Mumm a L (19 results)

Condition: New. pp. 164.

Condition: New. pp. 164.

Card Covers. Condition: Good Contents Very Good. No Jacket. Black & White Illustrations & Maps (illustrator). First Edition. The front cover and title page is missing and the spine is worn.Please Email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Condition: New. pp. 164.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp. xv, [1], 1-263. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Maps. Book protected in mylar. Ex-library with all the typical marks. Spine has been covered with black tape. Edges and corners of binding worn. Binding wise a rough copy, but collated complete with all illustrations and maps. Interior of book not soiled, no foxing. Fold out maps in rear present, but torn with separation at folds.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Arnold L. Mumm's account of his expedition to the Himalaya in 1905. First Edition. London: Edward Arnold, 1909. Thick Royal 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth. Pages: xv, 263. Four folding panoramas and two folding maps. Numerous plates and illustrations throughout. Bound in original blue publisher's cloth. Cover and spine lettered in gilt. Cover margins in blind. Upper edge gilt, others uncut. Good. Binding sturdy. Rubbing to edges. Some wearing along spine edges and at corners. Silverfish markings to covers. Bump at lower edge of front cover. Contents in good condition. Some toning and spotting to endpapers. Very minor foxing present here and there throughout. Folding panoramas and maps in generally excellent condition. One map has old adhesive marks and a tear a page joint, does not effect map image. A good, sturdy copy. Full title: Five Months in the Himalaya: A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir. With illustrations and maps. Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams. Please note: This item is large and/or heavy. It may require additional postage costs to be paid. If so, we will contact you after purchase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edn, Arnold, London, 1923. 8vo, viii, 391p. Slight offset browning to endpapers, else fine bright copy in original red cloth gilt, with the original glassine dustwrapper. Neate M178 'Details of all members elected including biographical details & details of their published writings. Invaluable reference source for the early members of the Alpine Club.

Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jackets]. 1st edition. Frontispiece present (Trisul from the South-West). Cover damp-speckled, front hinge weak, small damp stain in top corner of half-title page; fore-edge and lower edge untrimmed. Internally a respectable copy with folding photographs intact., but in need of rebinding or repair. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Ex University of California, Berkeley library book with some library markings, usual wear. No DJ. Binding is tight, text clean. Heavily scuffed covers. Binding reinforced with library tape. Cloth back spine edge frayed as are most other edges. Arnold L. Mumm (1859-1928) was a lifetime member of the Alpine Club of Canada and played a prominent role in the early explorations of the Canadian Rockies. Missing the frontis piece.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First US Edition. New York: Longmans Green & Co., 1909. First American edition, 1909. Fair but sound ex-library copy, rebound in brown hardcover, 263 pages. Well illustrated throughout including full page black and white plates, four of them long folding plates, some tipped on smaller illustrations, two folding maps at rear. Covers heavily worn with library spine markings, front free endpaper and frontis illustration absent, pages mainly clean with some occasional finger soil, library markings to title page along with a later decorative owner name stamp, library stamp at top of first text page and in the bottom margin of a couple of text pages. Two of the folding plates and one of the maps has clear tape repairs, all are complete. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Volume 1 only. Good plus, soiled covers and edges, foxed endpapers, clean tight contents. 8vo. viii, 391 pp. Hardcover, red cloth. gilt spine title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Edward Arnold, 1909. Octavo. Hardcover without a dust jacket. First edition. Green boards with gilt lettering. Rubbing along the edges of the boards. Mild foxing to portions of the text block. Both maps present, one with a closed tear. Overall a nice copy of this scarce title. On the upper end of good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. PHOTOS MAPS (illustrator). FIRST AMERICAN. A VERY RARE TITLE COMPLETE WITH ALL FOLDING MAPS AND FOLD OUT PHOTOS FIRM BINDING BOUND IN BLUE WITH PERFECT GOLD LETTERING THE AUTHOR'S FIRST HAND STORY OF HIS SECOND EXPEDITION TO KASHMIR AND THE HIMALAYA EXCELLENT PHOTOS SOME APPEAR TO BE PASTED OR TIPPED IN THE MAPS ARE VERY BRIGHT WITH ONE SMALL TEAR AND ONE FOLD ADDENDUM SLIP LAID IN PREVIOUS OWNERS BOOKPLATE TISSUE GUARDS IN PLACE TEXTBLOCK IS BRIGHT WITH AREAS OF BROWNING AND SPOTTING MOSTLY ON BACKS OF PHOTOS QUITE A REMARKBLE TITLE ALL ORIGINAL AND PRIVATELY OWNED.

hardcover. 1923, 1925, 1928 First Edition. viii, 391pp, vii, 375pp, vii, 352pp, original maroon cloth with bright gilt, some light foxing to endpapers and the very occasional spot elsewhere, near Fine. A lovely set of these scarce volumes. Details of all members elected to the Alpine Club from 1857 to 1890, including bibliographical details of their published writings. The volumes cover the periods 1857-1863, 1864-1876 and 1877-1890, the dates refer to the date of election to the club. An invaluable reference source. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

hardcover. 1923, 1925, 1928 First Edition. viii, 391pp, vii, 375pp, vii, 352pp, original maroon cloth with bright gilt, Volume One has some foxing to endpapers and light foreedge foxing, near Fine. This is a truly beautiful scarce set of three volumes in lovely condition. Details of all members elected to the Alpine Club from 1857 to 1890, including bibliographical details of their published writings. The volumes cover the periods 1857-1863, 1864-1876 and 1877-1890, the dates refer to the date of election to the club. An invaluable reference source. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

First edition. xv, [1], 263pp, [1]. With a frontispiece, a further 28 plates, 36 illustrations in the text, and two folding maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, corners bumped. Damp-staining to front endpapers, scattered spotting. Presented by the author to the publisher, inked inscription to half-title: 'Edwadr Arnold / Feb. 1922 From A. L. M.' The first edition of British publisher and mountaineer Arnold Louis Mumm's (1859-1927) account of his expedition to the Himalaya in 1905. As the author notes in his prefatory remarks: 'In 1905 Lord Curzon who was the Viceroy of India wrote a letter to Mr. Douglas Freshfield suggesting that it was time that the exploration of Mount Everest should be undertaken by a competent party under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club, and making a most generous offer of assistance on behalf of the Indian Government. Nothing came of this at the moment, and Lord Curzon left India soon afterwards, but the letter naturally made a considerable stir in mountaineering circles; in particular it attracted the attention of Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce, of the 5th Gurkha Rifles, and thereby brought about the journey which is described in the following pages.' Size: 8vo.

Condition: Fair. 25.5cm.xv,263pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1909 Arnold, London, 1st edition, 8vo, pp xv, 263, photogravure frontis w/ tissue guard, 23 photogravure plates w/ tissue guards, 4 folding panoramas, 47 bw photos, 2 color folding maps, top edge gilt, uncut, rebound in red leather/buckram; spine lettering faint, front cover off, rear hinge taped, W. O. Field bookplate, NY Public Library stamp on front endpaper, title page, some internal pages & maps, one map separated along fold lines, good. --------------------------------------------- Mumm was a London publisher who liked to travel and climb. He was with Freshfield in the Ruwenzori (1905) and on Longstaff's expedition to Trisul (1907). This is the account of the Trisul expedition and, although he did not reach the summit, he did bring along oxygen, the first use for high-altitude climbing. He later made the first ascent of Mumm Peak, in the Canadian Rockies, and became a member of the American Alpine Club. He is most noted for his compilation of the three-volume 'Alpine Club Register'. This book is beautifully illustrated with the smaller photos being pasted in. A classic. Neate 179. --------------------------------------------- Field, William O. (1904 1994) A noted glaciologist, who wrote extensively on Alaskan glaciers, he worked for the American Geographical Society as head of the Department of Exploration and Research, was an AAC Honorary Member, and cofounder of the Harvard Mountaineer Club. Field studied over 200 glaciers and wrote 'Mountain Glaciers of the Northern Hemisphere' (1975). Osgood Peak, Alberta (3063m), of which he made the first ascent in 1925, is named after him, as well as Field Glacier. --------------------------------------------- This book is from the collection of the American Alpine Club Library. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to benefit the Library. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1909 Longmans Green, NY, 1st edition, 8vo, pp xv, 263, photogravure frontis w/ tissue guard, 23 photogravure plates w/ tissue guards, 4 folding panoramas, 47 bw photos, 2 color folding maps, teg, uncut, dark blue cloth; cloth spine separated from backstrip, corners rubbed, front hinge taped, AAC/William S. Ladd bookplate, good. Mumm was a London publisher who liked to travel and climb. He was with Freshfield in the Ruwenzori (1905) and on Longstaff's expedition to Trisul (1907). This is the account of the Trisul expedition and, although he did not reach the summit, he did bring along oxygen, the first use for high-altitude climbing. He later made the first ascent of Mumm Peak, in the Canadian Rockies, and became a member of the American Alpine Club. He is most noted for his compilation of the three-volume 'Alpine Club Register'. This book is beautifully illustrated with the smaller photos being pasted in. A classic. Neate 179. Ladd, William S., MD. (1887 1949) AAC Councilor (1923-25), Vice-President (1926-28), President (1929-31), Honorary Member (1949) and member of the Alpine Club of Canada, the Alpine Club, and Club Alpin Francais (honorary). He started climbing at an early age with ascents of Mt. Hood (1904, 1905, 1911) and in the Canadian Rockies (1905). He made the first ascent of Mt. Saskatchewan, Canada, (1923, with Conrad Kain), attempted Mt. Fairweather (1926) and was a member of the first ascent team in 1931, and climbed in the Alps (1928). Ladd oversaw the participation and the founding of the Union International des Associations d'Alpinism (UIAA) and gave the gift of the AAC's first clubhouse, an old fire station located on the upper East side of Manhattan. During his term the first American Alpine Journal was published (1929). This book is from the collection of the American Alpine Club Library. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to benefit the Library. Ref 24913. Book.