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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 8vo. original green textured paper boards gilt (spine sunned & marked, boards slightly rubbed, a few spots else internally clean); pp. 302, with 47 illustrations & an endpaper map. A good copy. [Neate I21: Account of the four-month Daily Mail Himalayan Yeti expedition of 1954, organized by the author].. First Edition.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 8vo. original green textured paper boards gilt (leaf-edges & outer leaves slightly spotted & stained, biro mark to FFE, spine & exposed edges slightly rubbed & faded, a few marks); pp. 302, with 47 illustrations & an endpaper map. A very good copy. [Neate I21: Account of the four-month Daily Mail Himalayan Yeti expedition of 1954, organized by the author].. First Edition.

LONDON: HODDER& STOUGHTON. BOUND IN CRISP AND UNMARKED BLUE CLOTH, WITH CLEAR BLACK TITLE TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1955 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). 302pp WITH FOREWORD, 15 CHAPTERS IN TWO PARTS. ALSO, 7 X APPENDICES COVERING THE FOLLOWING : CLIMBING ON THE 1954 DAILY MAIL EXPEDITION : MEDICAL ASPECTS : BIRDS IDENTIFIED : LICHENS OF EVEREST : NATURE OF SNOWMAN : HIMALAYAN RHODODENROND BY KINGDOM WARD : FIRMS WHO SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT. AMAZING CONDITION FOR DATE. DETAILED MAPS OF TIBET TO ENDPAPERS AND 42 B/W PHOTOS IN TEXT. TWO TINY CHIPS TO FOOT OF SPINE, ALMOST NO LOSS. CONDITION VG/VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1955.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Mountaineering/exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.302. Green cloth hardback, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket. Ink name to front blank, price clipped to front flap. Some light dampmarks to margins, jacket chipped to base of spine and upper. Very good. During World War II, Izzard served with distinction as a Naval Intelligence officer and commando with Ian Fleming's 30 Assault Unit. Highly decorated for gallantry and awarded an OBE, Fleming based elements of his debut novel Casino Royale and its protagonist James Bond on Lt. Cdr. Izzard, especially a card game in which he found himself playing poker against covert Nazi intelligence agents at a casino in Pernambuco, Brazil. Post-war, Izzard returned to journalism as a foreign correspondent - in India to cover the partition crisis, and for a failed search in 1946 for a monster lizard 'the buru' in a remote Assamese valley. This expedition followed, a trek in Tibet to uncover the truth… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Green cover has barely bumped bottom corners with rubbing to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Vintage booksellers label affixed to corner of half title page. Pages are clean and very good. Dust jacket is toned and soiled with wear to the extremities but in good+ condition. DJ flap corners clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .

UsedAcceptable. 1955 Doubleday Press black cloth hardcover, 1st edition, no jacket, solid and unmarked, mild cover wear, exowner name stamp on inside cover, but copy is a bit musty. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.