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First Edition. First edition. Very Good condition. ? Title: The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation ? Author: By Members of the Alpine Club ? Editor: George Yeld ? Volume: XXXI (31) ? Coverage: February 1917 to October 1917 (Nos. 241?246) ? Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co. ? Publishing Locations: 39 Paternoster Row, London; also New York, Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras ? Year of Publication: 1918 About the Journal: The Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering journal in the world, first published in 1863. It features: ? Accounts of climbing expeditions ? Topographical reports ? Articles on geology, meteorology, and glaciology ? Reflections on the ethics and aesthetics of mountaineering Volume XXXI would have been published during World War I, so it may also contain references to the war?s impact on alpinism and exploration.

Printed Wrapper. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. The November 1926 issue of the Alpine Journal. Original pale green wrappers with black lettering front & spine & rear. Clean covers, several pages not opened, several light wrinkles spine otherwise an exceptionally well preserved example, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, complete, no foxing, slight browning to first page, solid binding. This issue has an article by J.W. Hickson on climbs in the Canadian Rockies, two articles on the Mount Logan expedition: Food by MacCarthy and Equipment by H. S. Hall. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

First Edition. First Edition. Good condition. Normal wear, and foxing internally.

Softcover. Condición: Very good. 8vo, tight condition light aging. Photographs.

Printed Wrapper. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volume XXVIII 1914 in original club binding. Pebbled brownish cloth with gilt decoration front cover and gilt lettering spine. Dulling to spine lettering, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, foxing on a few plates (mainly to verso) but most plates and pages free of foxing, solid binding, bright pages and bright photo plates. Many of the plates are brown and blue sepia. The book measures 225mm tall x 153mm and has 430 pages, one many b/w and sepia photo plates, index. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 632p, plates, folding map. Coverage of the Altai in Siberia, new expeditions to the Andes, the Caucasus, Drakensburg mountains, 1st asent of Mount Fay, the Jungfrau, Monte Rosa, Nun Kun, Llliwedd (Wales) and etc with authors C.E.Mathews, C.F.Meade, J.Norman Collie, Godfrey Solly, Douglas W. Freshfield and etc. A very good copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with bright gilt illustration on front board . The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures apart from a small owners signature (A Neil Milne) opposite the title page. A little very scattered foxing though the plate of Leslie Stephen is foxed. All other photographic plates in fine condition. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1903. Original bound volume of eight issues, numbers 147-154. Illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 588 pages plus ads. Very good condition with very lightly spotted front cover, good hinges, firm text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1911. Original bound volume of eight issues, illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 778 pages. Very good condition with lightly rubbed covers, good hinges, sounnd text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. Original bound volume of eight issues, illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 667 pages plus ads. Very good condition with lightly rubbed covers, good hinges, firm text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1909. Original bound volume of eight issues, illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 710 pages plus ads. Very good condition with lightly rubbed covers, good hinges, sounnd text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. Original bound volume of eight issues, illustrated throughout with maps and plates. Brown buckram cloth printed in black, 632 pages plus ads. Very good condition with very lightly spotted front cover, good hinges, firm text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1901. Original bound volume of eight issues, numbers 147-154. With three single page maps (one in color), numerous black and white plates. Publisher's original rust brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 562 pages. Very good condition with lightly bumped lower corners, good hinges, firm text block, a few instances of very light and unobtrusive foxing, otherwise clean pages, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

SOFTCOVER. Condición: very good. 8vo, Tight Condition , Slight Edgewear.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 667p, plates (some folding panoramas); Coloured folding maps of the Southern Japanese Alps, Milam Valley, Nepal, The Ruwenzori, the Sundal Mountains, part of Troldheim. Articles on Accidents in 1906 & 1907, The Alps, A Near thing on Aiguilles Rouges, the Cuillin Hills, Skye, the First Crossing of Mount Cook, the Dante Mountains, Dolomites, Adventure on the Eiger Joch, the Grians, on Snow Avalanches, Rapid glacial advance in the Hindu Kush, Disaster on Kanchenjunga, Memorial to C.E.Mathews, Mountaineering clubs 1857-1907, the Ruwenzori and etc. A would be very good copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with bright gilt illustration on front board . However there are two stab mars on the front board, one of which penatertaes o th contents page. and a slplit at the lower front hinge and the fiont gutter is exposed. The book remains otherwise clean and tight - all plates and maps VG+. The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures. Minimal foxing. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 710p, plates, folding maps of Amhara, Bregalia Group, Garhwal Himalayas and Godley Glacier. Articles on Accidents in 1908 & 1909, the Abysinnan Alps, Mont Blanc Range,The Bregalia, Corsica,the Dolomites - Rosengarten; Mountainnering in the Garhwal Himalaya, the Selkirks, Canadian Rockies, Oberland Climbs, Mamison Group - Caucasus, Climbing on Lliwedd (North Wales), Kashmir and etc. A Good + copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with bright gilt on front board and spine. The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures apart from some evidence of old damping on the lower front board with deterioration of the lower prelims for 3cms. No foxing. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

softcover. Condición: very good. 8vo, Tips Of Paper Spine Gone.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 500p, plates, maps of Northern Sikkim, Triangulation of Teram Kangri, Mount Robson and Yellowhead Pass. Articles on Accidents in 1911 & 1912, First ascent of Adai Khokk, Mont Blanc (several articles), Col de la Breva, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Caucasia, Garhral Himalayas, Ascent of Mount Hermon,Indoor training for climbers, In memoriam - Edward Whymper, Karakoram, Grandes Jorasses, Matterhorn, Northern Sikkim. A VG copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with quite bright gilt on front board and spine. The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures apart a small spot on the rear board. No foxing. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 464p, plates including some in colour by Inglis-Clarke. Articles on Accidents in 1913, West wing of Bernina, Dolomites. Centarl Grians ,Attempts on Kamet, Mount McKinley, Mount Robson, and etc. A VG copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with quite bright gilt on front board and spine. The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures. No foxing. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 632p, plates, folding map of the Nun Kun district. Inclurdes Articles on Altitude Sickness (the Science is still in its infancy); First Ascent of Mount Assiniboine, Bernese Oberland, Mount Everest by Freshfield, Jungfrau, Monch, the Lofoten Islands by J Norman Collie, Mountains of the Moon, Nun Kun, Mount Cook New Zealand. A very good copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with bright gilt illustration on front board . The book is tight and clean with no significant marks or signatures apart from a small owners signature (A Neil Milne) opposite the title page. A little very scattered foxing mostly at the prelims. Photographic plates in fine condition. See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

Original Gilt Illust. Boards. Condición: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. x+374p, plates, folding maps and panoramas and portraits. Coverage of the Alpine Accidents in 1915, Central Causasus, Nights out in the Alps,wartime casualties of A.C.members, Beddgelert, Corsica etc with authors Harold Raeburn, Cecil Sligsby, Geoffrey Winthrop Young, H. Palmer etc. A very good+ copy bound in the standard gilt Alpine Club binding with gilt illustration on front board . Gilt very bright though gilt on spine dull (probably as issued). Boards clean and unmarked. Internally clean tight and very good without any significant marks or signatures, though some marginal toning. . See scans. Heavy book - may require a postal supplement at cost.

in-8vo, XX + 279 p. (+ 1), illustr. with 20 black and white plates and a folded map in good condition, some foxing to endpapers, exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and gilt vignette to corner of front board,uncut edges to reading and foot, Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.