Welzenbach's Climbs a Biographical Study and the Collected Writings of Willo Welzenbach by Eric Roberts (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION ? VERY GOOD light wear and discolouration to jacket, pages in nice condition, shipped from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN CLEAN DARK RED CLOTH WITH GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1980 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). 271pp WITH PUBLISHER'S NOTE, INTRODUCTION, 22 CHAPTERS (FINAL CHAPTER ON THE NANGA PARBAT TRAGEDY), 36 B/W PHOTOS, APPENDIX AND INDEX.CLEAN EDNPAPERS, COMPLETE JACKET, ALL VG.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First US. F/F. 8vo. original burgundy textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 272 (last blank), with 36 illustrations. A very fine copy. [Neate R47: Welzenbach was Germany's leading between-wars climber. He perished in a terrible storm on Nanga Parbat in 1934. Roberts was a noted British alpinist].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1981 fine hardback in a near fine dust wrapper. Protected by clear removable archival covering. Bookshop stamp at the top of front free endpaper. Not price clipped. 271 pages with index. Appendix. Illustrations.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition. F/F-. 8vo. original burgundy textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper (spine faded, edges slightly rubbed); pp. 272 (last blank), with 36 illustrations. A fine copy. [Neate R47: Welzenbach was Germany's leading between-wars climber. He perished in a terrible storm on Nanga Parbat in 1934. Roberts was a noted British alpinist]. Although unmarked, this copy comes from the library of Australian pioneer climber and journalist, Chris Baxter.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1980. First edition, 1980. Blue hardcover, black and white frontis portrait, additional plates in black and white, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with a very light scattering of age-speckling to the endpapers and outer edges of the closed text block, tight binding, clean pages, decorative name stamp on half-title, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [14.95] and is also very good with no chips or tears. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original blue boards, gilt lettering spine. Fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, tight bihnding, no foxing, like new. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears and no chips. This book measures 222mm tall x 135mm, and has 271 pages, 36 b/w photos, index. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING. Original blue boards, gilt lettering spine. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket that is 100% complete, clean, no tears, no chips. This book measures 222mm tall x 135mm, and has 271 pages, 36 b/w photos, index. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna.