Second Mountain, Signed (22 results)

paperback. Condition: Fine. Signed. Inscribed and signed by author. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Johnson Books, Boulder, CO. 2010. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 3rd Printing by Number Line. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an address label on the front wrap verso. Book Condition: Very Good; slight curling of front board; light rubbing to tips; light wear to corners and tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 293 pp 8vo. This book chronicles the 297 deaths of men, women, and children in the Rocky Mountain national Park between 1884 and 2009. This books is about the reasons these people died. Sprinkled throughout this book are a number of stories about people who have been given a "second chance" by the extraordinary efforts of trained staff and volunteers, blind luck, or a pretty good decision. The purpose of this book is to prevent death or injury to visitors and reduce the dangerous situations in which rescuers often find themselves. A clean very presentable copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover signed first edition. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author, intact dust jacket. Considerable highlighting and pen underlining within. Category: Philosophy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition / First Printing. Signed on a tipped in leaf. Slight page edge soil, jacket has a light crease to spine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. Signed on the title page by Brooks. A fine copy in a fine DJ, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #70. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Yellow boards with silver gilt lettering. Jacket with white lettering featuring art of a mountain scene. Signed by the author on the title page. Book with underlining in pen throughout. Jacket with light rubbing and toning, minor wear to the edges, and a small pin hole near the crown. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Publisher's original stapled printed wrappers, octavo, pp. [32].  Author's scarce follow-up to 1963's A Small Book of Poems for those Who Love Our Mountain Heritage.  Warm title page inscription from the illustrator to previous owners in the year of publication. Condition is GOOD with shelf and handling wear. Housed now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board. Not recorded in OCLC as of October 2025. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Softcover. 567 pages. INSCRIBED by the author. Some rubbing to back cover, else near fine condition. (A9). Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Signed, 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed in person by David Brooks directly on the title page (Not pre-signed on a bookplate or a tipped in blank page bound by the publisher). Not signed to anyone. Photos of David Brooks at the signing event will be included with the signed book. Stated First Edition / first printing with a full number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Hardcover. Book is NEW and UNREAD, opened only for signing. No marks, no inscription. Not a book club edition, not an ex-library. Dust jacket is new, not price-clipped, in a removable, protective clear cover. This is a beautiful autographed first edition for collectors. Makes a great gift. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition, Special Edition. New edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 381; photo. illusts., illusts. to text; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Signed by Bates and Charles Houston to title. A reprinting of the original edition of 1939, with a new Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Richard Sale's copy, with his signed bookplate. Richard Sale is author of On Top of the World and other mountaineering titles. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, 381; photo. illusts., illusts. to text, one folding temperature chart, map endpapers; age-toning to text, good in the original cloth, faded on spine. Signed by Bates and Charles Houston to title. Bates, Houston and the other members of the 1938 K2 expedition put American Himalayan mountaineering on the map, and their book is now a classic of the genre. Bill House climbed the chimney on the lower section of the Abruzzi Ridge - "probably the hardest single pitch climbed at that time in the Karakoram or Himalaya" (Richard Sale, On Top of the World, p. 86) - and it is still known as House's chimney. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition. signed by Brooks, #336/1000cc, 346pp, octavo, full leather with gilt titles & decor, ribbon bookmark, aeg, moire endsheets, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners. includes certificate of authenticity and publisher's notes.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Signed First Edition. Published by Easton Press, 2019. Octavo. Hardcover. Blue leather with gilt page ends. Signed by author on page in front (copy #843/1000). Book is like new; clean and crisp. No writing, no bookplates. Publisher's information card and Certificate of Authenticity included. A very fine signed leatherbound copy of this prolific social commentary by David Brooks. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by author on title page. ; Signed by Author. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2019 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED Navy Leather Bound hard cover with gold accents on cover/spine and page edging, book is Brand New and mfg shrink wrapped sealed - SIGNED by author DAVID BROOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: G. No Jacket. First UK. 8vo. green cloth gilt (one-time rebind, possibly ex-Boots library with eyelet to headcap, paperstock trimmed, endpapers renewed and very faint label mark to upper board, backstrip faded with trifling wear to headcap, faint offsetting and neat archive tape strengthening to inner hinges, attractive bookplate ('G. Kirk') and other provenance information to FFE, small texter mark to tail edge, occ. tiny mark, else internally clean); pp. 320 (last blank), with illustrations. A good clean copy. Flatsigned to title page 'Robert H. Bates', addtionally signed and dated to FFE, 'Richard K. Irwin October 1958', who was part of the successful first ascent team on Hidden Peak (Gasherbum I). [Neate B58: This expedition set the standards for American Himalayan mountaineering; and the book is counted as one of the classics of American climbing literature.]. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George (illustrator). First Edition. 1939 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. LACKING the rare dust jacket. Includes a small, loose clipped SIGNATURE of Robert H. Bates on a thin strip of green decorated paper. It is hand-signed by Bates in dark navy pen. Original red cloth with gilt lettering spine. Exceptionally clean covers with no fading to spine (extremely uncommon for this book that nearly always has faded spine), spine gilt exceptionally bright and not dull, some very faint fading lower front outside corner and lower outside edge of rear cover (probably from dampness), thin strip of EP surface (front and back pastedowns) pulled from where DJ (not present) was most certainly onetime taped to the EPs, very solid binding (no cracking), no foxing, no restorations, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. A superior copy of a book that often has condition problems -- rare with no fading to spine cloth and no dulling to spine gilt. The book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. The USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. The USA edition has a b/w photo frontispiece and 47 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. The UK edition has a b/w photo frontispiece and 33 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. Both have the same (and same number) chapter heading illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1939 Dodd, Mead, NY, 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, fldg chart, appendices, map eps, red cloth; signed Bates & Charles Houston, cloth spine darkened, internally tight, fine. ---------- This is the classic story of the 1938 First American Karakoram Expedition to K2. This small team made a tremendous attempt on the mountain and nearly reached the summit, paving the way for subsequent expeditions. An important and scarce work in the original edition. Neate B58. ---------- Note: Wavy lines showing in image on red cloth are an artifact of scanning reflection and not actually present. signed by author. Book.

This copy of The Second Mountain is in mint condition, sealed in its original shrink wrap. The cover features a striking design with gold detailing, and the pages are gilt-edged. As a Signed First Edition, it shows no signs of wear or handling, making it an excellent choice for collectors.