thorington j monroe (26 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. No Jacket. Tight binding, clean interior. Red boards with bright gold lettering; mild edge wear and scuffs, spine cocked, spine edges lightly bumped. Previous owner name on ffep, text unmarked. "Following the name, elevation and map reference of each peak will be found a brief description and, wherever possible, concise directions for the climb." 323 pages including indices.

Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sixth Edition. With the collaboration of William Lowell Putnam. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Cloth. Zustand: Good (+). No Jacket. Second Edition. 170 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, map frontis, rounded crnrs; a.e. lt tanned, eps toned/spotted, PO name inked front ep, Canadian 1-cent stamps pasted rear ep. Cover: red, rounded crnrs, gilt titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, dull spine gilt chipped, water damage top front w/ loss of most of the gilt titles. The original 1936 edition of this book "was the first in which an attempt had been made to collect all existing material dealing with the four Interior Ranges of British Columbia. . ." As Conrad Kain said, "It's a rough country." Of historical interest.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. 2nd Edition. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 182 pages. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight binding and only mild shelf wear . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. This work is soft-bound in blue wrappers with black printing on the upper cover. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Minor wear, 4" slit in front gutter, pages clean, binding tight, very nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches. 83 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Presumed first (and only) edition. Hardcover in red cloth. vii+ 83 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of period documents and drawings. Very good, some wear about the spine and some spotting to the cloth but internally tight and clean. Authored by the President of the American Alpine Club, a scarce and unusual monograph on American climbers who made ascents of various peaks in the Alps in the 19th century. Descriptions and details of climbs of Mont Blanc, the Western Alps, the Central Alps.

Zustand: Very good. 1934, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp383, black and white illustrations and fold out map, original beige cloth.

in-8vo, p. 323 -499, illustrated, + general index for volume IV 1940-1942. printed wrapper / softcover. First Edition. Some contents: Early American Travellers in the Alps: John Morgan and Peter Irving / Mathias Tdarsky, OPioneer of Aloine Skiing / An ascent in the Seven Sisters Range.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

in-8vo, 147 p. illustrated + 4 ll. adds, printed wrapper. Softcover. Fine. First Edition. Some contents: The second American Expedition to KR / Two firsts in the Bolivian Andes / Ursula Corning: War comes to the Alps (Chamonix - Mont-Blanc - Couttet?s Hotel Switzerland begged for warm clothing for mountain troops etc.) / Rollin T. Chamnerlain: Glacier Mechanics and others.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, spine a trifle toned, slight nicking to tail cap, faint mark to front cover); pp. [ii (last blank)], 1-180, with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by Fred Beckey and J. Monroe Thorington.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, spine a trifle toned, faint label mark to front cover, occ. spotting); pp. [ii (last blank)], 313-446 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by Arthur Emmons, J. Monroe Thorington, Howard Palmer and Elizabeth Knowlton.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches. 310 pages. Previous owners name stamp on title page. Ex hiking club library copy. Some internal library stamps and markings. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 134 pp. Original Printed Wraps, Good with marginal tears, faint stains & creasing to covers, else VG+. Illustrated, B&W Photographs, maps. Photograph of Mountain Hemlock, by Ansel Adams, featured. First Edition.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, spine a trifle toned, faint pencil marking to front cover); pp. [ii (last blank)], 323-500 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by Bradford Washburn, Robert H. Bates and Charles Houston.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, spine a little toned, trifling nick to front cover, occ. spotting & marking); pp. [ii (last blank)], 163-312 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by Howard Palmer, Bradford Washburn, Adams Carter and J. Monroe Thorington.

Soft Cover. Zustand: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trilfe rubbed & bumped, spine a little toned); pp. [ii (last blank)], 149-322 (last colophon), with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by Bradford Washburn, Belmore Browne and J. Monroe Thorington.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 8vo. pp. 6. 1 folding map & 2 folding plates. wrs. (several library rubberstamps, spine glue-stained).

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed, spine a little toned, some spotting, mainly to top edge); pp. [ii (last blank)], 229-373, [9 (advts.]), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate j125]. This issue contains articles by William House on K2 in 1938, Bradford Washburn and Terris Moore.

One of the major books on Canadian mountaineering. Thorington ascended Mt. Columbia, Mt. Athabasca, Mt. Saskatchewan and North Twin Peak. "James Monroe Thorington, American mountaineer and mountain historian who climbed extensively in Canada and the Alps". Neate 807. Two summers of his youth, spent in the Bavarian Highlands, aroused his interest in mountaineering, a sport which dominated his avocational life. Fifteen seasons were spent in the Canadian Northwest, during which he explored much of the Alberta-British Columbia watershed between Mount Assiniboine and Robson, making some 50 first ascents, including Mounts Barnard, Lyell, Saskatchewan and North Twin, the latter being the highest summit entirely in Alberta. He also visited the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, with five seasons in the Purcell Range. A peak in the Purcells now bears his name. Many of the names of peaks suggested by him were accepted by the Geographic Board of Canada. He was the author of The Glittering Mountains of Canada (1925), The Purcell Range of British Columbia (1946) and the translator and editor of Conrad Kain's Where the Clouds Can Go (1935). He also wrote the standard guidebooks of the Canadian Rockies and the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, both of which have gone through several editions. 8vo. 22cm, The First Edition, limited to 1500 copies, this being #382, this copy additionally signed by the author, under the limited notice, xii,309p., with 104 illustrations, 7 panoramic views, 6 maps including a rear folding map, original ribbed blue cloth, bright gilt spine titles, light wrinkling on the half title and page opposite where a small paper label was removed, a few faint shadow marks on the boards, otherwise a very good to fine copy the spine and cover titles are fine, Signed copies are unusual.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 8vo. pp. 21, [1]. 5 plates (1 folding, 2 double-sided) & 3 folding colour maps. wrs. (several library rubberstamps, spine glue-stained, lower wr. spine split).

8vo. pp. xxii, 310. 6 mpas (3 folding), 7 panoramas on 4 folding plates & numerous other illus. on 28 double-sided plates. index. original cloth (slightly shaken, spine ends & corners frayed & rear joint starting, small dampstain & short tear to 1 map no loss, 2 stains on upper cover). First Edition, Limited to 1500 numbered copies. The American ophthalmologist was a member of the American Alpine Club for 64 years and edited the American Alpine Journal from 1934 to 1946. He spent fifteen seasons in the Canadian Northwest, during which he explored much of the Alberta-British Columbia watershed between Mount Assiniboine and Robson, making some 50 first ascents, including Mounts Barnard, Lyell, Saskatchewan and North Twin, the latter being the highest summit entirely in Alberta. He also visited the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, with five seasons in the Purcell Range, and a peak in the Purcells now bears his name. Many of the names of peaks suggested by him were accepted by the Geographic Board of Canada. The present volume includes chapters on the Freshfield Group, Alexandra Angle, North Twin, Mount Saskatchewan and Mount Columbia, Saskatchewan Glacier, Athabaska Pass, Scott Glacier, Mount Fraser, and Mount Robson. Neate 807. Smith 10213.

Zustand: Very Good to Fine. 8vo. 22cm, The First Edition, limited to 1500 copies, this being #382, this copy additionally signed by the author, under the limited notice, xii,309p., with 104 illustrations, 7 panoramic views, 6 maps including a rear folding map, original ribbed blue cloth, bright gilt spine titles, light wrinkling on the half title and page opposite where a small paper label was removed, a few faint shadow marks on the boards, otherwise a very good to fine copy the spine and cover titles are fine, Signed copies are unusual. One of the major books on Canadian mountaineering. Thorington ascended Mt. Columbia, Mt. Athabasca, Mt. Saskatchewan and North Twin Peak. "James Monroe Thorington, American mountaineer and mountain historian who climbed extensively in Canada and the Alps". Neate 807. Two summers of his youth, spent in the Bavarian Highlands, aroused his interest in mountaineering, a sport which dominated his avocational life. Fifteen seasons were spent in the Canadian Northwest, during which he explored much of the Alberta-British Columbia watershed between Mount Assiniboine and Robson, making some 50 first ascents, including Mounts Barnard, Lyell, Saskatchewan and North Twin, the latter being the highest summit entirely in Alberta. He also visited the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, with five seasons in the Purcell Range. A peak in the Purcells now bears his name. Many of the names of peaks suggested by him were accepted by the Geographic Board of Canada. He was the author of The Glittering Mountains of Canada (1925), The Purcell Range of British Columbia (1946) and the translator and editor of Conrad Kain's Where the Clouds Can Go (1935). He also wrote the standard guidebooks of the Canadian Rockies and the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, both of which have gone through several editions.

Zustand: Very Good. John W. Lea Philadelphia, PA 1925 Binding: Hardcover numbered 416 of 1500 copies. signed by author. blue boards with gold gilt. includes 6 fold out maps. crown of spine bumped with slight fraying. $NRP.