brig gen bruce (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint of the 1927 first edition. Includes 19*maps and 32*b/w plates. xiv, 264pp. Sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used - Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. 1st Edition. With 25 illustrations. Mountaineering and trekking tales from pre-War Himalayan expiditions. Spine, binding and cover all fine though spine and cover are faded. Contents are clean and there is no inscription though there are a few little stains on the index pages and the outer edges are foxing. 309 pages.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. 2006. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. First Edition. 309 pages. Illustrated. Newly rebound in navy cloth with red and gold title label to spine.

First editions; 3 vols, royal 8vo, x, 356, viii; 339; x, 372 pp., numerous illustrations, some coloured, 7 folding maps (including one folding panorama), original cloth gilt (blue, red, and green respectively), light fade to spine of second work, couple of small areas of discolouration to other vols, very good set. This collection narrates the story of the various British expeditions to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The first expedition in 1921 was led by Lieutenant-Colonel C.K. Howard-Bury. There was a second attempt in 1922 which included George Leigh Mallory who died in the 1924 expedition. Neate H120, B196, N31; Yakushi R213, R214, R215.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original green cloth (mild sunning to spine ends, prev. owner's name to FFE, a few spots to leaf edges and outer leaves, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced 12/6 net (slightly rubbed & marked, a little edge frayed with chip and closed tearing to tail cap, small repairs on reverse, ink stain to rear panel, else most presentable); pp. [viii (last blank), 310 (last blank), with frontispiece + 21 plates. A very good copy in the rare dustwrapper. [Neate B197: Reminiscences of his climbing and exploration, including the 'Alps from end to end' with Conway. Bruce, who served in the Indian Army, made numerous private climbing expeditions in the Himalaya, accompanied Conway in the Karakoram, and Mummery on Nanga Parbat, as well as leading the 1922 and 1924 Everest Expeditions. A.C.President, 1923-5].

First edition. 8vo. ( 227mm. ) Pp. [8], 309. Plates [22] photographs, occasionally two per page. Contents spotted spotted in the margins throughout. Publishers cloth backed boards, sometime rebacked with the original faded backstrip laid down, corners lightly bumped, new endpapers. ' Carping critics are asked to be indulgent to the author, who makes no claim to literary merit ' - from the Author's Note.