19388vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 15 fine coloured plates (all captioned tissue guards present), full-page map in the text and folding map; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Combines plant collecting and climbing in the Garwhal Himalaya and the Bhyundar Valley. An elegant copy. Neate 734.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Royaume-Uni482,23 €

SMYTHE F.S.MareMagnum

Peaks and Valleys. With seventy-six reproductions of Photographs by the Author. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

1938Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 75 fine plates in monochrome, title very lightly spotted; oatmeal buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers the European Alps and the Himalayas.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Royaume-Uni38,67 €

Simpson, JoeMareMagnum

The Beckoning Silence (Signed By Author)

2002Flat signed by Joe Simpson to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 290pp. The intrepid mountaineer takes us through his adventures in Bolivia, the Alps, Colorado, Spain and finally the North Face of the Eiger. He tells us of his fears, exhilarations and despairs along with the painful loss of climbing friends. Tucked in is a further example of the signature from another book.

Godley Books · Royaume-Uni31,85 €

Shoumatoff, Nicholas; Shoumatoff, NinaMareMagnum

The Alps: Europe's Mountain Heart

2004A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 265 pages. Full green cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Inscribed by Tonia Shoumatoff, daughter of the late authors.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis69,54 €

SERKAN ERTEM.MareMagnum

Uludag MIKS tirmanis rehberi.

2014New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 112 p., color ills. Uludag MIKS tirmanis rehberi. Climbing guide to Uludag (Mt. Monk) in Bursa city.

Bookshop Khalkedon Books, IOBA, ESA · Turquie18,54 €

SCOTT DougMareMagnum

Le grandi pareti

1976In 8, cm 20 x 20, pp. 268 con moltissime illustrazioni fotografiche nel testo. Tutta tela editoriale con sovraccoperta. Ex libris. Prima edizione italiana di questo testo raro e ricercato, opera di uno dei piu' visionari tra gli alpinisti che hanno affrontato le montagne del mondo con attrezzature e spedizioni al minimo. Un capitolo dell'opera e' dedicata al modo di arrampicare nella Yosemite Valley mentre la parte finale tratta delle attrezzature e delle tecniche (nuts, chiodi a pressione ecc.). Ottimo esemplare

Libreria Antiquaria Coenobium · Italie90,00 €

SCIZE, Pierre - Eaux-fortes et héliogravures de Joanny DrevetLivre Rare Book

En altitude

1930réf. 1196401930 Editions Didier & Richard - 1930 - Edition limitée à 2150 exemplaires, l'un des 1900 sur vélin de Rives B.F.K., n°958 - In-8, broché, couverture rempliée - 164 p. - Eaux-fortes et héliogravures in et hors texte en N&B (16 eaux fortes : 1 frontispice, 11 hors texte et 4 vignettes en tête / 12 héliogravures)

Librairie Le Père Pénard · Lyon, France42,00 €

SCHWARTZ (Myrtil)Livre Rare Book

Vers L'Idéal par la Montagne (Souvenir de mes escalades de haute montagne en Europe et en Amérique).

1924réf. WOC-553Illustrations de Paul-Franz Namur, croquis et dessins, et phototypies hors-texte dont portrait en frontispice. Préface de Madame P.-F.Namur-Vallot. Paris, Imprimerie Paul Dupont, 1924. Grand in-4 (28x23cm) broché, plat supérieur orné d'un dessin à la plume, dos avec manque et restauration. 167pp. Complet de la copie de Guido Rey , Turin 3 mai 1925 à Myrtil.

Librairie Hermès · Annemasse, France45,00 €

Schultheis, RobMareMagnum

Bone Games: One Man's Search for the Ultimate Athletic High

1986Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, crease on back cover, price inked out, previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 181 pages.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis42,61 €

SCHMID Walter:Livre Rare Book

Au vent des quatre mille.

1968réf. 16695Lausanne, Editions Payot, 1968. In-8 de 325-[3] pages, pleine toile bleue d'éditeur, sous sa jaquette illustrée d'une photographie en couleurs. Jaquette frottée en bord supérieur.

ILLIBRAIRIE | Bombadil SA · Genève, Suisse30,00 CHF≈ 32,48 €

SCHMID Walter:Livre Rare Book

Cinquante étés dans les montagnes. Expériences et réflexions d'un alpiniste.

1970réf. 16696Lausanne, Editions Payot, 1970. In-8 de 341-[3] pages, plein toile grège d'éditeur, sous sa jaquette illustrée en couleurs (frottée).

ILLIBRAIRIE | Bombadil SA · Genève, Suisse20,00 CHF≈ 21,65 €

SAMIVEL:Livre Rare Book

Cimes et merveilles.

1952réf. 16694B. Arthaud, 1952. In-8 broché de 40-[4] pages, couverture imprimée en noir, sous sa jaquette illustrée d'une photographie en couleurs, rhodoïd. Jaquette frottée en bord supérieur.

ILLIBRAIRIE | Bombadil SA · Genève, Suisse30,00 CHF≈ 32,48 €

SAMIVEL.MareMagnum

Contes à Pic. Ouvrage orne de 10 lavis de l'auteur. Nouvelle Edition revue par l'Auteur.

in-8°, 285 pp., broche, couv., jaquette illustree. Tres bel exemplaire, en partie non coupe. [JU-4][LA-6-]

Pique-Puces · France19,00 €

SAMIVELLivre Rare Book

Sous l'oeil des choucas ... ou les plaisirs de l'alpinisme

réf. 23435Paris, Delagrave, 1933. In-folio, 61 pp., cartonnage éditeur illustré (2 déchirures au titre, papier gondolé).

L'Ancienne Librairie · Paris, France80,00 €

SALT H.S.MareMagnum

On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills. Pilgrimages to Snowdon and Scawfell. NICE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

19088vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and a plate; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, covers unevenly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. The first, and perhaps deceptively humble, appearance of a rock-climbing classic; in its plea for conservation it is decades before its time. It was several times reissued in various forms, but never as attractively as in this, its original binding. Neate 680.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Royaume-Uni34,12 €

Saglio, S (a cura di)MareMagnum

Alpi Retiche Occidentali

1953350pp + 40 figg.f.t. + mappe VG/none Prima edizione, copertina originale editoriale tutta tela verde con scritte al piatto anteriore e al dorso, dorso sbiadito altrimenti in condizioni eccellenti, fresco e pulito, completo di tutte le cartine, inclusa una grande mappa ripiegata piu' volte. Volume della Collana Da Rifugio a Rifugio pubblicato dal Club Alpino Italiano e Touring Club Italiano, con 83 disegni, 40 illustrazioni, 11 cartine e una carta in scala 1:250.000.

Science Books · Royaume-Uni19,00 €

Saglio, S (a cura di)MareMagnum

Dolomiti Occidentali

1949270pp + 28 figg.f.t. + 5 mappe VG/none Prima edizione, copertina originale editoriale tutta tela verde con scritte al piatto anteriore e al dorso, tracce di polvere e dorso sbiadito, carta ingiallita dal tempo, nel complesso in buone condizioni, completo di tutte le cartine. Volume della Collana Da Rifugio a Rifugio pubblicato dal Club Alpino Italiano e Touring Club Italiano, con 82 disegni, 28 illustrazioni e 5 cartine ripiegate.

Science Books · Royaume-Uni19,00 €

Safety and Education Committee of the Federation of Mountain Clubs of British ColumbiaMareMagnum

Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia Training Manual IV - Basic Rock Climbing

199135 pages. The Fourth in a series of manual used by the Federation of Mountain Clubs for courses on Mountaineering skills. Designed to be used along with instruction and hands-on experience. Discusses equipment, climbing, anchor systems, Belaying, Rapelling, Climbing Classification, Basic Climbing Knots and Coiling a Rope. Small stain and bit of writing to front cover. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canada49,95 €

RÉBUFFAT, GastonLivre Rare Book

Mont-Blanc - Jardin féerique

1962réf. 807741962 Editions Hachette - 1962 - In-8, cartonnage toilé jaune sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs de l'éditeur - 202 p. - Très riche iconographie in et hors-texte en couleurs et en N&B

Librairie Le Père Pénard · Lyon, France15,00 €

Russell-Killough Comte HenriLivre Rare Book

Les grandes ascensions des pyrénées d'une mer à l'autre, guide spécial du piéton orné de douze cartes

réf. vd1628Paris, L. Hachette & Cie, libraires, boulevard Saint-Germain, 77, Toulouse, Edouard Privat, libraire, rue des tourneurs, 45 Cartonnage d'éditeur "Rare ouvrage au format petit in-8 (12.5 * 19 cm) relié pleine percaline bleue de l'éditeur, premier plat et dos titré, 297 pages dont VIII page numéroté en chiffre romain, bien complet des 12 cartes montées sur onglet en fin d'ouvrage et du double feuillet ""Hauteurs comparées"" intercalé entre les pages VIII et 9. Sans date, mais la préface est datée de janvier 1866. Un des plus grands livres du pyrénéisme, selon Beraldi ; le coin inférieur du premier plat est abimé (voir photographie), les coiffes sont très légèrement frotté, les gardes jaunes ont été utilisées pour y prendre des notes (au crayon de bois, donc gommable) mais nous les laissons car il semble qu'en fin d'ouvrage elle fasse le décompte d'une promenade. Elles sont difficiles à lire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."

Abraxas-Libris · Bécherel, France450,00 €

RUSSELL ScottMareMagnum

Mountain Prospect. [Foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19468vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 59 plates on 46 and 7 full-page maps in the text; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-browned and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Written from a Japanese POW camp at Singapore, Russell's classic account records summer camps with New Zealand pioneer A.P.Harper, experiences in Jan Mayen and the Arctic, and an expedition to the Karakoram-Himalaya under Shipton. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate R98.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Royaume-Uni45,49 €

Ruchen-Glärnisch - HEIM, AlbertAntiquariat.de

Panorama vom Ruchen-Glärnisch (2913 Meter oder 9710 Schweiz. Fuss über Meer). Im Anfang September 1869 für die Section Tödi des Schweizer Alpenclub aufgenommen und auf Stein gezeichet. (2te Auflage mit revidierter Nomenclatur 1894). Beilage bei: SAC - Jahrbuch des Schweizer Alpen-Club, Artistische Beilagen, 29. Jahrgang 1893 / 1894.

1894réf. 140856Bern. Schmid, Francke & Co. 1894. Vielfach gefaltetes Panorama in Farblithographie. Aufgefaltet im Format 18,5 x 315 cm (Geringe Gebrauchsspuren).

Antiquariat Heinzelmännchen · Allemagne45,00 €

ROUSSY Albert-E.; PICOT Albert (préf.):Livre Rare Book

Ce fut l'an mil six cent et deux… Récit d'Escalade.

1952réf. 14077Genève, Aux éditions de la Coulouvrenière, 1952. In-4 broché de 67-[5] pages, couverture illustrée, cordonnet bicolore.

ILLIBRAIRIE | Bombadil SA · Genève, Suisse60,00 CHF≈ 64,96 €

ROUFF Marcel:Livre Rare Book

Montagnes.

1931réf. 16693Paris, Librairie Gallimard, NRF, 1931. Grand in-8 broché de 190-[2] pages, couverture imprimée en deux tons.

ILLIBRAIRIE | Bombadil SA · Genève, Suisse80,00 CHF≈ 86,61 €

ROCH AndreMareMagnum

On Rock and Ice. Mountaineering in Photographs. With a Foreword [and Photographs] by Frank S. Smythe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19474to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 80 fine plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neate 661.