Peter Graham Mountain Guide (10 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dustjacket has wear and tear. With possible toning, or mild soiling. Inscription inside front cover. Pages have toning, but are unmarked. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wellington, NZ: Reed 1965, first edition. VG hardback in a VG unclipped dust jacket. Sun fading to top & bottom edges of boards (through the dust jacket). 6.25 x 9.25 in., 245 pp. Early explorations and climbs in the New Zealand Alps.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Second Impression. VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (a little rubbed) in dustwrapper (rubbed and a little frayed, spine a trifle sunned); pp. xiv, 246 (last blank), with illustrations + endpaper map. A very good copy. [Neate G42].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dj in Plastic Cover. 2nd Impression. An Autobiography. . Very firm , not to many lib. marks but has a large withdrawn written across the 2nd to last blank page.

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original light blue boards (top edge a trifle dustmarked, exposed edges a little sunned, occ. small mark, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (a little edge rubbed); pp. xiv, 246 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate G42: Graham was a New Zealand guide who climbed with Miss Du Faur. He and his brother Alec were the leading New Zealand guides for over thirty years].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Peter Graham: Mountain Guide. An Autobiography, edited by H. B. Hewitt. Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1965, first edition, first printing. Good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some bumping, fading and marks, signature to ffep, light tanning, minor foxing. Jacket has some shelf-wear with minor marks, chipping, creasing and tears, some loss. pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Peter Graham was one of NZ's earliest mountaineering guides and certainly became among its most notable, making a tremendous contribution to the development of NZ mountaineering from the early 1890s, when the sport was becoming established. He was head guide at the Hermitage, the base for many climbs to the highest peaks in the Southern Alps, including Mount Cook, from 1894 to 1928. He was popular guide and companion for many climbers. Born in Westland, on the Tasman Sea side of the Alps, in 1874 he died there in 1961. At the time he was compiling this autobiography, but his story had advanced only to 1910. John Pascoe, another noted man of the mountains, wrote both the foreward and epilogue rounding out the story and the original manuscript was edited by H B Hewitt. A fine account of early mountaineering in NZ. 245 pages including appendix and index, 35 b/.w photos, colour e/paper maps, map frontis. Blue hard covers with black spine titles VG+ with tiny fade bands spine extemities, small ink name address to left FFEP verso, text block otherwise excellent. Pictorial DJ (colour to front) VG with surface wear to folds and spine hinges, few chips. Photos, Maps (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Dj vg, cloth near fine. First. Autobiography of a Leading NZ Guide! 1965 Reed, Wellington, 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 245, map frontis, 35 bw photos, appendix, map eps, blue cloth. Dj rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth w/ name, tight, near fine. Graham was a leading New Zealand guide for over 30 years who made a number of first ascents and was with Du Faur on many of her trips. Neate G42.…

1st edition dust jacket Nice copy octavo xiv + 245pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Some rubbing to dust jacket o/w nice copy.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xiv + 245pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.