San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1980.) dj. Hardcover - The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, "A WomanÕs Place Is on Top." Foreword by Maurice Herzog. Somewhat oversized illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-2367.

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1980.) dj. Hardcover - The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, ÒA WomanÕs Place Is on Top.Ó Foreword by Maurice Herzog. Somewhat oversized illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-2367.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1973.) dj. Hardcover - The early experiences of one of Britain's best known climbers - his earliest climbing in Kent, Wales and Scotland, climbs in the Alps and Nepal, including an ascent of Annapurna II. Foreword by Eric Shipton. Illustrated with 43 black and white photographs. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-575003472.

Brookfield, Connecticut: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A magical fantasy-adventure story of the remarkable journey of a 12 year old Indian boy from the teeming streets of Kolkata to a secret valley high in the Himalayas. SIGNED on the title page by the author.

New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account by one of Australia's best known mountaineers, with a climbing career that spanned three decades, most notably in the Himalayas, Antarctica and the Andes. In this he chronicles the amazing story of his rescue following a night spent near the summit of Mount Everest, where he had been left for dead by the other members of his expedition. Forword by Lachlan Murdoch. Illustrated with color photographs, maps. xx, 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1585426461.

New York: Pocket Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel which opens with "a small group of British soldiers attack a temple of Kali high up in the Himalayas, only to find themselves facing zombie/vampires enthralled by the goddess of destruction-and-bloodlust,who takes the form of a ravishingly beautiful vision of sexual horror named Lilah. . . Dr. John Eliot, also in India, investigates a horrible infection that melts brains and wastes the body, as well as a princely fortune that suddenly vanishes. . . Back in London, he's joined by theater manager Bram Stoker, who has not yet written Dracula" (Kirkus)- and where Lilah reappears. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-671540521.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the expedition of Peter Holmes and his wife, Judy, to the Himalayas especially the mountainous desert province of Spiti, on the borders of Tibet. This book focuses on both the mountain-climbing adventures and on the people who live in the area (especially the story of one remarkable young boy - Shiring Dawa.) Illustrated with several sections of black and white photographs by the author, contains 2 folding maps. Index. 191 pp.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1955. Hardcover first edition - 'A record of mountaineering and wild life in the Himalaya'. Jackson's Himalayan reminiscences concluding with the Kangchenjunga Reconnaissance. 32 photographic plates, colored frontispiece, maps and line drawings, appendix of insects collected. 213 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller involving the discovery of a prehistoric skull - neither ape nor man - in an ice cave in the Himalayas. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-51759.

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller involving the discovery of a prehistoric skull - neither ape nor man - in an ice cave in the Himalayas. SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-51759.

New York: Villard, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - A gripping account of the deadliest season on Mount Everest, one in which Krakauer survived but five of his fellow climbers did not. Not just an adventure story: this also focuses on why climbers take such risks, and the consequences of the growing commercialization of climbing in the Himalayas. Illustrated with wood cuts and photographs. Brief bibliography. 293 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-457526.

London: Heinemann, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second espionage novel by this prolific writer featuring Dr. Jason Love, a GP in a Somerset, England, who somehow is always found by trouble. While in Switzerland on a ski vacation, Love first discovers a body of a man shot on the slope, and then is asked for help by the Nawab of a country high in the Himalayas on the border of China, a man with whom he had served in Burma, whose son has been partially blinded by a laser, and threatened with permanent blindness, if ransom demands are not met. Leasor and Love share many things - including owing a vintage Cord automobile and serving in Burma during World War II. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-434410136.

Oxford: Oneworld Publications, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this documentary filmmaker and ethnologist, a reimaging of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the story of a vacationing couple in the Himalayas who have a dreadful accident. Translated from the French by Gregory Norminton. Author's note. Select bibliography. xii, 179 pp. ISBN: 1851688501.

New York: Henry Holt, 2001. A renowned adventurer travels to Tibet with a young woman in search of her father's memory. By the author of THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO. 306 pgs.

Seattle: Mountaineers Books, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by this ground-breaking mountaineer - "He has lost toes to frostbite, suffered pulmonary edema, survived avalanches and icy bivouacs. [He] recounts his experiences on the high peaks and his transition from teenage exploits to middle-age prudence. He offers stirring tales of adventure: a dramatic rescue on Denali, an impulse climb on the North Face of the Eiger, tackling a frozen waterfall in Canada's Banff National park. Roskelley claims three 8000-meter peaks; he was the first American to reach the summit of 27,000-foot Mahalu in Nepal." and more (Publishers Weekly). Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs. Glossary, chronology of major climbs. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-89886349X.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - For more than fifty years, explorer-naturalist George Schaller has been on a mission: to save the world's great wild beasts and their environments. This biography, illustrated throughout with Schaller's own full color photographs and maps, examines how his landmark research revolutionalized field biology, demonstrating that it is possible to study dangerous animals in their own habitats: mountain gorillas in Central Africa, tigers in India, leopards in the Himalayas, and many others. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Sources, index. 103 pp. Square format, slightly oversized. ISBN: 9780374345785.