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MOUNTAINEERING BOOKS

Rock climbing & mountaineering guide books
old and new mountaineering books for sale

1 Miller D. and Soper N.J. 75 New Climbs in the Lake District 1964-1965. Fell & Rock. 1966 pp40 pamphlet with card cover. with pencilled initials of A.B. Hargreaves. IV £30

2 Carsten H.A. A Climbers' Guide to Helsby Crags. Wayfarers Club, Liverpool. 1957 rev. by Hugh Banner. insc. by G.W. Templeman. pp31+ orig. wrappers. IV £25

3 Unsworth W. A Climber's Guide to Pontesford Rocks. Wilding and Son Ltd.  1967 rpt. 7 illus. signed by the author. pp38 printed wrappers. IV £45

4 Carr H.R.C. A Climbers' Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District. Burrup, Mathieson & Co. Ltd. issued by the Climbers Club. 1926 1st. 12 plates. 3 fold. maps. 9 diagrams. xxii + pp157 orig. cloth gilt. IV £85

5 Smith J. A Climbers' Guide to the Staffordshire Roaches and Hen Cloud Area. Bryan G. Stokes, Sheffield. 1968 illus. cover. 4 diagrams. vi + pp42 paperback with thick card cover. III £25

6 Byne E. A Climbing Guide to Brassington Rocks. Midland Association of Mountaineers. 1950 8 illus. map. pp36 orig . cloth covered in 'clearview'. III- £30

7 Harding P.R.J. and Moulam A.A.J. A Guide to Black Rocks and Cratcliffe Tor. Climbers Club. 1949 1st. 5 illus.               2 diagrams. x + pp30 + 4 p; pamphlet with card cover. IV £25

8 Lambe R.E. and Knox A.B. A Guide to Crag Cowarch and other Mid-Wales crags. The Mountain Club, Stafford. 1964 May. 2nd. edn. illus. plan. 2 photo-diagrams. line diagram. iv + pp84 pamphlet with card cover. III £40

9 Lambe R.E. and Knox A.B. A Guide to Crag Cowarch and other Mid-Wales crags. The Mountain Club, Stafford. 1966 Oct. 3rd. edn. illus. plan. 2 photo-diagrams. line diagram. iv + pp85 pamphlet with card cover. III £40

10 Pearson H. A Guide To Laddow. Carl K. Brunning. 1934 1st. photo illus. and diagram. pp36 printed wrappers. very rare. IV £65

11 Forsythe J. and Merrick R. (Ed.) A Guide to Mourne Rock Climbs. Privately. n.d. (1968) ii + pp78 pamphlet with pages gestetnered on one side & staples. III £40

12 Adamec V. A Guide to the High Tatras. Sport Publishing House. 1969 1st. 30 maps. 10 drawings.  pp230 cold. pict. boards.  IV £15

13 Panther T.S. A New Climbing Guide To Harrison's Rocks. The Author. 1968 2nd. 8 illus. route diagrams. pp52 printed wrappers. IV £30

14 Haighton N.E. A Rock Climber's Guide to Northumberland. Dalesman Publishing Co. Ltd. 1964 2nd. illus. 4 plans. 11 diagrams. pp68 orig. pict. covers. III £30

15 not known A Rock-Climber's Guide to Glendalough. Irish M.C. 1957 2 diagrams. pp40 orig. cloth card covers. III £12

16 Carr H.R.C. and Lister G.A. A Walker's Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District. Listers (Printers) Ltd. 1949 panoramic sketches. vi + pp60 orig. cloth gilt. III £35

17 Sutton G. Artificial Aids in Mountaineering. The Mountaineering Association. 1962 1st. 8 figs. pp60. orig. pict. wrappers. IV £12

18 Collomb R.G. Atlas Mountains. Morocco.  West Col. 1980 1st. illus. pp142 printed wrappers.  V £12

 

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