Search Results: Titles starting with K from Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books

Paris: B. Arthaud, 1954 F/F-. Small 4to. original printed paper wraps (one small spot to FFE, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed, spine slightly sunned); pp. 102, with 70 illustrations & a loose map. Text in French. A fine copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. F/F-.

Paris: B. Arthaud, 1954 VG+/VG. Small 4to. original printed paper wraps (slight spotting; lacks loose map) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed at extremities, discreet tape repair); pp. 102, with 70 illustrations. Text in French. A very good copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/VG.

Tokyo: Waseda University Alpine Club, 1983 Oblong 4to. original red cloth gilt in slipcase (bumped & slightly marked, tape repair, one flap excised to allow ease of entry); pp. 140, with numerous full page colour plates & maps. Text in Japanese and English. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy of an uncommon acount of a significant expedition, recounting the first ascent of the West Ridge of K2. [Neate M68: Dramatic, finely reproduced colour illustrations].. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/In Slipcase.

New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1995 F/F. Folio. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 144, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.. First US. Hard Cover. F/F.

New York: Broadway Books, 2009 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. [viii (last blank)], 344 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. F.

New York: Broadway Books, 2009 F-/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth backed white boards gilt (tiny texter dot to tail edge, denoting one-time remaindered copy) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. [x (last blank)], 342, with illustrations. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1981 F-/VG. 4to. original blue boards (a trifle rubbed & nicked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, fraying towards head of spine]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate M89].. First US. Hard Cover. F-/VG.

London: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1981 VG-/VG-. 4to. original blue boards( ex-library with minimal markings to early leaves only, binding a little rubbed & shaken) in dustwrapper (reprice label £12.50 net, rubbed & a little frayed]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A good copy. [Neate M89].. First English. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-.

London: Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1981 F/VG+. 4to. original blue boards in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher with replacement label affixed, discreet closed tearing to tail cap, faint crease to rear panel]; pp. 176, with pictorial endpapers & numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.75kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate M89].. First English. Hard Cover. F/VG+.

Yeovil: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987 F/F. 8vo. original pictorial laminated boards in dustwrapper priced £9.95 ; pp. 188 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1987.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/F.

Yeovil: The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1987 F/F-. 8vo. original pictorial laminated boards (trifling spots to top edge) in unpriced dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & creased, trifling fray to corner, minor sunning to red spine titling); pp. 188 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1987.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1992 VG/VG. 8vo. original blue rexine gilt (slight bruising to headcap, spine a trifle slanted) in dustwrapper priced $19.95 (a little rubbed and frayed); pp. 224, with illustrations. A very good copy. From the library of celebrated alpinist and mountain guide Al Burgess, with his name to FFE. On the verso FFE and half-title are nine appreciative inscriptions from Al's clients wishing him luck on his forthcoming K2 expedition. A unique item.. Association Copy. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Diadem Books, 1992 F/VG+. 8vo. original blue rexine gilt in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net (spine sunning, a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. 224, with illustrations. A near fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/VG+.

Ross-On-Wye: Carreg Ltd, 2006 F+/F+. 8vo. original blue textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 128 (last blank), with illustrations. A very fine copy, as new.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. F+/F+.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954 F-/VG+. 8vo. original red cloth backed boards gilt (slightly watermarked at tail cap, prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & frayed); pp. 334, with 27 b/w photographs, 9 colour photographs, plus text figures & a map. A near fine copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent]. Flatsigned to title pages 'Charles Houston, Robert H. Bates, Dee Molenaar, Pete Schoening'.. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper priced £17.99 (slightly rubbed); pp. 272, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1995. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954 8vo. original red cloth backed boards gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, tail of spine slightly watermarked, small label marks to front endpapers, else clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 334, with 27 b/w photographs, 9 colour photographs, plus text figures & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

London: Diadem Books, 1979 8vo. original pictorial paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slightly marked); pp. 395 + 1 p. pubs. advts., with 36 photographs, maps & text vignettes. A very good copy. [Neate H118].. Reprint. Soft Cover. VG.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954 F/VG. 8vo. original red cloth backed boards gilt in dustwrapper priced $6.00 (a little rubbed & creased, internal repairs); pp. 334, with 27 b/w photographs, 9 colour photographs, plus text figures & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H118: Despite failure to reach the summit, this expedition is considered to be one of the pinnacles of American Himalayan mountaineering - a dramatic story which almost resulted in the destruction of the whole party during the descent].. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/VG.

London: Grafton Books, 1989 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, spotting); pp. 220 (last blank), [4 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations + maps. A very good copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1988. . Reprint. Soft Cover. VG.