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TITLE AUTHORS Publication Date
TARANAKI ALPINE CLUB PUBLICATIONS  
New Zealand Tierra del Fuego Expedition 1970  Taranaki Alpine Club 1970
Taranaki Alpine Club - 50th Jubilee Publication 1930 - 1980 Taranaki Alpine Club 1980
With Axe and Ski - 75 jubilee edition  Taranaki Alpine Club 2005
With Axe and Ski - the Journal of The Taranaki Alpine Club 1998 Taranaki Alpine Club 1998
With Axe and Ski (set) Sept 1967 - Nov 1971 Taranaki Alpine Club  
With Axe and Ski 1936 Taranaki Alpine Club 1936
With Axe and Ski 1951 Taranaki Alpine Club 1951
With Axe and Ski 1961 Taranaki Alpine Club 1961
With Axe and Ski 1967 - 1971 Taranaki Alpine Club 1967
With Axe and Ski 1972 - 1977 Taranaki Alpine Club 1972
With Axe and Ski 1977 - 80 Taranaki Alpine Club 1977
CLIMBING GUIDES 
Arthur's Pass National park Mountaineering Guide Kates, Graeme 1985
Auckland Climbs McGregor, Rick 1987
Barron Saddle - Mt Brewster - A Climbing Guide to the Ben Ohau, Neumann, Main Divide, Barrier and Hooker Ranges Cullen, Ross 1993
Canterbury Rock Wethey, Tim & Taw, Peter 1994
Canterbury Rock Wethey, Tim 1989
Central North Island Rock Manning, Pete 1991
Climber's Guide to New Zealand Mountaineering Techniques Cotter, Guy & Seddon Mark 2003
Climbing Guide for the Nelson Lakes Region NZAC 1994
Darrans Guide (the) - an Alpine and Rockclimbing Guide to the Darran Mountains Judge, Murray & Widdowson, Hugh 1990
Moir's Guide Book - Northern Section - Fifth Edition NZAC  
Moir's Guide Book - Southern Section - Fifth Edition NZAC  
Mount Aspiring region (the)  Bishop, Graham 1974
Mount Aspiring region (the) - a guide for Mountaineers NZAC 2001
Mount Cook Guidebook (the) - second edition Hugh, Logan 1987
Mt Geryon and the Acropolis and New Climbs  Baxter, Chris 1999
Nelson Rock Love, Graham 1982
New Zealand Backcountry Skiing - a guide to New Zealand's Best Ski Touring Broadbent, James 2004
Quarry Climbs McGregor, Rick 1983
Rough Guide (the) Nepal Reed, David 1990
South Island Rock Vostinar, Ivan & Wethey, Tim 2000
Southern Rock - a Rock Climbing Guide to the Dunedin Crags Love, Graham 1987
Werribee Gorge and Victoria's Central West - Rock James, Ken & Wheat Ken 1995
Whanganui Rock Gillman, Len 1998
You Yangs (the) - Rock Wheat, Ken 1995
INSTRUCTION MANUALS 
Abseiling Handbook - an Instructors' Guide to Youth Group and Recreational Abseiling - Mountain Safety Manual 29 Mountain Safety Council 1985
Alpine Skiing at all Heights and Seasons Lunn, Arnold 1921
Alpine Skills - Mountain Saftety Manual 34 Mountain Safety Council 1974
Avalanche Safety for Skiers and Climbers Daffern, Tony 1938
Bushcraft - Your Basic Manual no 1 Mountain Safety Council 1968
Care and Maintenance - Equipment Standards - Equipment Wear and Failure - Rountine Checks and Care BMC 2001
Climbing Anchors - How to Climb series Long, John 1993
Climbing School - the Illustrated Guide to Hill Walking, Rock, Snow and Ice Climbing Barry, John & Mear Roger 1988
Complete Book of Ski-ing (the) Hallberg, F. & Muckenbrunn, H. 1936
Crampons and Ice Axes - Specification - Selection - Maintenance BMC 2002
Hypothermia - Mountain Safety Manual 24 Mountain Safety Council 1974
Instructors' Handbook - New Zealand Moutain Safety Council Haigh, L.A. 1979
Managing Risks in Outdoor Activities - Mountain Safety Manual 27 Mountain Safety Council 1993
Manual for Ski-Babies Heinrich, Fritz 1935
Mountain Craft Young, Geoffrey Winthrop 1920
Mountaincraft - Mountain Safety Manual 20 Mountain Safety Council 1971
Mountaincraft - Mountain Safety Manual 3 Main, Lindsay 1980
Mountaincraft - Mountain Safety Manual 3 MSC 1974
New Zealand Outdoor Cookbook (the) - the Trampers Guide to Lightweight Food Pilkinton, Marcelle 1986
New Zealand Outdoor First Aid - Mountain Safety Manual 33 Mountain Safety Council 1984
Outdoor First Aid - Mountain Safety Manual 14 Mountain Safety Council 1984
Outdoor Safety - Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders -                           Mountain Safety Manual 38 Mountain Safety Council 1993
Skiing School - an Illustrated Course in Downhill and Cross-country Skiing Heller, Mark ?
Skiing Simplified Fawcus, Arnold ?
Snow and Ice Climbing  Barry, John 1987
GENERAL 
Abominable Snowman Adventure Izzard, Ralph 1955
Adventures of a Mountaineer (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1940
After Everest Somervell, T. Howard 1936
Again Switzerland Smythe, Frank. S. 1947
Alpine Adventure Snaith, Stanley 1944
Alpine Journal (the) 163 and 164 Alpine Club ?
Alpine Pilot Geiger, Hermann 1956
Alps (the) Lunn, Arnold 1914
American Alpine Journal 1964 American Alpine Club 1964
Andes Are Prickly (the) Slesser, Malcom 1966
Annapurna (8000m) Herzog, Maurice 1952
Annapurna South Face Bonnington, Chris 1971
Approach to the Hills Meade, C.F. 1940
Ascent of Everest (the) Hunt, John 1953
Australian Ski Year Book (the) 1932 Ski Council of New South Wales,      Ski Club of Victoria, Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand 1932
Beckoning Silence (the) Simpson, Joe 2002
Brenva Brown, T.Graham 1944
Call of the Mountains (the) Wyatt, Colin 1952
Camera in the Hills Smythe, Frank. S. 1939
Camera in the Hills Smythe, Frank. S. 1939
Canterbury Mountaineer 1988 (the) Canterbury Mountaineering Club 1988
Canterbury Mountaineer 1990 (the) Canterbury Mountaineering Club 1990
Canterbury Mountaineer 1995 (the) Canterbury Mountaineering Club 1995
Castles in the Air - Men and Mountains in New Zealand Temple, Philip 1973
Climbs and Ski Runs Smythe, Frank. S. 1931
Climbs and Ski Runs Smythe, Frank. S. 1929
Climbs and Ski Runs    
Climbs in the Canadian Rockies Smythe, Frank. S. 1950
Climbs of My Youth Roch, Andre 1949
Complete Mountaineer (the) Abraham, George. D. 1907
Concerning Winter Sport Wroughton, E.H. ?
Dave McNulty Maurice Dick 1992
Delectable Mountains (the) Busk, Douglas 1946
Dolomites (the) Milner, C. Douglas 1951
Egmont National Park Annual 1994 Friends of Egmont 1994
Everest Unsworth, Walt 1981
Everest - the Swiss Everest Expeditions ? 1954
Everest 1933 Ruttledge, Hugh 1934
Exploration New Zealand Pascoe, John 1971
Farthest South Reed, A.H. 1953
First on the Rope Frison-Roche, R. 1949
Forerunners to Everest Dittert, R.; Chevalley, G.;         Lambert, R 1954
Guide Aspiring  Alack, Frank ?
Harry Ayres: Mountain Guide Mahoney, Michael 1982
High Adventure Hillary, Edward 1955
High Heaven Boell, Jacques 1947
Highland Days Weir, Thomas 1948
Himalayan Holiday Young, Peter 1939
I Chose to Climb Chris Bonington 1966
In Highest Nepal Hardie, Norman 1957
Innocent on Everest (the) Izzard, Ralph 1954
Jewels of Mountains and Snowlines of New Zealand Meyer, F.C. ?
K2 The Savage Mountain Houston, Charles & Bates, Robert 1955
Kamet Conquered Smythe, Frank. S. 1932
Kamet Conquered Smythe, Frank. S. 1932
Kanchenjunga Challenge Bauer, Paul 1955
Kangchenjunga Adventure Smythe, Frank. S.  
Kangchenjunga Adventure (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1946
Kingdom of Adventure Everest Ullman, James Ramsey 1948
Let's Go Climbing Kirkus, C.F. 1941
Little America Byrd, Richard. E. 1930
Man of Everest - the Autobiography of Tenzing Ullman, James Ramsey 1955
Manganui. A history of the Stratford Mountain Club Stokes, Bob & Stokes, Nancie 2001
Mantle of the Skies Temple, Philip 1971
Men Against Everest Marshall, Howard 1954
Mount Egmont Alpine Club and Dawson Falls - 50 Years History 1928 - 1978 EAC 1978
Mount Everest 1938 Tilman, H.W. 1938
Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition (the) 1951 Shipton, Eric 1952
Mountain Holidays Smith, Janet Adam 1946
Mountain Journal - Climbing in Scotland and Wales Sandeman, R.G. ?
Mountain Panorama Robertson, Max 1955
Mountain Prospect Russell, Scott 1946
Mountain Vision (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1942
Mountain Vision (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1941
Mountain World (the) 1953 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1953
Mountain World (the) 1954 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1954
Mountain World (the) 1956 - 57 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1957
Mountain World (the) 1958 - 59 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1959
Mountain World (the) 1962 - 63 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1963
Mountain World (the) 1966 - 67 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1967
Mountain World (the) 1968 - 69 Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research 1969
Mountaineering Adventures Benson, E.Claude ?
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada King, Clarence 1947
Mountains and Men Noyce, Wilfrid 1947
My Alpine Album Smythe, Frank. S. 1940
Nanga Parbat Herrligkoffer, Karl 1954
Native Animals of New Zealand Powell, A.W.B. 1947
Next Horizon (the) Bonnington, Chris 1973
North - the Nature and Drama of the Polar World Rodahl, Kaare 1954
Norwegian Himalaya Expedition - Tirich Mir Bateson, Solvi & Bateson, Richard 1952
Of Men and Mountains Douglas, William O. 1951
Of Unknown New Zealand Pascoe, John 1971
On Rock and Ice - Mountaineering in Photographs Rock 1947
Our Everest Adventure Hunt, John 1954
Over Welsh Hills Smythe, Frank. S. 1941
Portrait of an Ice Cap with Human Figures Scott, J.M. 1953
Portraits of Mountains Molony, Eileen ?
Rhythm on Skis Clifford, Harvey 1953
Rock for Climbing Milner, C. Douglas 1950
Rocky Mountains Smythe, Frank. S. 1948
Rocky Mountains Smythe, Frank. S. 1949
Sea and the Snow (the) Temple, Philip 1966
Shining Mountain (the) Boardman, Peter 1978
Spirit of the Hills (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1945
Spirit of the Hills (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1935
Spirit of the Hills (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1946
Story of Everest (the) 1921 - 1952 Murray, W.H. 1953
Stratford Mountain Club Golden Jubilee 1928 - 1978 Stratford Mountain Club 1978
Tararua 1988 Tararua Tramping Club 1988
Ten Great Mountains  Irving, R.L.G. 1940
This My Voyage Longstaff, Tom 1950
Thousand Mountains Shining - Stories from New Zealand's Mountain World Knox, Ray 1984
Treasury of Mountaineering Stories Talbot, Daniel 1955
Ultimate Mountains (the)  Weir, Thomas 1953
Unclimbed New Zealand Pascoe, John 1939
Undiscovered Scotland Murray, W.H. 1951
Unknown Mountain (the) Munday, Don 1948
Upon That Mountain  Shipton, Eric 1943
Urewera National Park Urewera National Park Board 1966
Valley of Flowers (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1938
Valley of Flowers (the) Smythe, Frank. S. 1938
Voyage of the Discovery (the) Scott, Robert. F. 1905
White Desert (the)  Giaever, John 1954
World at Their Feet (the) - the story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World Temple, Philip 1969
NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB PUBLICATIONS 
NZ Alpine Journal Index - volumes 1 to 27 1892 - 1974   1975
New Zealand Alpine Journal From 1935 - 2005 with the following exceptions:
1938 - 1941; 1944; 1952; 1955 - 1959; 1961 - 1970  

 

 

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