ISBN: 9780898860078 - last step: the american ascent of k2 (29 resultados)

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

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.…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Congratulations! Your purchase will help save books from the landfill. All pages and cover are intact. Spine may show signs of shelf wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "from the library" of labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media. Please let us know if you are unhappy with your purchase for any reason.…

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: 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: Acceptable. Dust jacket shows significant wear, including chipping and small tears at the head and tail of the spine and along the top edges. The black jacket surface has some rubbing and light scratching. The hardcover binding beneath is secure. Internally, the pages are clean and the title page features a personalized inscription and signature in blue ink. No library markings or other stamps are present. worn with chipping and small tears at edges.…

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: 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: 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.…

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.…

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: Ridgeway was one of three to reach the summit without oxygen in 1978].…

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.

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.…

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).…

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0898860075. Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Signed by photographer Diane Roberts and climbing team of Bill Summer, Craig Anderson, Jim Wickwire and Jim Whittaker on front end paper. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dust jacket with several small closed tears repaired with clear tape; minor wear to corners and edges; slight rubs to edges of spine; $25.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket; Good to Very Good condition. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Signed by Illustrators.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+ Small 4to hardcover in VG+ brodart covered dj, 1st edition, 301p,illus w photos, mark-free clean and tight with light general wear, SIGNED by Jim Whitaker at his prelude and SIGNED by author Ridgeway on tp, no inscriptions, The story of the 1978 American K2 Expedition. Signed by Author(s).…

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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mountaineers Press, 1980 First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover. Near fine Book in Very Good DJ. Not price clipped. Boldly Signed on title page by, Jim Whittaker, Jim Wickwire (1st American to summit K2), John Roskelley, Craig Anderson, and Dee Molenaar ( the book contains several of his illustrations. Rare Copy of an historic Book. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.