1. Noyce, Wilfrid.

The Springs of Adventure.

First Edition / Rare in collectable condition with vintage dustjacket. London, J.Murray, 1958. 15 x 23 cm. XII, 240 pages. Underestimated publication with numerous photographs of ascents, explorations, life during expeditions and climbs etc. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket slightly frayed only. Great gift for a mountaineer ! [Men and Discoveries Library].

2. Bicknell, Peter.

British Hills and Mountains. With 8 plates in colour and 23 illustration in black and white.

London, Collins, 1947. 8º. 47 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Britain in Pictures. The British People in Pictures.].

3. Sherman, Paddy.

Cloud Walkers. Six Climbs on Major Canadian Peaks.

London, Macmillan, 1965. 16 x 23 cm. 161 pages with Maps by John A. Hall. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. The map with some tears but now protected in a Brodart sleeve. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Tucci, Giuseppe / [Edwards, Lovett trans.].

Nepal – The Discovery of the Malla. Translated from the Italian by Lovett Edwards.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 96 pages. 60 illustrations. Map near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine. Vignette on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

5. Abraham, George D.

First Steps to Climbing. With 24 Special Copyright Illustrations by Messrs. G.P. Abraham, Ld., Kerswick.

London, Mills & Boon Limited, 1923. 13 cm x 18.8 cm. 126 pages. 24 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some light foxing occasionally to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

6. [Pope Pius XI] Ratti, Abate Achille.

Climbs on Alpine Peaks. [with the scarce dustjacket]. Translated By J.E.C. Eaton. With a Foreword By Douglas Freshfield and an Introduction By Rev. L.C. Casartelli.

no place (Great Britain), Burns Oates & Washbourne, no year (c.1923). 10.5 cm x 17 cm. XXX, 128 pages. Hardcover / publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and vatican seal embossed on front board. With the rare dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket faded but overall excellent with only minor wear ans some minor fraying. Interior clean and bright with sharp corners. “Servite Priory Dundee” stamp on front and rear endpapers.

7. Tilman, H.W.

Two Mountains and a River.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1949. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 232 pages. 83 illustrations on 37 plates. 6 maps, including sketch map of the mountainous region of Central Asia dominated by the Hindu Kush, Himalaya and Karakoram ranges Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bump to lower corner of front board. Signs of damp staining to foot of some pages throughout book. Interior otherwise bright and clean and sharp cornered. Summary of book on loose ephemera within book.

8. Gardner, Arthur.

The Art and Sport of Alpine Photography. [Pioneer-Publication of Mountain Photography]. Described and Illustrated with One Hundred and Fifty-Five Photographs.

London, H. F. Witherby, 1927. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 224 pages. 150 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Small gilt design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. With tissue guard. Very good, rather excellent condition with only minor signs of shelfwear. Some untrimmed pages near front.

9. Abraham, George D.

The Complete Mountaineer. With Seventy-Five Illustrations.

Third Edition revised. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., no year (c.1923). 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 468 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior bright and clean.

10. Sennett, A.R.

Across the Great Saint Bernard – The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man. With original drawings by Harold Percival and Nearly Two Hundred Illustrations

London, Bemrose and Sons, Ltd., 1904. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XVI, 444 pages, with Appendix (100 pages). 11 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering and vignette on front board. Unusually Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight foxing to edges. Interior very bright and clean.