Nilakantha: Story of the Indian Expedition of 1961

Kumar, Major N

New Delhi, Publication Division, 1965
Hardback. 140 pages.
66 B/W photographs including 18 full page photographs. Line drawings. 3 maps, and 2 expedition maps on the reverse side of cover. Annexure; appendix.
Edges & corners of the cover are rubbed; both cover & spine are foxing; flap page without dustjacket, browning in the pages.
Size: 140 x 220 mm. Weight: 360 g.
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Bibliography of American Mountain Ascents

Fisher, Joel E

This reference work lists all the peaks of North and South America that had been climbed up to mid-1945, with references to articles from leading mountaineering journals about each climb.

New York, American Alpine Club Research Fund, 1946.
Hardback. 298 pages.
Slight rubbing to edges & corners of the cover, spine is fading & foxing, somewhere writing by blue pen, crease on page 51.
Size: 150 x 220 mm. Weight: 500 g.
Good.

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The Man Who Skied Down Everest (COPY 1)

Miura, Yuichiro with Perlman, Eric

An account of the amazing and improbable feat of skiing Everest avove 26,000 feet level. "The Man who Skied Down Everest is a book that dusts off the age-old ideals of honor and glory and embodies the unparalleled vitality of a life lived close to the edge. As Yuichiro Miura puts it, 'If life is a dream, let's dream a great dream.' ".

San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1978.
Hardback. 170 pages. Dustjacket (protected inside plastic wrapper).
29 B&W photographs. 12 colour photographs. 2 maps.
Size: 155 x 230 mm. Weight: 500 g.
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The Man Who Skied Down Everest (COPY 2)

Miura, Yuichiro with Perlman, Eric

An account of the amazing and improbable feat of skiing Everest avove 26,000 feet level. "The Man who Skied Down Everest is a book that dusts off the age-old ideals of honor and glory and embodies the unparalleled vitality of a life lived close to the edge. As Yuichiro Miura puts it, 'If life is a dream, let's dream a great dream.' ".

San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1978.
Hardback. 170 pages. No dustjacket.
29 B&W photographs. 12 colour photographs. 2 maps.
Faded & dirty spine, edges of cover are slightly rubbed otherwise books are clean & tidy.
Size: 155 x 230 mm. Weight: 500 g.
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The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way up The Highest Mountain in the World

Bonington, Chris

This was the author's first attempt at this route. Team members include Hamish MacInnes, Dougal Haston, Tony Tighe (a fatality), Ken Wilson, Mick Burke, Doug Scott, and Nick Escourt on this thwarted but impressive attempt reaching 27,300ft.

New York, Stein and Day, 1973. ISBN: 812816382.
Hardback. 352 pages. Dustjacket.
57 B/W photographs. 24 colour photographs. 4 line drawings; 2 maps; 1 foldout expedition map. Appendices; index.
Dustjacket in protective wrapper. Slight rubbing to edges of the cover: top and fore edges show some foxing; inside pages are clean.
Size: 160 x 240 mm. Weight: 940 g.
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My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents

Turner, Samuel

"Turner was a mountaineer whose travels included Siberia, South america and New Zealand. His bombastic style spoils his books and detracts from his not inconsiderable climbing achievements." -- J Neate, Mountaineering Literature

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1913.
Hardback. 283 pages.
74 B&W photographs.
Edges & corners of the cover & spine are rubbed; faded spine; stains on the cover; writing with black ink in front endpaper; closed tears from page 91 to 104; some foxing & browning in the pages.
Size: 130 x 200 mm. Weight: 520 g.
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Beyond the High Himalayas

Douglas, William O

Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas' recounts a colorful tale of his trip to Central Asia. He tells of his hazardous trek over the great mountain passes from Manali to Leh, and then of his visits to Afghanistan, Swat and Gilgit. More than a travel book, this work reflects on the political situation in Central Asia and the emerging struggle between Communism, tradition and democracy.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1952.
Hardback. 352 pages.
2 expedition maps on the reverse side of cover. Appendix; index. 
Torn & tatty cover, edges & corners of the cover and spine are rubbed, frayed spine, binding edge of back cover is cracked, stains on cover, worming throughout the whole book, first few pages are missing, creases and tears from page 287 to 300, corners of last few pages are rolled, somewhere foxing, browning in the pages.
Size: 130 x 200 mm. Weight: 360 g.
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A Dictionary of Mountaineering

Collomb, R G

"Definitions, names, and terms and their explanations, used by English-speaking mountaineers particularly in Britain and the Continent".

London, Blackie & Son, 1957
Hardback. 175 pages.
21 engravings; 87 drawings and pictures. Bibliography; appendix.
Rebound, corners of the cover are slightly rubbed; pin-sized hole worming throughout the whole book; closed tear on rear endpaper; light browning of the pages.
Size: 125 x 185 mm. Weight: 260 g.
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Men For The Mountains

Marty, Sid

A Park Warden tells of climbing and rescues amid the Canadian Rockies.

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1978
Hardback. 270 pages. ISBN: 771058527
Laminated dustjacket,. Maps.
Small tears on dustjacket, edges & corners of the cover are rubbed, slightly faded spine and cover, writing with blue ink in front endpaper, clean copy internally
Size: 160 x 235 mm. Weight: 680 g.
Very Good.
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The Real Book of Mountaineering

McMorris, William B. Edited by Patrick Pringle. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan.

London, Dennis Dobson, 1961.
Hardback. 192 pages.
30 drawings, 2 maps, glossary and index.
Rebound. Underlined by blue pen upto page 37; marked with blue ink on last few pages; top corners of same pages are cockled; writing by red pen on fifth page; some foxing & browning of the pages.
Size: 125 x 190 mm. Weight: 260 g.
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No Place for Men

Mulgrew, Peter

"Account of Hillary's 1960 expedition to Makalu, experimenting with the effects of high altitude climbing without oxygen. The author was severely crippled by frostbite."-- Jill Neate, Mountaineering Literature

Wellington, A H & A W Reed, 1965.

Hardback. Dustjacket. 199 pages.
57 B&W photographs; 2 diagrams; drawings; a photograph on the reverse side of front cover; map on the reverse side of back cover. Glossary, appendix and index.
Dustjacket reinforced with tape; slight rubbing to edges of the cover; fore edge and inside few pages show foxing; light browning to the pages.
Size: 140 x 225 mm. Weight: 420 g.
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Die Herausforderung

Messner, Reinhold

Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climbed Lotse south face in 1975 and then the 8,000 metre Hidden Peak. The did so without oxygen, fixed ropes, high camps or high-altitude porters and without any contact with the outside world.

Munich, , BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, 1977.
Hardback. 208 pages. ISBN: 3405118840. German text.
26 B&W photographs. 33 colour photographs. 4 maps and drawings.
Edges & corners of the cover & spine are rubbed, spine is fading, sticker ghost on back cover, purple stains on the top corner of few pages, top edge is dirty, some foxing. Lacks dustjacket.
Size: 155 x 235 mm. Weight: 520 g.
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Alleingang Nanga Parbat

Messner, Reinhold

Author's account of the Diamir Flank by a new route in 1978 with success coming after three attempts. This was a completely solo climb of an 8,000 m mountain.

Munich, BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, 1979.
Hardback. Dustjacket. 269 pages. Geran text.
89 B&W photographs. 53 colour photographs. 15 maps. Line drawings.
Slightly torn dustjacket, edges & corners of the cover are rubbed, sticker ghost on the first page, light browning of the pages.
Size: 160 x 240. Weight: 640 g.
Very Good.
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The Kinnaurese of the Himalayas

Raha, M K and Mahato S N

Calcutta, Anthropological Survey of India, 1985.
Hardback. 371 pages.
Laminated dustjacket. 29 B&W photographs; 43 tables; line drawings. Appendices and bibliography.
Small tear on dustjacket, slight rubbing to edges & corners of the cover, top edge is foxing, creasing on pages 29-32; otherwise a nice copy .
Size: 160 x 250 mm. Weight: 880 g.
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The Story of Everest

Murray, W H. Illustrated by Robert Anderson.

This book descrribes the complete climbing history of Everest up to the final successful attempt in 1953. Written by the deputy leader of the 1951 Everest Reconnaisance and author of several books on mountaineering, this book vividly details the remarkable adventures of those wo have sought to scale Everest.

London, J M Dent & Sons, 1953.

Hardback. Pages: x + 195
23 pages of B/W photographs; 14 maps. Bibliography, appendix and index
Rebound, corners of the cover are slightly rubbed, writing by blue pen on top and bottom edge of the book and on page v, somewhere marked with blue ink, dampstains on the last few pages, worming throughout the whole book in the form of pin-sized hole, browning of the pages
Size: 130 x 200 mm. Weight: 420 g.
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Himalayan Tourists Guide 1969

Uniyal, B D

Seema Prakashan, 1969.
Hardback. 162 pages.
101 B&W photographs; 6 maps; pictures; several advertisements 
Rebound. Edges & corners of the cover are rubbed, tears on the first and last two pages, sticker damage on the same pages, stains on the title page, lower end of last few pages show creases, browning of the pages
Size: 140 x 220 mm. Weight: 240 g.
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