Mountaineering guide books
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Eighteenth edition; xxxiv, 512pp, 54 maps, 12 plans, 12 panoramas, occasional light toning, some light spotting to panoramas; publisher's red cloth gilt, gilt lettering bright, original buff coloured dust-jacket, slightly worn at edges; overall a good firm copy.
£50 -
Ninth edition. xliv, 423 pp, 21 maps, 7 town plans, 7 panoramas ( some coloured), previous owner's inscription inside on half title; publisher's old type red cloth gilt, slightly worn at corners and top and bottom of spine; overall a near fine copy.
£375 -
Thirteenth edition. xv, 611pp, 65 maps, 19 town plans and 11 panoramas, some pages detached, some writing on title-page, front map repaired with tape, top and bottom of spine badly chipped; a fair copy.
£55 -
First English edition. Large 8vo (24 x 17.5 cm), 180 pp, 157 sepia illustrations, one folding map, previous owner's insciption in ink on front pastedown, previous bookseller's label on front pastedown; publisher's maroon cloth, spine gilt lettered; overall a good copy
£100 -
Fifth edition. xlvi, 447 pp, coloured frontispiece, folding map at rear, 8 maps, 5 folding panoramas, 9 views, some browning of pages throughout; publisher's original old-style red cloth gilt; a very good copy. restored preserving part of original spine and boards.
£400 -
First edition. 8vo, (16 x 13 cm) pp 68, 32 adverts at rear, numerous engraved illustrations and 12 maps; publisher's red cloth gilt, upper cover slightly creased; overall a good copy.
£175 -
Twenty-first edition, xxxii, 412pp, 28 maps, 22 plans, several floor plans; publisher's red cloth gilt, slightly worn, original pictorial dust-wrapper; overall a good firm copy.
£100 -
Thirty-sixth edition. pp i-xxvi, 639-677, 1-112, 113-208, 209-348, 349-512, 513-638, 75 maps, 18 plans, 11 panoramas, 6 parts in total including index, some pencilling inside ; each volume bound in publisher's red cloth gilt, lacks the original slipcase; a fine set of this unusual guide.
£450 -
Thirty-seventh edition, lvi, 600pp, 81 maps, 30 plans, 15 panoramas, ink signature on title-page, bookseller's label on endpapers, slightly rusty staples; publisher's red cloth gilt; a good copy
£40 -
Thirty-ninth edition. lxiv, 608pp, 75 maps 28 plans, 18 panoramas, pencilling on title page; publisher's original variant coarse-grained binding gilt, some wear to the extremities; a very good copy
£75