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Soft cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1982 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has much of the cover illustration pulled off front and rear cover (this issue has covers that stick/bond with covers of adjacent years when stacked together), three loose color plates and loose adjacent pages, marked and pocked color plates from having stuck to adjacent text page (now separated, roughly in some cases), no owner marks or writing on any pages. Damaged example but carefully checked complete with all pages & photo plates. The 1980-81-82 issues were/are prone to having the color plates stick to opposite pages and the covers stick/bond with other issues. Starting with the 1975 issue dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue has feature articles including Alaska Denali rescue, Denali Milan Krissak memorial route, East Face Huntington, mt Hunter in winter, Hunter SE Spur, Fairweather climbing history, Makalu french pillar, Dhaulagiri east face, first ascent Everest in winter, skiing in Karakoram, skiing mustagh ata, mt st helens eruption, bear mountain cascades, east face Huascaran, Carstenz Pyramid Irian Jaya, etc. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1977 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original glossy pictorial wrappers. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. POOR CONDITION with most of the pictorial coating of the front cover missing (pulled off because it once adhered to the cover of another issue. Inside the book has no marks, no dampstaining or warping, clean pages, complete with all pages and photos. Other than the bad front cover the book is complete and fine. Fully functional reading copy. This has feature articles including Nanda Devi from north with Willi Unsoeld, USA Everest Bicentennial expedition, Gasherbrum II and III Karakoram, Torre Egger Tierra Del Fuego and Patagonia, S Face McKinley Denali by doug scott and dougal haston, various Alaska Kichatnas, Mt Hayes, Deporah NW Ridge, N Ridge Mount Hess, Middle Triple Peak. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1981 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has edge of front cover missing, much of the cover illustration pulled off and missing on front and rear covers (this issue prone to sticking to the covers of adjacent years when stacked together), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. Complete with no pages or photos missing. This issue has feature articles including Alaska Denali rescue, Denali Milan Krissak memorial route, East Face Huntington, mt Hunter in winter, Hunter SE Spur, Fairweather climbing history, Makalu french pillar, Dhaulagiri east face, first ascent Everest in winter, skiing in Karakoram, skiing mustagh ata, mt st helens eruption, bear mountain cascades, east face Huascaran, Carstenz Pyramid Irian Jaya. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1978 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial wrappers. Much of the surface of the rear cover has been pulled off and is missing (the 1978 issue is commonly found with bad covers due to sticking of the cover material to other copies; the publisher must have stacked copies before the cover material was fully dried), no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, no foxing, tight binding. Other than the bad rear cover, a fully complete and functional example. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue has feature articles including ones on Alaska climbs of Deborah, Hunter, Foraker, Dickey, Kachatnas, McKinley Denali, Fairweather, Devil's Thumb, Lucania, and Karakoram climbs Ogre, Trango Tower.Kangchenjunga from the east, Langford's diary of his Grand Teton ascent, Pik Kommunizma Pamirs, Yosemite Half Dome, Illimani North East Ridge Bolivia. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. The binding is in good shape. There are creases on the spine and the front cover. The top corner of the front cover is clipped, and there is some other shelf and edge wear from age. The cover is overall still intact, and the art is clear. The inside of the cover and the pages are tanned from age. There are also some small stamp marks on the top and bottom edges of the pages. Otherwise, the pages inside the book are all clean and unmarked. Overall very nice condition for its age!If you have any problems, please let us know! FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 1962 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original light gray wrappers with black lettering front and spine. The book has clean covers, DAMPSTAINING to lower portion of many pages with resulting sticking-together of photo plates all of which have been opened but with tearing peeling and loss at bottom area (all present and all have captions readable), some pages with tan staining, all pages present and fully readable, solid binding, good for reading only (not for collectors wishing to assemble a full set). ALL ISSUES of The American Alpine Journal produced before 1965 were issued without dust jackets = no issue of The American Alpine Journal issued before 1965 has a publisher's dust jacket. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1981 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has clean covers, tea stain on text block penetrating into margin of several pages about 1/2cm max, some crease marks spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. This issue has feature articles including Alaska Denali rescue, Denali Milan Krissak memorial route, East Face Huntington, mt Hunter in winter, Hunter SE Spur, Fairweather climbing history, Makalu french pillar, Dhaulagiri east face, first ascent Everest in winter, skiing in Karakoram, skiing mustagh ata, mt st helens eruption, bear mountain cascades, east face Huascaran, Carstenz Pyramid Irian Jaya. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1980 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has clean covers, scuffing and rear cover with area of loss of cover illustraton, crease mark lower outside corner rear cover, rubbing spine edges, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates and the Bradford Washburn folding map at end topo of Wonder Lake to McGonagall Pass and Muldrow Glacier Mount McKinley Denali ( northern extension of Washburn's earlier McKinley map), thin superficial scuff mark upper front cover, tight binding. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This has feature articles including Cerro Torre Patagonia Alpine Style by Jim Bridwell, Cordillera Blanca climbs Huantsan Choricho, Uli Biaho Karakoram, Gaurishankar, complete West Ridge of Everest, Kangchenjunga from the north, Annapurna, Thalay Sagar Garhwall, mt Huntington Alaska, Kichatna Spire, Mt St. Elias, Stikine Icecap climbs, survey of Antarctica peaks and climbing. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Durable Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1992 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has some pockmarks front cover with small area of cover material loss upper front near spine, otherwise clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, solid binding. This issue includes articles Panch Chuli, Everest Northeast Ridge, Dorje Lhakpa, Russian-American K2 expedition with Scott Fischer and Ed Viesturs, Broad Peak from China, Mountaineering in Mongolia, Baffin Island, Logan Mountains Great Canadian Knife route, big Alaska climbs, Torre Central del Paine, Sarmiento in winter, climbing in Venezuela, etc. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1970 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Excellent condition. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. clean covers, no tears, sharp edges, solid binding, complete. The jacket has usual minor wear at spine ends. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj.

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 296 pages. Paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.75cm. Paper covers rubbed with some curling/creasing at corners, spine heel dinged. Touch of soiling to edges with negligibly small stains at heel of fore-edge; light bumping at top corners of interior pages with curling at bottom corners of first several leaves; bookstore ink stamp on front cover's blank verso; past owner's ink signature and handwritten ink price at top of half-title page; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Joseph Cornell" held at the Museum of Modern Art from November 17, 1980 to January 20, 1981. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0870702726.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1976 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original b/w pictorial wrappers. Clean covers, crease marks spine, minor wear tips of corners, no previous owner marks or writing. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue includes articles on N Ridge of Mt Foraker Alaska, Moose's Tooth by John Krakauer, Deborah, Logan Mountains North West Territories Canada, Everest SW Face, NW Ridge K2, Cordillera Blanca and Huascaran, Mount Kenya Diamond Couloir. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1979 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has clean covers, small wrinkle to lower outside corner of front cover, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, solid binding. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue includes articles first USA ascent of K2, Latok I, Changabang, Kangchenjunga, American Women Annapurna Expedition, big climbs in Alaska, West Ridge Mount Logan, Mt Robson Emperor Face Canadian Rockies, Greenland climbs, etc. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1973 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original gray wrappers with black lettering front cover and spine. The book is in excellent condition with clean covers, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, solid binding. The dust jacket has 1cm loss at top of spine, minor edge wear. Articles on Half Dome in winter by Gregory Lowe, Gran Teton in winter by George Lowe, alpine rock in Sierra Nevada, Mckinley Denali S Face alpine style, Mt Huntington Alaska, Mount St Elias east ridge, Mt Alberta North Face first ascent Canadian Rockies by George Lowe, Huascaran east face cordillera blanca Peru andes, Cerro Torre patagonia tierra del fuego, Annapurna. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1983 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has clean covers, a few minor marks, solid binding, no tears, no chips, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, tight binding. This issue has articles including first high-level circuit of Mt Everest, Everest N Face, Cholaste, Everest NE Ridge, Shishapangma SW face, Minya Konka, high altitude archeology in the Andes, Cordillera Blanca, big Alaska climbs including Kichatna spires and Denali Mt McKinley, examination analysis of Robert E. Peary's claim of reaching the North Pole, etc. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1978 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial wrappers. Clean covers, but some speckling front cover caused by cover being stuck to another with separation lifting some of the color (fairly common with this issue as publisher must have stacked many of these before cover pigments had completely dried), no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, no foxing, tight binding. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue has feature articles including ones on Alaska climbs of Deborah, Hunter, Foraker, Dickey, Kachatnas, McKinley Denali, Fairweather, Devil's Thumb, Lucania, and Karakoram climbs Ogre, Trango Tower.Kangchenjunga from the east, Langford's diary of his Grand Teton ascent, Pik Kommunizma Pamirs, Yosemite Half Dome, Illimani North East Ridge Bolivia. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1967 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Clean covers, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, tight binding. The dust jacket has minor edge wear, rubbed top spine corners with tiny loss. This issue includes articles: American Antarctic Expedition (first ascent of Vinson Massif) by Brian Marts, West Ridge of Mt Logan, Mount Hunter from the Northeast, Kichatna Spire, S Face of Snowpatch Spire Bugaboos Canada, Mt Temple's N Face by Brian Greenwood, Eiger Direct the John Harlin Route by Chris Bonington, Les Courtes North Face by Yvon Chouinard, On New Rock-Climbing Equipment And Its Use by Yvon Chouinard and Tom Frost, Cordillera Blanca climbs and first ascents, etc. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessar for international shipping; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages.

360pp, (6x9 inches), maps, color plates, b&w photos, index. Near Fine condition in wrappers (soft cover). Covers just a little rubbed at the edges, no spine creasing. Contents clean and tight, pages crisp, no tears or creases, no markings. "Silence of the Lands" by Jay Smith, "Torres del Paine" by Ramiro Calvo, "Patagonian Orocline Expedition" by Kerry Burns, "What Can Belong to Patagonian Climbing?" by Silvia Metzeltin Buscaini, "A Different Way on Dhaulagiri" by Rick Allen, "Minimal Impact" by Stephen Porcella, "El Capitan Climbed Free" by Lynn Hill, "Half Dome Climbed Free" by Todd Skinner, "The Last Sandwich" by Thomas Higgins, "Roaming the Chuska" by Cameron Burns, "Pan-American Story - El Gran Trono Blanco" by Paul Piana, "A Photographic Portfolio" by Bradford Washburn, "East Kahiltna's Southeast Face" by Terry Kennedy, "Thunder Mountain" by Geoff Hornby, "Good Neighbor Peak" by William Pilling, "Mystic Islands of Lofoten" by Ed Webster, "Exploring Greenland's Lemon Bjerge" by Christian Bonington, "Aging and Altitude" by Charles Houston. Climbs, notes, activities, etc.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Mellen Poetry Press 1992. Trade Paperback. 0773427864 . First edition 56 pages. Fine copy. mag9E.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to wraps. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1981 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original color pictorial softcover. The book has clean covers, some crease marks spine, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, tissue sheets loosely placed at glossy photo plates which regularly stick to opposite pages in this book (no sticking for this example). This issue has feature articles including Alaska Denali rescue, Denali Milan Krissak memorial route, East Face Huntington, mt Hunter in winter, Hunter SE Spur, Fairweather climbing history, Makalu french pillar, Dhaulagiri east face, first ascent Everest in winter, skiing in Karakoram, skiing mustagh ata, mt st helens eruption, bear mountain cascades, east face Huascaran, Carstenz Pyramid. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1972 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Covers are clean and bright, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, tight binding. The dust jacket has rubbing at the spine corners otherwise is better than average. This issue includes articles on Preserving Cracks by Tom Frost, 1971 Everest International Expedition by Norman Dyhrenfurth (complete mess of an expedition), Dhaulagiri III, Manaslu From The West by Akira Takahashi, Huascaran East Face, S. Face of Jirishanca, Arrigetch clims by David Roberts, Clearing Garbage From Mount McKinley by Terry Jones, N Face of Mount Kitchner by Chris Jones, Salathe Wall Solo El Capitan Yosemite by Peter Haan, etc. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1965 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Clean covers, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, tight binding. The dust jacket has rubbed edges, some wear at spine corners with tiny loss. This issue has feature articles including Huandoy Peru Cordillera Blanca, Palcaraju, Jirishanca Norte, Talung peak, Mount St Elias, Mount Logan Independence Ridge, Arrigetch granite Brooks Range Alaska, West Face Mt Brussels Canadian Rockies, Yosemite firsts S Face Washington Column, North American Wall El Capitan, Mount Watkins S Face, traverse of the Grand Tetons by Alan Steck, John Harlin N Face Monch and west face Blaitiere, some articles on frostbite treatment and HAPE. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2006 issue of the American Alpine Journal. as new condition, appears unused, clean covers, no rubbing, no fading, solid binding, no tears, no chips, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, tight binding. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1975 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original b/w photo illustrated wrappers. The book has clean covers, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, tight binding. Starting with this 1975 issue dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue includes articles on first ascent of the North Face of North Twin Canadian Rockies by George Lowe, ice climbs in the Canadian Rockies, major climbs in Alaska, Masherbrum, Saser Kangri, USA-USSR Pamirs Expedtion (and multi-death disaster), Changabang first ascent, Andes and Patagonia. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1971 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Clean covers, no marks or writing on any pages, complete with all pages & photo plates, sharp edges, tight binding. The dust jacket has minor rubbing, tiny tears at spine corners with some rubbing at spine ends. This issue includes articles: Annapurna South Face by Tom Frost, Makalu South Ridge by Mokoto Hara and M. Asami, the earthquake in Peru and collapse of Huascaran, Map of the Northern Cordillera Blanca (peaks north and east of Alpamayo), South Face of Half Dome by Galen Rowell, Hear Route El Capitan Yosemite, Solo on the Diamond by Bill Forest, Mt Rainier's Willis Wall In Winter by Jim Wickwire, Mt Columbia from the North (Canadian Rockies) by Chris Jones, Mt Fay's N Face, Ice Climbing Developments in N America by James P. McCarthy, etc. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1970 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Excellent condition. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. clean covers, no tears, sharp edges, solid binding, complete. The jacket has usual minor wear at spine ends. This issue includes articles: Tis-Sa-Ack Half Dome Yosemite by Royal Robbins, Climbing Cracks (instructional) by Yvon Chouinard, American Dhaulagiri Expedition 1969 by Louis Reichardt, Noshaq by Hechtel, Jirishanca West Face by Riccardo Cassin, Tiquimani Bolivian Andes by Stanley Shepard, Catacomb and East Ridges of Mount McKinley by J. Davidson, Arrigetch climbs Alaska by David Roberts, NE Face Mt Babel (Canadian Rockies) by Brian Greenwood, HIgh-Altitude Research on Mt Logan, etc. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1976 issue of the American Alpine Journal. Original b/w pictorial wrappers. Clean covers, no marks or writing, sharp corners, solid binding, a couple of tiny scuff marks spine edge otherwise looks unused. Starting with in 1975 dust jackets were no longer issued for the American Alpine Journal. This issue includes articles on N Ridge of Mt Foraker Alaska, Moose's Tooth by John Krakauer, Deborah, Logan Mountains North West Territories Canada, Everest SW Face, NW Ridge K2, Cordillera Blanca and Huascaran, Mount Kenya Diamond Couloir. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.