BURLINGHAM, FREDERICK

How to Become an Alpinist

1913, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Laurie, London, [1913]. 8vo, xii, 218p, 10p cat. Illustrated with 63 blue-tinted photographs by the author. Spine lettering faded else VG clean copy in original green cloth. Neate B217 ' includes a good selection of photographs of early climbers and a good chapter on early women climbers'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001298

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

HOWARD-BURY, BRUCE, NORTON, MALLORY, SOMERVELL & OTHERS

The Everest Trilogy - 3 vols, Mount Everest the Reconnaissance 1921; The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 and The Fight for Everest 1924.

. Hardcover. Book, Edward Arnold, London, 1922 (first edn), 1924 (2nd imp), 1925 (first edn). 3 vols, tall 8vo, xii, 350p; xii, 339p, 1p ad; xii, 372p. Complete with all folding plates and maps. Vol 1 has a prize bookplate, gilt 'Garratts Hall Banstead' to upper board and slight browning to fore-edge. Vol 2 has a small inscr; vol 3 has a small inscr & wrinkling to spine cloth. Slight wear else VG clean set in original blue, red & green cloth gilt. Mallory wrote p 183-280 in vol 1, p 121-224 & p 273-295 in vol 2 & vol 3 includes Mallory's Letters p 207 -239. Neate H120, B196 and N31 'they form a very handsome record of the courage and daring of the early Everesters'. Very Good.

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Book number: 002117

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Everest

BUSK, MISS R H

The Valleys of Tirol their Traditions & Customs & how to visit them.

1874, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Longmans, London, 1874. 8vo, xxxii, 453p, 2p cat. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding maps, one coloured. New endpapers, VG clean copy in original green cloth gilt, gilt vignette on upper board. Not in Neate or Perret. An attractive copy of a scarce book. Very Good.

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Book number: 001613

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Tyrol

BYRNE, WILLIAM (ENGRAVER)

Brittania Depicta; a Series of Views (with brief descriptions) . Part V Containing Twenty-Eight Views in Cumberland.

1816, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 1816. No title as issued. Starts with list of plates 'The twenty-eight views in Cumberland, contained in this Fifth Part. Oblong folio, 38 x 28 cm. Nr fine in original green cloth with gilt title 'Views in Cumberland'. The fine Lakes views are engraved from drawings made by J. Farrington R.A. each with text opposite. Bicknell 85. Very Good.

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Book number: 001939

Catalogue: Lake District

LOUIS RAMOND DE CARBONNIERES, GOLD, F (TRANSLATOR).

Travels in the Pyrenees containing a description of the Principal Summits, Passes and Vallies.

1813, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Longman et al, 1813. 8vo, no half-title, viii, 324p. VG in attractive recent half-calf, raised bands, lettered in gilt. Ramond is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees. Very Good.

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Book number: 002143

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CARR, H

A Climbers' Guide to Snowdon

1926, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, 1926. Sm 8vo, 157p. Plates. Inscr. Slight fade to spine, VG clean copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 001473

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CARR, HERBERT & LISTER, GEORGE

The Mountains of Snowdonia in History, the Sciences, Literature and Sport

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, John Lane, 1925. 8vo, xx, 405p, 2p cat. Plates & maps. Bkplt. Minor browning to eps and edges else nr fine copy in original cloth gilt. Neate C16, with chapters by G W Young & C F Holland. A nice copy. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001138

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CASSIN, RICCARDO.

50 Years of Alpinism (Signed).

1981, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Diadem, London, 1981. 8vo, 207p. Plates. Fiine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Neate C21 'One of the finest twentieth century mountaineers'. His most famous alpine first ascent was the Walker Spur on the Grandes Jorasses. Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002035

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CATLOW, AGNES & MARIA.

Sketching Rambles or Nature in the Alps & Apennines.

1861, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 2 vols, James Hogg, London, [1861]. 8vo, xiv, 374p, 2p cat; x, 368p. 2 hand-coloured frontispieces and 18 tinted litho plates. VG in un-numbered original pictorial red cloth gilt, neatly rebacked in red morocco with gilt labels. Marbled endpapers. Not in Neate. Perret 880 'Bel ouvrage. Peu courant et recherché'. A very attractive set on an alpine Grand Tour - Switzerland, Chamonix including Montanvers, vol 2 is entirely Italy. Very Good.

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Book number: 002158

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CAVIEZEL, M

Tourist's Guide to the Upper Engadine

1877, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1st Eng edn, Stanford, London, 1877. Sm 8vo, viii, 204p, 28p adverts. Folding coloured map . Name on title. Slight wear else VG clean copy in original cloth gilt. A rare and important guide, with descriptions of the area, excursions, guided mountains, hotels & flora. Caviezel sold Alpine plants at Pontresina. Not in Neate or Perret. Very Good.

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Book number: 001206

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Alps

CESCINSKY, HERBERT

The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture

1931, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, London, Chapman & Hall, 1931. 4to, x, 168p. Frontispiece & 292 b/w plates. Nr fine in an attractive black full-calf binding, 2 title pieces, gilt and blind decoration. Marbled endpapers. Very Good.

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Book number: 002023

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

CHARLESWORTH, REV E. G.

Chronicles of the Coniston Family.

1888. Hardcover. Book, New edn, London, Stock, 1888. 8vo, [vi], 178p, 1p reviews.Dedicated by permission to J Ruskin Esq, Brantwood, Coniston. Inscribed, SIGNED & dated by the author. VG bright copy in original blue cloth gilt. One of the reviews - 'A work of fiction which to some extent has probably been founded on fact, containing a clever plot..'. Scarce. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002212

Catalogue: Lake District

CHASE, REV CHARLES H [VICAR OF AMBLESIDE]

Alpine Climbers

1888, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, SPCK, n.d. [1888]. Sm 8vo, 64p, 4p cat. Inscr. Slightly dusty else VG in original pictorial cloth. Neate C34 'A series of religious addresses, suggested by climbing incidents'. Rare - only 3 copies on Copac. Very Good.

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Book number: 001442

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CLARE, CONSTANCE LEIGH

The Brenner Pass Tirol from Kufstein to Riva

1912, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Bennett, London, 1912. 8vo, 310p, map & plates, some in colour. Near fine copy in original cloth gilt. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001174

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

CLARK, R

A Picture History of Mountaineering.

1956, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, 1956. 17p text, 137p illus. Nr fine in similar dw. Large format with classic photographs. Neate C63 'A fine collection of historical photographs'. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001900

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel