Search Results: Titles starting with D from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

London: T. AND J. ALLMAN, 1818. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. SECOND EDITION 1818. Early leather spine and corners with marbled boards, marbled EPs. NOT Ex-library. Rubbed spine edges with loss of surface coating, solid binding, foxing on map and on title page, minor foxing on several other pages but most pages have no foxing, complete with map and all text pages, previous owner name penned to first preliminary blank page otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages. From the collection of William E. Davis with his signature and date 1959 on the first blank preliminary page. Copied from the internet: "William E. Davies (1917-1990) was a USGS (United States Geological Survey) geologist, polar explorer, and recipient of the Antarctic Medal from US Congress. His work took him to Greenland, the Appalachian Mountains of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and in Antarctica - where the Davies Escarpment is named after him. He authored more than 200 scientific and research titles." The… Read More

Newton Abbot UK: Readers Union, 1973. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Phoebe Bullock. Readers Union edition printed one year after the first edition, this has same number of pages including same photos, but it is slightly smaller in size. Original black boards, gilt lettering spine. Nice clean condition but has usual age-tanning of pages, and a minor bump on edge of front cover. Original dust wrapper has wear at tips corners plus some old clear tape near middle of rear panel (not holding anything together -- no tears -- looks like it was placed there by accident). Book is SIGNED on title page by Peter Steele. No other previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Book measures 221mm tall x 133mm, and has 222 pages, 32 b/w photos, 3 maps, index. Author was one of the MDs on 1971 International Expedition to Everest (5 Americans, 2 Austrians, 8 Britons, 1 Frenchman, 1 German, 1 Indian, 1 Italian, 2 Japanese, 2 Norwegians, 2 Swiss). He tells of his personal & medical experiences. Among… Read More

london: Heinemann, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Loosely inserted is a postcard from the 1972 European Mt Everest Expedition where Whillans was one of the lead climbers. The card was mailed from Everest Base Camp and is signed by Whillans and 12 other climbers including Hamish MacInnes (renowned Scottish mountaineer & author & ropemate of Whillans), Felix Kuen (hard winter climbs in Alps, 2nd ascent Rupal Face Nanga Parbat), & the expedition leader Karl Herrligkoffer. The book is in nice condition with clean covers that are not spotted (many copies have spotting to covers), no previous owner marks or writing on pages, solid binding, foxing and browning to edges of text-block, faint foxing on a few pages but nearly all pages without foxing. The original dust jacket has minor edge and corner flecking, no chunks missing, no tears, price-clipped flap corner. The Everest expedition postcard has a bump at one corner with a… Read More

Baden-Baden: Verlag fur Technik ubd Hanwerk GmbH, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1988 First Edition. Original paperback with illustrated front cover. The book is in fine condition with very slight corner wear, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing, clean. Text is in multiple languages (but mostly in English). The book measures 230mm tall x 162mm and has 258 pages, many b/w photos, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Darjeeling: Darjeeling Photo Stores, 1972. 1st Edition . Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Presumed first edition, no date [1972], oblong 8vo, 182mm tall x 226mm, not paginated [51 pages], 3 color & 21 tinted photos, folding map. Description of tourist attractions in and around Darjeeling including details for 3 treks. The photos are oddly tinted in blue, green, pink and other colors. Yakushi84 M243 page 274. Original b/w photo illustrated thin card covers with red lettering front. some rubbing spine edges, else VG+. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1947 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. NOTE: This is not the National Travel Club edition. This is the McBride first printing. Original black cloth with red lettering spine. Generally clean covers, some splotchy marks to covers (seems to be common with this book: hard to see but evident under raking light), old owner name penned to FFEP and on verso of same page otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has edge wear, loss at spine ends up to 1cm deep, small loss at tips of flap corners, red spine lettering very faded, original printed price still present at corner of front flap. The book measures 209mm tall x 138mm, and has 266 pages, EP map at front, and 6 b/w photos on rear EP. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1948 FIRST UK EDITION. Original pale blue cloth with black lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has light soiling to covers, minor rubbing to spine ends and very tips of corners, some fore-edge foxing and foxing on first two and last two pages otherwise no foxing on page faces, solid binding, old owner name dated 1948 penned to upper corner of FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 205mm tall x 145mm, and has 255 + [1] pages, EP maps, 6 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Vanguard, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original blue cloth with silver lettering spine. Ex-library with usual library marks and pocket traces on EPs. Tape marks on covers. NO DJ. Solid binding, no writing or marks on pages, no foxing. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Grenoble: The Expedition (printed by Veyret-Picot), 1977. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1977 FIRST EDITION. Original magazine style softcover. TEXT IN FRENCH. The book is in fine, unused condition with no soiling, no tears, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 27cm tall x 21cm, and has 39 + [1] pages, 4 maps, 25 b/w photos, and 4 pages of ads with photos. Account of a French-American expedition that climbed Mt Foraker. The author next joined A Ray Genet Denali climb as a guide and traversed the peak (two pages describing this). Very uncommon Alaska mountaineering item. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1930. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Early Burt reprint of the first edition. The book has 296 pages and measures 194mm tall x 131mm. The book has rubbing at corners, wrinkle on spine, old owner address label pasted to corner of front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is in quite nice condition with minor edge rubbing, no tears. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Glendale: La Siesta Press, 1964. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 1964 FIRST EDITION (first printing) with typed letter pertaining to the book SIGNED by Wheelock. Original lightly textured yellow stiff wrappers with brown lettering and illustration front cover, publisher's emblem in brown rear cover. The covers have minor pattern fading, old owner's name penned to front cover (recipient of the signed letter), signed letter taped (cello) to inside of front cover at fore-edge (tape has yellowed and stained the underlying paper, no writiing or marks on pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 209mm tall x 140mm, and has 40 pages, 2 b/w photos, 5 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

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 in Venezuela with pilot Jimmy Angel. Describes seeing Angel Falls, highest in the world & ascent to top of Mt Auyan-Tepui in search of gold. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Ex-library bound in heavy black cloth with gilt lettering spine. Library bookplate on front pastedown, library perforated blindstamp on title page and on a couple other pages, no library marks on any of the illustration plates, no underlining or writing on any pages, no foxing, plates are clean and bright, solid binding. Generally nice condition. The book is very large weighing almost 7 pounds and measuring 370mm tall x 295mm. It has 101 pages of text followed by 60 plates (each full page in size with blank versos) of which 40 are in full color. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

München: Nymphenburger, 1971. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. 1971 ERSTAUSGABE. WITH expedition card mailed from Pakistan hand-signed (not printed) by 17 members of the expedition including all 4 summiters: Reinhold Messner (summiter), Günther Messner (summiter), Felix Kuen (summiter), Peter Scholz (summiter), Karl Herrligkoffer (leader), Hans Saler, Günter Kroh, Gerhard Mändl, Michl Anderl, Hermann Kühn, Peter Vogler, Jürgen Winkler, Alice von Hobe, Gerd Baur, Elmar Raab, Wolf Bitterling, Werner Haim. Desirable card because it has been signed by Günther Messner whose signature is a very uncommon. Günther Messner was killed during this expedition in an avalanche after having nearly completed the descent from the summit of Nanga Parbat and after having made the first traverse of Nanga Parbat with Reinhold. The card is in nice condition with minor wear at the corner tips. The name & address of the… Read More

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Beryl "Beasto" Knauth. 1975 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is collectible condition with very clean covers, no rubbing, no fading, usual tanning to EPs and much less than usual tanning to margins of pages, no foxing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding. The dust jacket is in better condition than usual: no fading, no soiling, 15mm clean tear upper front at spine crease, rubbing to spine corners and to very tips of flap corners, complete with original price of $7.95 on front flap corner. Collectible condition. NOTE: the first edition of this book is prone to cracking of the binding if it is opened too widely. The binding is not sewn, and the drying of the glue creates this condition. This example has been carefully examined to see if there is cracking with none being found. There is no cracking of the binding in this example. The book measures 215mm tall x… Read More

Bombay: Orient Longman, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. The book has minor bumping to cover corners, owner name penned to top of front cover and to top of FFEP, bookseller stamp on FFEP, some underlining on 3 pages, new price stamped on copyright page, no other marks or writing, solid binding, no foxing, complete. The book measures tall x 144mm, and has 99 pages, several b/w sketches. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. 247mm tall x 191mm, 232pp, 22 color and about 100 b/w photos, several maps, index. Earliest climbers, prominent climbers, deaths, objective hazards, George Thompson leading climber, safety precautions pertaining to the area. Good thorough treatment. navy boards with white lettering spine. fine DJ (no chips, no tears, clean), Fine with no marks or writing on any pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.