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Alpenglow : the finest climbs on the 4000m peaks of the Alps

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2019

Author: Tibbetts, Ben

Publisher: [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts

Call Number: DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.

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Author: Tibbetts, Ben

Publisher: [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations (color)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Photography; Alps; Mountaineering; Switzerland; Italy; France; Art

Abstract: Is an inspiring book of photographs, stories and drawings describing The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps (from Ben Tibbetts website)

Contents: Introduction; Practicalities; Endnotes; Bernina Alps; Bernese Alps; Pennine Alps; Mont Blanc Massif; Gran Paradiso; Ecrins

Notes: Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Image; Photographs, drawings and text by Ben Tibbetts

ISBN: 9781916123106

Accession Number: AC639

Call Number: DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://www.bentibbetts.com/alpenglow/

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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2014

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: G512 B65 Pam

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2014

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Summit Series #19

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography; Photography; Art

ISBN: 9780920330531

Accession Number: AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library

Call Number: G512 B65 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Calendar, 1985

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1985

Publisher: Tokyo : Yama-Kei

Call Number: DS895 J3 A4

Publisher: Tokyo : Yama-Kei

Published Date: 1985

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Japanese Alps; Photography

Call Number: DS895 J3 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Club library catalogue, volume 1 : books & periodicals

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1982

Author: Alpine Club (London)

Publisher: London : Heinemann

Call Number: ZG510 A4 vol.1

Author: Alpine Club (London)

Publisher: London : Heinemann

Published Date: 1982

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: ZG510 A4 vol.1

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine exposures

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2014

Author: Griffith, Jon

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing

Call Number: TR G75 Oversize I

Author: Griffith, Jon

Publisher: Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 280 pages, ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Alps; Rock climbing; Skiing; Photography

ISBN: 9781910240137

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: TR G75 Oversize I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine huts in the Rockies, Selkirks and Purcells

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1986

Author: Kariel, Herbert G

Publisher: Banff : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: F1090 K35 Copy 1; F1090 K35 Copy 2

Author: Kariel, Herbert G

Responsibility: Kariel, Herb, Kariel, Pat

Publisher: Banff : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 1986

Physical Description: 183 pages, illustrations, maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Canada; Selkirk Mountains; Purcell Mountains; Alpine Club of Canada; Alpine Club of Canada - Huts

Notes: Copy 1 signed by author

Accession Number: AC630 is copy 2 with letter and newsclipping pasted in

Call Number: F1090 K35 Copy 1; F1090 K35 Copy 2

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2012

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: G512 T39 Pam

Author: Martel, Lynn

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 24 pages, col. ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Summit Series #15

Subjects: Mountaineering; Biography

ISBN: 9780920330494

Accession Number: AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library

Call Number: G512 T39 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine sketches, comprised in a short tour through...Holland, Flanders, France

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1814

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Call Number: D919 B75

Author: Bridges, George Wilson

Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]

Published Date: 1814

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Switzerland

Call Number: D919 B75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine warriors

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G512 M16

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Slovenia; Mountaineering

Notes: Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.

ISBN: 9781771601092

Accession Number: AC609; AC616 copy 2 transferred to ARC Library

Call Number: G512 M16

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Annapurna : a woman's place

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1980

Author: Blum, Arlene

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Call Number: DS486 A62 B5; DS486 A62 B5 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 2

Author: Blum, Arlene

Responsibility: foreword by Maurice Herzog

Publisher: San Francisco : Sierra Club

Published Date: 1980

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DS486 A62 B5; DS486 A62 B5 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 2

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Annapurna IV : a first winter ascent

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1982

Author: Burgess, Adrian

Publisher: Big Bear Creek (CA): Summit

Call Number: DS486 A62 B8 Pam

Author: Burgess, Adrian

Publisher: Big Bear Creek (CA): Summit

Published Date: 1982

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: From Summit, vol.28, no.3, May/June, 1982

Call Number: DS486 A62 B8 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The armchair mountaineer

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1984

Author: Reuther, David (ed)

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Call Number: G510 A7 R4

Author: Reuther, David (ed)

Publisher: New York : Scribner

Published Date: 1984

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: G510 A7 R4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2012

Author: Townshend, Nancy

Publisher: Calgary : Bayeux Arts

Call Number: N T69 A78

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Author: Townshend, Nancy

Responsibility: Nancy Townshend

Publisher: Calgary : Bayeux Arts

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Artists; O'Brien, Lucius; Notman, William & Son; Thompson, David; Harmon, Byron; Harris, Lawren; MacDonald, J.E.H; Sargent, John Singer; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine Robb; Rocky Mountains; Purcell Mountains; Selkirk Mountains

Abstract: Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)

Contents: Preface; Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):; Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899); Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913); Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923); Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857); Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911); Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942); Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):; Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970); Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932); Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925); Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966); Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979); Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):; Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-); Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-); Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-); Conclusion; Index

Notes: Signed by author

ISBN: 978-1-897411-37-7

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: N T69 A78

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://nancytownshend.ca/books.html

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Art of freedom : the life and climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: G512 M16 A78

Author: McDonald, Bernadette

Responsibility: Bernadette McDonald

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 326 pages : photographs ; 24 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountaineers, Polish; Biography

Abstract: "A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world's most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time. Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing. His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the "night naked" speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine-style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV. Dubbed the "climb of the century," his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated. His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time: Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre. After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d'Or lifetime achievement award (the Academy Award of the climbing world), Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016. A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co-operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long-awaited biography."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Introduction; Rock Animal; Alpinist in Training; Hindu Kush - Unleashed; Troll Wall; Bandaka - The Mordor Beauty; Hungry for Hunger; Dancing in the Moment; Enfant Terrible; Line against the Sky; The Shining Wall; Fork in the Road; Trango Tower; Night Naked; Dance of the Underclings; Chinese Maharaja; Metaphysical Think Tank; The Crux; Chronology of Selected Climbs; Acknowledgements; Notes; Sources; Index

ISBN: 9781771602129

Accession Number: AC634

Call Number: G512 M16 A78

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The art of Robert Bateman

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1981

Author: Derry, Ramsay

Publisher: Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books

Call Number: N D47 A78 oversize

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Author: Derry, Ramsay

Responsibility: Ramsay Derry (author), Roger Tory Peterson (introduction)

Publisher: Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books

Published Date: 1981

Physical Description: 178 p. : ill. (some col.)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Wildlife; Bateman, Robert

Abstract: Pertains to the art of Robert Bateman

Contents: Introduction; Profile; Plates and Commentaries; Sketchbooks; Appendix

Notes: Signed by Ramsay Derry and Robert Bateman

ISBN: 0713914335

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: N D47 A78 oversize

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

URL Notes: Link to artist website

Websites

https://batemancentre.org/robert-bateman/

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As above, so below : a climbing story

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2018

Author: Kalman, Christ (author); Muderlak, Craig (illustrator)

Publisher: Herndon, VA : Mascot Books

Call Number: P A83 K35

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Author: Kalman, Christ (author); Muderlak, Craig (illustrator)

Publisher: Herndon, VA : Mascot Books

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: vii, 103 pages : illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fiction; Mountaineering; Patagonia

Abstract: As Above, So Below is a 103 page fictional climbing story set in Argentine Patagonia. When something goes wrong high up a mountain, one man is forced to face his inner demons along the way to the summit. This beautiful hardbound book was published in 2018 as a limited edition of 1000 copies. The story was illustrated by the immensely talented Craig Muderlak, and edited and revised at the The Banff Centre’s prestigious Mountain and Wilderness Writing Workshop. As Above, So Below has been described as "Jack London's To Build a Fire for climbing", and reminiscent of James Salter's Solo Faces. In September of 2018, it was nominated for the Mountain Fiction Award at the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival in Banff, Canada. (from author's website)