On All Five Lists On Four Lists On Three Lists
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A CHOICE OF MOUNTAINEERING BOOKS As a step towards making the Library of the American Alpine Club more useful, as well as to stimulate a general interest in mountaineering literature, the Library Committee recently asked five members of the Club, known to have an unusually broad knowledge of the field, to prepare each a list of approximately fifty books chosen with regard to readability and variety of interest. The books were to be in English and available in the Club Library. The results have been consolidated in the appended list. It is. interesting to observe that only two books were chosen by all five compilers, and only six more by four of them. This undoubtedly reflects the highly individual character and tastes of those invited to contribute." For this very reason the selections should appeal to a greater number of the Club's members than would be the case if a single list of fifty books had been compiled by a committee in collaboration. In addition to the sixty books listed below, which were the choice of two or more compilers, there were ninety-one that were not duplicated. Among the latter are a great many very fine books, such, for instance, Ithose of Frank Smythe, at least one of which appears on each of the five lists, but oddly enough no two of the compilers chose the same one. All this leads to the conclusion that the Club Library contains an immense treasure of mountaineering literature which all members of the Club are privileged to enjoy. Certain rare books and reference books, and the periodicals, are, of course, not suitable for circulation; but a great many books are available for borrowing and Club members are invited to make their desires known to the Assistant Secretary. FRANCISL. CARY,Chairman of the Library Committee
On All Five Lists MUMMERY, A. F.: My Climbs in the Alps dnd Crducaszls. WHYMPER, E.: Scrambles Amongst the alp^. On Four Lists EVANS,C.: Kangchenjzlnga: The Untrodden Peak. IRVING,R. L. 6.:The Mozcntain Way. NORTON,E. F.: The Fight for Everest: 1924. STEPHEN, L.: The Playground of Europe. TILMAN,H. W.: Ascent of Nanda Devi. YOUNG,G. W.: O n High Hills. On Three Lists BATESand others: Five Miles High. BROWNE,B.: The Conpest o f Mozlnt
* Robert H. Bates, Francis P. Farquhar, Henry S. Hall, Jr., David A. Robertson, J. Monroe Thorington.
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McKinley. BRUCE, C. G.: The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922. BURISALL and EMMONS: Men Against the Clouds. CONWAY, W. M. : The Alps from End to End. HUNT,J.: T h e Ascent {Conquest} of Everest. IRWIN, W. R.: Challenge: A n Anthology of Mountaineering Literature. KAIN,C. : Where the Clozlds Can Go. KLUCKER, C.: Adventzrres of an Alpine Guide. LONGSTAFF, T. : This M y voyage. NOYCE, W. : South Col. SLINGSBY, W. C. : Norway, the Northern Playground. THORINGTON, J. M.: Mont Blanc Side-Show. WILLS,A.: Wanderings Among the High Alps. O n Two Lists BAUER, P.: Himalayan Quest. BROWN, T . G.: Brenva. CHAPMAN, F. S.: Helvellyn to Himalap. CLARK, R.: The Early Alpine Gaides. CLARK, R.: The Victorian Mountaineers. COOLIDGE, W. A. B. : T h e Alps in Nature A. : Tartarin on the Alps. DE BEER,G. R. : Early and History. DAUDET, Travellers in the Alps. DE FILIPPI,F. : Karakoram and Western Himalaya, 1909. FINCH,G. I. : The M ~ k i n gof a Mountaineer. FORBES, J. D. : Travels Through the Alps. GRIBBLE, F. : The Early Mountaineers. HARPER, A. P.: Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand. HERZOG, M.: Annapurna. HINCHLIFF, T. W.: Summer Months Among the Alps. HOUSTON and BATES: K2-The Savage Mountdin. LUNN,A.: A Century of Mountaineering. LUNN,A.: The rMountdins of Youth. LUNN,A.: The Englishman in the Alps. MASON, K.: Abode of Snow. MONTAGUE, C. E.: The Right Pldce. OUTRAM, J. : In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies. PALMER, H. : Mountaineering and Explordtion in the Selkirks. PASCOE,J.: Unclimbed New Zealand. PILLEY, D.: Climbing Days. RBBUFFAT, G.: Starlight and Storm. REY,G.: P e ~ k sand Precipices. SCHUSTER, C. : P e ~ k sand Pleasant Pastures. SHIPTON, E.: Blank on the Map. SMITH,J. A.: Mozlntain HoliH. W. : Mount Everest, 1938. TYNDALL, J. : Mountaineerdays. TILMAN, ing in 1861. ULLMAN, J. R. : White Tower. UNDERHILL, M. : Give Me The Hills. "WHIPPLESNAITH" : The Naght Climbers of Cambridge. WHYMPER, E. : Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. WILCOX, W. D.: The Rockies of Canada. YOUNG, G. W.: Mountdin Craft.
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A CHOICE OF MOUNTAINEERING BOOKS As a step towards making the Library of the American Alpine Club more useful, as well as to stimulate a general interest in mountaineering literature, the Library Committee recently asked five members of the Club, known to have an unusually broad knowledge of the field, to prepare each a list of approximately fifty books chosen with regard to readability and variety of interest. The books were to be in English and available in the Club Library. The results have been consolidated in the appended list. It is. interesting to observe that only two books were chosen by all five compilers, and only six more by four of them. This undoubtedly reflects the highly individual character and tastes of those invited to contribute." For this very reason the selections should appeal to a greater number of the Club's members than would be the case if a single list of fifty books had been compiled by a committee in collaboration. In addition to the sixty books listed below, which were the choice of two or more compilers, there were ninety-one that were not duplicated. Among the latter are a great many very fine books, such, for instance, Ithose of Frank Smythe, at least one of which appears on each of the five lists, but oddly enough no two of the compilers chose the same one. All this leads to the conclusion that the Club Library contains an immense treasure of mountaineering literature which all members of the Club are privileged to enjoy. Certain rare books and reference books, and the periodicals, are, of course, not suitable for circulation; but a great many books are available for borrowing and Club members are invited to make their desires known to the Assistant Secretary. FRANCISL. CARY,Chairman of the Library Committee
On All Five Lists MUMMERY, A. F.: My Climbs in the Alps dnd Crducaszls. WHYMPER, E.: Scrambles Amongst the alp^. On Four Lists EVANS,C.: Kangchenjzlnga: The Untrodden Peak. IRVING,R. L. 6.:The Mozcntain Way. NORTON,E. F.: The Fight for Everest: 1924. STEPHEN, L.: The Playground of Europe. TILMAN,H. W.: Ascent of Nanda Devi. YOUNG,G. W.: O n High Hills. On Three Lists BATESand others: Five Miles High. BROWNE,B.: The Conpest o f Mozlnt
* Robert H. Bates, Francis P. Farquhar, Henry S. Hall, Jr., David A. Robertson, J. Monroe Thorington.
360
THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL
McKinley. BRUCE, C. G.: The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922. BURISALL and EMMONS: Men Against the Clouds. CONWAY, W. M. : The Alps from End to End. HUNT,J.: T h e Ascent {Conquest} of Everest. IRWIN, W. R.: Challenge: A n Anthology of Mountaineering Literature. KAIN,C. : Where the Clozlds Can Go. KLUCKER, C.: Adventzrres of an Alpine Guide. LONGSTAFF, T. : This M y voyage. NOYCE, W. : South Col. SLINGSBY, W. C. : Norway, the Northern Playground. THORINGTON, J. M.: Mont Blanc Side-Show. WILLS,A.: Wanderings Among the High Alps. O n Two Lists BAUER, P.: Himalayan Quest. BROWN, T . G.: Brenva. CHAPMAN, F. S.: Helvellyn to Himalap. CLARK, R.: The Early Alpine Gaides. CLARK, R.: The Victorian Mountaineers. COOLIDGE, W. A. B. : T h e Alps in Nature A. : Tartarin on the Alps. DE BEER,G. R. : Early and History. DAUDET, Travellers in the Alps. DE FILIPPI,F. : Karakoram and Western Himalaya, 1909. FINCH,G. I. : The M ~ k i n gof a Mountaineer. FORBES, J. D. : Travels Through the Alps. GRIBBLE, F. : The Early Mountaineers. HARPER, A. P.: Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand. HERZOG, M.: Annapurna. HINCHLIFF, T. W.: Summer Months Among the Alps. HOUSTON and BATES: K2-The Savage Mountdin. LUNN,A.: A Century of Mountaineering. LUNN,A.: The rMountdins of Youth. LUNN,A.: The Englishman in the Alps. MASON, K.: Abode of Snow. MONTAGUE, C. E.: The Right Pldce. OUTRAM, J. : In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies. PALMER, H. : Mountaineering and Explordtion in the Selkirks. PASCOE,J.: Unclimbed New Zealand. PILLEY, D.: Climbing Days. RBBUFFAT, G.: Starlight and Storm. REY,G.: P e ~ k sand Precipices. SCHUSTER, C. : P e ~ k sand Pleasant Pastures. SHIPTON, E.: Blank on the Map. SMITH,J. A.: Mozlntain HoliH. W. : Mount Everest, 1938. TYNDALL, J. : Mountaineerdays. TILMAN, ing in 1861. ULLMAN, J. R. : White Tower. UNDERHILL, M. : Give Me The Hills. "WHIPPLESNAITH" : The Naght Climbers of Cambridge. WHYMPER, E. : Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. WILCOX, W. D.: The Rockies of Canada. YOUNG, G. W.: Mountdin Craft.
