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Anderson, J. R. L.: HIGH MOUNTAINS & COLD SEAS. A biography of H. W. Tilman. Seattle: The Mountaineers. (1980). 366pp. Illus. 1st. ed. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket lightly frayed at edges. S002. Keywords MOUNTAINEERING; H. W. TILMAN; BIOGRAPHY; EVEREST; NANDA DEVI; EXPLORER; ANTARCTIC; WORLD WAR 2;

$35.00

$35.00

Maraini, Fosco: KARSKORAM. The ascent of Gasherbrum IV. NY:The Viking Press. (1961). 320pp. Illus. in color and black white. Hard cover. With dust jacket. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket frayed and lightly torn at the edges.Translated from Italian to English. A personal account of the Italian Alpine Club's successful expedition in l958 to Mount Gasherbrum, also known as K3, a hitherto unclimbed peak in the Baltoro-Karakoram, the great range north of the Western Himalayas. Keywords MOUNTAINEERING; HIMALAYAS; K3; ITALIAN ALPINE CLUB;

$50.00

$50.00

: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ST. GOTTHARD 18pp. Illus. A stiff soft cover. A fine copy.Includes THE GEOLOGY OF THE SAINT-GOTTHARD AREA by Waler Oberholzer; THE SAINT-GOTTHARD AND THE SWISS FEDERATION by Hans Stadler; THE MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF THE SAINT-GOTTHARD PASS by Hans Rapold; THE STORY OF TRAFFIC OVER THE SAINT-GOTTHARD by Arthur Wyss; THE STORY OF THE SAINT-GOTTHARD HOSPICES by Mario Fransioli; A NEW VOCATION FOR THE SAINT-GOTTHARD AND THE OLD SUST by Jacques Clavel; and CLIMATE, PLANTS AND WILDLIFE IN THE SAINT-GOTTHARD AREA by Walter Brucket. H058. Keywords SWITZERLAND; SAINT-GOTTHARD; HISTORY;

$22.50

$22.50

Eggler, Albert: THE EVEREST-LHOTSE ADVENTURE. Translated by Hugh Merrick. 222pp. Illus. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Very light foxing on preliminary pages, otherwise a very good to fine tight copy. Printed in England. Account is the report of the mountaineering aspects of the 1956 expedition sponsored by the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research continuing their research work that had begun in 1952. Eggler was chosen to lead the group based on prior experience. Keywords MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; EVEREST; LHOTSE; SWISS FOUNDATION FOR ALPINE RESEARCH;

$25.00

$25.00