Hardback in Fine condtion, complete with dust wrapper, also in Fine condtion. First edition, with colour and b&w illustrations, pp314, notes to chapters, list of Alpine first ascents, map endpapers and index. The sport of mountaineering was pioneered 150 years ago by a diverse cross-section of Victorians, following in the footsteps of earlier local explorers who ventured into the upper regions of ice and snow in search of game and minerals. By the early years of the 19th century, a growing interest in the study of geological and glaciological phenomena attracted scientific interest in the ori... View More...
Illustrated card covers, some light shelfwear but otherwise in Fine condition. First edition, Signed and inscribed by Author to a previous owner, pp ix, 139, b&w illustrations. Highlights the policing and mountain rescue aspects of being a bobby in the Cairngorm highlands. View More...
Illustrated card covers, one crease on front cover but otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, Signed by Author, pp ix, 47, fold out colour illustrations, includes four card prints of the artists works. View More...
New cloth-covered paperback book in mint condition. Pages v, 189, plus the advertisments. A replica of the 1891 first (and only) edition with all of the original illustrations and the map. There is a new introduction with a brief biography of McConnochie and also recommendations on which of the current Ordnance Survey maps are best suited to the area. McConnochie highlights the book with many tales and legends of both Lochnagar and the surrounding glens as well as describing the many ways of reaching the summit itself. Other anecdotes relate to illicit whisky distillation and smuggling as w... View More...
New cloth-covered paperback book in mint condition. New edition published by Deeside Books, pp 12, xii, 84, map to rear, index. Ben Muich Dhui and his Neighbours is one of the earliest and scarcest of Alex Inkson McConnochie's publications and its printing in 1885 makes it a forerunner of the guide books used by today's hillwalkers. This book outlines the different routes across the Cairngorms along with the best ways of obtaining access, as well as the author providing vivid descriptions of the local scenery. The sport of hillwalking was still in its infancy in the latter part of the 19th cen... View More...
Hardcover in publisher's original pictorial cloth covered boards, previous owners notes and illustration on Hindu architecture written/drawn neatly in ink to rear of book, otherwise in Very Good condition. First edition, pp 319, frontis, 17 photographic illustrations all as called for, wood cut illustrations at chapter headings and in text. The present volume will, it is hoped, have some value as an attempt to show the romance and reality of a corner of India remote from railways and the usual tourist lines, little known to Europeans in general, though famous in the annals of Hinduism and a r... View More...
Illustrated card covers, front lower corner has slight crease and rear lower corners laminate is peeling slightly, small sticker on front end paper from "Blackwell - The Arts House" but otherwise in Near Fine condition. First edition, Signed by Julian Cooper on title page, pp 91, colour illustrations. Dual language, Italian & English. View More...
Large hardback, size 29 x 25cm, in Very Good condition, With dustwrapper, price clipped, otherwise also in Very Good condition. In a clear archival wrapper, First edition, With pp192, with colour photos. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS MAY BE REQUIRED. Remarkable face to face encounters with the world's peaks. View More...
