The eight sailing / mountain-exploration books. Mischief in Patagonia, Mischief Among the Penguins, Mischief in Greenland, Mostly Mischief, Mischief goes South, In Mischief's Wake, Ice with Everything, Triumph and Tribulation

London: Diadem Books. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1987. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. [4], 956; maps, numerous illustrations on plates, much in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "When Tilman bought the pilot cutter 'Mischief' in 1954, it was not with the intention of retiring from mountaineering, but to use the sea for access to remote mountains in high latitudes. Over the next twenty-two years "Mischief" and her successors saw regular service in distant waters, and their owner developed a whole new technique and tradition of amphibious mountaineering ... The eight books collected haere are humorous, learned, devastatingly candid, and packed (truncated) with information. They recount voyages to the Southern Oceans where he visited Patagonia, the Crozets, Kerguelen, Heard Island and the South Shetlands. No less important were his many trips to Greenland as well as forays to Sptizbergen, Baffin Island and other areas above the Arctic Circle" (jacket blurb). (Inventory #: 68277)