alack frank (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gift inscribed and signed by the author and a six page signed letter from the author laid in. Just some light striation to the jacket.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F-. First Edition. nd. [1963]. F-/F-. 8vo. original light blue textured paper boards (slight bumping to fore-corners) in dustwrapper (extremities a trifle rubbed & creased, a few marks); pp. 230 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate A24: Autobiography of New Zealand guide from the Austrian Tyrol, who climbed between the wars].

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Share My Joys : The Frank Alack Story. Publisher: The Dunmore Press Ltd, Palmerston North, 1974. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very good hardback with jacket, minor rubbing to edges. Inscription to verso of half-title page. Bookseller's label inside front board. Jacket has a small closed tear to bottom edge. 23 cm, 220 pp, b&w photo plates. The autobiography of pioneer climber and mountain guide Frank Alack who climbed many of New Zealand's most famous peaks from the Hermitage and Fox Glacier. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Guide Aspiring. SIGNED By Frank Alack, Edited by J. Halbert Millar. Hardback, no inscriptions, very good condition, slight mark to front board, slight tanning and foxing, dust jacket, unclipped, rubbed, scuffed, and tiny tears to edges. Foreword By Sir Edmund Hillary. Published by Oswald-Sealy, New Zealand. No date in book. Remarkable account of Frank Alack, Sir Ed Hillary wrote Alack represents the second generation of NZ mountain guides, who has aptly carried on traditions established by Peter & Alex Graham & cotemporaries. His reputation, toughness independence of thought & love of mountains is apparent in every line of this book, Exploration, mountain climbing, atmosphere of his generation, faces of hardship & discomfort with willingness & fortitude which is much less common. Frank for many years climbed, explored & guided over vast areas in Southern Alps from early 1920s to 1937. Experiences on famous & lesser known peaks & glaciers make absorbing reading, rock & ice climbing, not just a book for climbers & mountaineers only. adventures, & alarms comprehensive, insightful, extremely informative covering wide range & variety great outdoors life, & lots more, illustrated. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First Edition. nd. [1963]. F-/VG. 8vo. original light blue textured paper boards (exposed edges a little faded, prev. owner's name to half-title, else very clean) in dustwrapper (extremities a little worn & creased); pp. 230 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Neate A24: Autobiography of New Zealand guide from the Austrian Tyrol, who climbed between the wars]. Boldly inscribed by Frank Alack on FFE. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 229. Signed presentation copy from the author: "To Dr Yalla. With the compliments of the author." Loosely inserted hand written letter regarding talks to be given in New Zealand, 17.8.64. Also loosely inserted typed two page manuscript for a talk on the subject of encouraging young people to take on expeditions: 'I Want To See Young New Zealanders on The Last Frontier.' Original publisherÕs binding in blue, lettered gilt at spine. Illustrated dust jacket featuring a watercolour painting of a mountain landscape. Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy. Signedes.