Tony Astill
Arcadia, Hazel Grove
Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AJ
tel. 02380 293767 or astill.tony@gmail.com
If you collect old or new mountaineering books then you will want to see all the mountain books for sale at this online bookshop www.mountaineeringbooks.org
The finest selection of old mountain paintings is available at www.mountainpaintings.org
It’s simple to find your way around, just click on the relevant button.
If you’re looking for used mountaineering books, second hand books, a first edition, rare books, new books, out of print books then you should find it amongst the mountaineering books that are available here.
https://www.mountaineeringbooks.org/
Mountaineers have always written of their adventure. Climbing Mt. Everest became a bit of a national tradition in the 1920’s when Mallory and Irvine lost their lives and this subsequently created an inexhaustible interest in the mountain which was successfully climbed for the first time in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
Edward Whymper was the first to climb the Matterhorn. Paccard and Balmat reached the summit of Mont Blanc in 1786. The exploration of mountains and history of mountaineering has been recorded in literature since the 17th century.
‘The Ascent of Everest’ by John Hunt must be the most widely read of all mountaineering books. Apparently the print run of the first edition itself was 500,000 copies and the book is still in print today.
Whymper’s ‘Scrambles Amongst the Alps’ is surely the mountaineering book which has been in print for the longest period. The first edition, just 1245 copies, sold out within a few weeks. It was incredibly popular and read by everybody who could get their hands on a copy. Today a decent example of this most sought after edition can have a price tag up to £1500 – a signed copy would attract a significant supplement.
Vote for your favourite mountaineering book by a British author
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=375008
Your choice will determine the outcome of the search for the most popular British mountaineering book? If you would like to see the complete list as it stands at the moment then please contact me astill.tony@gmail.com or browse through it https://www.mountaineeringbooks.org/
Some recent choices include –
Styles ROCK AND ROPE.
Moffat SPACE BELOW MY FEET.
Ashcroft BRITAIN’S HIGHEST PEAKS.
Barford CLIMBING IN BRITAIN.
Wilson COLD CLIMBS.
Ruttledge EVEREST: THE UNFINISHED ADVENTURE.
Stainforth EYES TO THE HILLS.
Alvarez FEEDING THE RAT.
Coffey FRAGILE LOSS: LOST ON EVEREST.
Hankinson GEOFFREY WINTHROP YOUNG.
Cawthorne HELL OF A JOURNEY.
Venables/Fanshawe HIMALAYA ALPINE STYLE .
Tyndall HOURS OF EXERCISE.
Fleming KILLING DRAGONS.
Greig KINGDOMS OF EXEPERIENCE.
Fiennes MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW.
Greig MEN ON ICE.
Perrin MIRRORS IN THE CLIFFS.
Greene MOMENTS OF BEING.
Baker MOOR, CRAGS & CAVES OF THE HIGH PEAK.
Hankinson MOUNTAIN MEN.
Tyndall MOUNTAINEERING IN 1861.
Murray MOUNTAINEERING IN SCOTLAND.
Engel MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ALPS
Macfarlane MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND.
Craig NATIVE STONES.
Unsworth NORTH FACE : The Second Conquest of the Alps.
Ashton RIDGES OF SNOWDONIA.
Gray ROPE BOY.
Moran SCOTTISH WINTER MOUNTAINS.
Simpson THE BECKONING SILENCE.
Burgess Brothers THE BURGESS BOOK OF LIES.
Tyndall THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS.
Bailey THE RIDGES OF ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND.
Irving THE ROMANCE OF MOUNTAINEERING.
Smythe THE SPIRIT OF THE HILLS.
Hudson & Kennedy WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY.
Tuckett A PIONEER IN THE HIGH ALPS.
Saunders ELUSIVE SUMMITS.
Scott HIMALAYAN CLIMBER.
Curran K2 THE STORY OF A SAVAGE MOUNTAIN.
MacFarlane MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND.
Greig SUMMIT FEVER.
Tilman THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI.
Fowler VERTICAL PLEASURE.
Newby A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH.
Borthwick ALWAYS A LITTLE FURTHER.
Pritchard DEEP PLAY.
McLewin IN MONT VISO’S HORIZON.
Kirkus LET’S GO CLIMBING.
Fowler ON THIN ICE.
Tasker SAVAGE ARENA.
Astill MOUNT EVEREST : The Reconnaissance 1935.
Bowman THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE..
Should you collect mountaineering books then you might like to take a look at all the mountaineering books for sale https://mountaineeringbooks.com
As the oldest established specialist in old mountaineering books and paintings I offer the finest selection to be found anywhere.
My online bookstore is easy to navigate, just click on the button for the various categories – Himalayan mountaineering books, Alpine mountain paintings, Swiss mountain engravings and other separate sections for Mont Blanc, Mt. Everest, the Matterhorn or Cervin, Dolomites, Tyrol, Oberland Bernois and British Mountains.
I have used books for sale, out of print, second hand, rock climbing guides, first editions, rare books, some signed by the authors and all are about mountains and mountaineering from 1633 to the present day.
Some of the Mount Everest books are signed by members of the 1953 British team when Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made
the first ascent. Other climbing books for sale are signed by some of the finest mountaineers of their day including Bonatti, Bonington, Brown, Bruce, Conway, Coolidge, Desmaison, Diemberger, Finch, Franco, Habeler, Hardie, Haston, Herzog, Hillary, Hunt, Ichac, Lachenal, Languepin, Lowe, Messner, Noel, Noyce, Rebuffat, Roch, Shipton, Smythe, Streather, Tensing, Terray, Tilman, Tyndall, Ward, Whillans, Whymper, Wills and others.
The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountaineering Literature
The trust promotes literature by providing an annual award to authors of books, written in English, the central theme of which is concerned with mountains. This prestigious literary award, which commemorates the lives of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker, offers a £3,000 prize to the author of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature.
http://www.boardmantasker.com
At this time of the year look out for The Banff Mountain Book Festival
Each year the Banff Mountain Centre hosts the largest Mountain Film and Book Festivals in the world and has done so since 1994
It attracts as many as 120 books, in any language, which all vie for the Grand Prize, although there are separate categories.
Each year three new judges, after a programme of pre-judging, read the books which have been shortlisted and then decide which books will receive these prestigious awards.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/MountainCulture/festivals/2009/books/
Tony Astill at
Mount Pleasant Preparatory School for Boys
Romsey County Secondary School
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Police Cadets
St. Christopher’s School, Luyengo, Swaziland
Hampshire Constabulary, Southampton Central ‘F’ Division
Hampshire Police Cadets, Bishop’s Waltham
Mirror Group Newspapers, Mirror Books
September 23, 2009 at 2:02 pm |
At last a dedicated blog to mountaineering!
Hope to read more articles on the subject soon.
Good luck for this publishing effort.