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My Alpine Album: With 47 Reproductions of Photographs by the Author and a Sketch Map
by Smythe, Francis S
London: Adam and Charles Black. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful photos, one to a page, with descriptions opposite of the author's Alpine journeys on skis and as a mountaineer. Further longer text describes various reigions of the Alps. Original publisher's fdc cloth covers with silver spine and cover lettering. The spine is sunned but the silver lettering still legible. There are 4 Christmas stickers in a row on the front end paper, else a nice clean,...
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CA$20.77
The American Alpine Journal 1937 volume 3 number 1
by J. Monroe Thorington (editor)
New York: American Alpine Club, 1937. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1937 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Very uncommon. According to published records, the club had only 236 members in 1937. Original printed wrappers. Exceptional example with clean covers, no tears, sharp corners, tanning to spine, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, complete with all pages & photo plates and maps, solid binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING...
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CA$347.38
The American Alpine Journal 1962 vol 13 no 1
by Carter, H. Adams (editor)
New York: American Alpine Club, 1962. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 1962 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Excellent condition: clean covers, sharp corners, slight tanning to spine but less than usual, no tears, no chips, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, tight binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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CA$62.53
CATALOGUE OF MAPS PUBLISHED BY THE SURVEY OF INDIA -- CORRECTED UP TO 1ST JULY 1924
by Colonel E. A. Tandy (under the direction of)
Calcutta: The Survey Of India, 1924. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Original printed wrappers with red cloth spine. This is the catalogue updated and corrected to July 1924 as printed, but hand updated/corrected in fine red pen to 11 December 1925. The book is large format measuring 332mm tall x 250mm. It has 61 pages and many index maps including two folding ones. One index map shows Mt Everest, Makalu and Gauri Sankar with printed elevations 29002 feet, 27790 feet, and 23440 feet...
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CA$243.16
The Alpine Journal volume LXIX November 1964 - 2 Number 309
by A. D. M. Cox (editor)
London: The Alpine Club, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. The 1964 - 2 issue of the Alpine Journal. Original green cloth covers with gilt lettering front & spine. Minor cover wear, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, complete, no foxing, solid binding. Shipping to UK is $23.50 for one issue, $35.75 for 2 to 4 issues, $58 for 10 issues (prices subject to change depending on what the US Post Office changes). For more than 10 issues, price...
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CA$6.95
VICTORY OVER K2 Second highest peak in the World
by Desio, Ardito
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Poor/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original blue coated boards with white and light blue lettering spine. Ex-library with usual library marks and pocket. The book is very worn around edges, has a 3cm split at top front of spine, has a big part of the title page missing. All pages (other than the missing part of the title page) are present as are all of the photo plates....
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CA$13.90
(Saranac Lake Golf Club) Testimonial Dinner Honoring R.A. “Hike” Tyrell
by Saranac Lake Golf Club
Ray Brook, NY: Saranac Lake Golf Club. 1966 program of a dinner honoring golf pro Hike Tyrell on his 40th anniversary at the club. The event also marked the dedication of a new clubhouse. [12] pp., b&w photos, ads, laid-in list of contributors. Text includes a brief history of Tyrell's time at the club, where he set the course record in 1941 with a 64. Staple-bound paper wraps. VG.
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CA$16.67
Snow on the Hills
by Smythe, Frank
A & C Black Ltd, 1946. 1st ed VG no dw covers a little faded by sun in parts. large format photo-album, The Beauty of Snow & Photographing Snow followed by 47 full page b&w plates with short explanations, includes the Alps, Canadian Rockies, Himalaya [Neate S130]
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CA$43.44
Everest: The Unfinished Adventure.
by Ruttledge, Hugh
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. [xvi],295 pp. + 63 platespp. Small Quarto. Plates from photos (at end), illustrations of expedition party (at front) and 2 folding route maps. Original blue cloth. very good Neate R100. Account of the expedition led by Ruttledge that was hindered by an early monsoon. 1937
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CA$165.00
Split Rock Wildway: Scouting the Adirondack Park's Most Diverse Wildlife Corridor (SIGNED)
by Daviis, John
[Essex, NY]: Essex Editions, (2017.) 1st edition. Signed by the author in black marker. A guide to the diverse wildlife of the hills and waterways that link Lake Champlain with the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. Illustrated by drawings, photos, and a double-page map. Like new with only slight edge wear. (Adirondack Park – Essex County – Ecology and Conservation.)
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CA$20.84
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
by HARRER, Heinrich
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1993. Hardcover. Fine with the maroon cotton sleeve, black cloth ties, and teak boards. Heinrich Harrer. Quarto (9" x 13"), bound in pure Bure white silk imported from India with a Tibetan good luck charm blindstamped in the center of the front cover. With a special introduction by the Dalai Lama for whom Harrer became the unofficial secular tutor when the Tibetan spiritual guide was fourteen. Copy #270 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrer who also contributes six...
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CA$6,947.50
Everest The Unfinished Adventure
by Hugh Ruttledge
Blue boards with Gilt lettering on the spine - in good condition except the top of the spine at the front has a tear - see photograph. Some signs of wear on the boards.
Sketches of Expedition Members & Author at Front,
Fold out maps and plated inside Foxing on pages .Binding comiing loose but holding.
Previous owners name and address inside
Ruttledge's account of the 1935 and 1936 unsuccessful expeditions to Mount Everest.
Sketches of Expedition Members & Author at Front,
Fold out maps and plated inside Foxing on pages .Binding comiing loose but holding.
Previous owners name and address inside
Ruttledge's account of the 1935 and 1936 unsuccessful expeditions to Mount Everest.
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CA$120.00
The Top of the World
by Fisher, Welthy Honsinger
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 178 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Green cloth hardcover with color illustration of the Himalayan Mountains and gilt stamped title on the front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Light wear to the extremities. 1926 Christmas gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf.
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CA$34.74
Things Seen in Switzerland in Summer
by Ashby, Douglas
Seeley Service & Co, 1949. 1st ed? VG- no dw gilt boards. small format 160 pages, account of life in the Swiss Alps
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CA$26.07
Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack Writing 1975-2000
by Gould, Jim (Ed.)
Hardcover with dust jacket. Still sealed in shrink wrap.
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CA$20.84
Brenva
by Brown, Thomas G
Dent, 1944. 1st ed VG- as corners a little bumped no dw. Brown climbed extensively in the Alps and further afield but the exploration of three new routes on the Brenva Face of Mt Blanc (two with FS Smythe) were his most notable climbs [Neate B188]
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CA$43.44
DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE VALLEY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND THE ADIRONDACKS
by [Watson, Winslow Cossoul]
Burlington, Vt.: R. S. Styles' Steam Printing. Collectible-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1871. Hardcover. Nice ads in rear. Lacks foldout map in rear pocket . 12mo., 144pp.plus, Cover has discoloration. Early former owner 1871 .
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CA$132.00
Walking In The Alps
by Walker, J. Hubert
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...
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CA$20.84
New Fragments
by John Tyndall
D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. Authorized Edition. 500 pages. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Creasing to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping...
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CA$31.32
Kangchenjunga Climbed - the adventure -- Geographical Journal March 1956 extract SIGNED by SIX team members
by Evans, Charles and George Band
London: Geographical Journal, 1956. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. 1956 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED on the title page by George Band and SIGNED by Norman Hardie, Joe Brown, Tony Streather, John Clogg, and John Jackson on the last page. Black textured covers with plastic clip binding. Title label pasted to front (mistakenly has "Band, D." instead of the correct Band, G.). Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than the...
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CA$660.01
Conference On The Adirondack Park - Volumes 1-11
by Allen Splete et al (Editors)
Multivolume softcover set as pictured. Ex-library with typical markings. These are reports of the first 11 conferences on the Adirondack Park held at St Lawrence University between 1971 and 1981. Topics included in the procedings include the master plan for land use and development, lake health and eutrification, forest practices, air pollution, mining and recreation. Stapled bindings are firm. Covers are rubbed. Texts appear generally clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village...
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CA$100.04
camp-fires in the canadian rockies
by William T. Hornaday
Green boards generally showing wear minor bumping and some white marks as seen in the photos . Pictorial Front cover. 70 illustrations 2 maps.
Some mild foxing on some mild foxing.
Some mild foxing on some mild foxing.
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CA$200.00
The Old Guide's Story Of The Northern Adirondacks
by Fay Welch (Editor)
1973 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Green cloth boards with gold stamping show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners. Owner's name and publisher's sticker on title page. Inscription on copyright page. Text is slightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed with small tears along edges and a large tear across front that has been partially repaired with tape. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR
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CA$95.88
Walking the GR5: Larche to Nice
by Footpaths of Europe
Robertson McCarta, 1990. 1st ed VG pb. a guide to the southern 500 km of GR5, inc southern Alps & Haute Provence, Tour de l'Ubaye and Panoramique du Mercantour
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CA$10.43
TENTS IN THE CLOUDS THE FIRST WOMEN'S HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION -- First Edition
by Jackson, Monica & Elizabeth Stark
London: Collins, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original black boards with gilt lettering spine. The book has clean covers, minor dulling of the gilt lettering on spine, small bump lower rear corner of cover, previous owner name and date penned to first blank page, no other previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket has light soiling on rear panel, 1cm loss to upper corner of spine, tiny loss at corner...
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CA$20.84
