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GERVASUTTI'S CLIMBS
Written by Giusto Gervasutti; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 1829270
Published by Diadem Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition.

A remarkable autobiography by one of the leading Italian mountaineers of the 1930s. Originally published in 1947 under the title 'Scalate Nelle Alpi'. Translated from the Italian by Morin & Smith. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 201 pages including glossary. ISBN: 0906371007. Spine lightly creased (reading wear). Text block browned with some minor foxing. Hinge between page 80 and facing page is pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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EVEREST IS CLIMBED
Written by Wilfrid Noyce. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323602
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 100. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Slight wear and tear to cover edges and minimal loss. Margin tear and crease to last page. Staples rusty. Page corner tips very slightly creased.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA 1939
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815624
Published by Cape Times. 1939. Almost very good condition.

Being number Forty-Two for the year 1939 (published in January 1940). Grey cardwraps, black titles. B/w plates. Covers browned. Spine edges rubbed. Joints pulled. Name in ink to inside front cover. Staples rusty. Some foxspots. Internal binding tight.

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ECRINS PARK DAUPHINE ALPS
Written by Robin G. Collomb.
Stock no. 2122448
Published by West Col Productions. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w maps and photos. Mountain walking, scrambling and trail guide with selected principal ascents and standard mountain climbs. ISBN: 0906227275. Light wear to a couple of corners.

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HIMALAYAS
Written by Yoshikazu Shirakawa; Arnold J. Toynbee; Edmund Hillary.
Stock no. 2115051
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Very large format, absolutely stunning colour and b/w photos by Shirakawa. Preface by Toynbee, introduction by Hillary, text by Shirakawa. ISBN: 0810901625. Still contained in original black cloth case - that has some chipping to cloth at corners and uneven fading. Contents have wrinkling and damp mark to top edge of some pages.

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HIMALAYA TILICHO 7132 METRES
Written by Maurice Herzog.
Stock no. 1809853
Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed boards. Text in French. Full of colour photos of the region of the Himalaya. Corners rubbed. Light page edge browning. One or two pages with grubby marks to margins else contents clean.

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ABENTEUER HIMALAJA
Written by Klaus Kubiena.
Stock no. 1606237
Published by Verlag Fur Jugend Und Volk. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Text in GERMAN. B/w photos Corners bumped. Some page edge browning. Wrapper has a couple of small edge tears and minor chipping.

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A DUE PASSI DALLA CIMA
Written by Adriano Favaro.
Stock no. 1606234
Published by Everest 80. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. La spedizione italo-nepalese all'everest. Text in ITALIAN. Colour photos. Corners bumped. Front panel of wrapper has tear from bottom edge to almost top edge, repaired with tape to verso.

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ROUTES DE LA FURKA ET DU GRIMSEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1709692
Published by Photoglob Co.. Circa 1910. Very good condition.

Oblong format, gilt titles. Collection of 12 photographs of various mountain scenes. Not dated but assume between 1900 and 1920. Covers lightly worn.

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THE ALPINE JOURNAL 2001
Written by Ed Douglas.
Stock no. 1807823
Published by The Alpine Club; Ernest Press. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Volume 106 No 350. The Journal of the Alpine Club. A record of mountain adventure and scientific observation. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. xi and 371 pages. ISBN: 0948153660. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A CLIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND
Written by Malcolm Ross.
Stock no. 1205057
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. xvi + 316 pages. Free endpapers lightly browned. A few scattered foxspots to contents. Corners bumped but overall a bright copy.

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ALPINE ASCENTS AND ADVENTURES
Written by H. Schultz Wilson. Illustrated by Marcus Stone; Edward Whymper.
Stock no. 1204125
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 2nd 1878. Very good condition.

Or Rock and Snow Sketches. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned with chipping to top and tail. Corners are bumped. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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