Under the editorship of H. Adams Carter, David Robertson, Christian Beckwith, John Harlin, Dougald MacDonald, and others for the last ninety-four years this has become the Journal of Record for important Himalaya, Karakoram, Andes, Patagonia, Alaska, Canada, Antarctica, Baffin Island, plus of course the USA and South America.
A complete mountaineering library needs these journals as most climbs are never mentioned in books, and the only reference to even major peaks is often only in Journals. For many years, and even today, expeditions to remote regions that had no guidebooks start their planning with the AAJ. All issues are in original wrappers, and are in Very Good to New Condition.
All the early issues are in Near Fine to New condition. Modern collecting ''rules'' leans more toward leaving the journals as they were issued, rather than bind them so the set takes up less space than .
90% of a full set of the premier Mountaineering Journal in the world, for only 57% of the full drt privr! 1939-2021
These nearly 84 volumes are a tremendous resource complete with expedition accounts from around the world, club activities, book reviews, and much more! This set will take up over five feet of shelf space and weighs over 140 pounds.
We will charge postage for 84 heavy books, both domestic or international, on this set, as it weighs 140 pounds. As of 2022 it costs about $140 USA Domestic Media Rate to anyplace with an American Zip Code. Although we do not normally use UPS, we will, if requested, ship these Journals to you by UPS ground. It will be expensive compared to UPS Media Rate, which is by design cheaper than any other method of surface shipping in the USA.
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