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London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 192pp. Octavo. Frontispiece and plates (both sides) from photos, and illustrations (maps). Neate T39; Spence 1202. Voyage to and climbing on Crozet island in the Indian Ocean. 1961

Seattle:: The Mountaineers,, 1987.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. When Tilman bought the pilot cutter "Mischief" in 1954, it was not with the intention of retiring from mountaineering, but to use the sea for access to remote mountains in high latitudes. Over the next twenty-two years "Mischief" and her successors saw regular service in distant waters, and their owner developed a whole new technique and tradition of amphibious mountaineering. The eight books collected haere are humorous, learned, devastatingly candid, and packed with information. They recount voyages to the Southern Oceans where he visited Patagonia, the Crozets, Kerguelen, Heard Island and the South Shetlands. No less important were his many trips to Greenland as well as forays to Sptizbergen, Baffin Island and other areas above the Arctic Circle.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. 192pp. Octavo. Frontispiece and plates (both sides) from photos, and illustrations (maps). Original blue cloth with blue top edge; in price clipped dust jacket in very good condition with minor soiling on back. Text block is clean and tight in fine condition. Neate T39; Spence 1202. Voyage to and climbing on Crozet island in the Indian Ocean. 1961