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Banff, Alberta: Alpine Club of Canada, 1969. [vi],312pp. Small Octavo. Plates from photos (both sides - 1 folding) and illustrations in text from drawings. Original blue cloth. Tight, bright, clean copy. Neate Q838. Detailed descriptions of climbs from the International border to Nass River. 1969

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Alpine Club of Canada, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing. Text inside appears clean and clear throughout. Includes 8 maps in envelope. 'Illustrations, sketch maps, route sketches and 8 area maps in separate envelope. This badly needed and newest of climbers' guidebooks covers the entire Canadian west coast between the States of Washington and Alaska, an airline distance of 500 miles. The average width, including Vancouver Island, is about 200 miles; thus a total of roughly 100,000 square miles is covered, a large portion of which is mountainous and constitutes one of the greatest coastal mountain barriers in the world. The climbing history of this large area, with minor exceptions, began only in 1925. The book is divided into southern, central and northern sections with ten, four, and eleven sub-sections, respectively. Members of the Alpine Club of Canada,… Read More

[Banff]: Alpine Club of Canada, 1969. Hardcover. very good. 2nd Edition. vi,426pp. Small Octavo. Plates from photos (both sides - 1 folding) and illustrations in text from drawings. Original beige cloth. + scarce seperate envelope with 8 folding maps. very good Neate Q838. Detailed descriptions of climbs from the International border to Nass River. 1969

Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia with 1968 Supplement to the 1965 first edition
Publisher: Alpine Club of Canada, Vancouver], 1969 [2d ed.. Hard cover. Used - Fine/Like New Tiny corner scuff and that almost invisible single ripple on back board that is a manufacturer's defect . vi, 426 p. : consisting of the 312 pages of the first edition, green separator and 313-426 pages of the Supplement. This copy has all the eight maps, in an envelope, and all like new.All the plates (illustrations) are present and perfect; one is a fold-out. Brown boards with gilt lettering, looking and feeling never-read, complete with the envelope of eight maps, all of them perfect condition. Includes Vancouver IslandNOTE: The first edition was issued in blue cloth binding with the paper envelope containing the maps. The second edition was issued in brown cloth binding and consisting of the sheets of the first edition with the new material bound in as a supplement. It was issued with the same envelope… Read More