A pair of Alpine Journals. No. 303 from November of 1961 and No. 306 from May of 1963. The Alpine Journal was, and still is, the longest continuous mountaineering journal in the world. The early 60’s were a golden age for Himalayan exploration. The range makes a feature in both, along with the Sierra Nevadas, Appalachians, Alps, and several more. I was rather excited to find these. I reside on the front range of the Rockies and hit a few peaks every year myself. To be embedded in a national hotspot for climbing, hiking, and mountaineering has been amazing. I would have assumed that such publications would have been more available in books stores around me, but they’ve provided elusive. When people get their hands on them, they don’t seem to let them go. Both are in near identical condition; overall fair, as 80+ year old paperback journals tend to be. The contents pages are present but not adhered to the binding. If not careful, they can slip out. The covers have small tears by the spines and are stained with age. An unfortunate quirk are that the tables of contents for No. 303 include for volumes both 302 and 303. Oddly, the tables of contents for No. 306 are for the pages of 304 and 305. They will not completely align. The estate sale I found these at were from an owner that did not seem to keep close detail of such things. Most exciting to cartography enthusiasts are the fold-out maps that detail virgin ascents of previously unconquered mountains. Likewise, photographs, articles, scientific findings, and notes for equipment and technique are inside the contents of each. Any outdoors enthusiast will find the type of story or article they like in these editions. Likewise, they’re great shelf-companions to any other mountaineering material you may already own. I am selling both simultaneously, not separately. I think they’re better together.