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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Hardcover 8" x 5.5". 296pp. Blue cloth with light blue lettering. Spine faded, light soiling. VG condition; NOT near fine. With decorations by Richard E. Harrison. This copy signed by Admiral Byrd on the second leaf. ... more information

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Hardcover 8" x 5.5". 296pp. VG+ in a torn dust jacket. Fourth printing. With decorations by Richard E. Harrison. ... more information

New York: (American Alpine Club), 2004. Paperback 9" x 6". 496pp. Glossy illustrated paperback. Nearly fine condition. This issue contains articles on climbing Nuptse, in Nepal, the Southern Picckett Enchainment, Jirishanca, Nalumasortoq in Greenland, Queen Maud Land in Antarctica, Charakusa valley, Pakistan, Annapurna, the Alps, and much more. Gloriously illustrated with color and black & white photographs. ... more information

New York: American Alpine Club, 1929. Paperback All issues bound in printed or illustrated wrappers. A few volumes are soiled or have some light wear, but overall a near fine set. Gloriously illustrated with color and black & white photographs. A detailed and important source of mountaineering information and history. Further details gladly provided. ... more information

London: New Holland (Publishers) Ltd., 1996. Hardcover 12" x 10.25". 159pp. White cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket. This book records a journey to Antarctica. With good text and numerous color photographs of landscapes, wildlife,etc. This copy signed by four lecturer / participants in this expedition. ... more information

Seattle: The Mountaineers, (1991). Hardback First American edition 8.75" x 5.5". 383pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. Faint remainder mark along the bottom edge, else fine condition; near fine jacket. With dozens of color and black & white photo illustrations. This copy signed by Messner on the half title page. A gripping first hand account of the legendary mountaineer's hike across the Antarctic continent. ... more information

Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914. Hardback 7.25" x 5". 368pp. Red cloth. Some light soiling and general wear. Overall VG+ condition. With four color plates, 47 black & white plates, and four diagrams. Two of the black & white plates are loose, but present. The folding map at the rear of the book is present but has splits along several folds. Withe the ownership inscription and bookplate of Pacific Northwest maritime historian Horace W. McCurdy. The attractive bookp... more information

Santa Monica: Adélie Books, 2010. Hardback First edition 9" x 6.25". 122pp. Quarter blue leather with silver rules, dark blue linen covered boards, front cover with an image of the Southern Cross constellation in silver foil, spine titles lettered in silver, back cover with Japanese characters silver. Fine condition, in the original printed cardboard shipping carton. Illustrated endpapers. With a frontispiece rendering of the vessel Kainan Maru, protedted with a textured tissue guard.... more information

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1976. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.25". 449pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. With black & white photo illustrations and two folding plates. Amundsen's first hand account of reaching the South Pole. ... more information

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1993. Hardcover 9.25" x 6". 521pp. Blue paper covered boards, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket has some light soiling. A vivid first hand account of the perilous journey to the south pole. The expedition ended in disaster on the return journey two months after Scott's party reached the pole. ... more information

Washington & London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. First edition 11" x 9". 224pp. White cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; near fine jacket. A study of the icy continent and its wildlife. With numerous color photo illustrations. This copy bears a slip on the front endpaper with a short presentation note which is signed by co-authors De Roy, Jones and Monteath. ... more information