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	AMENT, PAT, High Endeavors. La Crescenta, CA, Mountain N'Air Books, (1991). 1st ed. G PB. American rock climbing from about 1960 to present - most disturbing, furnniest & genuinely insightful writing. The most unboring book on rock climbing that you will read. Edge wear, creases, sl damp stain. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS035045I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BECHTOLD, FRITZ, TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY H. E. G. TYNDALE, Nanga Parbat Adventure. NY, Dutton, (1936). G ex-library. Owner bookplate, library markings, edge wear, spine sunned. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS035997I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB, Accidents in North American Mountaineering including Canada & the United States: 23rd annual report 1970. NY, American Alpine Club, (1970). VG PB. Fading at binding edges. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: BOOKS020460I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HISTORICAL ESSAY BY JUDITH A. & JOHN W. HAKOLA, Greatest Mountain: Katahdin's Wilderness. np, Down East, (1972). VG PB. "Gigantic, majestic, with stony eyebrows and cheekbones, the Spirit of Katahdin lived inside the mountain with his Indian. wife and his two children." Sl edge wear. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS042093I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HENDERSON, KENNETH A., The American Alpine Club's Handbook of American Mountaineering. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1942). 8th ptg. VG in G DJ. First handbook to deal specifically with American mountains and American conditions. DJ price clipped & tanned at edges. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS035128I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HORNBEIN, THOMAS F., EDITED BY DAVID BROWER, Everest: the West Ridge. NY, Sierra Club/Ballantine, (1968). VG PB. Slight soil binding. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033128I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HOUSTON, CHARLES S., M.D., Going Higher: the story of man & altitude. Boston, Little Brown, (1987). Revised. VG PB. Owner name fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019351I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HOWE, NICHOLAS, Not without Peril: 150 years of misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, (2000). 2nd ptg. G PB. Back pages damp stained. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031451I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	JACKSON, MONICA & ELIZABETH STARK, FOREWORD BY ARLENE BLUM, Tents in the Clouds: the first women's Himalayan expedition. Seattle, WA, Seal Press, (2000). 1st ptg. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS032548I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KLOBUCHAR, JIM, Wild Places and Gentle Breezes. Stillwater, MN, Voyageur Press, (1990). VG PB. Owner name fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019362I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KNOX, RAY, A Thousand Mountains Shining: stories from New Zealand's mountain world. Wellington, New Zealand, Reed, (1984). 1st ptg. VG PB. Owner inscription half title page. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS017739I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KOCOUR, RUTH ANNE AS TOLD TO MICHAEL HODGSON, Facing the Extreme: one woman's story of true courage, death-defying survival, and her quest for the summit. NY, St. Martins, (1998). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. ".I didn't set out with the thought that I was risking my life. I am more afraid of not living than I am of dying.". Kocour is a veteran mountaineer with 9 international summits climbed including Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Nevado Illimani & Mt. Elbrus. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS022432I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	LONG, JOHN, EDITED BY, Tales from the Steep. Merrillville, IN, ICS Books, (1993). VG lg sz PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019361I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	PUTNAM, WILLIAM LOWELL, Mountain Leadership. Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club, (1969). G PB. Yellow cover mottled. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033100I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Lyons, (1997). 2nd ptg. VG PB. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS032761I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8000 meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Dutton, (1952). VG. Color photo endpapers, edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033120I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8000 meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Dutton, (1952). VG in G DJ. Color photo endpapers, DJ edge wear. Owner name fep. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 978] Book number: BOOKS033121I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	SMITH, HOWARD E. SMITH JR., The Complete Beginner's Guide to Mountain Climbing. NY, Doubleday, 1977. 1st ed. VG. Proper walking techniques, equipment & survival tactics. Owner initials fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033123I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	SUFRIN, MARK, To the Top of the World: Sir Edmund Hillary and the Conquest of Everest. NY, Platt & Munk, (1966). G+. Gift inscription fep. Corners bumped. Edge wear. Spine worn. Loose. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS003556I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ULLMAN, JAMES RAMSEY, Kingdom of Adventure; Everest: a chronicle of man's assault on earth's highest mountain narrated by participants. NY, Sloane, (1947). 1st ptg ss. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS017244I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WATERMAN, LAURA & GUY, A Fine Kind of Madness: mountain adventures tall and true. Seattle, WA, Mountaineers Books, (2000). VG PB. In 1973 the Watermans severed connections to the fast track and went to live close to the land on their Vermont homestead for. almost 30 years. Explores the enduring mystery of why people climb, its meaning in our lives & what we see & cannot see in the mountains. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 978] Book number: BOOKS040313I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WILKERSON, JMES A., M.D., Medicine for Mountaineering. Seattle, WA, The Mountaineers, (1978). 2nd ed 2nd ptg. VG PB. Owner name whited out & blacked out. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS038639I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WILSON, KEN, EDITED BY, FOREWORD BY AL ALVAREZ, The Games Climbers Play. London, Baton Wicks, (1996). Revised 4 imp. VG PB. 100 mountaineering articles some of finest essays on mountaineering, plus light-hearted items, from contemporary. magazines & journals (for the most part) unabridged. Sl edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS038038I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.

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	AMENT, PAT, High Endeavors. La Crescenta, CA, Mountain N'Air Books, (1991). 1st ed. G PB. American rock climbing from about 1960 to present - most disturbing, furnniest & genuinely insightful writing. The most unboring book on rock climbing that you will read. Edge wear, creases, sl damp stain. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS035045I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BECHTOLD, FRITZ, TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY H. E. G. TYNDALE, Nanga Parbat Adventure. NY, Dutton, (1936). G ex-library. Owner bookplate, library markings, edge wear, spine sunned. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS035997I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB, Accidents in North American Mountaineering including Canada & the United States: 23rd annual report 1970. NY, American Alpine Club, (1970). VG PB. Fading at binding edges. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: BOOKS020460I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HISTORICAL ESSAY BY JUDITH A. & JOHN W. HAKOLA, Greatest Mountain: Katahdin's Wilderness. np, Down East, (1972). VG PB. "Gigantic, majestic, with stony eyebrows and cheekbones, the Spirit of Katahdin lived inside the mountain with his Indian. wife and his two children." Sl edge wear. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS042093I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HENDERSON, KENNETH A., The American Alpine Club's Handbook of American Mountaineering. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1942). 8th ptg. VG in G DJ. First handbook to deal specifically with American mountains and American conditions. DJ price clipped & tanned at edges. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS035128I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HORNBEIN, THOMAS F., EDITED BY DAVID BROWER, Everest: the West Ridge. NY, Sierra Club/Ballantine, (1968). VG PB. Slight soil binding. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033128I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HOUSTON, CHARLES S., M.D., Going Higher: the story of man & altitude. Boston, Little Brown, (1987). Revised. VG PB. Owner name fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019351I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HOWE, NICHOLAS, Not without Peril: 150 years of misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, (2000). 2nd ptg. G PB. Back pages damp stained. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031451I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	JACKSON, MONICA & ELIZABETH STARK, FOREWORD BY ARLENE BLUM, Tents in the Clouds: the first women's Himalayan expedition. Seattle, WA, Seal Press, (2000). 1st ptg. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS032548I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KLOBUCHAR, JIM, Wild Places and Gentle Breezes. Stillwater, MN, Voyageur Press, (1990). VG PB. Owner name fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019362I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KNOX, RAY, A Thousand Mountains Shining: stories from New Zealand's mountain world. Wellington, New Zealand, Reed, (1984). 1st ptg. VG PB. Owner inscription half title page. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS017739I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	KOCOUR, RUTH ANNE AS TOLD TO MICHAEL HODGSON, Facing the Extreme: one woman's story of true courage, death-defying survival, and her quest for the summit. NY, St. Martins, (1998). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. ".I didn't set out with the thought that I was risking my life. I am more afraid of not living than I am of dying.". Kocour is a veteran mountaineer with 9 international summits climbed including Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Nevado Illimani & Mt. Elbrus. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS022432I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	LONG, JOHN, EDITED BY, Tales from the Steep. Merrillville, IN, ICS Books, (1993). VG lg sz PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019361I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	PUTNAM, WILLIAM LOWELL, Mountain Leadership. Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club, (1969). G PB. Yellow cover mottled. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033100I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Lyons, (1997). 2nd ptg. VG PB. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS032761I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8000 meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Dutton, (1952). VG. Color photo endpapers, edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033120I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	INTRODUCTION BY ERIC SHIPTON, Annapurna: first conquest of an 8000 meter peak (26,493 feet). NY, Dutton, (1952). VG in G DJ. Color photo endpapers, DJ edge wear. Owner name fep. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 978] Book number: BOOKS033121I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	SMITH, HOWARD E. SMITH JR., The Complete Beginner's Guide to Mountain Climbing. NY, Doubleday, 1977. 1st ed. VG. Proper walking techniques, equipment & survival tactics. Owner initials fep. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS033123I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	SUFRIN, MARK, To the Top of the World: Sir Edmund Hillary and the Conquest of Everest. NY, Platt & Munk, (1966). G+. Gift inscription fep. Corners bumped. Edge wear. Spine worn. Loose. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS003556I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ULLMAN, JAMES RAMSEY, Kingdom of Adventure; Everest: a chronicle of man's assault on earth's highest mountain narrated by participants. NY, Sloane, (1947). 1st ptg ss. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS017244I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WATERMAN, LAURA & GUY, A Fine Kind of Madness: mountain adventures tall and true. Seattle, WA, Mountaineers Books, (2000). VG PB. In 1973 the Watermans severed connections to the fast track and went to live close to the land on their Vermont homestead for. almost 30 years. Explores the enduring mystery of why people climb, its meaning in our lives & what we see & cannot see in the mountains. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 \| £UK 6.75 \| JP¥ 978] Book number: BOOKS040313I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WILKERSON, JMES A., M.D., Medicine for Mountaineering. Seattle, WA, The Mountaineers, (1978). 2nd ed 2nd ptg. VG PB. Owner name whited out & blacked out. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS038639I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	WILSON, KEN, EDITED BY, FOREWORD BY AL ALVAREZ, The Games Climbers Play. London, Baton Wicks, (1996). Revised 4 imp. VG PB. 100 mountaineering articles some of finest essays on mountaineering, plus light-hearted items, from contemporary. magazines & journals (for the most part) unabridged. Sl edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS038038I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.