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AFTER EVEREST - The experiences of a mountaineer and medical missionary, Howard Somervell, 1936 1st edn., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 339 page hardback in original green cloth with gilt titles, extremely scarce original jacket with a some small pieces missing/spine fade but overall bright, archival tape repair - endpaper map of 1924 attempt on north/Tibet side Chomolungma, frontispiece painting by Somervell with glassine protection, B&W plates throughout with fold-out map of Travancore in Sthn India where Somervell was a medical missionary. Lovely biography covering early war years, Everest 1922 and 1924 expeditions, his music & his superb mountain paintings - Very hard to find in this condition with original jacket THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED
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MOUNT EVEREST: The Reconnaissance, 1921
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MOUNT EVEREST - The Reconnaissance, 1921 - Howard-Bury & Mallory, Edward Arnold, London, 1922. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Uk Edition. 355 pp, 3 large fold-out maps VG+, frontispiece with tissue-guard and 32 B&W photographs. British expedition led by Howard-Bury to north side of Everest, eventually reached the North Col to open the way for subsequent attempts on the North ridge. A classic account of this early Mount Everest mountaineering expedition that walked from Darjeeling into Tibet, with a team including George Mallory, almost no foxing, clean and tight inside, rubbed edges to original blue boards, gilt titles, one bumped corner, overall VG. Previous owner's signature and stamp fep.THIS item is heavy and may require extra postage when sent internationally outside New Zealand. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Murder On The Matterhorn
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Murder on the Matterhorn (1951, F.A. Thorpe, Large Print Edition, for vision Impaired ) By Glyn Carr. ARTISAN HOUSE, ANSTEY, LEICESTERSHIRE.THIS LARGE PRINT EDITION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY KIND PERMISSION OF GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON. EXLIB. GOOD CONDITION /VERY GOOD ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PROTECTED BY MYLAR WRAP. Please see stock photo. Our jacket is VG with no library stickers on it. "This cleverly constructed story presents the neatest imaginable puzzle in detection". RARE/SCARCE.
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San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1966. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Revised edition. 155 pp, with index, photographs, maps. Near fine copy in original pictorial cloth, slight spotting to top edge. Dust jacket has a few minor chips and tears. Edwards, who spent nine years as a seasonal ranger and naturalist at Glacier, provides descriptions of numerous peaks and routes, supplemented by general and area maps and 48 pages of photographs by Ansel Adams, Philip Hyde, Cedric Wright, Bob and Ira Spring, and others.
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MOUNTAINEERING HOLIDAY
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. First edition in this format, being the first issue of the Uniform Edition. Illustrated with 24 of the author's photographs nicely reproduced on glossy double-sided plates, and with a map of the route taken over Mont Blanc. 8vo, in the original red cloth, lettered on the spine in black and in the original dustjacket. xi, 229 pp. A very pleasing copy, the text is essentially fine and very fresh, the binding strong and sturdy with very little wear but with some mottling and fading to the red dye, the jacket a bit toned on the spine and rear and with some very minor edge-rubbing but in all quite attractive and complete. FIRST PRINTING OF THE TITLE IN THE FORMAT UNIFORM WITH OTHER WORKS OF THE AUTHOR. The textblock of the Uniform Edition is somewhat larger then the original and uses a larger, bolder typeface. Smythe was one of the greatest mountaineers of his age, and was also a pioneer in mountain photography. In this book he recounts a mountaineering…
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She: A History of Adventure
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Haggard, H. Rider. SHE. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression, 1921 on the title page. Dedicated to fellow author Andrew Lang. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Mallard Green boards with bright gilt titling on front board and spine. 310 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 5/8. Summary: "A dying colleague gives Mr. Horace Holly at Cambridge University a locked box, the contents of which lead Mr. Holly to travel to Eastern Africa where he hopes to solve an ancient mystery, only to be captured by the savage Amhagger people who are ruled by a fearsome white queen, who is worshipped as "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed".
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The eastern Alps, including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia. Handbook for travellers
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Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1879. Fourth edition, "remodelled and augmented," 12mo, pp. xxix, [1], 406; color folding map frontispiece, 26 plates of maps and plans, including 16 double-paged and 4 folding; map back endpapers, additional text illustrations throughout; original red gilt-lettered cloth (dampstain to top upper cover edge), all edges marbled; upper hinge starting to crack, some shelf wear; previous ownership signatures (some cancelled in manuscript) on front endpaper, else interior very good and sound. Hinrichsen E45.
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Louis Trigardt's Trek Across The Drakensberg 1837 - 1838
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Capetown S.A.: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1932 Interesting Book, Apparent First, Which Describes In Detail A Trek Across The Drakensberg, Complete With One Trifold Plate, Five Maps And Some B/W Photographs. . No Dust Jacket If Issued. Some Age Toning But Quite Sound And Clean, Rated Very Good. Verso of title page contains a stamp of former owner, Hiram Blauvelt, "Bluefield" Oradell, New Jersey. He was a notable big game hunter, conservationist and philanthropist. His Wildlife Art Museum, established in 1957 in the large stables next to his house is still operating. 171 pages plus prelims.
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Good-bye, Mr. Chips (1934 "Holiday Edition")
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James Hilton. Good-bye Mr. Chips. For your Holiday reading. Little, Brown 10th Impression Thus, 1934. USED. VG/Good Condition original white, red and green Holiday motif price-clipped dust jacket. 126 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Written by James Hilton, author of "Lost Horizon".
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