Good climbing coffee table books?

“Plan as best you can. Stand on the balls of your feet, prepared. Know the plan was an illusion of control. Bend with what comes until bending is no longer the right response. And then be as hard as hard can be.”

A lifetime of quotes contained in this book. 

"On Snow, Ice, & Rock" -- Ghastly Rabbitfat   --- inspired a generation of us!

-Haireball

The Wolfgang Gullich book on ddriver’s bookshelf above has always been my favorite ‘coffee table’ book.

Hands down the best eye candy I've come across:

EDIT Tony beat me to it

link to the book

Curt Haire wrote:

"On Snow, Ice, & Rock" -- Ghastly Rabbitfat   --- inspired a generation of us!

-Haireball

Between Heaven and Earth

Starlight and Storm

I have several climbing related coffee table books and I would say this is one I most like to occasionally pick up and read. Each route is described in first person by some of legends of recent climbing history and the book is sprinkled with excellent short essays authored by great climbers.

There and back by Jimmy Chin

Good story, absolutely beautiful pictures

Surprised no one has mentioned “Fred Becket’s 100 Favorite North American Climbs”. 

Beyond the Vertical, Layton Kor. Hands down, the best.

The West Ridge by Thomas Hornbein. One of the best mountaineering books ever.

DGoguen wrote:

Left or right coast

The Stone Masters book is a gem. I have #002 from the limited edition numbered run, proceeds to Tyrus Bachar. I was shooting for #001, but Acomazzo got it. 

Fred Beckey's "Mountains of North America" is a good one.

The Bold and Cold: A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Cold-History-Classic-Canadian/dp/1771601159

Mount Blanc Lines just published their book.  All the routes/peaks are in the Alps, but it’s still really cool. Hoping they do a US/North America book soon.

https://www.montblanclines.com/book

 Another favorite of mine

Richard Dumais's Gunks book. It is one that even non-climbers enjoy.

There was French series called "Les Plus Grandes Escalades" with a "Les Etats Unis" volume that is fun for climbers:

https://www.abebooks.com/Etats-Unis-Shawangunks-Colorado-Yos%C3%A9mite-belles-escalades/11121036769/bd

My kinda thread! This book is so rad. But I'd also like to scope some of the newer suggestions that have more technical climbing photos.  

Last one is Royal in the chimney of Texas Flake.