Search Results: Authors starting with S from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

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. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

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 included George Bell. Summit team had accident on descent, injuries, forced bivi, survival. Accurate description of broken promises & treachery by locals who had been hired to help in the evacuation. One member lost all of his toes to frostbite. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New Dehli: Cosmo, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition but has some minor puckering to spine cloth (common for books published in India), tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing. The original dust jacket is in fine condition. The book measures 217mm tall x 142mm, and has 452 pages, 35 b/w photos, 3 maps, glossary, index. FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE CONTENTS SEE THE PHOTOS OF THE DJ FLAP AND THE TABLE OF CONTENT WITH THIS LISTING. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Ross-on-Wye: Carreg, 2004. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST UK Edition. TEXT IN ENGLISH. Flawless condition in flawless dust wrapper. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Obtained directly from the publisher with no former owners. Original navy hardcover, silver lettering spine. Book measures 232mm tall x 15cm, and has 208 pages, 49 color & 18 b/w photos, list of Broad Peak summiters. Superb account of the 1957 Broad Peak expedition that accomplished the first ascent. Prior to this book, the firsthand accounts in english have been only those by Kurt Diemberger who launched his career with the story of this expedition. Over the years, Diemberger has carefully managed his version of the trip. Finally, this book gives voice to the accounts by the other members (the leader Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Winterstellar, and the liaison officer Qader Saeed), and they don't always paint the romantic vision recounted by Diemberger. Along with the… Read More

London: Johnathan Cape, 1996. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of First Edition. This book has been SIGNED by Audrey Salkeld on the title page. The book is in fine NEW condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, clean pages, no crease marks, no foxing. Original dust jacket is in fine NEW condition: no tears, no rubbing, no chips, complete with unclipped flap corners, clean. Book measures 24cm tall x 15cm, and has 312 pages, 30 b/w photos, many references, biblio, index. This hardcover first printing is one of the scarcest of the Boardman-Tasker Book Award winner books. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1924 First UK Edition. Original dark navy cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has rubbed corners, 4cm split to upper outside front hinge (but hinge is quite stable and not broken), dulling of spine gilt, no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 206mm tall x 135mm and has 367 pages, 32 b/w photo plates, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original black cloth with greenish globe decoration front covers, gilt lettering front covers & spines. Spines faded with spine lettering darkened and hard to see, wear at corners, some foxing restricted to pages opposite photo plates (nearly all pages have no foxing), old owner bookplate on front pastedown of each volume, no other owner marks or writing on any pages, tight bindings. The books measure 241mm tall x 162mm, and have 387 pages & 437 pages, 25 b/w photos, 4 drawings, 6 maps, index. The author travelled nearly everywhere. This account is a bit eccentric or delusory. The author studied reaction speed of firemen, invented a device for squirting chlorine gas into enemy trenches (WWI), took out patent in 1915 of an armored car and even an airship. Includes his travels in Tibet where he made obviously false climbing claim to have set in 1899 a new… Read More

Englewood Cliffs: Printice-Hall, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Anonymously inscribed and SIGNED by Sayre on the title page "With best regards, Woodrow W. Sayre." Signed first printings of this book are very uncommon. Original greyish light blue cloth with black lettering spine, white mountain decoration front cover. Original dust jacket has some surface flecking at spine ends, some light crinkle marks upper front, 1cm deep chip loss at tip of upper front flap corner, complete with original price present on flap corner. The book is in generally nice condition with clean covers, a bit of browning at spine ends, tiny tight 5mm split in cloth at front joint near top of spine (barely detectable) . Contents are clean and bright, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing (other than Sayre's signature) on any pages, tight binding, EPs not cracked, NOT ex-library, no crease marks on any pages. The book measures 235mm tall x 150m,… Read More

West Hartford: Countryman Press, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Carl Rungius. One of 1275 copies of which 1250 were numbered. This is one of the numbered copies. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated 1946 by Carl Rungius on the blank FFEP and SIGNED by Schaldach, the author, on the same page. Copies signed by Rungius are very uncommon. Very good condition with slight fraying spine ends, usual light browning of pages, very tips lower corners rubbed, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages other than the signed inscription and author signature. Original slipcase has 1cm deep loss of cover paper at spine ends, complete cover labels (front and back) that are not chipped, some splitting along one spine edge but connections holding well. The book measures 318mm tall x 245mm, and has 117 numbered pages of text (illustration leaves are not numbered), b/w sketch of bull moose frontispiece, b/w portrait painting of Rungius, 10 full-page color paintings, 18 b/w in-text illustrations… Read More

London: The Travel Book Club, 1938. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. TRAVEL BOOK CLUB edition 1938. Original beige cloth with green lettering spine. The book has minor soiling covers, slightly faded spine, solid binding, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, complete with all photos and map. The book measures 22cm tall x 14cm, and has 311 pages, 16 b/w photos (including 3-page foldout of author's passport), map, index. Adventures of an American from San Francisco who made three journeys to Tibet between 1912, 1918, and 1924, disguised as a beggar. Most notable was his lone trek from Sakar to Nepal then to Gyangtse. Same format/contents as 1st edition but different binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Kenan Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket has a 1cm tear lower front flap fold with some tape on the backside, rubbed spine ends. The book has 252 pages and a few maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINITNG of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, clean. The book measures 229mm tall x 155mm, and has 302 pages, 49 color photos, 6 maps (including EP map). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: L. B. Tauris, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no chips, no tears, complete. The book measures 237mm tall x 157mm, and has 354 pages, 10 maps, biblio, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, solid binding, no rubbing. The dust jacket is in nice condition with no tears and no chips. The book has 599 pages and several b/w photo portraits. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hopkinson, 1936. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with slight darkening to spine, no previous owner marks or writing on pages, minor foxing on title page and two preliminary pages (other pages have no foxing), solid & tight binding, folding map at rear has two small brown spots (see photo) & map pocket has a tissue repaired tear. The uncommon original dust jacket has tiny loss at spine ends and corner tips, 2cm tear upper front, 4cm tear lower front flap crease with some browning along the tear, 3cm tear upper rear, 15mm & 10mm tear lower rear. The book measures 222mm tall x 14mm, and has 244 pages, 24 b/w photos, glossary of place-names, large folding color map in rear pocket, index, errata slip on page 236. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: iUniverse Inc., 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First printing of first edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on short title page, 8vo PB (no hardcover issued), 23cm tall x 152mm, 283pp, 34 b/w photos, biblio. Biography of Kraus. He was born in Trieste in 1905 and lived and climbed in Europe, mainly the Austrian Alps, until he fled the Nazis and came to the USA in 1938. He lived in New York and was one of the major pioneering climbers of the Shawangunks. Kraus was also a successful physician who did pioneering work in muscles and fitness. He was President John F. Kennedy's back doctor. glossy pictorial paperback. signed by author on title page. Fine

St Louis: J. W. Henry, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1893 St Louis Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering front cover & spine, original pattern decorated EPs. Generally clean covers, slight darkening to spine, minor edge rubbing (not through cloth), EPs are not cracked, solid binding, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 235mm tall x 165mm, and has 418 pages, 71 b/w illustrations, 1 map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1984. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1984 FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original gray hardcover with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, clean, no fading, original printed price still present on corner of front flap, 100% complete. The book measures 24cm tall x 155mm, and has 322 pages, 58 b\w photos, 7 maps, 5 appendices, 5 mini appendices, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1992. First Softcover Edition . Durable Pictorial Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. SIGNED by Doug Scott on the first page. Original glossy pictorial soft cover (same size, format and contents as the hardcover version). CONDITION is very nice: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than Scott's signature), no creased pages, no soiling, tight binding, clean, probably unread. Book measures 310mm tall x 238mm and has 192 pages, 457 color photos (count may be off by 2 or 3), climbing record. Scott's climbing autobiography covering his climbs in Asia, Africa (lots on Mt Kenya), N America (El Cap, Waddington, Mt Colonel Foster on Vancouver Island, McKinley, Baffin Island), Norway, all over the world. Scott had been on 26 expeditions to Himalaya by time of this book. PHOTOS are of the actual book being offered (not stock photos). ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: please ask in advance of ordering for postage cost, since the size of this book requires… Read More

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1993. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). 1st Printing Revised SECOND EDITION 1993. Original glossy pictorial softcover. Signed by Secor on the short-title page, otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, clean covers, , solid binding, no foxing, complete with all photos and pages. The book measures 210mm tall x 135mm, and has 139 + [4] pages, many b/w photos, several maps, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.