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Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Good. .

Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the boards are shelf rubbed and marked.ownership stamp,foxing.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

UK: Hodder & Stoughton. Good. Hardcover. 1947. 372 pages. .

Hodder & Stoughton. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (nepal, india, kamet, mountaineering ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hodder & Stougfhton, 1947. 1947 reprint, Uniform Edition. hardcover. 372pp, map endpaper to front, owner's signature, VG in Good+ dw. This first ascent of Kamet was a fine achievement following a series of attempts dating back to 1855.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Gollancz, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Sir Francis Younghusband. Black boards, a little marked, pages clean bar a little occasional foxing, also to the front block, fold-out map at rear, all photographs present, short 1932 gift inscription on fep. Nice example of the author's narrative of the first successful ascent of Kamet in the Himalayas, the first mountain over 25,000 feet to be climbed.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1933, 420 pages and many illustrations and large fold out map, original linnen binding, some fading on spine but very good copy. s the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India, after Nanda Devi. It lies in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand. Its appearance resembles a giant pyramid topped by a flat summit area with two peaks.While attempts to climb Kamet began in 1855, the first ascent was not made until 1931 by Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, R.L. Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa, members of a British expedition. Kamet was the first summit over 25,000 ft (7,620 m) to be climbed, and was the highest summit reached until the first ascent of Nanda Devi five years later. This is the story of reaching the summit by one of the mountain climbers.

London: Victor Gollancz. VG book, no D/J. 1st ed. Bright & tight.. 1932. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no D/J(in Brodart). NEAR FINE text & plates. FINE fold out map, no tears or pin holes @ fold line intersections. . "J G Breckenridge Oct 1932" neatly & clearly inked in a small hand on fep. Cover of black cloth with gilt lettered spine still bright. Extrems rubbed BUT: a single half inch closed tear at spine top, into leading edge of letter "A" of "KAMET". In short, a very nice copy. .

London, 1932, 8vo tutta tela , pp. XVI-420 con num. tav. fotogr. f.t. e una cartina rip. in fine.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. 420 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with black and white plate of Kamet. Illustrated in text with black and white plates, maps and also a fold-out map of the Expedition at the back of the book. Pages clean, good condition. Endpapers have very light foxing. Orange cloth, black title on spine. Head/tail of spine and corners worn and lightly bumped. VG. 2nd Impression. Hard Cover.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1932. xvi,420 pp. Octavo. Original black cloth. Gilt title on spine. Boards a bit dusty and slightly worn. Original printed dustwrapper which has a number of closed tears and slight loss on the top and bottom of the spine otherwise complete. Frontispiece. 60 black and white illustrations. Folding map at the rear. The text block is clean. Overall a very nice copy in the very scarce original dust wrapper. Neate S119. The First ascent of Kamet (7756 m) was a splendid achievement after a long series of attempts dating back to 1855. Rare in the first edition and the dust wrapper. 1932