London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Signed, 'With my very best wishes", by author to the title page, this is a frank, sometimes surprising biography of one of the most important figures in British mountaineering circles. This book is hardly read, if at.....
London: Hutchinson, 2008. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. From a rough estate in Hull, to the Reticent Wall of El Capitan, this is the unlikely story of a climber that 'makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton' (Metro). Jacket is clipped and slight tanning to text block.....
London: Nelson, 1941. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Rare first issue copy of the seminal mountaineering book, issued in 1941 with red price sticker of 4/6 intact. Aimed at young people it rapidly became a climbing bible to all, in the explosion in the pursuit's popularity.....
London: Routledge, undated. Edition: No remarks. Book Condition: Very good. Possibly an 1890s reprint of the original 1864 text this unusual text considers the flora and fauna of the Himalayas and is thus an early departure in that direction. front cover detaching but binding generally sound. No foxing. Illustrated cover.....
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Zermatt-based novel revolving around a tragic love triangle. originally published in French in 1947. Book is fine with no marks, inscriptions or foxing. Charmingly illustrated jacket is very good with some losses to extremities.
Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1982. Edition: 1st US, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Very good example of the life of the acclaimed American climber. Fine to book and jacket with no major faults. Bottom spine slightly defaced.
London: George Bell, 1893. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Fascinating original edition of this classic introduction to mountaineering. Contains numerous contemporary advertisements from expedition suppliers. The book is in very good condition although the binding and few pages are loose to the front.; otherwise binding is.....
London: Cassell, 1978. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Efficient mountaineering novel set between the Lake District and Andorra. The book has a small crossed out owner's inscription and a little spotting to the top edge. Jacket is fine.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Good. First UK printing of the mountaineering classic on the ascent of Mount Waddington. Book and jacket both a little worn with slightly faded cloth boards and jacket with handling wear and mark to rear panel. No marks.....
London: Kaye & Ward, 1974. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Renowned practitioner Scott's manual, issued to very high production standards by the publisher. Bright and clean boards remain very fresh with quality paper stock clean with no marks or inscriptions. Jacket intact with just some sunning to.....
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. Edition: Reprint. Book Condition: Very good. In the publisher's Popular Fiction series, this unusual book brings the Welsh mountains to the fore in this tale of rescuers and rescued. Book very good with like jacket suffering some losses to bottom edge.
Burnley: John Ainsworth, undated. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Undated but believed 1950s-1960s. Inscribed by the author to front end paper. Contained in two tone green boards with bright gilt lettering. Numerous photographs and illustrations. No marks or inscriptions.
London: Faber, 1951. Edition: 1st UK, 2nd impression. Book Condition: Very good. A multi-layered story often said to be one of the finest UK mountaineering novels. This book is in the scarce UK second impression and is in very good condition with no foxing and just a previous owner's neat.....
London: Faber, 1951. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. A multi-layered story often said to be one of the finest UK mountaineering novels. This book is in the very scarce UK first impression and is in very good condition generally. There is a little discolouration to the.....
London/Seattle: Diadem/The Mountaineers, 1985. Edition: 1st UK thus. Book Condition: Good. Excellent compendium of legendary mountaineer Shipton's expedition books - Nanda Devi/Blank on the Map/Upon that Mountain/Moutains of Tartary/Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951/Land of Tempest. With an introduction by Jim Perrin. Book is in in good condition with no marks.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1943. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Good copy of Shipton's now classic and scare account of early expeditions on Mount Kenya, Everest and Nanda Devi. The book is clean and tight inside with some discolouration to the text block edges. No marks.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1943. Edition: 1st UK, 2nd impression. Book Condition: Very good. 2nd impression, without jacket. Good copy of Shipton's now classic and scare account of early expeditions on Mount Kenya, Everest and Nanda Devi. The book is clean and tight inside with just a little discolouration to.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Good. Biography of one British mountaineering great by another. Edward Whymper is acknowledged as the premier Victorian British alpinist and was first to conquer the Matterhorn. Book's red boards are clean although spine sunned and faded. Foxing to.....
London: Gollancz, 1930. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. First printing of the classic tale from the renowned and revered mountaineer. Book has firm binding with no marks or inscriptions except for a previous owner's inscription. Foxing to text block edges, not intruding to pages. With a......
London: Ariel Press, 1959. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Attractive and well-produced photographic study of sail, from dinghies to clipper ships. Book has an owner's inscription to front paste down with some very occasional spotting. No other marks or inscriptions. Unclipped jacket with some all round wear.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942. Edition: 1st UK, 3rd impression. Book Condition: Very good. The accomplished mountaineer and writer's only fiction work, set in the Himalayas, this book is the third impression and makes a good reading copy in close to original condition. There is some lean to the boards.....
Edinburgh: Private, 1966. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Nicely presented and meticulously researched book on the crucial shipping links between the Scottish mainland and the outlying archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland. With 36 b/w photographs and other diagrams. Book is slightly foxed to front end papers.....
London: Gollancz, 1975. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Good. Ex lib apparently, due to endpapers excised neatly but no other discernible marks. Extremely rare in this original Gollancz format, Moffat's tale of rivalries in a North Wales mountain rescue team. Jacket intact, unclipped.
Gollancz, 1975. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Striking yellow Gollancz covers, in great condition, introduce our eponymous detective in which she has to solve the mystery of two climbers killed in the Scottish Highlands. Moffat drew on her own experience as the first female professional mountain guide.....
Macmillan, 1993-1994. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Set respectively between the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands these are two of Moffat's best known murder-mysteries, set as always in the mountaineering community. Moffat drew on her own experience as the first female professional mountain guide in the.....