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  1. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1983: (Was £15.00): £10.00
  2. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1984: (Was £15.00): £10.00
  3. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1985: (Was £15.00): £10.00
  4. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1986: £15.00
  5. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1988/89: (Was £16.95): £10.00
  6. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1989/90: (Was £16.95): £10.00
  7. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1991/92: (Was £17.99): £12.00
  8. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1996: £18.50
  9. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 1998: £18.50
  10. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 2003: £18.50
  11. THE ALPINE JOURNAL 2007: £26.00
  12. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 1991: Paperback, 23cm: £17.95
  13. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 1992: Paperback, 23cm: £17.95
  14. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 1994: Paperback, 23cm: £17.95
  15. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2000: Paperback, 23cm: £22.00
  16. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2001: Paperback, 23cm: £22.00
  17. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2002: Paperback, 23cm: £25.00
  18. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2004: Paperback, 23cm: £25.00
  19. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2005: Paperback, 23cm: £25.00
  20. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2006: Paperback, 23cm: £25.00
  21. THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2007: Paperback, 23cm: £25.00
  22. Birkett, B: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE LANGDALE VALLEYS: Frances Lincoln; 2004: 1st edition. 112 pages, many colour photographs, map, 27.5x 26cm. The four seasons in the life of the famous Lakeland valleys captured in stunning photographs: (Was £14.99): £9.99
  23. Breashears, D: HIGH EXPOSURE. An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places: Canongate, Edinburgh; 1999 1st U.K. edition: 319 pages, 16 plates (mostly colour), black and white photographs, map, 24cm. The compelling life story of David Breashears - first-rate mountaineer and filmmaker and leader of the Everest IMAX Filming Expedition. (Was £16.99): £14.99
  24. Bridge, Kathryn: PHYLLIS MUNDAY – MOUNTAINEER: XYZ Publishing, Quebec, Canada; 2002: 1st edition. Paperback, pages xx + 170, photographs, 21.5cm. Phyllis Munday was inspirational to generations of women climbers - in 1924 she became the first woman to ascent Canada’s Mount Robson; and during her lifetime climbed about 100 mountains, of which over 30 were first ascents. Signed by Kathryn Bridge: £12.00
  25. Brown, H: THE LAST HUNDRED. Munros, Beards and a Dog: Mainstream; 1996 reprint: 191 pages, colour and black and white photographs, 25.5cm: £14.99
  26. Cave, A: LEARNING TO BREATHE: Arrow Books; 2006. Paperback, Pages (xviii) + 276, 16 plates (mainly colour), 2 maps, 19.5cm. From work as a coal miner to the epic first ascent of the North Face of Changabang. Joint Winner of the 2005 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature: £7.99
  27. Cave, A: THIN WHITE LINE: Hutchinson; 2008 1st edition: Pages x + 230, 16 mostly colour plates, 24cm. A sequel to Andy Cave’s award winning "Learning to Breath". Challenges of extreme Alpinism in Patagonia, Norway and Alaska: £18.99
  28. Chapin, F.H: MOUNTAINEERING IN COLORADO. The Peaks about Estes Park: 1987: Paperback reprint of the 1889 edition, illustrations, map. £6.95
  29. Cohen, Rosemary: ABOVE THE HORIZON: Allison & Busby; 1997 1st edition: Paperback, pages (vi) + 250, sketch map and profile, 20cm. Rosemary Cohen's first novel about a women's driving ambition to succeed on a Himalayan peak another woman had died upon: £7.99
  30. Cook, Dave: BREAKING LOOSE. An account of an overland cycle journey from London to Australia: Ernest Press; 1993: Paperback, pages x + 210, photographs, maps, 22cm: £9.50
  31. Curran, J: HIGH ACHIEVER. The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington: Constable, 1999 reprint: Pages xiv + 264, 20 black and white plates, pencil drawings by Jim Curran, 24cm. Absorbing biography of Britain’s best-known and most successful mountaineer: £18.99
  32. Diemberger, K: THE KURT DIEMBERGER OMNIBUS: Bâton Wicks; 1999: 864 pages, 32 plates (8 colour), maps and other illustrations, 24cm. Comprising ‘Summits and Secrets’, ‘The Endless Knot’ and ‘Spirits of the Air’: £16.99
  33. Fell, Alison: MER DE GLACE: Methuen; 1991 1st edition: Pages (vi) + 249, 24cm. Novel. Joint winner of the 1992 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature: £13.99
  34. Fowler, M: ON THIN ICE. Alpine Climbs in the Americas Asia and the Himalaya: Bâton Wicks; 2005: 1st edition. 223 pages, 24 colour plates, sketch maps and drawings, 24cm. Mick Fowler follows on from his first book "Vertical Pleasure"(1995), with accounts of more very daring climbs: £18.99
  35. Gifford, T: TEN LETTERS TO JOHN MUIR. Written to the founding father of Yosemite National Park in its centennial year: 1990 1st edition: 16pp., paperback. Poems: £2.50
  36. Glowacz, S. & Wiesmeier, U: ROCKS AROUND THE WORLD: Bâton Wicks; 1995 edition: Paperback, 144 pages, many superb colour photographs, 31cm. A stunning photo collection of top level climbing in Germany, France, England, Australia and USA. (Was £13.99): £10.99
  37. Gray, D: SLACK. The Fun of Climbing (volume 2): Dennis Gray, Dewsbury; (1998) 1st edition: Paperback, photographs, 22cm. Follows on where 'Tight Rope' left off in 1966; with further tales of climbing personalities from around the globe: £9.95
  38. Grossman, R: THE ANIMALS: 1990: American paperback edition. Poetry in support of the animal kingdom. (Was £6.95): £4.95
  39. Grylls, B: FACING UP. A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mt Everest: Macmillan; 2000 1st edition: Pages xiv + 289, 8 colour plates, frontispiece, map, 24cm. Bear Grylls, after recovering from a recent broken back is the youngest British climber to ascend Everest and return. An inspirational account . (Was £14.99): £10.99
  40. Haston, D: CALCULATED RISK: Bâton Wicks; 2006 edition: Paperback, 192 pages, 23cm. Back in print with an additional note for 2006 by Robin Campbell. Dougal Haston's posthumously published novel. Scotland and serious Alpinism around Chamonix: £7.99
  41. Heil, N: DARK SUMMIT. The Extraordinary True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season: Virgin Books; 2008 1st edition: Pages xvi + 272, map, diagrams, 24cm. Eleven people died on Everest in 2006, making it the second deadliest and probably the most controversial climbing season ever: £18.99
  42. Hemmleb, J., Johnson, L.A. & Simonson, E.R., as told to W.E. Nothdurft: GHOSTS OF EVEREST. The Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory & Irvine: Macmillan; 1999: 206 pages, photographs (mostly colour), maps, 25cm. After thoroughly researching the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on the 1924 Everest Expedition, this present expedition astonished the world by finding Mallory’s body! £20.00
  43. THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL 63/2007. Paperback, 21.5cm. £26.00
  44. Holzel & Salkeld: THE MYSTERY OF MALLORY AND IRVINE: Pimlico; 1999 revised edition: Paperback, pages xviii + 395, 8 plates, 20cm. A well-documented account of Mallory and Irvine's disappearance on Everest in 1924, together with much background material. Now fully revised since the discovery of Mallory’s body on Everest: £8.99
  45. Hubank, R: NORTH. A Novel: Ernest Press; 2002: Paperback, Pages vi + 306, maps at front and rear, 22cm. Set in the late nineteenth century – a novel recounting the terrible hardships faced on a tragic American Arctic expedition: £12.50
  46. Kirkus, C: LET'S GO CLIMBING!: Ripping Yarns, Findon, Aberdeenshire; 2004 edition: Paperback, 164 pages, 8 plates, 21cm. New edition of Colin Kirkus's classic instructional book for young people (first published in 1941); very modestly written by one of the greatest exponents of pre-war Welsh rock climbing: £10.95
  47. Lacedelli, L. & Cenacchi, G: K2; THE PRICE OF CONQUEST: Carreg, Ross-on-Wye; 2006 2nd impression: 127 pages, 16 colour plates, black and white photographs in text, 22cm. The controversy surrounding the first ascent of K2 by the Italians Lacedelli and Compagnoni. After maintaining his silence for fifty years Lino Lacedelli finally gives his account of the summit climb and throws fresh light on the Bonatti affair that has caused so much speculation and recrimination over the years: £15.00
  48. Levi, J: AND NOBODY WOKE UP DEAD. The Life & Times of Mabel Barker – Climber & Educational Pioneer: Ernest Press; 2006 1st edition: 264 pages, 16 black and white plates, 22cm. In 1924 Mabel Barker made the fourth ascent (and the first by a female) of the Central Buttress of Scafell with Claude Frankland: £16.00
  49. Lind, C: AN AFTERCLAP OF FATE. Mallory on Everest: Ernest Press; 2006 1st edition: 126 pages, 22cm. A most elaborately account of one of the great mountaineering mysteries - Mallory’s final climb on Everest. Winner of the 2006 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature: £15.00
  50. Long, Jeff: THE WALL: Pocket Star Books, New York; (c.2006): Paperback, pages (x) + 386, 17cm. A gripping thriller set on El Cap in Yosemite: £6.99
  51. Long, John, edited by: CAMPFIRE LEGENDS: 1993: American paperback. Classic tales with a twist; by writers such as Katherine Mansfield, Boccaccio, John Long and Edgar Allen Poe: £8.95
  52. Macfarlane, R: THE WILD PLACES: Granta Books; 2007: Pages x + 340, 16 black and white photographs (one as a frontispiece to each chapter), endpaper maps/illustrations, 20.5cm. Journeying in search of the wild places of Britain. Winner of the 2007 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature: £18.99
  53. Mawer, S: THE FALL: Little, Brown; 2003: 1st edition. Pages (vi) + 442, 22.5cm. A compelling novel of human relationships bridging two generations - from climbing in Wales to the notorious Eiger North Wall. Winner of the 2003 Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature: £12.99
  54. McDonald, B: BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROPE. The Biography of Charles Houston: Bâton Wicks; 2007 1st UK edition: Pages 250 + (1), 32 black and white plates and frontispiece, printed covers; plus 43 minutes DVD video inside back cover, 24cm. The DVD includes footage and commentary on the 1938 American K2 expedition (with Petzoldt he reached the summit cone at 26,000 feet) and the ill-fated attempt of 1953: £16.99
  55. McDonald, B: TOMAŽ HUMAR: Hutchinson; 2008 1st edition: Pages xiv + 258, 16 mostly colour plates, map and route diagrams, 24cm. Tomaž Humar’s incredible story - from escaping war-torn Yugoslavia to one of the world’s greatest mountaineers. Famed for his very serious new routes –Dhaulagiri and Annapurna South Faces, both climbed solo; Ama Dablam, Nuptse……and an audacious solo attempt on the colossal Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat: £18.99
  56. Moore, T: MT. McKINLEY; THE PIONEER CLIMBS: 1981: Paperback edition, illustrations: £8.50
  57. Neale, J: TIGERS OF THE SNOW: Little, Brown, 2002: 1st UK edition. Pages ix + 338, 16 plates (some colour), maps and diagrams, 24cm. The history of the legendary Sherpas; and their heroic evacuation in the aftermath of the 1934 German Expedition to Nanga Parbat: £18.99
  58. Norgay, J.T. with Broughton Coburn: TOUCHING MY FATHER’S SOUL. In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing: Ebury Press; 2001: Pages xviii + 317, 16 colour plates, black and white photographs in text, map, 24cm. Jamling, son of the legendary Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest during the disastrous season of 1996, as lead climber on the IMAX film team; a profound and spiritual account from a Sherpa point of view: £16.99
  59. Robertson, David: GEORGE MALLORY: Faber & Faber; 1999: Paperback, 17 plates, maps, 22cm. Reprint of the biography first published in 1969; with a forward by Joe Simpson: £9.99
  60. Rusk, C.E: TALES OF A WESTERN MOUNTAINEER: 1978 reprint of the 1924 edition: Paperback, Pages xii + 309, photographs, map, 21cm. (Was £6.95): £5.95
  61. Sandberg, P.L: GABE'S FALL AND OTHER CLIMBING STORIES: Diadem; 1990 1st edition: 156 pages, a few text illustrations, 24cm. Seven short stories. (Was £12.95): £5.00
  62. Schullery, P: ISLAND IN THE SKY. Pioneering Accounts of Mt. Rainier, 1833-1894: Mountaineers, Seattle; 1987: Paperback, pages xiv + 200, illustrations, 21cm: £8.95
  63. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2001: : Paperback, 21cm: £12.95
  64. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2002: : Paperback, 21cm: £12.95
  65. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2003: : Paperback, 21cm: £12.95
  66. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2004: : Paperback, 21cm: £12.95
  67. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2005: : Paperback, 21cm: £13.95
  68. THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL 2007: : Paperback, 21cm: £13.95
  69. Simpson, J: STORMS OF SILENCE: 1997 Vintage: Paperback, pages (vi) + 330, 24 plates (8 colour), 20cm. In his sequel to 'This Game of Ghosts', Joe Simpson vividly recounts more adventures and delves into the darker side of life - aggression and violence on society: £7.99
  70. Simpson, J: THIS GAME OF GHOSTS: Vintage; 1994: Paperback, pages (vi) + 330, 24 black and white plates, 20cm. The sequel to Touching the Void: £7.99
  71. Slesser, M: WITH FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES. An Anatomy of Those Who Take to the Hills: Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh; 2004: 1st edition. 256 pages, 8 colour plates, 4 maps, 24cm. From Scotland to around the world; an autobiographical account of climbing and adventuring spanning 64 years - interlaced with the personalities of the time: £15.99
  72. Steinberg, S., introduction by: CAPTURING THE MOUNTAINS. The Lake District through the lens of the Abraham Brothers: Abraham Photographic; (2008) 1st edition: Large format paperback, (152) pages, 107 black and white photographs, 34cm. Historic images depicting the art of the pioneer photographers and climbers, George (1871 to 1965) and Ashley (1876 to 1951) Abraham: £25.00
  73. Summers, J: FEARLESS ON EVEREST. The Quest for Sandy Irvine: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 2000 1st edition: Pages xii + 290, 24 black and white plates, frontispiece, illustration, maps, 24cm. Fascinating life story of Mallory’s final climbing partner on Everest. Well documented by his great niece Julie Summers, and incorporating long forgotten letters, photographs and drawings recently unearthed at the family home: £20.00
  74. Summers, J: FEARLESS ON EVEREST. The Quest for Sandy Irvine: Phoenix, 2001: Paperback, pages xi + 306, 24 black and white plates, frontispiece, maps, 20cm. Paperback edition signed by the author: £7.99
  75. Tabor, J.M: FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN. The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering’s Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters: Norton, New York; 2007 1st edition: Pages xxii + 400, 8 black and white plates, double-page route diagram, map, 24cm. The controversy surrounding the deaths of seven climbers from Joe Wilcox’s (twelve-man) expedition to Mount McKinley in the summer of 1967: £17.99
  76. Tenderini, M: GARY HEMMING. The Beatnik of the Alps: Ernest Press; 1995 1st English edition: Paperback, 190 pages, 8 plates, text illustrations, 21cm. Biography of unconventional American Alpinist Gary Hemming who played a leading part in the rescue of the Germans trapped on the West Face of the Dru in 1966. He had previously made the first 'direct' ascent of the West Face with Royal Robbins: £11.95
  77. Venables, S: EVEREST – SUMMIT OF ACHIEVEMENT: Bloomsbury; 2003: 1st edition. 252 pages, over 400 photographs, (mostly black and white, some colour), maps and other illustrations, 30x32cm. This magnificent Royal Geographical Society book (celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ascent), contains a rich array of historic photographs and data on the history of Everest to the present day: (Was £35.00) minor edge wear: £20.00
  78. Venables, S: HIGHER THAN THE EAGLE SOARS. A Path to Everest: Hutchinson; 2007 reprint: Pages (xiv) + 370, 16 colour plates, black and white photographs and maps in text, 24cm. Signed by the author. Full autobiography of Stephen Venables - the first Britain to climb Everest without oxygen, and concludes with this remarkable event - a dramatic and gripping account of the Kangshung Face of Everest: £18.99
  79. Walters, J.G: WHAT ONE CAN IMAGINE, THAT CAN ONE DO!: Pentland Press, Edinburgh; 1995 1st edition: Paperback, pages xx + 98, illustrations, 21cm. The story of establishing the 'mountaineering gymnasium' at Bowles Rocks, Sussex: £6.95
  80. Waterman, J: A MOST HOSTILE MOUNTAIN. Re-creating the Duke of Abruzzi's Historic Expedition on Alaska's Mount St. Elias: Holt, New York; 1997 1st edition: Pages xiv + 253, photographs in text, 2 maps, 24cm. Jonathan Waterman travels back a century in time to re-create the Italian Duke of Abruzzi's hazardous sea and land expedition to Alaska's Mount St. Elias. (Was £19.99): £15.99
  81. Waterman, J., edited by: CLOUD DANCERS. Portraits of North American Mountaineers: AAC Press, Colorado; 1993 1st (U.S.) edition: Paperback, pages viii + 315, photographs, 23cm. An anthology on twenty-one of North American's foremost alpinists. (Was £12.95): £6.95
  82. Watkins, P: THE FELLOWSHIP OF GHOSTS. A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway: National Geographic, Washington, U.S.A; 2004 1st edition: Pages (xii) + 239, frontispiece, map, 24cm. Evocative narrative on the author’s solitary journeying through Norway’s mountains: £16.99
  83. Westley, J: AND THE ROAD BELOW. The blister-by-blister account of his record breaking walk around the coastline of the British Isles: Meridian Books; 1994: Paperback, pages vi + 202, a few illustions, 23cm. £8.95

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