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1990réf. 451501The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District 1990. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fine paperback copy tight bright clean. Well preserved overall. Vol 25 1 No. 72 1990 // Vol 35 2 No. 73 1992 // Vol 25 3 No. 74 1994 // Vol 26 1 No 75 1996 // Vol 26 2 No. 76 1998 // Vol 26 3 No. 77 2000 // Vol 27 1 No 78 2002. Physical description; 7 v. Subjects; Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District Periodicals. Mountaineering England Lake District Periodicals. Rock climbing England Lake District Periodicals. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District paperback
1998No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 208pp. An analysis of the personalities of twelve internationally renowned climbers as they tackle some of the most challenging climbs in the world.
1989Features: Explorers Club members help select the "Seven Underwater Wonders of the World"; High Points of Climbing in the Alps; Nepal's Karnali Zone - Land without Rice; Mountains in Crisis - Man Vs. Nature; The cutting edge of low technology - pack animals; Galapagos Gourmets and Gourmands; A Benediction for Voyager 2. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
19578vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispiece, numeroud plates in monochrome and many maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top a little faded, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. Covers the Swiss ascent of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse. Published a year after the German version. Neate 240.
19864to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written and sumptuously illustrated account of the author's four expeditions to the world's highest peak.
19498vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, plates and map; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Neate *149.
192632 pages. Features: When Old Salem Hunted Witches - men and women were put to death on the accusation of little children; The Man Who Fights Alone - "The Cop is the World's Greatest Warrior" - article with statistics of policemen killed on the job; Why I Left New York (part 1) - a middle westerner moves there but is in conflict with its alien atmosphere; Who Pays for Our Radio Programs? - noted economics author explains how national advertisers foot the bill so we can listen-in without charge; Captain Kidd - Pirate-Catcher - the rover is commissioned to capture ships flying the black flag; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - no amount of pretense can improve upon the original; Editorials - the time of England's trouble, is the jury system a failure, police death roll, the family is the unit; Woodrow Wilson (part 9) - He refused to be rushed into hasty decisions; World War's Effect Upon the Negro - overseas the colored soldier acquired an entirely new estimate of his importance in the scheme of things; Dry-Farming - The Tragedy of the West - scores of deserted homes stand as mute monuments to the settler's struggle in a land where rain seldom comes; Moonlight Midnight on "Old Tim" - Climbing Mount Timpanogas; The Voyage of the Victoria - part 3 - further adventures of Magellan; Chats with Office Callers; A Dance a Week - Hull's Victory, Lady Walpole's Reel, and Speed the Plow (with piano music for each); amazing photos of strange worldwide professions - a daredevil juggling atop several chairs, rubber tappers in Ceylon demonstrating the herringbone system,Egyptian dervishes passing skewers through their cheeks, and a Korean peddler of earthen ware - carried upon his back! Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1934This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 11-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Kidnapping of John S. Labatt; many international stories; Saanich will hold 65th annual fair in September; Cameron Lake photo; Photo of Father Bernard R. Hubbard mountain climbing in Alaska; Editorial page; Large ad for Standard Furniture Co.; Razing of main classroom structure of Corrig College in Victoria; Vacation page; photo of Dr. William Beebe and his steel diving ball; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
2006No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease/bump to upper front corner and first few page, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 256pp. Complete guide to rock climbing from first steps to advanced rescue techniques, with advice on clothing and equipment, strength and stamina and the best locations worldwide. Well illustrated.
1983232 pages. Index. Illustrated in colour and black and white. "Two of the most important aspects of decorative and functional gardening are combined in this authoritative, extremely wide-ranging and splendidly illustrated reference book." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Book
1864pp. (1) [Publisher's catalogue], vii, 304, 22 [Publisher's catalogue], (1) + Plus Frontis and full page drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Age stained. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Binding soiled and worn. Hardbound. Captain Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) was an Irish-born novelist, adventurer and traveler. He lived in the United States from 1840-1849, and served in the Mexican War. Allibone II, 1766-7. TRAVEL/7
19528vo., 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.
1969A clean, unmarked book in a tight binding. Slight edge wear. Large format: 10 1/2"w x 14"h. 182 pages. A selection of 150 of Ray Atkeson's color photographs of the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountain Range.
19508vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous plates and maps (a number folding); red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded version of the original edition of 1923.
19338vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 13 plates on 11, half-title and title lightly spotted; original cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrip lightly mottled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author was a contemporary of the Abraham brothers with whom he climbed occasionally. He was also one of those who made the first ascent of the Ben Nuis Chimney on Arran in 1901. Includes short bibliography. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate 43.
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.
195322 pages. Published upon the fiftieth anniversary of the climbing of these British Columbia mountains. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
19378vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, map and large folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Classic first ascent. Neate *815.
19538vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy 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 with ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case with marbled lining, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. An elegant copy of a cornerstone of British mountaineering literature. Neate *393.
19538vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top (lightly faded), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Neate *393.
19538vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393.
19278vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous fine photographs, some very light and occasional marginal browning, light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original green buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *302.
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.
18898vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and 2 folding maps (one coloured; one coloured in outline); pictorial cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Robert Sauve Pulman on front paste-down. Not recorded by Neate.
19478vo., 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.
