Category: Mountaineering

Biography of Robin Smith, a young outstanding Scottish climber, who fell to his death with Wilfrid Noyce in 1962 in the Pamirs. A long overdue tribute to one of Scotland's most daring and legendary climbers.
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Wild Trails to Far Horizons. An ultra-distance runner

By: Cudahy Mike

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Unwin Hyman Ltd : 1989

Seller ID: 39711

ISBN-13: 9780044403814

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 183pp, owner's signature, VG in VG dw

With forty black and white photographs by John Beatty.
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Wild Trails to Far Horizons. An ultra-distance runner

By: Cudahy Mike

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Unwin Hyman Ltd : 1989

Seller ID: 64725

ISBN-13: 9780044403814

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 183pp, Fine in Fine dw

With forty black and white photographs by John Beatty.
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British Caving

By: Cullingford C.H.D.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd : 1964

Seller ID: 7849

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 592pp, exlib, usual library marks, VG

In The Himalayas and On The Indian Plains

By: Cumming C. F. Gordon

Price: £88.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus : 1901

Seller ID: 56848

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xii, 608pp, 42 illusts, original pictorial boards, foreedge foxing, VG.

Accounts of the author's travels in Ladakh and Kashmir.
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Sailing On To Iceland And Across Canada By Rail.

By: Cumming R.D.

Price: £11.00

Publisher: The Mitre Press : 1938

Seller ID: 44924

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 79pp, VG+

Winter Skills: Essential walking and climbing techniques

By: Cunningham Andy and Fyffe Allen

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Mountain Leader Training : 2011

Seller ID: 71341

ISBN-13: 9780954151133

Binding: paperback

Condition: xvi, 256pp, softback, Fine.

The official handbook of the Mountaineering Instructor Certificate and Winter Leader schemes.
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The Pioneers Of The Alps

By: Cunningham C. D.

Price: £225.00

Publisher: Estes and Lauriat : 1888

Seller ID: 55871

Binding: hardcover

Condition: viii, 180pp, 23 plates, later binding closely matching the original, original decorative front cloth and spine cloth relaid, gilt titling on spine faded, private bookplate, tissue guards browned some with small tears but all present, VG. A very scarce ti

Biographical sketches of the great early Alpine guides illustrated by Abney's superb portraits. Cunningham was an early advocate of Scottish winter climbing.
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The Pioneers Of The Alps

By: Cunningham C. D.

Price: £260.00

Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington : 1888

Seller ID: 61630

Binding: hardcover

Condition: viii, 180pp, 23 plates, plus frontispiece and other illustrations, original maroon cloth with bright decorative gilt, exlibrary, professionally recased with new endpapers, some foxing, small ink stamps to verson of plates, Good+, signed on the title page

Biographical sketches of the great early Alpine guides illustrated by Abney's superb portraits. Cunningham was an early advocate of Scottish winter climbing.
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James David Forbes. Pioneer Scottish Glaciologist.

By: Cunningham Frank

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Scottish Academic Press : 1990

Seller ID: 56640

ISBN-13: 9780707303208

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 329pp, Fine in Fine dw

Forbes' glaciological field work extended over ten years to August 1851 and established him as the leading British scientist in the field.
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Guide to Winter Climbs. Cairngorms, Lochnagar and Creag Meaghaidh

By: Cunningham John

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Cicerone Press : 1976

Seller ID: 43989

ISBN-13: 9780902363113

Binding: paperback

Condition: 57pp, paperback, VG+

K2 The Story Of The Savage Mountain

By: Curran Jim

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton : 1995

Seller ID: 62592

ISBN-13: 9780340606018

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 271pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed dedication on half title by Jim Curran, also signed by Tony Streather and Nakashita.

History of climbing on K2.
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K2 Triumph And Tragedy

By: Curran Jim

Price: £10.00

Publisher: The Mountaineers : 1987

Seller ID: 50090

ISBN-13: 9780898861471

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 219pp, Fine in VG+ dw

During the summer of 1986 nine expeditions converged on K2, twenty seven climbers reached the summit, but thirteen people also died on the mountain, including the two British climbers Julie Tullis and Al Rouse.
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Suspended Sentences

By: Curran Jim

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton : 1991

Seller ID: 74670

ISBN-13: 9780340518175

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 191pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed dedication on title page by Jim Curran.

Jim Curran, climbing cameraman, writer, film-maker and raconteur, has climbed and filmed in many of the world's great ranges, from the Himalaya and the Karakoram to the Atlas and the Andes.
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Trango The Nameless Tower

By: Curran Jim

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Dark Peak : 1978

Seller ID: 73482

ISBN-13: 9780950627205

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 175pp, Fine in VG dw

First ascent in 1976 of nameless 20500 ft peak in the Trango Tower group of the Karakoram.
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North Downs Way - National Trail Guides

By: Curtis Neil & Walker Jim

Price: £2.00

Publisher: Aurum Press : 2005

Seller ID: 43466

Binding: paperback

Condition: 168pp, paperback, Fine copy

North Downs Way- National Trail Guides
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Highlands, Highways And Heroes. Or Wanderings In The Westlands.

By: Cuthbertson D.C.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Robert Grant : 1931

Seller ID: 58683

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, map endpapers, gold lettering and pattern to spine and front board, VG

Chapters on Glenartney, Lochern, Black Mount, Loch Sloy and others.
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Creag Dubh & Craig-A-Barns

By: Cuthbertson Dave

Price: £18.00

Publisher: S.M.C. : 1983

Seller ID: 53334

ISBN-13: 9780907521082

Binding: paperback

Condition: 138pp, protected softback, VG+

The Climbers Logbook

By: Cuthbertson Dave 'Cubby'

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Cordee : 2004

Seller ID: 65626

ISBN-13: 9781904207306

Binding: paperback

Condition: Ring Binder, VG+ copy

The practical logbook has been dessigned with outdoor enthusiasts and climbers in mind - for those who like to keep a record of their activities.
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Avalanche Safety For Skiers & Climbers

By: Daffern Tony

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Diadem Books : 1983

Seller ID: 58734

ISBN-13: 9780906371312

Binding: paperback

Condition: 172pp, softback, VG

Safety tips for skiers and climbers.
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Gower And South-East Wales. A Rock Climbers Guide.

By: Danford Mike & Penning Tony

Price: £10.00

Publisher: South Wales Mountaineering Club : 1983

Seller ID: 58149

ISBN-13: 9780904405316

Binding: paperback

Condition: 192pp, plastic covered paperback, owner's signature, VG copy

Gower And South-East Wales. A Rock Climbers Guide.

By: Danford Mike & Penning Tony

Price: £14.00

Publisher: South Wales Mountaineering Club : 1983

Seller ID: 54567

ISBN-13: 9780904405316

Binding: paperback

Condition: 192pp, plastic covered paperback, owner's signature, VG copy

Hiking Rocky Mountain National Park Including Indian Peaks

By: Dannen Kent & Donna

Price: £8.00

Publisher: The Globe Pequot Press : 1994

Seller ID: 70702

ISBN-13: 9781564403759

Binding: paperback

Condition: 297pp, paperback, VG+

Describing more than 450 miles of trails to more than 375 destinations in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Natural History In The Highland and Islands. The New Naturalist Series

By: Darling Fraser

Price: £22.00

Publisher: Collins : 1947

Seller ID: 47175

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 303pp, prize bookplate to front endpaper, darkening to spine, VG. The book was an Ellon Academy prize to Tom Patey in the 1947/48 Session for excellence in English, Science, Greek and Latin. From the library of Tom Patey, the famous Scottish climber.

The New Naturalist series.
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Tartarin On The Alps

By: Daudet Alphonse

Price: £10.00

Publisher: George Routledge & Sons : 1892

Seller ID: 4413

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 365pp, red half leather binding with splitting to spine edges, internally very clean, Good

The second of the Tartarin novels, includes ascents of Rigi, Jungfrau and Mont Blanc.
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The Coldest Climb

By: Davidson Art

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Bodley Head : 1970

Seller ID: 90

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 218pp, small inscription, VG+ in VG- slightly chipped price clipped dw.

The winter ascent of Mt McKinley.
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Gates Of The Dolomites

By: Davidson L. Marion

Price: £8.00

Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head : 1914

Seller ID: 40995

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 355pp, 24pp hotel guide appendix, 33 illusts, original brown cloth with gilt titling, a few blemishes to front board, owner's signature, one illustration lacking, repair to edge of spine, Fair.

An interesting pre-war guide to the Dolomites.
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The Grahams and the New Donalds. Tacit Tables.

By: Dawson Alan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tacit Press : 1999

Seller ID: 70949

ISBN-13: 9780953437603

Binding: paperback

Condition: 32pp, card covers, Fine copy. Now uncommon.

The Grahams - Scottish hills between 610 metres (2000 feet) and 761 metres (2,499 feet) with at least 150 metres drop on all sides. The New Donalds - Scottish Lowland hills over 610 metres (2,000 feet) with at least 30 metres drop on all sides.
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The Grahams and the New Donalds. Tacit Tables.

By: Dawson Alan

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tacit Press : 1999

Seller ID: 57065

ISBN-13: 9780953437603

Binding: paperback

Condition: 32pp, card covers, Fine copy. Now uncommon.

The Grahams - Scottish hills between 610 metres (2000 feet) and 761 metres (2,499 feet) with at least 150 metres drop on all sides. The New Donalds - Scottish Lowland hills over 610 metres (2,000 feet) with at least 30 metres drop on all sides.
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The Relative Hills of Britain

By: Dawson Alan

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Cicerone Press : 1992

Seller ID: 72626

ISBN-13: 9781852840686

Binding: paperback

Condition: 256pp, paperback, loosely inserted is an April 2002 update, VG. A scarce title.

How many hills are there in Britain? Has anyone climbed them all? An invaluable reference work for all walkers, this book contains a fascinating collection of not-too-serious facts and figures about the Marilyns, as these reflative hills have been called.
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