Category: Mountaineering

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Collins: 2006

Seller ID: 51787

ISBN: 139780007203642

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in Fine dw

This book takes us through the evolution of an Alpine tradition, how climbing developed between the wars, right through to post-war successes.
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Everest. 50 Years On Top Of The World

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd: 2003

Seller ID: 42375

ISBN: 0007147481

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in VG+ dw with sunning to spine. Published in association with the Mount Everest Foundation, Royal Geographical Society and The Alpine Club.

George Band was the youngest member of John Hunt's 1953 Everest team.
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Summit 150 Years Of The Alpine Club

Price: £52.00

Publisher: Collins: 2006

Seller ID: 64736

ISBN: 139780007203642

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed on the half title by George Band.

This book takes us through the evolution of an Alpine tradition, how climbing developed between the wars, right through to post-war successes.
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Summit 150 Years Of The Alpine Club

Price: £46.00

Publisher: Collins: 2006

Seller ID: 65578

ISBN: 139780007203642

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed dedication on the half title by George Band.

This book takes us through the evolution of an Alpine tradition, how climbing developed between the wars, right through to post-war successes.
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Everest. 50 Years On Top Of The World

By: Bardwell Sandra, Roddis Miles, McCormack Gareth, Fairbairn Helen

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd: 2003

Seller ID: 70231

ISBN: 0007147481

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 256pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Doug Scott and Chris Bonington. Published in association with the Mount Everest Foundation, Royal Geographical Society and The Alpine Club.

George Band was the youngest member of John Hunt's 1953 Everest team.
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Peaks. Seeking High Ground Across The Continents

By: Bangs Richard

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Taylor Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 1077

ISBN: 087833856X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 182pp, lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs, Fine in Fine dw

Richard Bangs and photographer Pamela Robertson circled the globe determined to experience and capture the unparalleled beauty and light found in high, remote places.
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Peaks. Seeking High Ground Across The Continents

By: Bangs Richard

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Taylor Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 62250

ISBN: 087833856X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 182pp, lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs, Fine in Fine dw

Richard Bangs and photographer Pamela Robertson circled the globe determined to experience and capture the unparalleled beauty and light found in high, remote places.
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Uberfallig In Einsamen Regionen

By: Banks Mike

Price: £180.00

Publisher: Engelbert-Verlag Balve: 1966

Seller ID: 47161

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 189pp, pictorial boards, front endpaper removed, VG. On the half title is an inscription to Tom Patey from Mike Banks, 'An den Herr Doktor Tom Patey - Ich mochte ihnen zeige das die Hoh Siebentausendsiebenhundertundachtzig Meter ist nicht die selbe als Achtausand Meter. So there! Mike Banks'. Loosely inserted is also a handwritten letter to Tom Patey 'Dear Tom, Up to your eyes in work - unthinkable! I enclose a book I believe I wrote and I don't even know what the title means. Good old Bonington - he's stuck up the eiger and I'm doing a lecture in his place and collecting his lolly. Love to Betty. Mike'.

German edition of Snow Commando, an unassuming but striking record of adventure in Cornwall and the Arctic, in Switzerland and the Himalayas. A rather unique item from the library of Tom Patey.
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Rakaposhi

By: Banks Mike

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1959

Seller ID: 65738

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 238pp, VG in slightly rubbed near VG price clipped dw.

Account of 1956 attempt and first ascent in 1958 with Tom Patey.
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High Arctic

By: Banks Mike

Price: £195.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons: 1957

Seller ID: 47140

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 276pp, VG in Fair well rubbed dw. Signed by Tom Patey. Tom Patey's copy with his name and address to the front pastedown, from his library.

The story of the British North Greenland Expedition 1952 - 1954.
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Climbers' Guide To Wales Clogwyn Du'R Arddu

By: Banner H I & Crew P

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Climbers' Club: 1963

Seller ID: 51321

Binding: paperback

Condition: 110pp, plastic covered, owner's signature, some creasing to plastic, Good+

From The Land Of Lost Content. The Dalai Lama's Fight For Tibet.

By: Barber Noel

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Collins: 1969

Seller ID: 5373

ISBN: 002112698

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 224pp, VG+ in VG+ dw

Describes Tibet of old, before ten years of Chinese oppression drove the inhabitants to revolt and the Dalai Lama into exile.
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Walking In France

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications: 2004

Seller ID: 69908

ISBN: 1740592433

Binding: paperback

Condition: 368pp, paperback, owner's name and address sticker, VG+

Follow in pilgrims' footsteps, challenge yourself among spectacular Alpine peaks and glaciers, and wander through idyllic villages. This guide puts you on the right track for France's best walks.
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Climbing In Britain

By: Barford J. E. Q.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: 1946

Seller ID: 51464

Binding: paperback

Condition: 160pp, paperback, small split to bottom of spine, Good+

Instructional book which helped to popularise climbing.
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Three Cliffs In Llanberis

By: Barford J. E. Q.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Climbers' Club: 1944

Seller ID: 64091

Binding: paperback

Condition: 23pp, paperback, soiled covers and some internal pages, previous owners pen annotations, owner's signature, Acceptable reading copy

The Last Blue Mountain

Price: £90.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus: 1959

Seller ID: 56877

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 212pp, private bookplate, small inscription tippexed out on front endpaper, VG in Fair chipped and price clipped dw, signed by Tony Streather on the title page.

The tragic 1957 Haramosh expedition.
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The Last Blue Mountain. The great Karakoram climbing tragedy

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 70206

ISBN: 1912560429

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 214pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 200 Special Edition copies, cloth bound, numbered and signed by Ed Douglas who wrote the introduction.

The tragic true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them.
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The Last Blue Mountain. The great Karakoram climbing tragedy

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 70208

ISBN: 1912560429

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 214pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 200 Special Edition copies, cloth bound, numbered and signed by Ed Douglas who wrote the introduction.

The Last Blue Mountain. The great Karakoram climbing tragedy

Price: £36.00

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing: 2020

Seller ID: 70207

ISBN: 1912560429

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvii, 214pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 200 Special Edition copies, cloth bound, numbered and signed by Ed Douglas who wrote the introduction.

The Road To Rannoch And The Summer Isles

Price: £5.00

Publisher: John Grant Booksellers: 1944

Seller ID: 53083

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 184pp, slight bumping to top and bottom of spine, VG in VG dw

With 22 illustrations by Robert M. Adam and 2 drawings.
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Border By-Ways & Lothian Lore

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Robert Grant & Son:

Seller ID: 50397

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 208pp, endpapers are maps, gold lettering to front board, VG

Some of the papers have appeared in The Scotsman.
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The Road To Rannoch And The Summer Isles

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Robert Grant & Son: 1930

Seller ID: 49343

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 200pp, private bookplate, VG

Most of these papers have been published in The Scotsman.
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Autumns In Skye, Ross And Sutherland

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Robert Grant: 1930

Seller ID: 48823

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 187pp, 16 illusts, inscription, VG

The Road To Rannoch And The Summer Isles

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Robert Grant & Son: 1924

Seller ID: 45130

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 198pp, inscription, VG+

Chapters on, Glen Lyon, Macgregor's Leap, The Road To Rannoch and many more.
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The Road To Rannoch And The Summer Isles

By: Baroli Gian Antonio, Luciani Fausto, Frescura Giovanni, Zardini Foto

Price: £4.00

Publisher: John Grant Booksellers: 1944

Seller ID: 41723

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 184pp, owner's signature, VG- spine very faded.

Belluno E Le Dolomiti

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Istituto Geografico De Agostini: 1960

Seller ID: 47983

Binding: paperback

Condition: Colour illustrations with text, crease to top corner, VG

Text in six languages including English. Picture book of the Dolomites.
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The Geography Of Lakeland

By: Barringer J. C

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Dalesman: 1976

Seller ID: 31008

Binding: paperback

Condition: 128pp, maps, illusts, paperback, VG.

The nature of the rocks and processes that shape their surfaces, plant and animal cover and man made elements.
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The Great Climbing Adventure

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Oxford Illustrated Press: 1985

Seller ID: 33100

ISBN: 0946609071

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 251pp, Fine in VG+ dw

The author's adventures around the world - including The Southern Alps, Gauri Sankar and Mount Deborah. An entertaining read.
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Snow And Ice Climbing

Price: £4.00

Publisher: The Crowood Press: 1987

Seller ID: 33070

ISBN: 0946284644

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 144pp, Fine in Fine dw.

Techniques and experiences of snow and ice climbing.
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Snow And Ice Climbing

Price: £4.00

Publisher: The Crowood Press: 1987

Seller ID: 20278

ISBN: 0946284644

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 144pp, Fine in VG dw with sunning to spine.

Techniques and experiences of snow and ice climbing.
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Snow And Ice Climbing