New York: Holt Rinehart Winston. Fine/Fine. 1963. First Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo xiii; 207 pp. including index. Blue cloth with gold gilt printing in dark blue box on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket pictures a setting sun over dark mountains. No chips or tears to jacket. Jacket is price clipped. Introduction by John F. Kennedy who speaks of the history of man as confronted by nature. Written while the author was Secretary of the Interior. One of the earliest to describe the conservatio... more information

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New York: Doubleday & Co.. Very Good/Very Good. 1970. First American Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo 444 pp. Bright blue cloth with black decoration on upper cover and black printing on the spine. Small blue number stamped on FFEP. Endpapers are colored a light green. Dust jacket painting by Dwight Shepler. Edges of the dust jacket are mildly worn with a tiny chip at the tail of the spine. Price is intact on the front inner flap of the jacket which also has the small blue number stamp. Edges of jacket are sl... more information

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New York: Pocket Books. Inc.. Near Fine. 1952. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Cardinal Edition. 518 pp. plus 2 pp. pub's. ads. First published by Lippincott in 1945, this is the first paperback printing, not as stated in Neate: 841. Cover art by Al Schmidt of a climber leaping a chasm. Edges are colored yellow. Mild creasing of spine and very slight edgewear. Author's classic mountaineering novel about six people climbing Weissturm, the White Tower. . ... more information

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New York: William Sloan Associates Inc.. Fine/Very Good. 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo 411 pp. 3 maps. 30 illus. Black cloth with bright gold gilt printing and decoration on the spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Top edge stained orange. Some edges are rough cut. Pictorial dust jacket with orange block on upper cover. Edges are mildly worn, minor tears. 2" x 1" chip from bottom edge of lower cover of jacket wrapping around tail edge of spine. Price is intact on both flaps of jacket.... more information

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.. Fine/Very Good. 1964. First Edition. Cloth. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8" xxi, 429 pp. Dark blue cloth with blind stamped publisher's imprint on front cover and blue and white printing on spine. Color map endpapers. Small book shop label on bottom of REP. Pictorial dust jacket has photo by Barry C. Bishop, National Geographic Society, with jacket designed by Richard Palmer. Price is intact on bottom of inner flap of dust jacket. Minor chipping at head of spine of dust ja... more information

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London: Collins, St. James Place. Very Good/Very Good. 1970. First U.K. Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo 444 pp. Green cloth with bright gold gilt printing on the spine. Interior is clean. Slight spotting to top edge. A few leaves are lightly creased in the top fore corner. Pictorial dust jacket design by Jillian Willet. Edges of the dust jacket are very mildly rubbed. Two, very small (less than 1/4") closed tears. Tape strengthening at head of the spine of the dust jacket on the reverse. Price clipped. A &q... more information

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New York: William Sloan Associates Inc.. Fine/Very Good. 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo Stated First Printing. 411 pp. 3 maps. 30 illus. Black cloth with bright gold gilt printing and decoration on the spine. Minor foxing on endpapers. Top edge stained orange. Some edges are rough cut. Pictorial dust jacket with orange block on upper cover. Spine of jacket is tanned. Edges are mildly worn, minor tears. Price is intact on both flaps of jacket. Passages from various Everest narratives, linked by the... more information

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Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott. Fine/Very Good. 1954. First American Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo Illustrated End Papers 352 pp. including appendices and index plus tipped in addendum. 24 pp. b/w photographs, 5 pp. maps in text and maps of the mountains of the world on endpapers. Beige linen cloth quarter bound in brown cloth with gold gilt and black lettering on spine. Photographic dust jacket has very slight edge wear. Stated first impression. Small book shop label on REP. A description of every major expedi... more information

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.. Fine/Very Good. 1945. First American Edition. Cloth. Octavo True First Edition with English publication coming 1 year after the American edition. 479 pp. Dark blue cloth with gold gilt printing and blue decoration on upper cover. Gold gilt printing within a blue box on the spine. Endpapers have color painting of the mountains. Thinner text paper to comply with war time production standards. Lightly inked owner's name at top edge of half-title page. Dust jacket has sa... more information

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London: Collins. Very Good/No Jacket. 1954. First Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo Illustrated End Papers 384 pp. including appendices and index. 24 pp. b/w photographs, 4 maps in text including one double page map plus maps of the mountains of the world on endpapers. Small inked number at the top edge of the front free endpaper. Embossed owner's stamp on the title page. Original green cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Spine is faded and the edges of the boards are mildly worn. Lightly inked number near th... more information

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Riverside, CT: The Chatham Press, Inc. in association with the Appalachian Mountain Club. Very Good/Very Good. 1971. First American Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo 278 pp. Blue linen binding with picture of a mountain in snow on the cover and silver gilt lettering on the spine. Very moderate fading to edges of the boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket with color photo on upper cover and b/w photo of the author on the lower panel. Price is intact on front flap of jacket. Some wear to top ed... more information

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Riverside, CT: The Chatham Press, Inc. in association with the Appalachian Mountain Club. Fine/Fine. 1971. First American Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo 278 pp. Beautiful blue linen binding with picture of a mountain in snow on the cover and silver gilt lettering on the spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket with color photo on upper cover and b/w photo of the author on the lower panel. Price is intact on front flap of jacket. No chips or tears to the jacket. A nice copy of the book by one ... more information

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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Fine/Very Good. 1956. First Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo First edition published 14 years prior to the more common American edition. 252 pp. Frontispiece color photo of The Grandes Jorasses and the Mer de Glace. Green linen binding with bright gold gilt lettering on the spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Yellow dust jacket with color photo on upper cover and plain lower panel with publisher's ad for 4 books. Price is intact on front flap of jacket. Some wear to top edge of ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good/Good. 1937. Cloth. Octavo Originally published in the U.S. in 1923. Nobel Prize Edition, 19th Printing. 1065 pp. Green cloth with bright gold gilt printing on the upper cover and gold gilt printing against a black box on the spine. Endpapers have some tape residue. Inked owner's signature dated 1940 on FFEP. Dust jacket by Ethel Parsons Paullin with a full color picture of the Norwegian lass within an oval on the upper cover. Spine of jacket is tanned. Significant ... more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton. Fine/Fine. 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo 0-340-39777-2 192 pp. Blue cloth with silver gilt printing on the spine. Light blue colored endpapers. Interior is clean. Pictorial dust jacket is price clipped. 32 b/w photo plates and 2 double page maps. A history and reference book of Mont Blanc with the epical tales of climbing from the 18th century to post WWII. [Neate: U25] . ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Fine/Fine. 1981. First Edition. Cloth. 8 Vo xiv; 578 pp. including an index, glossary and an extensive bibliography on Everest expeditions. Many photos, illustrations and maps. A description of the ascents of the highest mountain in the world with an attempt to explain the reasons for success or failure. An excellent bibliography of Everest climbing literature. "But the story of Everest is like the painting of the Fourth Bridge -- a continuing task." . ... more information

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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. Fine. 1973. Limited Edition. Leather. The Easton Press Collector's Edition. Now Retold by Louis Untermeyer Together with Illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson. viii, 131 pp. Small quarto. Color frontispiece portrait of Paul Bunyan. Brown leather binding with ornate gold gilt decoration on the upper cover. Three raised bands and gold gilt printing on the spine. Green moire endpapers that are slightly faded along the edges. Green silk ribbon marker. Attractive owne... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine/Fine. 1971. Second Printing. Cloth. 0-394-47273-X 407 pp. Red cloth with silver gilt printing on front cover and spine. Tasteful bookplate on FFEP. Red, blue and silver striped dust jacket with titling in white within a black box. Inner flap of back cover has fold the length of the flap. Price is intact on the dust jacket. The second book in his acclaimed Rabbit Angstrom sequence. Nominated for the National Book Award. . ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine/Very Good. 1969. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition. 99 pp. Tan cloth boards with bright gold gilt printing. Small book shop label on the front free endpaper. Small inked gift inscription on the front pastedown under the flap of the dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear along the edges and one small repaired tear. The price has been clipped from the jacket. . ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine/Fine. 1974. First Edition. Hard. `0394490428 Stated First Edition on copyright page with publication date appearing on the title page. ix, 262 pp. Original maroon cloth boards with bright silver and gold printing on the upper cover and spine. The endpapers are decorated with a black and white illustration. Top edge stained.The interior is clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has a black and white photograph of Buchanan on the upper cover. The price is intact on the front... more information

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