Richard burdsall (16 Ergebnisse)

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

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

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. p. 1- 176. Some articles: Long Beach earthquake; A recent survey in Little Tibet (40 pages, several b/w illustrations and a large coloured map of the Eastern Karakoram); white settlement in Saba Island, Dutch West Indies; the population of the Malay Peninsula; Murray River basin; An Eskimo discovery of an island North of Alaska; Discovery of a new sketch of Cape Hudson in the Antarctic; Altitude and location of Minya Konka; and other articles.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. xv, 272 pages, endpaper maps, 7 other maps, frontispiece and many b/w illustrations. The dust wrapper is price clipped, chipping at the top of the spine, lacking 1-2cm at the bottom of the spine and a piece on the back.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original purple cloth boards with blue title lettering to spine,in the rare Dust-Jacket graded Good that has a few small chips and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrappe.The outer boards are a little marked towards the head of spine.Not price clipped.This copy has No previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No loose leaves.Illustrated profusely with a Frontispiece and a further 46 photographic illustrations with eight maps and charts including maps as endpapers.There are further contributions from Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and the dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Very rare title in it's original dust-wrapper One of the great saga's of 20th century climbing began in 1930 when a rather eccentric globetrotter Joseph Rock surrveyed a remote stretch of mountains in Szechwan and declared the peak Minya Konka,the highest peak in the world with a height of over 30,000 feet.This claim needed to be verified,and the mountain needed to be climbed so then the book is the extraordinary tale of a small team of four climbers who reached the summit in 1932.With additional contributions by climbers Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.8vo 272pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1935] Neate page 99 [134].…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. xxx, 324 pages. Map. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography and Literature References. Scuff inside the front cover. Some cover wear. Signed and inscribed by contributor Terris Moore on the title page. The inscription reads "For Charles Herzfeld with all good wishes from the undersigned T.M. Terris Moore". This is believed to be the Charles Maria Herzfeld (June 29, 1925 February 23, 2017) who was an Austrian-born American scientist and scientific manager, particularly for the US Government. He is best known for his time as Director of DARPA, during which, among other things, he personally made the decision to authorize the creation of the ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet. Prologue by Terris Moore. Terris Moore (April 11, 1908 November 7, 1993) was an explorer, mountaineer, light plane pilot, and the second president of the University of Alaska. His most famous climb, the first ascent (with Richard Burdsall) of Minya Konka, a 24,790 foot peak in Sichuan, China. Their small party also carefully surveyed the peak and settled a controversy about its height. In making the ascent the summit pair climbed thousands of feet higher than any other Americans had previously. Bhupesh Ashar writing for the Himalayan Journal, "A remarkable compilation of their unique expedition that describes their [four-person] travel through China, their exploration and the climb of Minya Konka at 24,900 ftthe first ascent of the mountain [Minya Konka]." This book tells the story of a four-person climbing party that made it to the top of the Minya Konka in 1932. The team consisted of Richard Lloyd Burdsall, Arthur B. Emmons, Terris Moore, and Jack T. Young. In 1932, when Burdsall, and company climbed Minya Konka, it was the second-highest mountain climbed to date. Burdsall's first real mountain climb was in 1933 to the top of Minya Konka in western China, then the second highest mountain to have been climbed. On this great expedition, one of the finest ever to go to the Himalayas, Dick shared the work with Arthur B. Emmons III and Terris Moore, two of the outstanding American climbers of the day. Mount Gongga, also known as Minya Konka and colloquially as "The King of Sichuan Mountains", is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It has an elevation of 24,790 ft above sea level. This makes it the third highest peak in the world outside of the Himalaya/Karakoram range, after Tirich Mir and Kongur Tagh, and the easternmost and most isolated 23,000 ft peak in the world. It is situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, between Dadu River and Yalong River, and is part of the Hengduan mountainous region. From it comes the Hailuogou glacier. The peak has large vertical relief over the deep nearby gorges. A properly equipped American team composed of Terris Moore, Richard Burdsall, Arthur B. Emmons, and Jack T. Young returned to the mountain in 1932 and performed an accurate survey of the peak and its environs. Their summit altitude measurement agreed with Imhof's figure of 24,900 ft. Moore and Burdsall succeeded in climbing to the summit by starting on the west side of the mountain and climbing the Northwest Ridge. This was a remarkable achievement at the time, considering the height of the mountain, its remoteness, and the small size of the group. In addition, this peak was the highest summit reached by Americans until 1958 (though Americans had by that time climbed to higher non-summit points). The book written by the expedition members, Men Against The Clouds, remains a mountaineering classic. Revised Edition [Stated] Presumed first printing thus. [The original edition was published in 1935].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 272; photo. illusts., sketch maps, map endpapers; good in the original purple cloth, in original d.-w., which is frayed with some loss to head and tail of spine, cloth beneath consequently sunned. "This Chinese Peak (24,892 ft) at the extreme eastern end of the Himalaya was climbed by a small American party in 1932 and was the second highest peak ever climbed at that date. It remained the highest peak climbed by Americans until 1958" (Neate).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition, 1939. Compelling story of this expedition illustrated in black and white from photographs taken expedition members. Red cloth, map endpapers, no dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers and other lettering on spine in white ink, spine a little faded, good hinges, sound text block, school library stamps on front free endpaper and half-title, "donated by" bookplate inside front cover, no patrons pocket on rear endpapers, gift notation on verso of front free endpaper, private owner red Asian style square stamp on half-title, pages a little age-toned but clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG-. No Jacket. First UK. 8vo. original purple cloth (a little rubbed & bumped, sunning to spine and exposed surfaces, discreet splitting to cloth at headcap, spotting to outer leaves and edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to half-title; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi (last blank), 272, with 47 illustrations, inc. a folding panorama, & 8 maps. A very good copy. [Neate B213: This Chinese peak (24,982 ft) at the extreme eastern end of the Himalaya was climbed by a small American party in 1932 and was the second highest peak ever climbed at that date. It remained the highest peak climbed by Americans until 1958. Burdsall later died of exposure descending Aconcagua].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 319. Original publishers red cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Neat name on half title page, slight foxing in the preliminaries and two slightly distracting stamps on the title page (from a reader of the Sunday Times), otherwise very good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Small hardback copy (5x3inch) in dark grey decorated cloth boards, gold gilt lettering and decoration to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 168pp. Gold gilt page edges. Not library copy, ink name and date of 1850 to reverse ffep, stains to endpapers. (46/2).

First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 381 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet, about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth (spine faded, spots of discoloration along rear joint), gilt spine title (dull). (#8421).…

Cloth. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition (stated). 292 numbered pp HB. Pages clean, ivory, tight, map front eps, photo frontis (Minya Konka); a.e. lt tanned, aboiut 1/4 of pp have narrow dampstain at b.e. Cover: gray, navy ruling and device front, gilt titles to black spine block, modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, sm tear to tail. Classic tale of man against nature.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. First UK. VG/VG-. 8vo. original purple cloth (a little rubbed with sunning at spine ends, spotting to outer leaves and edges) in dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net (rubbed & a little frayed, chipping to top edge of lower panel and a little to spine ends, tape repairs on reverse, slight toning to spine); pp. xvi (last blank), 272, with 47 illustrations, inc. a folding panorama, & 8 maps. A very good copy in a torn but presentable jacket. [Neate B213: This Chinese peak (24,982 ft) at the extreme eastern end of the Himalaya was climbed by a small American party in 1932 and was the second highest peak ever climbed at that date. It remained the highest peak climbed by Americans until 1958. Burdsall later died of exposure descending Aconcagua].…

First British edition (first published in the United States the previous year). 8vo. 319 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet , about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth, silver-stamped spine title. (#7864). …

Original Plum Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 319 pages, 34 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. This book is SIGNED directly on the short title page by Robert H. Bates, one of the authors of this book. In two hands - "To Nicholas Duff on the occasion of having climbed a certain summit - June 5 1944 - Congratulations Henry T Kingman"; below in Bates hand "Best of luck Nicholas - Robert H. Bates June 10 1942". Needs some research. Book tight and clean though without d/w and spine faded as usual but some light damage to the adjacent plates on pages 146/7 which have at one time been partially stuck together. See scans. No other marks or signatures.…