Abraham, George D.: BRITISH MOUNTAIN CLIMBS

London: Mills and Boon Limited. September 1909

First edition. Original red cloth with black titles to the front and spine. A VERY GOOD copy, the cloth a little darkened. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamps. Contemporary review tipped in to the front pastedown otherwise the contents are in FINE condition.

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Auldjo, John: NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE EIGHTH AND NINTH OF AUGUST, 1827.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830

Second edition of the 1828 first printing. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A near VERY GOOD copy, the cloth a little rubbed and bumped to the extremities. The contents entirely complete with no loose pages. With 17 litho plates, most are on india proof paper; a folding panorama, 2 hand-coloured folding engraved tables, 3 folding maps, 2 of them hand-coloured in outline (24 in total). 1 folding map with a closed tear to the margin (not affecting the illustration). The fac...

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Ball, John edits: PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. BEING EXCURSIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ALPINE CLUB. FIRST SERIES.

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts. 1859

Fourth edition. Publisher’s original gilt stamped cloth. A GOOD or better copy showing rubbing and bumping to the extremities with some fading / mottling to the cloth on upper board. The contents are complete with all 9 folding maps, 8 chromo-lithographs, the title vignette and 24 woodcuts are present, as called for. Faded previous owner’s signature to the front pastedown. Other than the odd fingermark to the margins the book remains clean and bright throughout.

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Batters, Dave: YORK CITY A COMPLETE RECORD 1922 - 1990.

Great Britain: Breedon Books Sport. 1990

First edition. Limited, subscriber’s edition (number 159). A FINE copy in FINE dustwrapper. Scarce.

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Brook, Elaine (with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama): THE SEARCH OF SHAMBHALA

London: Jonathan Cape. 1996

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Previous owner’s blind stamp and ownership ink stamp to endpaper and half title. A NEAR FINE copy in the original spine faded dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

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Buchan, Charles [WITH OVER 140 AUTOGRAPHS!]: SOCCER GIFT BOOK 1963 - 1964 THE WORLD’S GREATEST FOOTBALL ANNUAL.

London: Charles Buchan’s Publications. 1964

Publisher’s original pictorial boards. Almost every page is SIGNED by whichever player is photographed on it. The contents are entirely complete although shaken and in some cases loose. Whoever has obtained the signatures has neatly written the player, team and page number on the blank front endpapers. Autographs include Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves, Gordon Banks, Stanley Matthews, Terry Venables, Frank Upton, John Sneddon, Geoff Strong, Jim Fernell, Terry Dyson, Bill Brown, Gordon Milne, Jimmy Me...

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Conway, William Martin (Illustrated by A. D. Mc. Cormick): THE ALPS FROM END TO END

London: Constable. 1895

First edition. Publisher’s original brown buckram backed green cloth boards. Top edge gilt. A NEAR FINE clean and bright copy, the cloth a little wrinkled to part of rear board. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages. Note presenting the book as a Christmas gift tipped to the front pastedown otherwise in FINE condition throughout.

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Diemberger, Kurt: SPIRITS OF THE AIR

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1994

First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy with previous owners ink name to the top left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Complete with the original FINE dustwrapper which is entirely complete and not price-clipped.

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Eubank, Chris (with Martin Roach): EUBANK THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

London: Collins Willow. 2003

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A FINE copy in FINE dustwrapper.

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Greaves, Jimmy: GREAVSIE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

London: Time Warner Books. 2003

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A FINE copy in FINE dustwrapper.

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Greig, Andrew: KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE

London: Hutchinson. 1986

First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy with previous owners ink name to the top left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the dustwrapper flap). Complete with the original FINE dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

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Holmes, Kelly (with Fanny Blake): BLACK, WHITE AND GOLD MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY

London: Virgin Books. 2005

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY KELLY HOLMES on the title page. A FINE copy in FINE dustwrapper with a production crease to the bottom of the spine.

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Jones, Owen Glynne: ROCK-CLIMBING IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT

Manchester: E. J. Morten. 1973

Facsimile of the 1900 first edition. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A VERY GOOD or better copy with previous owners ink name to the top left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper) and a bookplate to the front free endpaper. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is entirely complete but with a little creasing to the extremities.

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Kennedy, Edward Shirley edits: PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. BEING EXCURSIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ALPINE CLUB. SECOND SERIES.

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts. 1862

First edition. Two volumes. Publisher’s original gilt stamped cloth. A superb very NEAR FINE set showing only light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The contents complete, clean and bright and without inscriptions or stamps. All 14 folding maps, 2 title vignettes and 54 woodcuts are present, as called for and in FINE condition.

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Krakauer, Jon: INTO THE WILD

London: Macmillan. 1998

First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy with previous owner’s ink name to the top left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Complete with the original dustwrapper which is in FINE condition. Not price-clipped. The basis for the 2007 Oscar nominated film of the same name directed by Sean Penn and starring William Hurt. Scarce.

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