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Diadem Books, 1991-09-19. Hardcover. Good. 2.0000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.1000 in. Mild to moderate edge wear. Slight dust-staining to top edges. Former price on front endpage, otherwise clean. Some separation between binding and spine, otherwise secure.

U.S.A.: Mountaineers Books, 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust jacket complete, edge wear, damage to top spine. 1/2" stain to bottom ffep, stain along bottom edge of pages iii to vi. Text, illlustrations and photographs very good to fine. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

GB: CUP Cambridge University Press, 1946. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Price clipped DW has piece out a base of spoe 25 x 12 mm and is quite worn. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/G++ Pc DW.

London.: Diadem Books., 1991.. Reprint. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

London & Seattle: Diadem Books & The Mountaineers, 1988. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1988 THIRD IMPRESSION of First Edition. Original green boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in new condition having been purchased directly from the publisher and kept in climate controlled storage for years. The book is clean, no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding, no fading --- NEW condition. The book measures 236mm tall x 148mm, and has 896 pages, 69 b/w photos, 22 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Diadem Books, 1991. Reprint in omnibus form, 8vo, 896pp, photo illustrations, introduction Jim Perrin, VG Copy in VG DJ showing mild fading to spine. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Diadem Books Ltd. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and faded dust jacket. 1985. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 896pp. B/w photographic plates and maps. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947 8vo. original green cloth gilt (a little rubbed & marked, prev. owner's name to FFE (redacted), faint leaf edge spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. x, 232, with 64 plates & 6 maps. A very good copy. [Neate T50: Exploration in the Assam Himalaya - Zemo Gap, Gori Chen, and adjacent peaks. The second part of the book deals with his wartime experiences with Albanian and Italian partisans. He is honoured annually in the Italian town of Belluno].. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

London/U.S.A.: Diamdem Books/ The Mountaineers, 1988. Hardback. The Seven-Mountain Travel Books. Price clipped to D/J. Introduction by Jim Perrin. Contents: Snow on the Equator. The Ascent of Nanda Devi. When Men and Mountains Meeter. Everest, 1938. Two Mountains and a River. China to Chitral. Nepal Himalaya. Appendices. Illustrated. 896 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). 3rd Impression. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hadrback.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947 VG/VG-. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (ex-University of Nottingham School of Agriculture Halls of Residence Library with bookplate and RSM only, a trifle rubbed & bumped, otherwise clean & unmarked) in dustwrapper (pruice-clipped, rubbed & frayed, tape strengthening on reverse); pp. x, 232, with 64 plates & 6 maps. A very good copy. [Neate T50: Exploration in the Assam Himalaya - Zemo Gap, Gori Chen, and adjacent peaks. The second part of the book deals with his wartime experiences with Albanian and Italian partisans. He is honoured annually in the Italian town of Belluno].. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/VG-.

Seattle:: The Mountaineers,, 1983.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Tilman was an English mountaineer and explorer, renowned for his Himalayan climbs and sailing voyages. was involved in two of the 1930s Mount Everest expeditions - participating in the 1935 Reconnaissance Expedition, and reaching 27,200 feet without oxygen as the expedition leader in 1938. He penetrated the Nanda Devi sanctuary with Eric Shipton in 1934, and in 1936 he went on to lead an Anglo-American expedition to Nanda Devi. In 1939, Tilman was the first man to attempt climbing in the remote and unexplored Assam Himalaya, exploring the Southern approaches of Gori Chen, 6538 metres, before his team succumbed to malaria. In 1947 he attempted Rakaposhi, then made his way to Kashgar to join up with Eric Shipton in a lightweight attempt on Muztagh Ata, This is adventure writing at its best.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947 F-/VG+. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (slight spotting to leaf edges & endpapers) in dustwrapper priced 15s. net (rubbed and nicked, a little discreet fraying, a few light marks, internally strengthened); pp. x, 232, with 64 plates & 6 maps. A very good copy. [Neate T50: Exploration in the Assam Himalaya - Zemo Gap, Gori Chen, and adjacent peaks. The second part of the book deals with his wartime experiences with Albanian and Italian partisans. He is honoured annually in the Italian town of Belluno].. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1946 VG+/VG-. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped, prev. owner's name to FFE, two thin texter marks to top edge, otherwise clean & neat) in dustwrapper priced 15s. net (rubbed & nicked, fraying to headcap & top edge, tape strengthening on reverse); pp. x, 232, with 64 plates & 6 maps. A very good copy. [Neate T50: Exploration in the Assam Himalaya - Zemo Gap, Gori Chen, and adjacent peaks. The second part of the book deals with his wartime experiences with Albanian and Italian partisans. He is honoured annually in the Italian town of Belluno].. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-.