Mountaineering
Explore the heights of mountaineering with our collection of rare travel and exploration books, inspired by the daring feats of legendary climbers like Sir Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, and Tenzing Norgay. Shop now.
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Everest: the Unfinished Adventure.
RUTTLEDGE, Hugh.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00Presentation copy of Ruttledge's account of the 1935 and 1936 unsuccessful expeditions to Mount Everest.First edition. 8vo, xvi, 295 pp., 63 black...
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Thron der Götter [The Throne of the Gods].
HEIM, Arnold & GANSSER, August.Original price £575.00 - Original price £575.00Original price £575.00£575.00£575.00 - £575.00Current price £575.00Presentation copy. A 'superbly illustrated' scientific work, containing an account of the first Swiss expedition to the Kumaon Himalayas led by th...
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An Unexplored Pass.
FEATHERSTONE, B[alford] K[inchant].Original price £400.00 - Original price £400.00Original price £0.00£400.00£400.00 - £400.00Current price £400.00This scarce volume narrates an attempt to cross the Muztagh Pass in 1922. Capt. Featherstone was the only European member of the expedition which...
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Ice-bound Heights of the Mustagh
WORKMAN, Fanny Bullock; HUNTER, William.Original price £375.00 - Original price £375.00Original price £0.00£375.00£375.00 - £375.00Current price £375.00Account of the authors' 1902-1903 expedition in the Baltistan Himalayas. They explored the Chogo Lungma Glacier and later reached the Nushik La fr...
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The first ascent of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand.
[BEETHAM, George].Original price £325.00 - Original price £325.00Original price £0.00£325.00£325.00 - £325.00Current price £325.00Privately printed, presentation from the author's wife. Rare title describing the author's ascents of volcanoes on North Island. This book was publ...
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The Epic of Mount Everest.
YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00This volume describes the three Mount Everest Expeditions in 1921, 22 and 24. Younghusband wrote this on behalf of the Mount Everest Committee of ...
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The Alps,
BERLEPSCH, Hermann Alexander von.Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00Original price £0.00£250.00£250.00 - £250.00Current price £250.00A beautiful copy of an important book from the golden age of Alpine exploration. A scientific and cultural guidebook to the Alps.First English edi...
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The Alps from End to End.
CONWAY, Sir William Martin.Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00A fascinating account of a summer journey of three months through the high level Alps from west to east.Third edition, 8vo (25 x 17 cms), vii 300p...
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The Kangchenjunga Adventure
SMYTHE, Frank Sydney.Original price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00An account of an unsuccessful expedition to climb Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest peak (unsuccessful). However the team were successful i...
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Bradford on Mt Washington.
WASHBURN, BradfordOriginal price £200.00 - Original price £200.00Original price £0.00£200.00£200.00 - £200.00Current price £200.00Bradford Washburn was one of America's foremost mountaineers. He led many first ascents and established new routes on several Alaskan peaks, often...
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Bradford on Mount Fairweather
WASHBURN, Bradford.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00Bradford Washburn was one of America's foremost mountaineers. He led many first ascents and established new routes on several Alaskan peaks, often...
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Tours in Sikkim and the Darjeeling.
BROWN, Percy [and] TOWNEND, Joan (editor)Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £150.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00"A well-known handbook for travellers in Sikkim." The first edition was published in 1917 and the second in 1922. A good example of this attracti...
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The Playground of Europe.
STEPHEN, Leslie.Original price £120.00 - Original price £120.00Original price £0.00£120.00£120.00 - £120.00Current price £120.00"Stephen is one of the most famous personalities in mountaineering and his book ranks among the best in climbing literature" (Neate). Leslie Steph...
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