LARDEN, WALTER.

Inscriptions from Swiss Chalets.

1913. Hardcover. Book, First edn, printed for the author, OUP, Oxford, 1913. 8vo, 208p. 52 photo illus. Endpapers slightly browned, VG in original cloth gilt. A fascinating book on the old wood-carved inscriptions in Switzerland. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001072

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

LARDEN, WALTER

Recollections of an Old Mountaineer

1910, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Arnold, London, 1910. 8vo, 320p. Plates. Inscr, near fine in original cloth gilt. Neate L12 ''He did much to popularise Arolla as a climbing centre'. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001894

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Trefwoorden: Switzerland Alps

LATROBE, CHARLES JOSEPH.

The Alpenstock or Sketches of Swiss Scenery and Manners.

1829. Hardcover. Book, Published by Seeley and Burneside, London, n.d. [1829]. 8vo, x, 388p. 12 engraved plates including vignette on title. In original bright blind-stamped and gilt green cloth binding, with gilt alpine vignettes (Title on spine 'Sketches in Switzerland'). Browning to edges of title and frontispiece, foxing to some plates, slight wear to head and tail of spine, else VG. With 12 plates, 8 more than in the plates list on p viii. Neate L13. Perret 2567 'peu courant'. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002214

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LAWDER, K M (ED).

Climbing Guide to Dartmoor and south west Devon.

1957, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First ed, Royal Navy Ski & Mountaineering Club, n.d. [1957]. Sm 8vo, viii, 70p. Frontispiece & text diagrams. Signed by Sub/Lt Nigel Davies, HMS Agincourt. Slight wear, VG in original lettered cloth. A scarce pocket guide. Neate Q92. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002110

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LEE, KATHERINE

In the Alsatian Mountains a Narrative of a Tour in the Vosges

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Bentley, London, 1883. xv, 282p, fldg map. Inscr, minor wear & slight fading to spine else near fine copy in orig cloth gilt. Scarce. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 000806

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

LEPINEY, JACQUES & TOM

Climbs on Mont Blanc.

1930, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 1930. 8vo, xii, 179p. Plates. Small inscr. Fine bright copy in original pictorial cloth. Neate L37 'The brothers made many fine climbs in the 1920s, including the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan and the Pointe de Lepiney'. Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001895

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Trefwoorden: Alps Chamonix

LEPINEY, J DE; CHARLET, AR; DAVIES, L; GERMAIN, F; PERRET, R

Guide Vallot Les Aiguilles Rouges de Chamonix

1946. Hardcover. Book, First edn thus, Paris, Fischbacher, 1946. Sm 8vo, 101p + table, many text diagrams. Near fine copy in similar dustwrapper. Scarce climbing guide. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001924

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LONGSTAFF, TOM.

This my Voyage.

1950, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Murray, London, 1950. 8vo, [xii], 324p. Plates. Near fine in similar dustwrapper. Neate L48 'Longstaff was one of the greatest early Himalayan climber-explorers'. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001882

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

LOWE, JEFF

The Ice Experience

1979, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1979. Tall 8vo, xiv, 211p. Illus. Hardback. Attractively rebound in blue cloth gilt, Inscr else fine copy. Neate L51. Ice climbing classic. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001278

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LUKAN, K

The Alps and Alpinism.

1968, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1st Eng edn, Thames & Hudson, 1968. Large format, 283 illus. Nr fine in similar dw. A very attractive history with 12 colour plates. Neate L56. Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 001896

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LUNN, SIR ARNOLD

A Century of Mountaineering 1857-1957. Centenary Tribute to the Alpine Club.

1957, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, G A & U, 1957. 4to, 263p, plates 8 in colour. Nr fine copy in VG unclipped dustwrapper. The Centenary of the Alpine Club. Neate L63 'his best & most sought-after book'. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001097

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Trefwoorden: Alps

LUNN, SIR ARNOLD.

A History of Ski - ing ( skiing ).

1927, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Oxford University Press, London, 1927. 8vo, xvi, 492p, 5p cat. Well-illustrated. A fine copy in original blue cloth gilt. Inscribed to Faith Donaldson, member of the first U.S.A. ski team Murren, 1935 and Signed by Arnold Lunn. Arnold Lunn, skier, mountaineer and writer, was best known for setting the first ever ski slalom course at Murren in 1922, and for popularising downhill skiing. Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Boeknummer: 002238

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

MAGNONE, GUIDO

The West Face

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Museum Press, 1955. Tall 8vo, 166p. Plates. Nr fine copy in slightly worn else VG unclipped dustwrapper. Neate M29 'Account of the first ascent of the very imposing West Face of the Dru'. Perret 2752. Alpine classic. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001115

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Trefwoorden: Alps

MALLESON, COLONEL G B

Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine Lands

1885. Hardcover. Book, 2nd ed, Allen, London, 1885. 4to, 150p, 2p cat. Plates. Inscr. Minor light spotting to prelims & front board, else VG clean copy in original cloth gilt. Not in Neate or Perret. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001935

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

MARAINI, FOSCO.

Karakoram the Ascent of Gasherbrum IV.

1961, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Eng edn, Hutchinson, 1961. 4to, 320p. 80 plates, many in colour, endpaper maps. Near fine copy in G/VG unclipped dustwrapper. First ascent in 1958. Neate M47 'finely illustrated' classic. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002184

Catalogus: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Trefwoorden: Himalaya