Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 3rd pr., 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 888 pages, soft cover. Covers have some minor staining, as well as light bumping near the spine, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. This book is about the history of the White Mountains, the Green Mountains, the Adirondacks, the Catskills, and beyond. It covers the struggles of early pioneers in America's first frontier wilderness, the first ascent of every major peak in the Northeast, the creation of the Appalachian Trail, the golden era of the summit resort hotels, and the unforeseen consequences of the backpacking boom of the 1970s and 1980s. Clean copy. Record # 34011
Hardcover. Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2010 pages in two volumes. Hardcover without dust jackets. Some fading on spines and foxing on front cover of volume 2, back cover of volume 1 and tops of text blocks. Otherwise clean and tight copies. Domestic shipping only.
Softcover. East Middlebury, VT, Wren Song Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 69 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Color illustrations throughout. In great shape, clean inside and out. "Crossing Paths with Mastiffs and Khampas in the Himalayan Kingdom of Lo"
Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 542 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. "With an Introduction by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt". Cover boards bound in navy blue, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Bump to top of spine. Front cover board blind stamped (see image). Top edge gilt. Decked fore and bottom edge. A travel book looking at South America in the early Twentieth Century.
Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book delves into the history, beauty, and significance of America's 19 national historic trails. is organized into four thematic sections--Spanish Southwest, East Coast, Westward Expansion, and American Diversity--and each featured trail has its own chapter, complete with a map and a photo gallery. Contains full-color photography throughout. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34028
Hardcover. Seattle, WA, Superior Publishing Company, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 317 pages, hardcover. Light blue cloth covers have some minor bumping and edge wear, concentrated around the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a personal account of Joseph T. Hazard's exploration of the rugged mountain backbone of North, Central and South America, from Alaska to Cape Horn. It is an adventure, full of mountaineering, humor, thrills, and tales of travel to little known places. Previous owner signed their name in pen on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34287
Hardcover. Flagstaff, Arizona, Northland Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Previous owner's ex-libris front end paper. Blue and black illustrations by Joe Beeler. Some very minor wear to dust jacket, internally clean. Hardbound.
Hardcover. Manchester ME, Falmouth Publishing, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages, black cloth with gilt design. All text hand lettered by Hubbard who also did the illustrations. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 108-222, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photos and a fold-out map. Articles on Mount Monadnock, Snow-bound in September (on Mt. Washington), Climbs and Explorations in the Purcell Range, Botanical Exploration of the White Mountains. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 223--336, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photos.Articles on A Winter Journey through the Canadian Rockies, Mahoosuc Notch, With the Mazamas at Mt. Jefferson, The Attractions of Trail Making. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 281--377, plus 4 page index, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photos. Articles on Ascent of Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies, Mount Abbott and Eagle Peak in the Selkirks, Certain Mountain Scenes in Greenland, Tramping and Camping on the Great Range. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Light chipping to outer wraps.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 325--456, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photographs. Articles on Two Camps in the Canadian Rockies, a New Ascent of Mt. Fay, Canadian Rockies, a January Ascent of Mount Marcy, the Volcanoes of the Azores, Darby Field. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Light chipping to outer wraps.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 201--298, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photographs. Articles on Ice Cave Hunting in Europe, The First Ascent of Rogers Peak, Ross Peak, The Ascent of Popocatepetl, Explorations in the Sierra Nevada. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Light chipping to outer wraps.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 1--100, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photographs and illustrations. Articles on Some Climbs in the Bernese Oberland, A Pioneer Reconnaissance in the Northern Selkirks, High Mountain Ascents, the Crescentic Dunes of Peru, Surface Features of Northern Alaska. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Heavy chipping to outer wraps, internally very good.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 121-198, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photographs and illustrations. Articles: In the Couloir on Mt. Lefroy, The Ascent of Goat Mountain, The Grand Canon of the Tuolumne, Philip Stanley Abbot. Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Heavy chipping to outer wraps, internally very good.
Softcover. Boston, The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 1-120, tan paper wraps, illustrated with b&w photographs and a fold-out map. Articles: The First Ascent of Mount Hector, Canadian Rockies, Mount Castor and the Asulkan Ridge, Mount Goddard and its Vicinity, Avalanche Basin in the Montana Rockies . Probably unread as most of the pages unopened. Heavy chipping to outer wraps which are detached, internally very good.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 434-556, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles on Mount Desert's Mountain Railway, Twenty Five Years of the AMC Trail Crew, Lookout on Middle Sister, Aleutian Diary, G.I. Ski Trip, If You are Lost in the Woods, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 434-576, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles on Bird Lore of Forest and Mountain, St. Sylvia Climbs, Ski Tracks through the Tetons, Mountaineering Weather, Tupshin, Ski Tows-Right or Wrong, Cockleshell on the Colorado, Fatalities on the Presidential Ridge, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 414-568, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles: Of Divers Mountain Trails, Rapids Ahead, G.I. Sahib on Skis, Mount Willard Ramblings, Yosemite in Winter, Maine, Mountains and Mammals, A Guatemala Volcano, Saddleback in 1839, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 289-432, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles: Mount Saint Elias, Bushwhacking in the Adirondacks, Twenty Years of White-Water Canoeing, Seaplane Cruise to the Canadian Arctic, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 403-580, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles: Boating the Columbia, Evolution of a Trailman, Mrigthuni 1964, First Ascents in the Hayes Range, Alaska, Climbing Routes on Cannon Cliff, Autumn on Shasta, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 1-212, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles: The Summit of Mt. St. Elias, The Grate Pass Powderhorn, Winter Ascent of Mt. Flume, Packing in the Absorokas, Impressions of Wandering in the Alps, others. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Boston, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages 153 - 296, pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated with b&w photographs, illustrations and maps. Articles: Climbing the Trails of the Giant Panda, A Lean-to in the Mountains, Memories of Randolph, Thoreau's First Visit to the White Mountains, others. Clean, bright copy.