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To the Mountains
by Bertram, Antony
Alfred Knopf, 1929. 1st ed VG no dw. the second half deals with climbing on the Zugspitze, the eastern Alps and the Pyrenees [Neate B97]
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CA$17.38
Storming the Eagles Nest: Hitler's War in the Alps
by Ring, Jim
Faber & Faber Ltd, 2014. 1st pb ed VG. a look at the war in the Alps
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CA$8.69
My Father Frank: Unresting Spirit of Everest
by Smythe, Tony
Baton Wicks, 2013. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a fine biography of Frank Smythe, written by his son, includes expeditions to the Alps, Kamet, Everest and North America
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CA$34.77
British Ski Year Book 1939 Volume X No. 20
by Lunn, Arnold (editor)
London: The Ski Club Of Great Britain, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1939 issue in original light gray wrappers with black lettering covers and spine. Clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no tears, no foxing, solid binding. The book has 318 pages + xx pages of ads, a few b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL JOURNAL BEING OFFERED.
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CA$48.49
Mountain Days at Home and Abroad
by Worth, Bob
Createspace / Amazon, 2013. 1st ed New/Fine pb signed by Bob Worth. Yes. account of 40 years, walking, running and climbing in mountains around the world: includes The Munros, long runs in Scotland, runs over 14 long 'tours' in the Alps and Dolomites such as the Tour du Mont Blanc, plus Nepal, Mongolia, Morocco, Pindos Mtns in Greece, Tatra Mtns in Poland, Mt Elbrus in the Caucasus & Ecuador. Signed by Bob Worth
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CA$12.17
Grande Traversee des Préalpes en Haute Provence
by F.F.d.l.R.P
F.F.d.l.R.P., 1988. 1st ed VG pb. slim 96 page guide to the 160km 'Grande Traversee des Préalpes en Haute Provence' in southern France, with several b&w maps to the route - text in French
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CA$8.69
The Pioneers Of The Alps
by Cunningham, C. D. & Captain W. De W. Abney
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or...
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CA$692.75
Alpine Journal no.322 1973
by The Alpine Club
The Alpine Club, 1973. 1st ed VG pb in G+ dw small tear to top of spine. 300 page journal
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CA$8.69
Early Travellers In The Alps. 16th Century Travelling Conditions, The Earliest Alpine Tourists, A Famous Alpine Expedition, A War In The Alps, The Greatest Alpine Tourist -- 1967 Unabridged Hardcover
by G. R. de Beer
New York: October House Inc., 1967. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1967 UNABRIDGED NY Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book clean covers, very slightly sunned spine, no owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has minor diffuse soiling, some very tiny nicks at corner tips, price-clipped inside front flap corner. The book measures 207mm tall x 145mm, and has 204 pages, 40 b/w plates, 32 text illustrations, 5 maps...
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CA$34.64
High Conquest
by Ullman, James R
TBC, 1943. TBC ed G++ internally VG no dw. the story of mountaineering, a good general history, includes early ascents in North America, South America, the Alps, Himalaya and Africa [Neate U02]
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CA$13.91
Son of the Mountains: The Life of an Alpine Guide
by Kugy, Julius
Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938. 1st ed VG- as lettering on spine a little faded no dw. a biography of Anton Oitzinger, Kugy's friend and guide for his climbs in the Julian Alps [Neate K49]
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CA$60.84
Storming the Eagle's Nest. Hitler's War in the Alps
by Ring, Jim
London: Faber & Faber. 2013. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 368 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$18.31
The Oberland And Its Glaciers Explored And Illustrated With Ice-Axe And Camera
by George, H. B
London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges...
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CA$831.30
The Climbing of High Mountains by WM Conway (Extract 1893)
by Fortnightly Review
Fortnightly Review, 1893. extract in card covers VG. 12 page extract simply bound into card cover; with the Alps apparently now all climbed, a look at ranges further afield that might give climbers an opportunity to explore
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CA$12.17
Alpine Tragedy
by Gos, Charles
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. FIRST PRINTING of the First UK Edition. Original blue cloth with silver lettering spine. The book is in nice condition with clean covers, slight darkening upper rear cover, a bit of rubbing very tips corners, tiny former owner address label on front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing, tight binding. The original dust jacket is present with 2cm loss at bottom of...
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CA$55.42
Haute-Route
by Roch, André
Librairie Jean Marguerat, 1963?. 2nd ed 1963? VG in VG dw . large format, The High Level Route from Chamonix to Zermatt to Saas Fee, 34 pages of text followed by 79 b&w photos - text in French
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CA$43.46
Die Pustertalbahn
by Pozzato, Francesco
Egglham: Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag. 1985. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 29x22cm]. Very Good+ condition in pictorial laminated boards. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Map to front endpaper. Text in German. 96 pages. The Puster Valley Railway. The Puster Valley is a valley in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$32.04
World Climbing
by Mountain Magazine (ed King, T.)
Dark Peak, 1980. 1st ed G++ as top of spine split no dw pictorial cover. Large format, 'Info' pages from 'Mountain' magazine nos 1 (Jan69) to 64 (Dec78), covers 10 years of major rock climbing & mountaineering worldwide [Neate W127]
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CA$17.38
Whymper's Scrambles with a Camera: A Victorian Magic Lantern Show
by Berg, Peter
The Alpine Club, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. London: The Alpine Club 2011, first edition, first printing. Near fine paperback. 8.25 x 8.25 in., 138 pp. Whymper lectured in his later years using lantern slides of drawings & photographs. The author, former archivist of the Alpine Club, has re-created one of Whymper's lectures using the lantern slides illustrating this book.
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CA$20.78
The Games Climbers Play
by Wilson, Ken (editor)
London: Diadem Books, 1978. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sheridan Anderson. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. With loose handwritten letter with Diadem letterhead SIGNED by Ken Wilson plus a loose facsimile of a letter from Wilson (see photos). The book is in fine condition except for tiny bump to tips of upper front cover outside corners. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no foxing, clean. The dust jacket is complete, clean, no tears, no...
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CA$173.19
Mountain World: 1966 & 67
by Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st Eng ed G only as ex library but very few stamps in VG dw . Eiger, Hindu Kush, Mt Kenya, Bhutan, Greenland, Aconcagua
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CA$17.38
My Life as a Mountaineer
by Heckmair, Anderl
Baton Wicks, 2002 revised. 2002 revised ed VG in VG dw. climbing memoirs of a leading pre-war German climber and Guide who took part in the 1st ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1938, includes expeditions to the Grandes Jorasses, Lapland and Morocco [Neate H65]
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CA$31.29
Extreme Eiger
by Gillman, Peter & Gillman, Leni
1st ed Fine in VG+ dw A well illustrated account of the hectic few weeks in early 1966 when two teams set about trying to forge a direct route up the North Face of the Eiger
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CA$26.08
A Church in the Alps - A Century of Zermatt & the English
by Williams, Cicely
Commonwealth & Continental Church Society, 1970. 1st ed VG- pb (as small amount of fading to cover) . small format 46 page pb celebrating centenary of the formation of the English Church in Zermatt, subscriptions were asked for just before the famous disaster following the first ascent, and some of the families of those who died that day made large donations. [Neate W79]
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CA$26.08
New Fragments
by Tyndall, John
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Top edges gilt. 500 pp. Moderate wear to binding, spine faded. Contents solid.
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CA$39.75
