5"" tear bottom front. 5.25 x 8.5 in., 204 pp. Hilarious send-up of the Yosemite climbing scene of the 60s & 70s.
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£101.19
Oread Mountaineering Club 50th Anniversary Journal
by Oread Mountaineering Club (ed H. Pretty)
1st ed VG in VG dw signed by Harry Pretty, the editor,
nicely produced hardback celebrating the club's first 50 years, extracts from their journals from 1949 to 1999, well illustrated with b&w and colour photos and some line drawings, signed by the editor, Harry Pretty
nicely produced hardback celebrating the club's first 50 years, extracts from their journals from 1949 to 1999, well illustrated with b&w and colour photos and some line drawings, signed by the editor, Harry Pretty
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£20.00
Tower Peak. The Largest Roadless Area In California. High Sierra Hiking Guide. -- 1975 FIRST EDITION
by Fawcett, Ken
Berkeley: Wilderness Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 1975 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original khaki green paperback with black lettering front and spine. The book has a 15mm tear lower front, 6cm x 1cm loss lower rear corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. Complete with large folding map at end. The book measures 152mm tall x 107mm and has 90 pages, several b/w photos, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING...
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£40.48
Classic Mountain Scrambles in Scotland
by Dempster, Andrew
Mainstream Publishing, 1992. 1st ed VG+ no dw pictorial cover. 50 scrambles from The Cobbler in the south through to Skye
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£10.00
The First Fifty Years of the BMC
by Milburn, Geoff & Walker, Derek & Wilson, Ken
BMC, 1997. 1st ed VG- (as inscription of Bridlington Walking & Climbing Club inside and "BWCC" in felt tip on front edge of pages) in VG dw, (no 310 of 500 limited edition) signed by John Hunt, George Band, Chris Bonington & Joe Brown. Yes. a political history of the British Mountaineering Council, signed by John Hunt, George Band, Chris Bonington & Joe Brown
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£40.00
Climbing with Angels and Ghosts
by Grant, Frank J
Cherry Tree Publications, 2008. 1st ed VG pb. mainly accounts of his rock climbing throughout the UK, much of it solo, also a trek to climb Island Peak in Nepal
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£6.00
Cascade Alpine Guide. Climbing And High Routes. Columbia River To Stevens Pass --- 1987 Second Edition expanded and revised
by Beckey, Fred
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1987. 2nd Edition . Thick Flexible Textured Wraps. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 1987 Second Edition (expanded and revised) of this series of guidebooks on the Cascades. Bright & clean, crease mark spine cover, no previous owner marks on any pages, no foxing, clean inside and outside, probably rarely used book. Original textured light beige durable wrappers, black lettering front cover & spine, 327 pages, many b/w photos, several maps and route diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE...
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£20.24
The Totem Pole
by Pritchard, Paul
Constable, 1999 reprint. 1st ed reprint VG in VG dw. after winning the Boardman-Tasker Award for "Deep Play" Pritchard used the prize money to fund a climbing trip around the world. This is the story of how he was injured, hit by a falling boulder while climbing on a sea-stack off Tasmania, and his fight to recover
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£15.00
Menlove
by Perrin, Jim
Gollancz, 1985. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. biography of a leading British climber from between the wars, he was also a talented writer [Neate P41]
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£30.00
A Price Guide to Books Concerning British Mountaineers and Mountaineering in the British Isles 1781-1999
by Palmer, Dek
Cheyne Books / Northern Liberties Press, 2000. 1st ed VG pb. 120 page pb, a Price Guide to Books Concerning British Mountaineers and Mountaineering in the British Isles 1781-1999
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£12.00
Everest The Unclimbed Ridge
by Chris Bonington Charles Clarke
First edition. "Whilst we shall never know the last tragic moments of the 1982 British Everest Expedition's final assault, this book records the team's progress to the once Forbidden City of Lhasa, across Tibet and to the unknown North East Ridge. It is the personal story of Chris Bonington, the leader, and Charles Clarke the expedition doctor; redolent in climbing history, it tells of a close-knit team who lost cherished friends."The dustcover is in very good condition, there is minor surface rubbing...
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£12.04
