Search Results: Authors starting with S from Glacier Books

Methuen & Co., 1926. 1926 Second Edition. hardcover. xv, 207pp, 12 illusts, original maroon cloth, sunning to spine, heavy foreedge foxing, moderate foxing throughout, VG-, no dustwrapper.. An early comprehensive study of this mountain area, its villages, inhabitants, culture, flora, geology and climbing. The First Edition was just titled 'The Dolomites'.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Methuen & Co., 1926. 1926 Second Edition. hardcover. xv, 207pp, 12 illusts, original maroon cloth, sunning to spine, VG-, no dustwrapper.. An early comprehensive study of this mountain area, its villages, inhabitants, culture, flora, geology and climbing. The First Edition was just titled 'The Dolomites'.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Methuen & Co., 1910. 1910 First Edition. hardcover. xi, 305pp, 16 coloured illusts by Harry Rountree, original decorative cloth, some soiling and discolouration to boards, foxing to endpapers and first few pages, large corner clip to front endpaper, Good only.. An early comprehensive study of this mountain area, its villages, inhabitants, culture, flora, geology and climbing.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Oxford University Press, 1971. 1971 First Edition. paperback. 343pp, paperback, folding panoramas, owner's signature, VG. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Oxford University Press, 1975. 1975 First Edition. paperback. 248pp, paperback, some creasing to cover, Good+.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Snowfinch Publishing, 2012. 2012 First Edition. hardcover. 248pp, 240 colour photos, 25 archival black & white images, 21 route maps, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Richard Sale.. This new book looks at the development of climbing on the world’s highest mountains – the 14 whose summits stand above the 8000 metre contour. Though concentrating on the new millennium, from 2000 to 2011, with an epilogue on 2011, the book also covers the first ascent of the mountains, and the new routes climbed between the first ascent and 1999. A sequel to On Top of the World, published in 2000 which dealt with the discovery and early climbing history of the mountains, the book also uses new material which has come to light over the last decade to re-appraise the first ascents on Annapurna, Broad Peak and K2. Illustrated with stunning images for the new routes established during the new millennium, the book also includes archival shots from the early history of the mountains. These archival shots… Read More

Snowfinch Publishing, 2012. 2012 First Edition. hardcover. 248pp, 240 colour photos, 25 archival black & white images, 21 route maps, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Richard Sale.. This new book looks at the development of climbing on the world’s highest mountains – the 14 whose summits stand above the 8000 metre contour. Though concentrating on the new millennium, from 2000 to 2011, with an epilogue on 2011, the book also covers the first ascent of the mountains, and the new routes climbed between the first ascent and 1999. A sequel to On Top of the World, published in 2000 which dealt with the discovery and early climbing history of the mountains, the book also uses new material which has come to light over the last decade to re-appraise the first ascents on Annapurna, Broad Peak and K2. Illustrated with stunning images for the new routes established during the new millennium, the book also includes archival shots from the early history of the mountains. These archival shots… Read More

Haskins Press, 1975. 1975 Limited Edition. hardcover. unpaginated, Limited Edition, No.733 of 1500 copies, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed by Sam Haskins, the author. The very scarce signed Limited Edition.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Haskins Press, 1975. 1975 Limited Edition. hardcover. unpaginated, Limited Edition, No.604 of 1500 copies, Fine in VG+ dw with slight sunning to front, signed by Sam Haskins. A lovely copy throughout. The very scarce signed Limited Edition.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Haskins Press, 1975. 1975 Limited Edition. hardcover. unpaginated, Limited Edition, No.710 of 1500 copies, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Sam Haskins, and also with an inscription to Sui by the author. A lovely copy throughout. The very scarce signed Limited Edition. Still with its original cardboard box.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Alta House, 1986. 1986 First Edition. hardcover. 104pp, original light blue cloth, Fine in near Fine dw. The first edition in English of the original French title Samivel des Cimes. With a foreword by Yvon Chouinard. A beautiful book of amusing illustrations. A lovely copy.. Samivel is the pen name of Paul Gayet-Tancrède, a graphic artist, a name he took from a reading of his childhood, Les Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick by Charles Dickens. He first became known for his drawings, watercolours and illustrations of magazines, books and albums devoted to the mountains, because he was a fan of Alpine sports from his youth, and climbed extensively in the Mont Blanc massif and in particular around Les Contamines, his climbs number in the hundreds.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Arthaud, 1986. 1986 First Edition. hardcover. 211pp, VG in VG dw. Photographs by S. Norande. Text in French. Samivel is the pen name of Paul Gayet-Tancrède, a graphic artist, a name he took from a reading of his childhood, Les Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick by Charles Dickens. He first became known for his drawings, watercolours and illustrations of magazines, books and albums devoted to the mountains, because he was a fan of Alpine sports from his youth, and climbed extensively in the Mont Blanc massif and in particular around Les Contamines, his climbs number in the hundreds.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Librairie Delagrave, Paris, 1948. 1948. hardcover. 63pp, original paper wraps, some light soiling to cover, VG. With an introduction by Guido Rey, 80 amusing illustrations by Samivel.. Samivel is the pen name of Paul Gayet-Tancrède, a name he took from a reading of his childhood, Les Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick by Charles Dickens. He first became known for his drawings, watercolours and illustrations of magazines, books and albums devoted to the mountains, because he was a fan of Alpine sports from his youth, and climbed extensively in the Mont Blanc massif and in particular around Les Contamines, his climbs number in the hundreds.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Jonathan Cape, 1931. 1931 rep. hardcover. 335pp, sunning to spine, VG. With numerous illustrations in the text.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1876. 1876 First Edition. hardcover. 144pp, darkening to spine, spine label faded, very slight loosening of front hinge, VG. A scarce title in First Edition.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. 1905 First Edition. hardcover. xxiv, 420pp, original red highly decorative cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original relaid, new endpapers, some sunning to boards, VG. A strong secure copy.. A journey across Siberia and the pioneering winter exploration of the Altai Mountains, the highest mountains of Siberia.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

T.Fisher Unwin, 1913. 1913 2nd Imp. hardcover. 283pp, original black cloth, spine lettering dull, a few blemishes to boards, light foreedge foxing, occasional foxing elsewhere, some cracking to rear endpaper but secure, near VG, signed dedication dated 1920 by Samuel Turner on the front endpaper. A scarce signed copy.. Turner was a mountaineer whose travels included Siberia, South America and New Zealand. He was known for his bombastic style which tends to detract from his not inconsiderable achievements.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Longman, 1979. 1979 9th Edition. hardcover. 510pp, Fine in near Fine dw.. Comprehensive dictionary of biological terms.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

George Bell & Sons, 1896. 1896 Second Edition. hardcover. 1vii, 76pp, illusts, map, original burgundy decorative cloth, small Harrods circulating library label on rear endpaper, rubbing to edge of spine and extremities, lean to spine, Good+.. An account of ascents of the Croda di Lago, the Little & Great Zinnen, the Cinque Torri, the Funffingerspitze and the Langkofel.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

The Ernest Press, 1994. 1994 First Edition. paperback. 126pp, owner's signature, VG+, softback. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.