Search Results: Titles starting with W from JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS

Wien: Osterreichischer Bundesverlag, 1958. Second Printing (same as first) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. LACKING the dust jacket. The book is in very good condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, some foxing to top edge of page block, outside cover corner tips bruised but no broken, slight bump lower edge rear cover, very minor cover soiling, tight and solid binding. This second printing is the same as the first printing in every way except for the printed indication "2. Auflage" on the title page. The book measures 208mm tall x 137mm, and has 224 pages, 12 b/w photos, EP maps. Author made the first ascent of Gasherbrum II. The first 90 pages in thhis book are on the Gasherbrum II expedition. The last 130 pages are on his travels in East Africa including a climb of Kilimanjaro & a visit to Mt Kenya. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. N. C. Wyeth. NO INDICATION OF EDITION OR PRINTING. DATED MCMXXVIII ON TITLE PAGE WITH COPYRIGHT 1920 ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. 24cm tall, 413 pages, several full-page color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, illustrated EPs. Very good condition: previous owner name penned to FFEP & same name rubber stamped on short title page, no other writing or marks on pages, tight binding, no foxing, slight scuffing to cover illustration. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERD.

Seattle: Reynard House, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Near fine dust jacket with 1cm clean tear upper rear. The book has minor fading at top of spine, is clean, has no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, basically fine condition. The book measures 234mm tall x 150mm, and has 310 pages, 9 peak sketches (several with routes indicated), 1 chart, 2 sketches. Climbs of Broad Pk, Kanchenjunga (with Boardman, Tasker, Scott), Kusum, Kanqura, Everest attempt, Nuptse. Bettembourg was a rising star among Himalayan climbers, tragically killed in the summer of 1983 while crystal hunting on the Contamine Spur of the North Face of the Aiguille Verte when, during the last rappel off the route, a large slab detached 400 meters above, knocking him and another off the mountain, witnessed by a fellow guide and client who were climbing with them. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Auckland: Collins, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. James Siers. 1984 FIRST EDITIOIN. Original green boards with gilt lettering spine.The book has rubbing (= loss of color) along bottom edges of the covers, clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dusk jacket has curling along edges, general light rubbing. The book measures 250mm tall x 270mm, and has 162 pages, many color photos on 96 pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: David McKay Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1959. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. Clean covers, a few very tiny foxing spots cover edges, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has slight tanning to spine, some crinkling near top of spine, price-clipped flap corner. The book measures 210mm tall x 143mm and has 253 pages, 25 b/w photos, EP maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Edinburgh: Oliver And Boyd, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with a tiny bit of rubbing to corner tips and spine corners, clean, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, faint small spot on title page (see photo), tight binding, no foxing. The dust jacket is in very worn, poor condition (see photo). The book measures 234m tall x 163mm, and has 271 pages, 33 b/w photos, 12 sketch maps, index. Author describes main Alpine areas of the Swiss, Italian, & Austrian Alps. Gives in detail hiking routes around each group & includes higher routes above snowline for moderate climbers. Descriptions of topography, geography, etc. Much practical information. The photos are outstanding, comparable to those by Roch.

Edinburgh: Oliver And Boyd, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book has some light soiling lower cover edges, some loss along the bottom edge of the blank FFEP, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Chatto And Windus, 1881. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1881 UK Hardcover reprint. Original maroon cloth, illustration front to spine in black, gilt lettering spine, original black coated EPs. Generally clean covers, light rubbing to tips of corners, fading to spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, minor foxing on first and last page otherwise almost no foxing, solid binding, rear EP cracked but holding strong. The book measures 195mm tall x 138mm and has 256 pages, b/w frontispiece illustration, title page illustration, 1 additional full-page illustration, 5 in-text illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: L. Upcott Gill, 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1896 FIRST EDITION. Original light blue cloth with color decorated front, gilt lettering spine. The book is in excellent condition with bright clean covers, slight fading to spine, tight binding, original pattern decorated EPs, no foxing, old owner name penned to top of title page otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, slight tanning to page margins. The book measures 175mm tall x 117mm and has 172 pages + 16 pages of ads, 10 maps (two are folding), index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1981. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue boards, gilt lettering spine. Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight bihnding, no foxing, like new. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears and no chips. This book measures 222mm tall x 135mm, and has 271 pages, 36 b/w photos, index. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING. Original blue boards, gilt lettering spine. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket that is 100% complete, clean, no tears, no chips. This book measures 222mm tall x 135mm, and has 271 pages, 36 b/w photos, index. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna.

Bellows Falls Vermont: Western Ski Annual Publishing Company, 1940. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original pictorial wrappers. Light cover wear, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, light rubbing spine corners, generally nice condition. Very uncommon ski periodical. Schwartz notes in his bibliography of skiing literature that only two issues were produced. Production stopped due to WWII and it was never resumed. Lots of content on early downhill skiing in the Sierra Nevada when resorts and lifts were still in the planning stages. The book measures 227mm tall x 152mm, and has 168 pages + many pages of ads (not numbered), many b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original navy cloth, gilt decoration cover, gilt lettering spine. The covers have some tiny spotting, smudge mark lower front cover, usual browning of EPs, foxing in margins of some pages at front and rear, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tide-line on frontispiece which seems to be a common condition for this book, rear EP hinge repaired with binder's cloth tape, no other restorations. The book measures 258mm tall x 153mm, and has 376 pages, 175 b/w photos, 4 maps, 1 chart, index. Exploration Tibet and then in Garhwal and Ladakh in 1905 with Longstaff in the vicinity of Mt Kailas. Longstaff made a serious attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata reaching 7000m. Just prior to joining Sherring (but described here by Sherring & with good photos from Longstaff) he also attempted the East Peak of Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot, and was the first to view the Inner Sanctuary after… Read More

Mystic Connecticut: Department of Education Mystic Seaport, 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. James Siers. Likely first edition, not dated but likely 1940s or 50s. Original light gray wrappers with black lettering and illustration covers.The book has slight fading near spine, old owner gift inscription top of front cover otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding.The book measures 222mm tall x 152mm, and has 12 pages, black illustrations on every page. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by Bellany on the blank FFEP. The book has clean covers, no rubbing, small stain lower gutter of FFEP and similar one at rear, much smaller stain in same corner of first 3 and last 3 pages, previous owner name and address penned to front pastedown, no other marks on pages, no writing or underlining, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket has three 3cm tears, one 2cm tear. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Santa Monica: Adelie Books, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Original quarter violet-blue cloth, boards covered with handmade, green-gray, buff, and violet marbled paper, printed paper spine label, all acid-free materials. Flawless new condition (all copies issued without dust-wrapper). The book measures 268mm tall x 192mm and has xi + 24 pages, 1 color plate & 2 photographs, bibliography. From promotion for the book: "Most Antarctic polar buffs are familiar with the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 under the leadership of Otto Nordenskjöld, but because all of the primary sources are in Spanish and Swedish few are familiar with the interesting homeward-bound journey aboard the Argentinean relief vessel Uruguay. The ship was severely damaged in a storm north of the South Shetland Islands, and just what transpired between the Argentinean and Swedish staffs became a matter of intriguing controversy and… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing PROOF COPY of 1963 UK FIRST EDITION. Original yellow wrappers with red lettering front. Original dust jacket has curling and wear where it overlaps the book covers, large tear lower spine. The book has crease marks spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book measures 235mm tall x 168mm and has 292 pages, 29 color and 163 b/w photos, index. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Aperture, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original grey boards with blue cloth spine, gilt lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no fading, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, no fading, clean. The book measures 295mm tall x 245mm wide, and has 144 pages, 111 color photos, 13 maps, bibliography. Describes personal experiences on 12 treks: Karakoram trek to K2, Everest Kangshung trek, trek to Minya Konka, Chomolhare trek in Bhutan, around Annapurna, Kanjiroba trek, Trans-Himala y a trek, Kishtwar to Zanskar trek, Cordillera Blanca traverse, Inca Highlands trail (Peru), trekking in Patagonia, Kilimanjaro trek & climb. Includes planning info, logistics, additional sources, tra ns portation, supplies info, etc. Very well done. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED

New York: Reynal And Company, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1956 FIRST EDITION. Original green cloth with dark red lettering front and spine. The book has clean covers with no fading, minor bump lower front corner, minor bump lower outside front corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tiny fore-edge foxing spots but no foxing on page faces, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss at spine corners, 25mm tear lower front, 5mm tiny tears top edge rear cover, original printed price present on flap corner. The book measures 221mm tall x 139mm, and has 256 pages, 24 b/w photos, 2 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hutchinson, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. SIGNED by author on title page. Original black boards with gilt lettering spine. Book measures 24cm tall x 15cm, and has 192 pages, bibliography. BOOK CONDITION: top front outside corner has a bump, otherwise book is in new unread condition. DUST JACKET CONDITION: very minor tiny 5mm spot at edge of front flap fold, otherwise new condition and 100% complete.