Don Whillans and Alick Ormerod (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. ix, 266 p., 16 plates. Bookplate of Library of the American Alpine Club, Sierra Nevada Branch on front pastedown ("Withdrawn" stamped on endpaper), but aside from some minor pencil marks on the pastedown and the copyright page, no other library indications, and no marks to text. A solid copy, opening widely but sewn binding is firm and spine is square. Small bumps to lower corners, else not much wear. Unclipped dustjacket has edge and corner wear, but no chips or major tears, and surface is still shiny and unrubbed. B&W photos (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, paperstock a little tanned, else clean & bright); pp. 302 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.), with 12 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

hard cover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 22 cm. IX, 266 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear, some discolouration around lower edges of jacket from prior covering, owner details on front endpaper.…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG-. First Paperback. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & creased with chipping to tail cap, bookseller's RSM to first page); pp. 302 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.), with 12 illustrations. A good reading copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. First Paperback. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & bumped, paperstock slightly toned); pp. 302 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.), with 12 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (cloth rather mottled, a few spots, slight crease to one corner, otherwise quite crisp and bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. x (last blank), 266, with 25 illustrations. A very good reading copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America]. Although unmarked, this copy is ex-libris Jack Street, a well known hard climber from the 1960s.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0434862517. Hardback. First Printing. Ex-library copy with usual ex-library markings, card pocket, library stamps to edges and interior pages, etc. Tight sound copy with average wear in a nice dustjacket. with no real library markings to it, just some slight tape ghost browning to the very outer edges of the front and back dustjacket flaps. A nice reading / reference copy. No Signature.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (cloth flecked along edges, slight leaf edge speckling, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced £2.50 50s net (slightly rubbed & nicked); pp. x (last blank), 266, with 25 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, small staple marks to early leaves, trifling leaf edge spotting, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced £2.50 50s net (a trifle rubbed & nicked, minor sunning to spine); pp. x (last blank), 266, with 25 illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. F/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper priced £2.50 50s net (a trifle rubbed & nicked, slight sunning to spine); pp. x (last blank), 266, with 25 illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America].…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG-. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (first page excised, rubbed & creased, slightly toned and spotted); pp. 302 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.), with 12 illustrations. A very good copy. Flatsigned on title page 'Don Whillans'. [Neate W52: Biography of an outstanding British mountaineer who partnered Joe Brown in the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s. Later he made many fine climbs in the Alps, Himalaya and South America]. Although unmarked, this copy comes from the library of bushwalking guide writer, John Siseman. Signed by Author.…

"Don Whillans was in the vanguard of a tough new breed of climbers who emerged in the early 1950s." From his diaries, the author has reconstructed his famous climbs, capturing the flavour of climbing and climbers. Inscription on ffep dated '.Xmas 1971." Good. Contents and b/w photographs clean and firmly bound. Foxing to top, fore- and lower page edges with light foxing to paste-downs.…