Alpine Club Publications

The Alpine Club publishes an annual journal, a selection of climbing guides to the key alpine areas, a range of Christmas cards and a Newsletter. Click on the images below to view further details of each, ordering and pricing information, and updated information.
Many of these items can be purchased through Cordee

Alpine Journals
Guidebooks

The Alpine Journal is a substantial annual record of mountaineering achievement which has been published continuously since 1859.  It is issued free to members. Those from 1969 onwards are fully digitised and can be viewed and searched by Volume or Area.
Earlier journals' indexes can be viewed as PDFs.
              1859-1891         1892-1926           1927-1952         1953-1968

The AC publishes the most comprehensive English Guidebooks covering the most popular regions of the Alps. Included here are updates for each guide.

 

Newsletters
Cards
The  Newsletter includes news items, articles, details of all club events, and anything that may be of interest to our members. Every year the AC reproduces a classic mountain painting from its collection as Christmas Cards

In addition the AC Library maintains on computer the Himalayan Index, a comprehensive record of expeditions to Asian peaks over 6000m, which is available for reference purposes.

Books for Sale
The Alpine Club Library regularly sells a wide range of second hand books, journals, guidebooks, etc which are superfluous to requirements.   Book donations are always welcome and can be used in aid of club funds.  Contact  Jerry Lovatt.


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