Used books about climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing, hiking and tramping and other outdoor sports and hobbies.
Includes expeditions to the great peaks of the world.
Frank Alack was a pioneer guide at both the Hermitage and Fox Glacier, and has climbed many of New Zealand's famous peaks, guided both eager tourists and experienced climbers, and survived snow storms and avalanches.
Eventually, marriage to Dora Deal, a well known violinist from Christchurch, started to tug him away from his beloved mountains. But he never lost his active love of Nature.
Time and again he returned to the hills, and finally succeeded in visiting the Antarctic, just as in his youth he had reached the Arctic.
Edited By Les B Quartermain
autobiography, outdoors, mountaineering, climbing, guiding, Southern Alps
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, former owner name stamp to free end paper
$20 C/B
New Zealand Books/ Dunmore Press 1974 first edition, 220pp + plates
[#5028 ]
This climbing guide to the Mount Aspiring Region, first published in 1974, has since been reissued in revised and enlarged versions. This original edition describes the then known climbing routes from the Matukituki Valley, the Dart Glacier and the Volta Glacier. It includes some photographs, and lots of interesting information about the history and first ascents of most peaks and notable routes. A three page classification list is supplied at the end of the book, with a technical grade (on a scale from 0 to 7) for all the routes described in the guidebook.
VG+ softback
$20 C/A
New Zealand Alpine Club / Moir's Guide Books, 1974 FIRST EDITION, 62+6pp index, folding map.
[#3084]
An account of Chris Bonnington's 1972 unsuccessful attempt at the South West Face of Everest.
With colour and black and white plates.
ISBN 0340169729
mountaineering, himalaya, first ascent
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket.
Jacket with short tear along upper joint tape repaired, lightly sun faded spine.
$20 C/C
Hodder 1973 first edition, 352pp
[#4716 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve.
Jacket with, lightly sun faded spine.
$30 C/C
Hodder 1973 first edition, 352pp
[#5037]
VG paperback
$7 A/B
Penguin 1975, 368pp + col. plts. ISBN 0140039333 [PB#1156 adventure sport]
The first ascent of the South-West Face of Everest.
VG hardback with VG dust jacket
Very small inscription at top of free end paper.
$30 C/D
ISBN 0340208333 Hodder 1976 first edition 4to, 239pp + colour plates.
[#5020 ]
VG- paperback with reading crease to spine, name to fep
$6 A/B
ISBN 0099159406 Arrow 1977, 352pp + col. plts.
[#1155/1302 ]
ISBN 009910380X
G+paperback, lightly rubbed to edgesISBN 0099103907
G+ paperback, lightly rubbed to edges, name to fep
Acclaimed biography of one of mountaineerings greatest personalities, with a formidable reputation in Himalayan and Antarctic expeditions.
ISBN1869580354
everest, mountaineering, biography, sir edmund hillary, new zealand, sherpa, nepal
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, Quarto size.
$35 C/C
Moa Beckett, 1993. First Edition, 208pp with black and white and colour photos.
[#4362 ]
Biography of past foremost guide in the Mount Cook Alpine region.
ISBN0589002198
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Reed 1969 first edition, 196pp + plates. [#4296 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$20 C/C
Reed 1969 first reprint, hard cover, 196pp + plates. [#1796/2860 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Top corner of fep clipped (no loss to map) light rubbing to dust jacket top edge, large chip lower corner of rear panel
$15 C/C
Reed 1969 first reprint, hard cover, 196pp + plates. [#514 ]
Complete overview of the equipment and techniques employed by the Mountain Rescue teams at the time. Signed to fep 'L D 'Bill' Bridge 12 Jul 60'
VG- softback with mild spine lean.mountaineering ISBN 0140039325
G+ paperback with creased covers
Geoff Chapple has blazed a continuous hiking trail through New Zealand from Cape Reinga to Bluff. He describes the dream of establishing a long pathway, and how his dream became a reality. With a running commentary describing the landscape, the history of the places and the people he encountered tramping through the countryside.This was the first book written about the Te Araroa trail experience. ISBN186941537X
VG softback
$25 B/C
Random House New Zealand 2002, first printing, 264pp. [#2805 new zealand, adventure, sport, tramping ]
The story of New Zealand's leading woman mountaineer. Covers her experiences in the Southern Alps, Canadian Rockies, Alaska and Central Asia, China, Karakoram etc.
ISBN9781877517464
VG softback
$25 C/C
Craig Potton Publishing 2011,264pp + plates.
[#2995, 3595 ]
This is the story of an incredible journey.
Photographs and descriptions of a ten month journey by Peter Hillary and Graeme Dingle through the Himalayas, where they passed through Sikkim, Nepal, Garwhal, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Ladakh, Tibet as well as Pakistan and India.
ISBN 9780340320402
adventure, climbing, alpine, mountaineering, travel, New Zealanders
VG hardback in VG dustjacket
$25 C/C
Hodder and Stoughton 1982 first edition, 232pp.
[#4803 ]
An account of the New Zealand 1975 Jannu expedition (25,000 feet) tackling the North face. Mt Jannu is in Eastern Nepal, near Kanchenjunga. Well illustrated with colour photographs. Includes gear lists detailing provisions and equipment used.
ISBN0340214503
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$30 B/C
Hodder 1976, first edition. 177pp + 24 pp colour plate section
[#2786 ]
Rare first edition, which was limited to 1,000 copies (unstated).
Fitzgerald s climbs in the Southern Alps of New Zealand in 1895 with Zurbriggen, J. Clarke and C. Barrow. The party made five first ascents including Mt Tasman. Includes Zurbriggen's account of a new route up Mt Cook. Also relates his trip out to New Zealand from Ceylon, and travel across New Zealand to the Alps. Good descriptions of the climbing of mountains, with the selection of gear, methods of carrying supplies, wet and cold bivouacs etc. 25 x 18cm, 32 black and white photographic plates with tissue guards, 27 drawings.
This copy belonged to Andrew William Rutherford (1842 1918) of Mendip Hills, North Canterbury, with a gift inscription of the book to him from (illegible name).
A. W. Rutherford was one of seven brothers who were among the wool kings of the Amuri district. He stood for the Hurunui seat in the General Assembly in 1902 as a Liberal and was endorsed by Premier Richard Seddon. Rutherford won both the 1902 and 1905 elections. He retired from politics in 1908 and in 1910 took his family on a world tour, publishing his experiences as The impressions of a New Zealand pastoralist on tour. Rutherford died of influenza in Christchurch on 11 November 1918 and was buried in the Waiau cemetery.VG Tan buckram, cloth bound, hardback with top edge gilt, leather title labels. Some soiling to cloth boards. Very minor foxing to closed edges and prelims, some plates foxed to edges. Small private library code in India ink to top corner of front endpaper. Collated as complete. The huge colour folding map has been reinforced along some folds with scotch tape.
$595 Includes Courier with signature required postage within New Zealand. For overseas please ask for a quote.
T. Fisher Unwin 1896, xvi, 363pp + frontis., plates. Loose folding map.
[#3102 ]
After her husband, Flight Lieutenant Paul Gazley, was killed by an avalanche on Mt Cook, Karen recounts the many obstacles she overcame as part of her grieving, including summiting Mt Everest.
ISBN 9780958251501
new zealand, biography, faith, womens lives, mountaineering, Scottish highlands
VG softback, some soiling at top of cover.
SIGNED by the author.
$20 C/B
Nelligan Publishing 2004 first edition, 204pp + colour photo section.
[#5040 ]
The author was a member of Edmund Hillary's 1960 Himalaya expedition, as well as climbs in New Zealand's Darran Range, Ama Dablam, Makalu, Antarctic etc.
ISBN0340106344
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Jacket price clipped and book has gift inscription at front.
$20 C/C
Hodder 1969 FIRST EDITION, 220pp + plates.
[#3082 ]
The autobiography of Peter Graham 1878-1910, of Westland, who made many first ascents of the Southern Alps and became the chief guide at the Hermitage.
VG hardback in G+ slightly worn dust jacket.
$25 C/C
Reed 1965 First edition, 245pp + plates. Map end papers
[#3009 ]
A textbook for learning how to climb.
Improve your skills climbing rocks, ice, glaciers etc.
Written by a team of professional climbers and continuously revised, this book covers every aspect of climbing, from setting up camp, choosing the right gear, to advanced climbing techniques.
ISBN 9780898863093
VG softback
$25 C/C
The Mountaineers 1992 5th edition, 447pp.
[#5054 ]
A trip to the glaciers of the antipodes with an ascent of Mount Cook.
RARE early New Zealand alpine mountaineering title.
Southern alps, Victorian, mountaineering,
Original red cloth with black borders to the upper board and blind ones to the lower board.
Spine has black and gilt panelling and tooling as well as a gilt mountain motif towards the tail.
A little faded to the spine, and with some minor splitting at head.
The corners of the boards are lightly rubbed.
With the original black endpapers, front paste down has book plate of G C T Burns.
Both hinges have split and the book block was detached. This has been repaired with archival tape.
$125 C/C
MacMillan 1883 FIRST EDITION, xiv + 350 +32pp adverts.
[#3015 ]
A book of full colour reproductions of photographs of the British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953. Colour photographs with facing text, taken on the successful British attempt on Everest where Hillary and Tenzing reached the summit.
Everest, 1953, Hillary, Tenzing, first edition
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with intact transparent plastic dust jacket.. Former owner details to free end paper blocked out with white correction tape.
$35 B/C
Hodder 1954 first edition, unpaginated approx 120 pages.
[#3494 ]
VG- hardback in G+ sunned dust jacket. One page has been creased, and there is some edge and surface wear to the dust jacket.
$20 B/C
Hodder 1954 first edition, unpaginated approx 120 pages.
[#2670 ]
Norman Hardie, a New Zealand civil engineer, lived a fascinating life. He paid his way through university as a deer culler. After graduating he worked on hydro-electric projects among the mountains and, with a strong group of friends, made many first ascents on major summits in the Southern Alps.
Eventually London and the Himalayas beckoned, and Norman served as a secretary to the 1953 British expedition to Everest. Two years later he led one of the two summit pairs that made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.
Norman played an important part in three expeditions with Sir Edmund Hillary and was a director of his Himalayan Trust. He went to Antarctica three times, including as the leader of Scott Base, and was also involved in many mountain rescues.
The story of Norman Hardie s eventful life is here told with clarity and honesty, in a fast-moving, often amusing style. Some myths are debunked in this valuable record of a pioneering era in mountain history.
ISBN1877257478
VG softback
$75 C/C
Canterbury University Press 2006, 323pp.
[#3735 P ]
VG softback SIGNED BY AUTHOR
$125 C/C
Canterbury University Press 2006, 323pp.
[#3496 ]
Conquest of the first 8000 metre Peak
VG hardback with name to fep, sunned spine ends, no dust jacket
Edmund Hillary's own account of the first ascent of Mount Everest.
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
Jacket is tidy and unclipped but does have some chipping loss to top of the spine fold ( see image).
Two small peices of tape hold jacket down to the paste downs.
$35 C/C
Hodder August 1955 Second Impression (after July) of First Edition, 224pp + plates.
[#5566 ]
G+ hardback lacks dust jacket and free end paper, light handling soiling to boards, otherwise tid.,
$20 C/C
Hodder August 1955 Second Impression (after July) of First Edition, 224pp + plates.
[#5608 ]
The official account of the expedition which culminated in Hillary and Tenzing summiting Mount Everest. "This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time. We of the 1953 Everest Expedition are proud to share the glory with our predecessors." Sir John Hunt
VG cloth hardback with no dust jacket. Small gift inscription to fep.
$20 C/C
Hodder 1953 FIRST EDITION, xx 300pp + plates.
[#3013 ]
VG cloth hardback with no dust jacket. Spotting to closed edges.
$15 C/C
Hodder 1954 reprint, xx 300pp + plates.
[#3014/3268 ]
Mainly black and white photos of the 1953 British Everest Expedition, from Kathmandu to Hillary and Tenzing on the summit.
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket. Light age browning or foxing to book and to a lesser extent to dust jacket, jacket under plastic sleeve has been price clipped, small burn to front plastic sleeve and dust jacket under it only the size of a small cigarette tip
$20 B/C
Brockhampton Press 1954 FIRST EDITION, 128pp.
[#3101 ]
Each of the sixteen chapters focuses on one of New Zealand's great alpine mountain peaks.
Also the North Island volcanic Mt.Taranaki / Mt Egmont.
With historic black and white, and modern colour, photographs, and details the classic mountaineering routes.
ISBN0868681253
Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, Mt Hicks, Mt Sefton, Malte Brun,
Mt Aspiring, Tapuae-o-Uenuku, Mt D'Archaic, Mt Earnslaw, Mt Arrowsmith,
Mt Tutoko, Mt Whitcombe, Mt Evans, Mt Rolleston, Mt Sabre.
VG softback
$25 B/C
John McIndoe 1990, 176pp.
[#4220 ]
Biography of leading guide on the New Zealand Southern Alps during the 1940s and '50s.
Harry Ayres was a pioneer in the Mount Cook region of the Southern Alps and was a climbing partner of Edmund Hillary and taught him how to climb.
ISBN0723306885
Murchison, Tasman, Hermitage, Alex Graham, Mick Bowie
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 C/B
Whitcoulls 1982 first edition, 160pp + plates.
[#2197/4035/4295/4512 ]
Messner gives an account of two Himalayan mountaineering expeditions, the South Face of Lhotse, and the ascent of Hidden Peak with Peter Habeler. Includes colour photographs.
ISBN0718211596
VG- hardback in VG price clipped dust jacket. Book has minor foxing to endpapers. Small name to fep.
$25 C/C
Kaye and Ward 1977, 205pp+ plates.
[#3129 ]
Inspired by The Compleat Tramper an advocate of ancient equipment, oilskin parkas, woollen long-johns and the like, the Cock & Bull trampers embark on a series of adventures, and disasters, bush-bashing, struggling over the tops, battling leatherwood and sleet.
Humorous accounts of green trampers in the Ruahines, Tararuas, Nelson Lakes, Marlborough, Ureweras, Main Divide, Westland, Fiordland, Stewart Island and more.
ISBN9780473200091
new zealand, camping, hiking, tramping, memoir, humour
VG- softback, signed by Julia Millen to title page.
$25 B/B
Writes Hill Press 2011, 156pp.
[#3712 ]
Gwen Mary Moffat lived a bohemian lifestyle in the 1940-50s, mainly as a mountain guide.
As well as private guiding she also worked with the RAF Mountain Rescue Service in North Wales.
She later wrote detective fiction, including a series featuring Melinda Pink.
British, women, climber, autobiography
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some creasing.
$10 C/B
The Quality Book Club 1961 first thus, 286pp.
[#3772 ]
VG paperback with a lightly sunned / soiled spine
$5 A/B
Penguin 1976, 304pp + plates
ISBN0140039910 [PB# 407 ]
Moir's Guide Book to the Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Western Otago and Southland.
Revised and Enlarged.
new zealand, outdoors, tramping, sport, southland, fiordland
VG- softback
$45 C/B
The New Zealand Alpine Club Ltd. 1948 (revised Second Edition). 104pp + plates.
[#4188 ]
Moir's Guide Book to the Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Otago and Southland. A Tramper's Guide to the Southern Lakes.
VG softback
$30 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1959 (reprint of the edition revised by W Scott Gilkison and A H Hamilton). 154pp + plates.[#3307/3988]
Moir's Guide Book to the Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Otago and Southland. (Northern Section)
Reprint of the edition revised by W. Scott Gilkison and A. H. Hamilton, edited for the NZ Alpine Club by Chandler.
new zealand, outdoors, tramping, sport, southland, fiordland
G+ softback, cream covers show grubbiness from handling soiling.
$30 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. 1961, xiv 94pp + plates and adverts.
[#5066 ]
Moir's Guide Book to the Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Otago and Southland. (Northern Section)
Reprint of the edition revised by Hall-Jones, Chandler and Keen.
new zealand, outdoors, tramping, sport, southland, fiordland
VG softback.
$20 C/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1984 (5th 1977 edn revised), xiv 103pp + plates.
[#5112 ]
Moir's Guide Book to the Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Otago and Southland, an extract covering the Northern District:Wakatipu-Wanaka-Olivine-Haast.
VG- stapled softcover.
$12 B/B
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. 1950, 40pp + one plate.
[#5614 ]
Colin documents with colour photography twelve journeys to polar and mountain heartlands in Tibet, Bhutan, Alaska, Mongolia, Nepal, Greenland, Patagonia, New Zealand, the Chinese Karakoram and Antarctica. Large format. ISBN0473095572
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$50 D/D
Hedgehog House 2003 first edition, 232pp.[#2706 exploration, travel]
Peter Mulgrew was on the Himalayan Scientific Expedition led by Edmund Hillary to Makalu in 1960.
Here he details the aftermath of his severe frostbite.
new zealand, mountaineering, everest, himalaya
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket which has short repaired tears at head of spine. Gift inscription to half title page.
$25 C/C
Reed 1964 first edition, 199pp + plates.
[#3763 ]
VG hardback in G dust jacket which has edge tears and chipping and a repaired tear with associated creases at top of front cover
$15 C/C
Reed 1965, 199pp + plates.
[#890 ]
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket which has edge rubbing and handling soiling
$15 C/C
Reed 1965, 199pp + plates. [#1705]
By members Of The New Zealand Alpine Club, this is a facsimile edition of the first 27 issues of the Journal. A Limited Edition of 500 numbered sets, complete with original maps and photographs, some folding.
mountaineering, NZAC, journal, complete set, southern alps
VG hardbacks with G+ dust jackets with some handling wear or small edge tears.
$475, a large heavy set so ask for a postal quote to your location please.
New Zealand Alpine Club (Inc.) 1975-1978. 372, 195, 358, 240, 501, 420, 352 and 291pp +maps and photographs.
[#3504 ]
Vol 31
ISSN 01101080 -31
Alpine Mountaineering Climbing
VG hardback with VG- dust jacket with mild wear.
$20 C/C
New Zealand Alpine Club 1978 First Edition, 4to, 144pp
[#5637]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080-36
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
G+ softback
$10 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1983, 192pp.
[#5708 ]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080-37
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
VG softback
$20 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1984, 144pp.
[#5709 ]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080-38
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
G softback, covers detached from the sewn text block.
$10 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1985, 144pp.
[#5707 ]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080-39
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
VG softback
$20 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1986, 144pp.
[#5710 ]
Vol 40
ISSN 01101080 -40
Alpine Mountaineering Climbing
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$20 C/C
New Zealand Alpine Club 1987 First Edition, 4to, 144pp
[#5637-B]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080-41
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
G softback
$10 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1988, 128pp.
[#5711 ]
With colour and monochrome photos.
ISBN01101080
mountaineering, climbing, NZAC
VG softback
$20 B/B
New Zealand Alpine Club 1997, 128pp.
[#4437 ]
The autobiography of Thubten Norbu brother of the Dalai Lama, as told to Heinrich Harrer, in English translation.
Includes his exile after the Communist Chinese invasion.
Tibet, Dalai Lama, biography, history, Himalaya
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with light edge wear.
Name to free end paper, minor scattered foxing to prelims.
$30 C/C
Hart Davis 1960 first edition, 264pp + colour plates.
[#4293 ]
Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit. This memoir captures the numbing feeling of intense cold, the shriek of high winds, and the austere beauty of glacier and snowfall and stone.
G+ hardback with no dust jacket
$8 C/C
The Reprint Society 1955, 249pp + plates. [#2822 adventure sports, mountaineering ]
Alpine Travel in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some wear to edges, small chips, slight fading
Powell recounts over twenty years of his experiences in the bush and mountains of New Zealand. Climbs in the mountains of Tararua, Rakaia, Arthur's Pass, Remarkables, Milford Sound, Mt Aspiring and overseas.
ISBN0589004492
mountaineering, climbing, new zealand
VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Jacket has printer error to image and a few short edge tears.
$25 B/C
Reed 1970, 211pp.
[#3478 ]
Amazing photographic record of climbs in the Alps. Colour but mainly black and white, and including folding panoramas. Rebuffat put up more than 40 new routes in the Alps, and Tairraz is the great-grandson of Joseph Tairraz, a pioneer alpine photographer who was taking plate cameras to the Alps in the 1860s.
ISBN0718205138
VG hardback in VG price clipped dust jacket. Book boards bumped with minor split to bottom edge.
$25 B/C
Kaye and Ward 1970 first reprint in new edition, 183pp.
[#3120 ]
Autobiography of one of the most important 20th century Himalayan explorers. Shipton was involved with most of the Everest expeditions during the 1930s and later, and continued exploring and climbing including the Karakoram, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia and China.
ISBN0340043301
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket. Ex-Library with stamps and issue slips etc. Some tape rust to reverse of dust jacket.
$15 C/C
Hodder 1970286pp + maps and plates.
[#3395 ]
Joe Simpson gives an account of his love-hate relationship with extreme climbing, and more so with his fascination with the Eiger.
Gives a good history of the Eiger's North Face.
ISBN9780099422433
Mountaineering, Nepal, Andes, Alps, Himalaya
VG softback
$10 C/B
Vintage 2003, 290pp.
[#2585 ]
In a sequel to his Touching the Void Simpson recounts his childhood and his lifetime spent in the company of climbers on the great mountains around the world.
Poignantly recounts the death of many of his compatriats, and his own close shaves.
ISBN9780099380115
Mountaineering, Nepal, Andes, Alps, Himalaya
VG softback
$10 C/B
Vintage 1994, 330pp.
[#3628 ]
An autobiographical account of climbs in the European Alps; Dolomites, Mont Blanc, and the Himalayas; Kangchenjunga, Kamet and Everest.
climbing, mountaineering, twentieth century
G hardback with G+ dust jacket, trimmed to vertical edges of flaps.
Ex library cancellation, with reading wear, stamps etc.
$15 C/C
Dent 1949 reprint, 228pp + plates.
[#5019 ]
International Himalayan Expedition 1971, a doctor's account
VG hardback with inscription to paste down, spine titling chipped
1947 -1976 (nos 1-29) These are from the collection of Colin Tutte and the 1969 issue has a 50th anniversary commemorative crossing of the Tararuas card presented to Colin who participated int the tramp.
VG softbacks1977-2000 (Nos 30-53)
VG light wear where stored in box, minor foxing to the earlier issues.published in Commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of the Tararua Tramping Club 1919-1944
VG softcover in aged wrappers, minor spine wear, name stamp to title [H.E.EVANS]
New Zealand mountaineers in the great ranges of the World
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1969 first edition hard cover, 250pp + plates. [#2280]
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket which is chipped or rubbed to edges. Tape stain to feps, name to half title.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1969 first edition hard cover, 250pp + plates. [#4639]
VG VG- rubbing and small splits to spine ends and corners of DW with sunned spine
$40 C/C [NZ 63]
John McIndoe 1973 first edition hardcover 4to, 168pp well illustrated in colour and B&W with photographs and reproduced paintings. A complete history of men in the New Zealand mountains, mountaineers, explorers, climbers, guides, farmers, musterers etc.
Autobiography of Lionel Terray famed for the second ascent of North Face of Eiger (1947) and a dramatic rescue on it in 1957.
Includes climbing in the Alps, North Face Eiger, world war two in the Alps with mountain troops, Annapurna, Makalu, Chacraraju and his time guiding.
80 photographs in black and white.
mountaineering, climbing, biography
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Tidy ex library, with tidy placement of stamps and shelf mark to DW and book spine.
Minor wear or marking.
Light tape residue where DW sleeve attached to boards.
$150 C/C
Gollancz 1963 first edition hardcover, 351pp + plates.
[#4359 ]
A Chronicle of Man's Assault on the Earth's Highest Mountain. Anthology of writings by those who participated in the various expeditions upto the 1940's, includes Younghusband, Shipton, Mallory. Travellers as well as climbers. Himalayan mountaineering.
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with name to fep, faint tape stains to paste downs, DW lightly edge chipped at spine ends with small stain lower panel.
An account of the Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition (ABEE), with over 110 colour photographs.
ISBN 0867773189
nepal, mt everest, mountaineering, climbing, australia
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$35 B/D
Child and Associates 1989 first edition, 160pp.
[#4677 ]
Brian Wilkins shares his experiences of climbing in the Southern Alps and the Himalayas.
During the New Zealand Alpine Club expedition to the Himalayas in 1954 Wilkins was closely associated with Sir Edmund Hillary, and was in a unique position to gauge his character and actions.
Wilkins achieved the first ascent of the northeast ridge of Mt Aspiring, a gripping drama of survival and human endurance and a test of the ethics of mountaineering.
In this account he also submits the writings of his contemporaries to robust criticism.
ISBN9781877578489
mountaineering, climbing, alpine, memoir, NZAC
VG softback
$30 C/C
Otago University Press 2013, 215pp
[#4253 ]
A history of the mountain and huiman interaction with it.
From the earliest climbs to the (then) most recent.
Includes a list of ascents.
mountaineering, aoraki, Freda du Faur, Linda Route
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. 1968 first edition, 253pp + col. and black and white plates.
[#4820 ]