Shipton eric intro (5 resultados)

Fourth Impression. pp. 288. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8". Bound in publisher's original teal cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. Colour photograph frontisipiece, accompanied with many striking sepia-tone photographic plates, and maps, charts, tables, illustrations, etc. One striking, exceptionally well-preserved fold-out map [titled: "Sketch Map of the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Massifs", as prepared by Marcel Ichac], affied to the rear pastedown, and when folded offers a remarkable panaromic view of the "Great Barrier Seen from Camp II". Lightest bumping to the head-and-tail of spine, small bookseller's sticker affixed to the corner of the front pastedown, text-block entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket showing some chipping, and short closed tears along the edges of the panels. Overall, very good. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st US Edition. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. 316 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with colour and black and white plates throughout. A folding map is attached to the rear endpaper. Quarterbound in black and blue cloth with silver titles on the spine. Lightly faded and bumped around the edges. Blue illustrated dustjacket in good condition with yellow titles. Worn around the edges with chips, creases, and tears. Creased and worn on the spine and on the back of the jacket. Price-clipped. 5th printing. VG+/G. Ichac, Marcel (ilustrador). Book.…

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condición: Near Fine. dj. Second printing. THE 8000 METER MOUNTAIN In a tale of one shared sleeping bag, frostbitten toes, and life-altering peaks, Maurice Herzog remembers his historic 1950 ascension of the tenth tallest mountain in the world, Annapurna. Herzog led the first group to summit and return from an 8000 meter mountain, the highest peak achieved by man, recounting the tale in this cornerstone of mountaineering literature. Presented here is a second edition. Slight presses to spine tips, lightly toned text block edges, owner name to ffep, still near fine in very good dust jacket with light rubbing to extremities, small chip to spine foot, two short closed tears to rear panel, touch of foxing to rear flap, in mylar cover. Cartographic and Photographic Documentation by Marcel Ichac. (ilustrador).…

FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, orange iridescent patterned eps, 314pp, illus/photos, illus/photos, Near FINE.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. Signed by Author(s). pp208. Octavo. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, in DW (now in protective wrap) worn at edges; overlaid on facsimile of DW (e.g. G logo on spine is orginal, "Gollancz" below shows from facsimile). 1st edn, 2nd impression Nov 1966. Signed on FEP and dated 1st July 1969. A copy that was probably read many times. Photographs on request. Signed by Author(s).…