9780340556023 - Everest Reconnaissance: The First Expedition of 1921: The First Expedition, 1921 von Bury, Charles Howard; Mallory, George Leigh (6 Ergebnisse)

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

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one lower page corner, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 254pp. The story of the first expedition to climb the slopes of Everest which started the lengthy process towards eventual success thrity-two years later. Following the death of one member of the party and the retirement through illness of another, the bulk of the work of testing the mountain's defences was left to two men, George Mallory and Guy Bullock. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F. First Thus. F/F. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. 254, with 12 illustrations & 2 maps. A fine copy. [Neate H120 (for original edition): The author led the expedition. This book and the two others recounting the stories of the 1922 and 1924 expeditions form a very handsome record of the courage and daring of the early Everesters].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. No signatures. No tears or chips to dust wrapper. Minor rubbing to edges of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 254 pages including 2 full page maps + plates. Blue papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. This work was originally published in 1922. This new 1991 edition has 17 pages of previously unpublished extracts from the diary of Charles Howard-Bury, which includes accounts of the expedition's moves "to obtain the approval of the Dalai Lama; [and] the part played by the Government of India and Sir Charles Bell, its British Agent at Gangtok" - page 7. There is also a new foreword by Lord Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine. "In 1920 Howard-Bury went to Tibet at the request of Sir Francis Younghusband in order to set in training the wooing of the Dalai Lama for permission for a British expedition to travel through his country to Everest." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo.