MOUNTAINEERING from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Genf, Alpina: Alpina, 1925. Hardcover. Very good overall. 8vo, 1/2 mottled br. leather, 1/2 marbled paper, gilt title on spine,180 pp, b/w photographic illustrations and (1) fold-out color map of "Chemins aux environs de Zermatt" at 176 pp. Spine rubbed at edges w loss at head and foot not effecting title. Internally toned, clean, binding tight.

Berlin: Raimond Mitscher, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. The Matterhorn and its history. 4to, decorated tan cloth boards, gilt title on spine. Cover illustration has 3 climbers scaling the Matterhorn, with cover text in gilt as part of the mountain. 191 pp, with 15 chapters and many photographs throughout. Cover dusty, spine frayed at head, and… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Wherry's Alpine holiday memoirs from 1891 to 1895; plus a chapter on "the climbing foot", and one on accidents. 8vo, xvi, 174 pp, ads [4], b&w photographic illustrations. Green gilt cloth covers with gilt title at spine and front board with gilt decoration. Slt. ruffling to head… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Freshfield [1845-1934] was a British lawyer, author and a keen traveler and mountaineer. He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880, was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club and served as President of both. He teamed with Italian photographer Vittorio Sella… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. Moore (1841-1887) (known generally as A. W. Moore) was a British civil servant and mountaineer and member of The Alpine Club. This is the second edition, printed after a rare private printing from 1867. Presented to Ursula Corning by her father. Ursula Corning was a noted… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Hardcover. Very good condition. Presentation copy from the author, Jan. 1, 1936. Privately printed by Frederick Fairchild Sherman and limited to 300 copies. Quarter imitation vellum and teal paper covered boards, gilt title at front board. Small 4to, 21pp with 6 full page photogravures. Deckle edged pages, printed on hand made Dutch paper.… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. John Tyndall (1820 - 1893) was a prominent 19th century physicist and philosopher. He was an accomplished author, speaker, mountaineer. Presented to Ursula Corning by her father. She was a noted mountain climber (Matterhorn) & skier and member of The Alpine Club in London. She… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. Proof. A proof copy of an account of the first successful ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Brown kraft paper wrappers marked "Not Final Copy Set from Collected Galleys NB", with a stamp on the brown paper wrapper to be returned to Curtis Brown, publishers in New York. 8vo, 284pp, with… Read more about this item