New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, 1972. Reprint edition limited to 1000 copies (this, no. 378), first published in Calcutta in 1894, with an introduction by H. H. Risley; 4to, pp. [6].xiv, [2], xxii, 392, [2]; 21 plates (1 folding); generally a fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Issued..... More
Munchen: Deutschen und Österreichischen Alpenvereins, 1901-1941. Large 8vos, 35 volumes, missing 1919, 1921-22, and 1936-38; about half bound in original green cloth, 4 in wrappers (1 with spine perished), the balance in original beige buckram (1 spine perished); illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions, maps, panoramas, illustrations in the text; occasional..... More
[Camden, S.C.]: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 255); 8vo, pp. [12], v-xii, 285, [3]; facsimile of the original edition of 1899, with 66 reproductions of drawings by the author, photographs, and a map of the route; original full blue leather stamped in gilt..... More
Warszawa: Iskry, 1984. First edition, 8vo, pp. 151, [1]; 23 color illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates, 1 full-page diagram; text beginning to tone, otherwise very good, sound, and clean. Yakushi A85: "Account of the first winter ascent of Everest in 1980 by a Polish team."..... More
[Trumbull, Ct.]: Weatherhill, [2002]. First edition, 4to, pp. 192; illustrated throughout with maps, tables, figures in the text, and many color photographic illustrations; a fine copy in the dust jacket. "The first study of the tradition of weaving among the nomadic pastoralists of Rupshu in Eastern Ladakh. Weaving touches all..... More
Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, [1961]. Second edition (first published in 1956), 12mo, pp. [8], ii, 109, [1], iii, [1]; folding map of the Valley of Kathmandu, illustrations throughout the text; a very good copy in original pumpkin cloth stamped in black, retaining the pictorial dust jacket with slight wear at..... More
[Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed Ltd, 1983]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 242; map endpapers. 34 color illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 6 plates; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Yakushi A215: "Account of the 1981 New Zealand expedition to Molamenqing (7703m), a satellite..... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, [1979]. First edition, 10" x 9", pp. 103, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; original pictorial wrappers; near fine. Account of the 1977 Chinese Expedition to Mt. Tomur, the highest peak of the Tienshan mountains in Sinkiang. Not in Yakushi. More
[Camden, S.C.]: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 255); 8vo, pp. [12], 7-253, [5]; facsimile edition of the original edition of 1937, frontispiece and numerous reproductions of photographic illustrations; original full black leather stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; fine copy..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition, 8vo., pp. xviii, 387, [1]; x, 356; rubber stamp of the school district of Brooklyn, N.Y. on title page of both volumes, evidence of a vernacular dust jacket having been removed on pastedowns, with stains and wrinkles, modern bookplates on front free endpapers, and..... More
Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2005. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 271, [1]; 2 maps (1 full-page), 31 illustrations in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "In the Kangra Valley of India's western Himalaya, farmers have for centuries relied on community-managed kuhl systems-intricate networks..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First edition, 8vo, pp. 210; 13 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 4 plates, 3 maps and diagrams (2 full-page); fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Yakushi B118a: "The story of the Oxford University's tragic expedition to..... More
Cambridge: W. Heffner & Sons Ltd., 1927. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 280; pictorial endpapers, 4 folding maps; original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and white, and preserving the uncommon dust jacket which shows wear and short tears, plus a larger piece missing from the bottom on the spine..... More
New York: Warner Books, [1986]. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 336; 74 color illustrations on rectos and versos of 16 plates; fine copy in the dust jacket. With a stunning array of people who submitted jacket blurbs: Tom Brokaw, Chris Bonnington, Peter Ueberroth, Clint Easttwood, H. Ross Perot, Gerald..... More
Aarhus, [Denmark], & Oakville, CT: Aarhus University Press, 1999. First edition, 8vo, pp. 414; illustrated throughout; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Issued as Recent research on Ladakh no. 8: proceedings of the Eighth Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies held at Moesgaard, Aarhus University, 5-8 June..... More
Darjeeling: [Gilbert & Co., 1948]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [17], 18-306; frontispiece portrait, 14 illustrations on rectos and versos of 7 plates; some spotting but a very good copy in original blue cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine; retaining the dust jacket which has loss at the..... More
Delhi: Gian Publishing House, [1987]. Reprint edition, 8vo, pp. [17], 18-306; frontispiece portrait, 13 illustrations on rectos and versos of 7 plates; original red cloth; a few spots on cover, but generally a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Sections on Darjeeling, Kangchenjunga, Sikkim, the Himalaya, and Tibet. Yakushi..... More
Katowice: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, [1982]. First edition, 6½" x 4½", pp. 182, [2]; tri-fold map laid in, as issued, 22 color illustrations (1 double-page) on rectos and versos of 8 plates at the back; text a bit toned, else a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. "In 1971 [Bilczewski]..... More
New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, 1994. First edition, 8vo, pp. 230; 16 pages of plates; full green cloth; fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. "Dr. Harshvanti Bisht, India's leading woman mountaineer, has been actively associated with mountaineering and Himalayan tourism research work for two decades." She participated in the Indian..... More
Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2012. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 209, [1]; map, 1 color plate and 19 illustrations; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. 1, The Discourse on the Origins of the Teachers of Past, Present and Future Dus gsum ston pa 'byung khungs kyi mdo, by Henk Blezer; 2..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, [1980]. Second printing; large 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 256; profusely illustrated throughout with photographs; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Yakushi B427: "Narrative of the American woman's expedition to Annapurna I in 1978." Yakushi does not record that this was the first..... More
Seattle: The Mountaineers, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 264; 7 maps and drawings and 34 color illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 12 plates; a fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Yakushi B432a: "Containing the accounts of the expedition to Kangchenjunga in the spring of..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, [1982]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [9], 12-193, [1]; 3 maps, 26 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in original tan cloth-backed paper-covered boards, in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Yakushi B431a, not noting this American edition: "Story of..... More
Leipzig: F. Hirt & Sohn, 1903. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 319, [1]; text in gothic letter; double-page photographic frontispiece, 35 plates from photographs including 1 folding panorama, and approx. 240 photographic illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in black and red, and with a photographic..... More
New York: Random House, 1976. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 303, [1]; 14 maps and diagrams (some double-page), 68 color photographs on rectos and versos of 32 plates (a number double-page), plus pictures of the 32 team members; fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Yakushi B464..... More
