Background

John O’Reilly – Mountain Books are specialist book dealers who buy and sell Second-hand, Antiquarian and New books on all aspects of Mountaineering, Climbing, Mountain Travel and mountain associated topics such as exploration, culture, topography and history.  In addition, stock includes some items on Arctic and Antarctic exploration, as well as some general travel.

The business was established in 1972, firstly as a catalogue mail-order operation, then shop based in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex.  It later became part of the climbing shop Derby Mountain Centre Ltd from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, and, as we celebrate fifty years in business in 2022, is now entirely web based and does not operate a retail shop.

Wants Lists

If you have specific items that you are searching for, please let John know and he will endeavour to let you know if anything on your wants list comes into stock. If you have good quality mountaineering books to sell, please contact John in the first instance.