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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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  • Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909.

    FILIPPI, Filippo de.
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    Deluxe edition bound in vellum. the rare vellum bound deluxe edition. The full account of the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to K2 in the Karakoram i...

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  • Climbing and Exploration in The Karakoram-Himalayas.

    CONWAY, William Martin.
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    A fine set of the deluxe edition of a Himalayan classic, complete with all four volumes.Conway (1856–1937) developed a taste for mountaineering at...

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  • Annapurna

    HERZOG, Maurice.
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    Inscribed by author. Herzog (1919-2012) was a French mountaineer who led this remarkable ascent of Annapurna, one of the highest mountains in the w...

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  • Coronation Everest.

    MORRIS, James.
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    The author James (later Jan) Morris was the 'anonymous' Times special correspondent who had joined the successful Everest expedition. It was Morri...

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  • Nanda Devi.

    SHIPTON, E[ric].
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    With dust-wrapper. 'Shipton was a natural choice for the Mount Everest expedition of 1933 on which he reached 27,900 feet, but the experience of th...

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  • The Karakorams and Kashmir

    ECKENSTEIN, Oscar.
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    Scarce personal reminiscences of Conway's 1892 Karakoram expedition.Eckenstein (1859 – 1921), was a member of the expedition led by Sir Martin Con...

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  • Everest: the Unfinished Adventure.

    RUTTLEDGE, Hugh.
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    Presentation 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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  • Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69.

    WHYMPER, Edward.
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    This landmark of mountaineering literature is considered by many to be the most famous mountain travel book of the period, by the most famous moun...

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  • A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains.

    BIRD, Isabella
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    Isabella Bird's famous journey through the Rockies, made whilst she was in her twenties.Seventh edition, 8vo, xii, 296 pp., title-page vignette a...

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  • Annapurna

    HERZOG, Maurice.
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    Herzog (1919-2012) was a French mountaineer who led this remarkable ascent of Annapurna, one of the highest mountains in the world. This French e...

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  • The Ascent of Everest.

    HUNT, John.
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    Inscribed by John Hunt. An account of a successful British expedition led by Hunt in 1953. The inscription reads 'For Jules Stewart, Good luck on ...

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  • The Kilima-Njaro Expedition.

    JOHNSTON, Harry Hamilton.
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    Johnston was invited in 1884 on behalf of the Royal Society to undertake a scientific mission to explore Mount Kilimanjaro and its surroundings. T...

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  • Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69.

    WHYMPER, Edward.
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    Whymper, a leading figure in Alpine mountaineering, narrates in this volume details of his many brilliant climbs including the tragic account of ...

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  • Tibet & Nepal.

    LANDOR, A. Henry Savage.
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    Account of Landor's second journey to the Kumaon-Tibetan border region, and to West Nepal. He comments on the border incursions of the Tibetans in...

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  • In the High Himalayas.

    WHISTLER, Hugh.
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    Whistler, a fellow of the Zoological Society and a serving member of the Indian (Imperial) police, spent much of his leave in the Himalayas north ...

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