Isbn: 9780898860078 - last step: the american ascent of k2 (36 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. This hardcover edition of "The Last Step" shows signs of age and use. The dust jacket is worn, with noticeable edge wear and tears. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean, though the edges show some discoloration. There are no inscriptions or library markings, making it a clean copy for collectors or enthusiasts of mountaineering history. Worn with significant edge wear and tears.…

Condición: Very Good. First Edition ~1st Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condición: Good. First Edition ~1st Printing. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. The page edge is tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is otherwise in clean condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. The Mountaineers, Published 1980. Hardcover, vii, 301 pp., 16 unnumbered leaves of plates, plus 2 pp. publisher's advertisements; 26 cm; no statement of later printing on copyright page; illustrated with colour photographs throughout the plate sections. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Black cloth boards, silver lettering on spine, mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket not price clipped, retaining the dual price of $19.95 to December 31, 1980 over $25.00; 1 inch triangular chip to head of spine, with smaller chips and tears increasing along edges; mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, color loss along edges and spine hinges, creasing to rear panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Account of the 1978 American K2 Expedition, the first American ascent of the world's second-highest mountain after five failed attempts and five deaths. Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley reached the summit; Wickwire lingered too long and was forced into an unplanned bivouac just below the top at minus 40 degrees without food, oxygen or shelter, coming down with pneumonia, pleurisy and frostbite. Fourteen men and women and some 350 Balti porters carried the expedition 110 miles to Base Camp. Colour plates by Dianne Roberts, John Roskelley, Jim Wickwire, Craig Anderson and Lou Reichardt, with a portrait gallery of the full team. Dedicated to Al Givler, Dusan Jagersky and Leif-Norman Patterson. Contents: Introduction by Edward M. Kennedy; Prelude by James W. Whittaker; Dust from the Road; Bridge over the Dumordo; The Book of Marvels; The Crystal Ball; The Snow Butterfly; Storms and Tempers; The Snow Dome; Problemas Grandes; Into the Death Zone; At the Edge; No Conquerors, Only Survivors; The Griffon.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. No wear to the book, scattered rubbing on the edges, corners and spine of the mylar-protected dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardback in very good condition. no dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The Mountaineers, 1980. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Dust jacket has some tears, chipping, and rubbing. Spot on back rubbed to white (see photo 4). Inside is clean and unmarked. See photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.hardcover edition with d.j. text has NO writing.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET .nice copy.binding is solid.D.J. is worn, torn,& chipped.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Black cloth boards, 301pp with illustrations, very minor dust spotting to edges and foxing to endpapers under the DJ flaps, otherwise contents clean, tight and unmarked. Signed by the author 'To Bill' on the front endpaper. DJ light rubbing to corners and edges, short nick to top edge of resr panel. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 301p, ills. On the 1978 expedition. Signed by Rick Ridgway, Jim Wickwire, James Whittaker and Diane Roberts. DJ good only. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with very good minus dust jacket. A little foxing.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Good dust jacket. First Edition. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1980. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket (edge chips). NOT price clipped ($19.95). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1979. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Prelude by James W. Whittaker. Illustrated with 32 pages of full color photos. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "Pakistan's magnificent K2 is known also as 'The savage mountain.' At 28,250 feet it is second only to Everest in height but first in difficulty to climb, endowed with the worst weather in the Himalaya. Five times, SAmerican mountaineers had tried to climb this mountaijmn, and failed. Five men had died in these attempts. This is the story of the year that the Americans took care of their unfinished business. In 1978, under the leadership of Everest-veteran Jim Whittake (himself trying K2 for the second time), fourteen men and women set out with a common goal: to work together to get somebody -- anybody -- to the top of K2.". INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Good dust jacket. vii, 305pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 7.5 X 1.25 X 10.25 inches. 301 pages. Signed by James Whittaker on title pages. Price clipped dust jacket has light wear to extremities. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.…

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 7.5 X 1.25 X 10.25 inches. 301 pages. Inscribed (upside down) by Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, James W. Whittaker, and Dianne Roberts on the rear free endpaper - otherwise, the interior is clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Mild shelf wear. Some rubbing wear to dust jacket along edges, corners, and spine ends . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Unread. Signed by photographer Diane Roberts and climbing team of Craig Anderson, Jim Wickwire and James W. Whittaker on front free page. Inscribed to John Kiely. Price clipped DJ with shelf wear.

Hard Cover. Condición: F-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. First Edition. F-/VG. 4to. original black boards (tiny red 'tick' to FFE, trifling marks) in dustwrapper (rubbed & creased, some fraying, small tape repair); pp. [viii (last blank)], 302 (last blank) + 2p. pubs. advts, with colour plates, 2 maps & a diagram. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate R33].…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author/climber Rick Ridgeway on title page; rubbing to jacket corners and edges else a tight clean unmarked copy in unclipped mylar-wrapped dust jacket; first printing with no later statements; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover, 301 pages. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Acceptable. First Edition. Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.?First Edition. Bumping to boards and to bottom of outer spine. Light soiling to text block. Scuffing to boards. Gilding on outer spine. Light age wear to front and back paste-downs and to text block. Significant reading, handling and shelf wear to dust jacket. Heavy creasing and scuffing to dust jacket. Age wear and chipping to dust jacket. Missing piece of dust jacket, top outer spine. Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. A handsome edition in Fine condition in a Very Good- dust-jacket with rubbing, soiling and some open tears; Rick Ridgewayâs account of his extraordinary ascent of K2, the worldâs second-highest mountain, is a riveting tale of adventure and endurance. Ridgeway and his team of climbers set out from the base of the mountain in May of 1995, just a few months after a failed attempt by another team. They battled extreme conditions and tremendous altitude-loss on their way to the summit, finally reaching it on July 8, 1996. Ridgewayâs account of his experiences on K2 is both heartbreaking and inspiring.; 4to; 301 pages.…

ISBN 0-89886-007-5. Hardback. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Near fine hardcover in good only dust jacket. The dust jacket has some wear and closed tears. On the front fly, SIGNED byJohn Roskelley, Jim Wickwire, Jim Whittaker and Diane Roberts. No other marks inside.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In pictorial jacket, 4to, 301pp. Illustrated. The book inscribed and Signed By four Expedition Members: Diane Roberts; James Whittaker; Jim Wickwire and Craig Anderson. (light shelfwear to jacket extremities, short nick to upper jacket edge). Photographs By Dianne Roberts; Craig Anderson; Et al. (ilustrador).…