THE VINTAGE ROCK CLIMBING & MOUNTAINEERING COLLECTION
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A truly fascinating
collection of over 120 vintage books compiled together for the first time on
one unique DVD covering all aspects of mountaineering and rock climbing.
Learn about the early
ascents of mountain ranges all around the world, from the European Alps to the
Rocky Mountains of North America. Containing a
wealth of useful information and tales of expeditions, this wonderful
collection is an absolute treasure trove for any climbing or mountaineering
enthusiast.
This superb collection of
124 vintage books and journals provides 1,000’s of pages of great content and
fabulous illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in
high quality and preserved forever in pdf format, easy to read on your laptop,
computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire
books or select pages. Some of these books are extremely rare and will provide
a valuable reference archive for anyone with an interest in mountain climbing.
The full list of titles speaks for itself….
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A climber in New
Zealand by M. Ross (1914)
A climber's guide to the Rocky mountains of Canada by H. Palmer (1921)
A series of letters written by J Jackson,
describing his wonderful octogenarian mountaineering and climbin exploits in Cumberland, 1874-1878
(1906)
Adventures on the roof of the world by A. Le Blond (1904)
Alaska days with John Muir by S. H.
Young (1915)
Alessandro Volta, alpinista con
un poemetto fin qui inedito by M. Cermenati (1899)
Among the Selkirk glaciers - being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain
regions of British Columbia
Vol. 1 by W. S. Green (1890)
Among the Selkirk glaciers - being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain
regions of British Columbia
Vol. 2 by W. S. Green (1890)
An impromptu ascent of Mont Blanc by W.
H. Le Mesurier (1882)
Appalachia by The Appalachian Mountain Club
(1876)
Argentine plains and Andine glaciers; life on an estancia, and an
expedition into the Andes by W. Larden (1911)
Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc in
1834 by M. Barry (1836)
Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc,
16th-18th of 9th month (Septr), 1834 by G. Barry (1835)
Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, on
the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837 by H. M. Atkins (1838)
Bear-hunting in the White mountains; or, Alaska
and British Columbia
revisited by H. W. Seton-Karr (1891)
Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir by E. F. Neve (1912)
British mountaineering by C. E. Benson (1909)
Camping in the Canadian Rockies by W.
D. Wilcox (1897)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1907-8 (Volume 1)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1909-10 (Volume 2)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1911 (Volume 3)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1914-17 (Volume 6-8)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1917 (Volume 9)
Canadian Alpine journal, 1919 (Volume 11)
Climbing & Exploration in the Bolivian Andes
by W. M. Conway (1901)
Climbing in the British Isles Vol. 1 by
W. P. Haskett Smith (1894)
Climbing in the British Isles Vol. 2 by
W. P. Haskett Smith (1894)
Climbing on the Himalaya and other
mountain ranges by J. N. Collie (1902)
Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies
by H. Stutfield (1903)
Daring deeds of great mountaineers; true stories of adventure, pluck and
resource in many parts of the world by R. Stead (1921)
Der Alpinismus und der Deutsch-österreichische Alpenverein, seine
Entwicklung, seine Bedeutung, seine Zukunft by A. Dreyer (1909)
Die Gefahren der Alpen; Erfahrungen und Ratschläge by E. Zsigmondy
(1908)
Dizionario alpino italiano by E. Bignami-Sormani (1892)
First aid to the injured, with special reference to accidents occuring
in the mountains a handbook for guides,
climbers and travellers by O. Bernhard (1900)
High life and towers of silence by A. Le Blond (1886)
Hours of exercise in the Alps by J.
Tyndall (1871)
How to become an Alpinist by F. Burlingham (1914)
In The Ice World Of Himalaya by F. B.
Workman (1900)
Kulu and Lahoul by C. G. Bruce (1914)
La montagne by J. Michelet (1868)
Lake-country rambles by W. T. Palmer (1902)
List of excursions, parties, mountain climbs, 1882-1911 by Appalachian
Mountain Club (1912)
Mazama. A record of mountaineering in the Pacific
Northwest Vol. 4 (1896)
Mazama. A record of mountaineering in the Pacific
Northwest Vol. 5 (1896)
Mazama. A record of mountaineering in the Pacific
Northwest Vol. 6 (1896)
Mes étapes d'Alpinisme by C. Lefebure (1904)
Mount McKinley and mountain climbers' proofs by
E. S. Balch (1914)
Mountain adventures at home and abroad by G. Abraham (1910)
Mountain adventures in the various countries of the world, selected from
the narratives of celebrated travellers by Zurcher (1869)
Mountain adventures in various parts of the world by J. T. Headley
(1876)
Mountain climbing by E. L. Wilson (1897)
Mountain climbing by F. A. Collins (1921)
Mountain craft by G. W. Young (1920)
Mountain exploration by E. S. Balch (1893)
Mountain memories; a pilgrimage of romance by M. Conway (1920)
Mountaineering and exploration in the Japanese Alps
by W. Weston (1896)
Mountaineering and exploration in the Selkirks, a record of pioneer work
among the Canadian Alps, 1908-1912 by H.
Palmer (1914)
Mountaineering art by H. Raeburn (1920)
Mountaineering by C. T. Dent (1892)
Mountaineering by C. Wilson (1871)
Mountaineering in 1861 - a vacation tour by J. Tyndall (1862)
Mountaineering in Colorado - the peaks
about Estes Park by F. H. Chapin (1889)
Mountaineering in the Rocky Mountain
National Park by R. W.
Toll (1919)
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by
C. King (1872)
Mountains and mountain-climbing; records of adventure and enterprise
among the famous mountains of the world by W. Adams (1883)
My Alpine jubilee, 1851-1907 by F. Harrison (1908)
My climbing adventures in four continents by S. Turner (1911)
My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus by
A. F. Mummery (1908)
My home in the Alps by E. Le Blond
(1892)
My summer in the Alps, 1913 by W.
Williams (1914)
On Alpine heights and British crags by G. D. Abraham (1916)
Oxford mountaineering essays by A. Lunn
(1912)
Peaks and pleasant pastures by C. Schuster (1911)
Peaks and precipices; scrambles in the Dolomites and Savoy by G. Rey (1914)
Peaks, passes, and glaciers - a series of excursions by members of the
Alpine Club London
(1860)
Playground of Europe by L. Stephen
(1907)
Recollections of an old mountaineer by W. Larden (1910)
Rick Dale - a story of the northwest coast by K. Munroe (1903)
Rock-climbing in North Wales by G. D.
Abraham (1906)
Rock-climbing in the English
Lake District by O. G.
Jones (1900)
Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years
1860-69 by E. Whymper (1871)
Siberia - a record of travel, climbing,
and exploration by S. Turner (1911)
Tat und Traum - ein Buch alpinen Erlebens by O. E. Meyer (1922)
The adventures of a nature guide by E. Mills (1920)
The Alps by W. M. Conway (1904)
The Alps from end to end by W. M.
Conway (1900)
The Alps in 1864 - a private journal by
A. W. Moore (1902)
The annals of Mont Blanc, a monograph,
with a chapter on the geology of the mountain by C. E. Mathews (1900)
The ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) - a narrative of the first complete ascent
of the highest peak in North America by H.
Stuck (1914)
The ascent of the Matterhorn by E.
Whymper (1880)
The Bolivian Andes; a record of climbing & exploration in the Cordillera Real in the years 1898 and 1900 by M. Conway
(1901)
The call of the snowy Hispar - narrative of exploration and
mountaineering on the northern frontier of India by W. H. Workman (1911)
The climbs on Lliwedd by J. M. Thomson (1909)
The complete mountaineer by G. D. Abraham (1907)
The conquest of Mount Cook and other climbs; an account of four seasons'
mountaineering on the Southern Alps of New Zealand by F. Du Faur (1915)
The conquest of Mount McKinley, North America's
highest and most inaccessible mountain by B. Browne (1913)
The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau. Ascended for the first time by Abraham
Roth and Edmund von Fellenberg by A. Roth (1863)
The exploration of the Alps by A. Lunn
(1914)
The glaciers of the Alps, &
Mountaineering in 1861 by J. Tyndall (1906)
The glittering mountains of Canada - a record of exploration and pioneer
ascents in the Canadian Rockies by G. M. Thorington (1922)
The life of Horace Benedict de Saussure by D. W. Freshfield (1920)
The making of a mountaineer by G. I. Finch (1921)
The mountain that was God; being a little book about the great peak
which the Indians named Tacoma, but which is officially called Rainer by J. H.
Williams (1911)
The mountain; renewed studies in impressions and appearances by J. C.
Van Dyke (1916)
The Mountaineer Vol. 1 - 2 (1907-1909)
The Mountaineer Vol. 3 - 6 (1910 - 1913)
The Pass by S. E. White (1906)
The pioneers of the Alps by C. D.
Cunningham (1888)
The playground of Europe by L. Stephen
(1909)
The playground of the Far East by W.
Weston (1918)
The Rockies of Canada
by W. D. Wilcox (1909)
The Selkirk Mountains - a guide for
mountain climbers and pilgrims by A. O. Wheeler (1912)
The Selkirk range by A. O. Wheeler (1905)
The shameless diary of an explorer by R. Dunn (1907)
The spell of the Rockies by E. A. Mills
(1911)
The story of Alpine climbing by F. Gribble (1904)
The story of Mont Blanc by A. Smith
(1853)
The Upper Engadine by S. C. Musson
(1907)
Trails V. 1 (1920) - V. 2 (1923) by The California Alpine Club
Travels amongst the great Andes of the
equator by E. Whymper (1892)
Ueber Eis und Schnee. Die höchsten Gipfel der Schweiz und die Geschichte
ihrer Besteigung by G. Studer (1869)
With axe and rope in the New Zealand
Alps by G. E. Mannering (1891)
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