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HUNT]. [Sir John
A Service of Thanksgiving. for the Life of John, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine (1910-1998). St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Tuesday 26 January 1999. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, text in red and black; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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Hutchinson, Walter: Editor
Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 9, Number 4, December 18 -24, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo taken aboard the Abel P. Upshur as she leaves port; RAF to the aid of gallant Greece; Super full-page aerial photo of RAF bombing attack in progress on the Albanian port of Valona, being used by Italy; Illustrated text of statement in the House of Commons on the progress of the war by Winston Churchill; Wonderful full-page photo of a massive British factory containing many bombers under construction; photo of desert listening post in action; Map showing the progress of British operations in the western desert; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the Albanian port of Valona under bombardment by the British navy; Photos of terrible London bomb damage to the House of Commons and Middle Temple Library; Photos on Hitler's 'invasion coast' (France); Illustration of fallen German pilots in rubber boat climbing aboard a Nazi raft prepositioned for them off the coast of France; Great before and after photos of repaired bomb damage to the London and North Eastern Railway; Illustrated text of the last speech of the late Lord Lothian, British Ambassador the the U.S., who passed away on 12 December; Dramatic photo of a British battle squadron firing on the French Fleet to keep it from enemy hands - the Bretagne is shown ablaze; Gallabat taken from Italians; Commentary on the war this week; British Army studies invasion tactics - photos of British troops in boats practising to cross unbridged rivers; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
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Institut Géographique National ( I.G.N. ) / Club Alpin Français
( Carte ) FORÊT DE FONTAINEBLEAU et ses environs ( Bois-le-Roi, Fontainebleau, Larchant, Nemours )
Paris, Editions Girard et Barrère, sans date ( ca 1950 ), carte dépliante couleur au 1/30 000e d'un format 900x695mm, sous chemise impimée et cartonnée, bon état.
Bookseller reference : 11387
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International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots 13th: 2010: Nagoya Japan Ed. by Hideo Fujimoto et al.
Emerging trends in mobile robotics; proceedings.
World Scientific 2010. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. The International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines CLAWAR 2010 held in Japan August-September 2010 was the 13th such conference. This proceedings volume contains 164 highly technical presentations by authors from 29 countries five continents. Clearly the topic is hot. Arrangement is thematic according to broad themes such as autonomous robots biologically-inspired systems and solutions manipulation and gripping flexible mechanisms and maneuvering systems innovative design locomotion parallel kinematic machines sensing and actuation personal assistance robots planetary exploration and service robots among other topics. Indexing is by author but not by subject. 2010 Ringgold Inc. Portland OR World Scientific hardcover
Bookseller reference : 392216 ISBN : 9814327972 9789814327978
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IRVING, R.L.G.
Dix grandes montagnes. Snowdon, Ben-Nevis, Mont-Cook, Cervin, Ushba, Mont-Blanc, Mont-Logan, Nanga-Parbat, Kangchenjunga, Mont-Everest. Traduit de l'anglais par C.-E. ENGEL.
Neuchatel-Paris, Victor Attinger (« Montagne »), 1945. in-8°, 215 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broche, couverture illustree.
Bookseller reference : 18283
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IRVING Robert Lock Graham
The Alps. Illustrated from Photographs. Third Edition, revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and endpaper maps; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, green top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. Neate 401.
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IRVING, R.L.G.
Dix grandes montagnes. Snowdon, Ben-Nevis, Mont-Cook, Cervin, Ushba, Mont-Blanc, Mont-Logan, Nanga-Parbat, Kangchenjunga, Mont-Everest. Traduit de l'anglais par C.-E. ENGEL.
in-8°, 215 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [GE-4] Première édition en langue française.
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ISMET ÜLKER, (1940-).
Daglarda kirk yil.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 287 p., maps and b/w photos. Daglarda kirk yil. Fourth Edition. First Edition is 2002. Memoirs of a Turkish mountaineer and the president of the Turkish Mountaineering Federation and the Turkish Skiing Federation. Signed and inscribed by Ülker.
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ISSELIN, Henri
La Meije - Collection Sempervivum N° 31
1977 Editions Arthaud - Collection Sempervivum dirigée par Félix Germain N° 31 - 1 vol in-8 - broché avec jaquette illustrée - 1977 - 265 pages + tables - Avec 2 cahiers de photographies dans l'ouvrage - reproductions de carte
Bookseller reference : 76173
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IZZARD R.W.B.
The Innocent on Everest [Second Impression]. he Innocent on Everest [Second Impression].
8vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece and 30 plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Izzard covered the 1953 Everest expedition for the Daily Mail newspaper. This work was first published in the US in 1954. The UK edition is uncommon in the dustwrapper. Neate 405.
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J A Ingram:
FELLCRAFT Some Advice for Fell Walkers
Vg/Vg (clipped dj rubbed at edges and one small 1/2" tear head of spine, crease to front flap, clean olive green boards discoloured extreme edges, a clean crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions, trace of erased pencil price front free endpaper) 12mo 140pp plus 6 blank pages on which to record walks. Second impression. Practical advice for walkers. 21 b/w photographs.
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J.-P. VERDIER
INITIATION et PERFECTIONNEMENT à l'ESCALADE
Un ouvrage de 136 pages, format 160 x 240 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1996, Amphora, collection "Savoir-Faire Sportif", bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126728880
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JEANDRE, René D.
Contes des cabanes et des sommets.
Genève, Editions de la Petite Fusterie 1925, 160x120mm, 184pages, broché. Bon état.
Bookseller reference : 97274
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Jean-Pierre FERET et Valérie GUIDOUX
Les SPORTS de PLEIN AIR
Un ouvrage de 32 pages, format 220 x 140 mm, illustré, publié en 1995, Guides Gallimard, Collection "Découvrir", bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126711292
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Jim Nelson; Peter Potterfield
Selected Climbs in the Cascades
No marks or inscriptions. Extremely faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 234pp. A guide to seventy-seven climbs in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State, North America with full instructions and photographs of each climb from two very experienced climbers.
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JONES Owen Glynne
Rock Climbing in the English Lake District. Second Edition. With a Memoir and Portrait of the Author. [Appendix by George and Ashley Abraham. Facsimile reissue.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and route maps; terracotta buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. English rock-climbing classic. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original Abraham edition of 1900.
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Juan Manuel Sosa Escalada Creator
Conferencia Sobre Límites Paraguayos. Spanish Edition
Nabu Press 2012-04-01. Paperback. Good. Nabu Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG127928143X ISBN : 127928143X 9781279281437
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KAPHIB.
Destination Cappadocia: Cappadocia outdoor sports guide.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Cr. 8vo. (21 x 11 cm). In English. Color ills. 167, [1] p. Destination Cappadocia: Cappadocia outdoor sports guide.
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KAUFFMAN Andrew J.
K2. The 1939 Tragedy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Kelly, H.M.
Pillar Rock and Neighbourhood
121 pages. Average wear. Modest external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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KIRKUS, C.F.
Lets Go Climbing !
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons ("The Nelsonian Library No. 65"), 1946 [published date: 1946] VG+/VG. HB + DJ 8vo. original red cloth gilt (slight spine fade, a few spots to leaf edges and occ. mark to endpapers) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, with some fraying, closed tear to tail of spine); pp. 200, with illustrations.
Bookseller reference : 25254
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KIRKPATRICK William Trench
Alpine Days and Nights. With a Paper by the late Philip R. Hope and a Foreword by Col. E.L. Strutt. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates, small neat signature on front paste-down; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First publication in book form of articles from Alpine Journal 1900-1931 relating to his climbs with Hope. Neat 423.
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KIRKUS, C.F.
Lets Go Climbing !
HB + DJ 8vo. original red cloth gilt (slight spine fade, a few spots to leaf edges and occ. mark to endpapers) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, with some fraying, closed tear to tail of spine); pp. 200, with illustrations. A very good copy (some pencil underline). [EN-1] Instructional book for youngsters, written by a climber who dominated Welsh rock-climbing with Menlove Edwards in the 1930s.
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KOREA / EAST AFRICA / MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
Travel. August 1935.
New York.: Robert M. McBride & Co. 08- 1935. August 1935 issue of the magazine color pictorial wrappers as issued illustrated in black and white 50 pages 13 x 10 inches staple binding. Light wear and soiling to covers soft vertical crease to front cover a few short tears up to 3/4 inch to back cover; overall very good clean condition. Highly displayable cover image depicts the Norwegian coast. Articles include: "Adventure on Top of the World" about mountaineering "Brussels - City of Moderation" "Along the Rugged Cornwall Coast" "Ajmer - the Mecca of India" "Romantic Ports of East Africa" "Land of Morning Calm" about Korea and many more. . Robert M. McBride & Co. unknown
Bookseller reference : 55960
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Kramar, Viktor
Leavenworth Rock
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 286 pages.
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KUGY, Julius.
Révélation de la montagne : Les Alpes juliennes, Les Dolomites, Le massif de Clauta, Les Alpes carniques.
Neuchatel-Paris, Victor Attinger (« Montagne »), 1944. in-8, X-208 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broché, couverture illustrée.-
Bookseller reference : 75631
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KUGY, Julius.
Révélation de la montagne : Les Alpes juliennes, Les Dolomites, Le massif de Clauta, Les Alpes carniques.
in-8, X-208 pp., illustrations h.t. n&b, broché, couverture illustrée.- Bel exemplaire. [BAT-2]
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L. Devies / F. Labande / M. Laloue
Le massif des ecrins - Tome I = Meije, Rateau, Soreiller - Tome II = Ecrins, Grande Ruine, Roche Faurio, Agneaux, Clouzis
Arthaud, 1976 (4eme edition). 2 volumes au format 11x16 cm, reliure toilee de l'editeur, 299 et 304 pages. Tache claire sur le premier plat du premier volume.Tres bon etat.
Bookseller reference : 27953
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Ladies Scottish Climbing Club & Miss D. Crerar editor
Ladies Scottish Climbing Club Journal ISSUE No 2 December 1938
Edinburgh: Ladies Scottish Alpine Club 1938. First Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket Issued. Original second issue of the journal December 1938. Original staple-bound wrappers. The covers have general fading splash marks edges of front cover faint staining and tide-lines edges of first page remaining pages mostly clean slight bump to page corners complete with all pages as issued. Quite uncommon. The item measures 216mm tall x 141mm and has 56 pages 17 b/w photos several b/w sketches. Includes an article on a climbing trip to the Canadian Rockies with climbs around Lake Louise and Mt Sir Donald ascent & traverse. NOTE: Postage to the UK & the rest of the world should be significantly lower than the amount quoted by . Please ask for a postage quote if ordering from outside the USA. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. <br/> <br/> Ladies Scottish Alpine Club paperback
Bookseller reference : 002330
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Lagana Sophie, Fatio Olivier (préface historique):
A chacun son Escalade. Dans les coulisses du 400e anniversaire de la coutume genevoise.
Genève, Slatkine, 2003. In-8 broché, couverture couleurs. Illustrations en noir et en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 20124
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Lambertini, Anna
Giardini in Verticale
Mm 250x310 Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta originale, 240 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori nel testo in lingua italiana - italian text. Libro in perfette condizioni di nuovo - brand new in original shrink wrap; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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Langdon, Richard; "Baturi"; Vivian, Herbert; Hall, A.S.; Tullis, Roland Lester; Rose, C.; Harrell, C.J.; O'Hara, G.; Morse, Major A.H.E.; Stock, Ralph; Iliff, Flora; Vero, F.; Heighton, Joseph; McMaines, Frank M.; Hilton-Simpson, M.W..
The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine For Everybody, April 1921 - Comacchio, the Venice of the Eels
Features: Was it Coincidence? - a Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - an unusual American detective case; The Wily Coyote - interesting stories of these hated coyotes and their ways in the Western States; McNeill's Lapse - a good man falls victim to temptation; Climbing the White Elephant near the Tom Reed Mine at Oatman, Arizona - article with nice photos; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone (part II) - tales from two young naval officers who set off to see the world with five dollars between them; Lion Hunting in Somaliland - article with many photos; The Cruise of the Dream Ship - part IV of Ralph Stock's sailing through the enchanted South Sea Islands - article with nice photos; Trapped by a Flash-flood in a canyon; Down the River - two youngsters seek fortune and adventure running a little launch on a New Zealand river; Robert Tipp's terrible ordeal at the top of a lofty flagstaff; My Visit to Mexico - why the author didn't want to go and now likes Mexico less than ever; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - the author's experiences with the Shawia Berbers of Algeria - article with great photos; That Donkey! - the pathetic story of a journalist and the donkey he bought; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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LARDEN Walter
Inscriptions from Swiss Chalets. A Collection of Inscriptions found Outside and Inside Swiss Chalets, Storehouses and Sheds. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh copy. WITH THE SEPARATELY PRINTED LEAF OF CORRIGENDA & NOTES. Printed for the author. SCARCE. See Neate p.121.
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LECLERCQ (Jules)
Promenades et escalades dans les Pyrénées. Lourdes - Luz - Barèges - Pic Du Midi - Cirque De Gavarni - Cauterets - Lac De Gaube - Mont Perdu - Mont Canigou.
Tours Alfred Mame et fils 1876 un volume grand in-8°, 239 pp. Reliure d'éditeur pleine percaline bleue, plats estampés d'un riche décor noir et doré, toutes tranches dorées. (présence de quelques rousseurs sur la gouttière et sur le frontispice). Gravure en frontispice. Bel exemplaire. Gouttière régulière. Peu courant dans cet état de conservation.
Bookseller reference : 022896
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LEHNE (Jorg) & HAAG (Peter)
EIGER – 30 jours de combat pour la «Directissime».
Traduction de Monique BITTEBIERRE, avec une préface de Guido MAGNONE et une postface de Pierre MAZEAUD. Nombreuses illustrations. Paris, Hatier, 1967. Grand in-8 (23x18,5cm) toile éditeur sous une grande jaquette pliée et illustrée. 159pp.
Bookseller reference : WOC-1325
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LIVANOS, Georges
Au-delà de la verticale
2006 Editions Guérin - 2014 - Edition originale, N° 91 / 1000 - In-8, broché, couverture à rabats illustrée - 345 p.
Bookseller reference : 113613
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LOISEAU J.-
Le Massif de Fontainebleau.-
Moret. Nemours. Malesherbes. Histoire: Légendes, Préhistoire, Géologie, Faune, Flore. Tourisme: Accès, Itinéraires, Sites de camping, Roches d'escalade. Orné de 65 croquis et dessins et de 44 photographies par l'auteur. Vigot Fres. 1935. Gd in-8 br.couverture illustrée, 280pp. Bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : ORD-6500
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Lombard Armand, Marconi Andrea, Vaglio Rolando:
Escapade en 1602.
Anières-Genève, éditions Pourquoi pas. ..., 1982. In-4 broché, couverture illustrée, très légèrement tachée, pour le reste en belle condition. Illustrations à pleine page en bleu, de même que le texte.
Bookseller reference : 10153
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Luisa Fernanda Escalada Cuadrado
En Canal
1900. Paperback. Very Good-New. Rare book paperback
Bookseller reference : 504818 ISBN : 8413384893 9788413384894
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LUNN Arnold
Mountain Jubilee. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece and 16 plates; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. First published in 1943. See Neate 468
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LUNN Arnold
The Mountains of Youth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates toned in blue, some light marginal spotting; green cloth, gilt back, dark top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author failed to complete his degree, but founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, and the Alpine Ski Club. Neate 471.
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LUNN Sir Arnold
The Swiss and their Mountains. A Study of the Influence of Mountains on Man. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss and closed tears on rear panel. Neate 475.
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Luyet Claude:
Plateau - Prix-souvenir 21e Course de l'Escalade.
Genève, Course de l'Escalade, 1998. Plateau au format 34,5 x 23,5 cm.
Bookseller reference : 6224
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MacCuaig, Stuart
Climbing the Cold White Peaks: A survey of artists in and from Hamilton (Ontario), 1910-1950
224 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes and lists of names in Appendix. Oblong 11" x 9.5". Profusely illustrated in black and white. Printed upon glossy stock. "By making this book and organizing the accompanying exhibition, we wanted to provide a historical context in which the present day activity of artists and arts orgainzations in Hamilton might be examined and appreciated." - from Preface. Book
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MACROBERT (ed.) H.
Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide. The Central Highlands.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 49 plates (one in photogravure with original tissue guard), 14 diagrams of routes in the text and 2 large folding coloured maps; cloth series binding of red cloth lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The first edition is elusive in this condition.
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MACROBERT H.
The Central Highlands. The Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide. Edited by H. Macrobert. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1934.
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MADUSCHKA Léon
La technique moderne du rocher.
Bornemann S. Bornemann Editeur, 1948 (dépôt légal), 59 p., broché, environ 18x11cm, couverture salie et frottée. Intérieur propre.
Bookseller reference : 114650
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MAEDER, Herbert - Introduction de Werner Kämpfen
The mountains of Switzerland. The adventure of the High Alps.
1968 Editions George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. - 1968 - In-4, cartonnage toilé blanc sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs de l'éditeur - 286 p. - Très nombreuses reproductions photographiques in, hors-texte et pleine page en N&B - Ouvrage en anglais
Bookseller reference : 109036
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Majors, Harry M.
Mount Baker: A Chronicle of Its Historic Eruptions and First Ascent
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Plastic comb binding. 5 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h. 221 pages, plus index. First edition, limited # 690/1000. Black and white photos and illustrations.
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MALBY Reginald A.
With Camera and Rucksack in the Oberland and Valais. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure, 7 plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 15 coloured plates (all original tissue guards present) and numerous plates in monochrome, fore-edge mildly spotted, some light and scattered spotting to text, wanting rear free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, tan endpapers, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.
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