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M. E. McCarty, Bookseller

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	BARTON, BOB & WRIGHT, BLYTH A Chance in a Million, Scottish Avalanches The Scottish Mountaineering Trust. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0907521118) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Evans, d. Top rh corner of back cover is slightly scuffed, otherwise a very good copy of this small book dealing with avalanches in the Scottish mountains, how they happen, how to avoid them, and rescue techniques, also includes some personal accounts of avalanches. 119pp, 39 figures and diagrams. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 001148 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	BUCHAN, JOHN (EDITOR) Great Hours in Sport London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1921, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No dustwrapper. Green cloth-covered boards have some waret-marking, mostly to the lower end, gilt titles on spine and front cover are faded but still readable, previous owner's name on f/ep. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book containing pieces by various authors on different Sports, aimed probably at a Public-School type of readership. The pieces are: (on Fishing) ''Lost Monsters'' by John Buchan, ''Backing It Up'' by Herbert Maxwell, ''A Trout Fisher's Best Day'' by H T Sheringham; (on Big-Game Hunting) ''The Muckle Hart of Benmore'' by Charles St John, ''His Last Caribou'' by H Hesketh-Pritchard, ''Happy Times'' by J G Millais; (on Mountaineering) ''Mont Blanc by a New Way'' by Geoffrey Winthrop Young; (on Fox-Hunting) ''A Good Run'' by Peter Beckford, ''A Crowded Day'' by Lord Willoughby de Broke; (on Horse-Racing) ''Ormonde's Hardwicke Stakes'' and ''The Grand National of 1893'' by Charles Richardson; (on Small-Boat Sailing) ''The North Sea'' by Hilaire Belloc; (on Boxing) ''A Great Fight'' by Bohun Lynch; (on Cricket) ''The Finest Match I Ever Played In'' by P F Warner; (on Rugby) ''Two Great Matches'' by E H D Sewell; (on Rowing) ''The Best Boat Race I Ever Saw'' by Sir Theodore Cook; and finally ''Sport and Literature'' by John Buchan. 288pp, 10 b&w illustrations. Good/No Jacket. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 004107 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	FIRSOFF, V. A. On Foot in the Cairngorms Edinburgh & London, W. & R. Chambers. 1965, First Edition. (ISBN: B0015GS06O) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: Firsoff, V. A. 113 pp including index. A little foxing to page edges. Dust wrapper is generally rubbed but complete. Illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings. Very Good/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: kw6877 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	MEADE, C.F. Approach to the Hills London, John Murray. 1948, First Thus. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. First Albemarle library edition. Mountaineering in the Himalayas and on the Alpine range. Slight soiling to the cream cloth covered boards. Bumped a little. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. B&w. photographic frontispiece and 8 others. With 2 maps (not folding) Contents are tight and clean. 265pp including index. Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 501292 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	PLUMB, CHARLES Walking in the Grampians London, Alexander MacLehose. 1935, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Minor bumping to the spine ends of the green cloth boards, previous owner's name and date (1937) on f/ep, some pencil underlinings in the text, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book on walking in the Scottih hills . Written in the 1930s, so some information may be a bit out-of-date. 319pp, 16 b&w illustrations, 19 sketch-maps. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 002708 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	WRIGHT, J. E. B. The Technique of Mountaineering : a Handbook of Established Methods London, The Mountaineering Association. 1955, First Edition. (ISBN: B000ZUBWCU) Card Covers with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: Kidd, W. J. 160 pp including index. Minor signs of wear but generally in good clean condition. Dust jacket is worn & creased with repair and some foxing. Good/Worn dust wrapper. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: kw6839 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.

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	BARTON, BOB & WRIGHT, BLYTH A Chance in a Million, Scottish Avalanches The Scottish Mountaineering Trust. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0907521118) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Evans, d. Top rh corner of back cover is slightly scuffed, otherwise a very good copy of this small book dealing with avalanches in the Scottish mountains, how they happen, how to avoid them, and rescue techniques, also includes some personal accounts of avalanches. 119pp, 39 figures and diagrams. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 001148 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	BUCHAN, JOHN (EDITOR) Great Hours in Sport London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1921, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. No dustwrapper. Green cloth-covered boards have some waret-marking, mostly to the lower end, gilt titles on spine and front cover are faded but still readable, previous owner's name on f/ep. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book containing pieces by various authors on different Sports, aimed probably at a Public-School type of readership. The pieces are: (on Fishing) ''Lost Monsters'' by John Buchan, ''Backing It Up'' by Herbert Maxwell, ''A Trout Fisher's Best Day'' by H T Sheringham; (on Big-Game Hunting) ''The Muckle Hart of Benmore'' by Charles St John, ''His Last Caribou'' by H Hesketh-Pritchard, ''Happy Times'' by J G Millais; (on Mountaineering) ''Mont Blanc by a New Way'' by Geoffrey Winthrop Young; (on Fox-Hunting) ''A Good Run'' by Peter Beckford, ''A Crowded Day'' by Lord Willoughby de Broke; (on Horse-Racing) ''Ormonde's Hardwicke Stakes'' and ''The Grand National of 1893'' by Charles Richardson; (on Small-Boat Sailing) ''The North Sea'' by Hilaire Belloc; (on Boxing) ''A Great Fight'' by Bohun Lynch; (on Cricket) ''The Finest Match I Ever Played In'' by P F Warner; (on Rugby) ''Two Great Matches'' by E H D Sewell; (on Rowing) ''The Best Boat Race I Ever Saw'' by Sir Theodore Cook; and finally ''Sport and Literature'' by John Buchan. 288pp, 10 b&w illustrations. Good/No Jacket. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 004107 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	FIRSOFF, V. A. On Foot in the Cairngorms Edinburgh & London, W. & R. Chambers. 1965, First Edition. (ISBN: B0015GS06O) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: Firsoff, V. A. 113 pp including index. A little foxing to page edges. Dust wrapper is generally rubbed but complete. Illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings. Very Good/Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: kw6877 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	MEADE, C.F. Approach to the Hills London, John Murray. 1948, First Thus. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. First Albemarle library edition. Mountaineering in the Himalayas and on the Alpine range. Slight soiling to the cream cloth covered boards. Bumped a little. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. B&w. photographic frontispiece and 8 others. With 2 maps (not folding) Contents are tight and clean. 265pp including index. Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 501292 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	PLUMB, CHARLES Walking in the Grampians London, Alexander MacLehose. 1935, First Edition. Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Minor bumping to the spine ends of the green cloth boards, previous owner's name and date (1937) on f/ep, some pencil underlinings in the text, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book on walking in the Scottih hills . Written in the 1930s, so some information may be a bit out-of-date. 319pp, 16 b&w illustrations, 19 sketch-maps. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 002708 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.
	WRIGHT, J. E. B. The Technique of Mountaineering : a Handbook of Established Methods London, The Mountaineering Association. 1955, First Edition. (ISBN: B000ZUBWCU) Card Covers with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: Kidd, W. J. 160 pp including index. Minor signs of wear but generally in good clean condition. Dust jacket is worn & creased with repair and some foxing. Good/Worn dust wrapper. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: kw6839 Click here to order or inquire at M.E. McCarty, Bookseller.