Touching Void by Simpson Joe: Signed (19 results)

Condition: Good. Softcover, 218p., illus., ISBN 0-06-073055-2, Signed by Simpson.

Condition: Very Good. 1997. 25th printing. 216 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Flat signed by Author. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper covers are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal rub wear and creasing.…

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (small loss to lower fore-corner of final few leaves); pp. 216, with illustrations. A near fine copy, otherwise as new. Winner of the 1988 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Flatsigned on title page 'Chris Bonington', who contributed the foreword. Association Copy. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardback. No dustjacket. Original 2004 edition. Signed by Joe Simpson with his full name only on a bookplate affixed to the half title page, from a sales conference by Frank Russell Investment Group as printed also on the bookplate. Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition. Signed by Author.…

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Reprint. F-/VG+. 8vo. original black boards gilt (prev. owner's name to verso half-title) in dustwrapper priced £10.95 Net in UK only (spine a trifle sunned, as is common, tiny wear at extremities, slight creasing in laminate); pp. 174 (last blank), with 21 illustrations, a text map & endpaper maps. A near fine copy. Winner of the 1988 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Flatsigned on title page 'Chris Bonington', who contributed the foreword. Association Copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. This copy signed by the author on the title page with his printed name struck-through. 8vo. 172pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With map-illustrated endpapers and twenty-three colour and monochrome photographs. Top edge fractionally spotted, else a in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper, just fractionally rubbed at one or two extremities. A super signed reprint of one of the cornerstones of modern mountaineering literature (which was first published in 1988). Signed by Author(s). …

hardcover. 1988 reprint. 173pp, VG in VG dw, signed by Joe Simpson. An early reprint, same year as the First. Now a legendary mountaineering read. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed "To Alison and Mike All the best Joe Simpson". A non-fiction memoir by British mountaineer Joe Simpson that details his and Simon Yates's miraculous survival following a near-fatal descent of the 6,344-meter (20,814 ft) Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. The book is widely celebrated as an adventure literature classic, exploring themes of human endurance, intense psychological trauma, and the extreme ethics of survival. Joe Simpson?s literary awards, cultural legacy, and historical impact cement him as a monumental figure in modern adventure history. Beyond surviving a near-fatal fall, his ability to eloquently articulate the extreme psychological and ethical realities of survival transformed the genre of mountain literature. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author on title page. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. DJ lightly worn, tanned & toned in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.…

Hard Cover. Reprint. F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt (front endpapers bound upside down, but as new) in dustwrapper £16.99 (a trifle rubbed); pp. 174 (last blank), with 21 illustrations, a text map & endpaper maps . A fine copy. Winner of the 1988 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Flatsigned on title page 'Joe Simpson', and additionally on the dedication page 'Simon Yates', who famously cut the rope. It is rare to find the signatures of both protagonists in this modern classic of physical and psychological endurance. Signed by the Expedition Team. …

hardcover. 1996 rep. 173pp, VG+ in VG+ dw, signed by Joe Simpson, Simon Yates & Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. Now a legendary mountaineering read. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

hardcover. 2005 rep. 173pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Joe Simpson, Simon Yates & Chris Bonington who wrote the foreword. Now a legendary mountaineering read. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1988, First US Edition. SIGNED by the author. Octavo. 6.5" x 9.5" approx. 174pp. Illustrated. Publisher's quarter cloth, papered sides. Binding square and firm. In the printed dust jacket, minor shelf-wear. Price intact. Light spotting to text-block, otherwise clean within. A 'Near Fine' copy. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Joe Simpson to the title page. Near fine protected wrapper is unclipped (£10.95) and near fine book in equally excellent condition. True first edition complete with the corrective sticker over the incorrect ISBN. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 0224025457. Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Signed by the author JOE SIMPSON on a signature card staing that its from the from The Russell Summit 2005 in San Antonio Texas, which is attached to the title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN 0224025457. Hardback. Later Printing. Signed by author on Russell Summit 2005 Courtesy sticker with Joe Simpson's signature adhered to title page. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy.…

hardcover. 1997 reprint. 173pp, Fine in Fine dw, signed by Joe Simpson and Simon Yates. Now a legendary mountaineering read. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First. The Amazing Story of Survival on Siula Grande! 1988 Cape, London, 1st prtg, 8vo, pp.173, 16 color & 7 bw photos, sketch, map eps, black cloth. Signed, dj rubbed, clipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine. An amazing story of survival on Siula Grande (20,848') in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. This first printing has the incorrect ISBN number 0 224 02523 6 on the copyright page with a corrected ISBN sticker on top. Once the error was caught stickers were created to cover the incorrect number. The dustjacket is also from the first printing as it lacks the newspaper reviews carried by the 2nd printing jackets on the inside flap. A great read. Winner of the 1988 Boardman/Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award and published in 13 languages. Selected by Outside Magazine as one of the best 25 adventure books of the past 100 years. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1988. The correct with the incorrect ISBN number on the reverse of the title page (with no correction sticker) which differs from the ISBN details on the wrapper. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a hint of pushing at the spine ends and some light toning. Some light spotting to the upper text-block. Black boards / gilt. 172 pp. Illustrated end-papers. Twenty-one plates (colour and B/W), two maps. The foreword by Chris Bonnington. A very slight crease which affects a 5cm in length section of the extreme lower edge of pages 10-40 which appears to have been a production issue in the way the page has been cut. This is only mentioned for completeness. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped (as usually encountered) and is in near Fine condition with just a hint of fading of colouring to the orange lettering on the spine and some very light spotting to the rear flap edges. The wrapper is protected in a Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. He has also lined out his printed name. A copy of the ticket for the signing event is loosely inserted as provenance. The book was successfully adapted into a survival documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. 'The plot concerns Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes, in 1985. Critically acclaimed, 'Touching the Void' was listed in PBS's '100 Greatest Documentaries of All Time'. The Guardian described it as 'the most successful documentary in British cinema history'. ' (Wiki). A mountaineering classic and increasingly scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).…