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Price: US$541.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Very large thick 8vo. xvi, 240pp. Frontis. + 33 photogravure plates, + numerous ills. in text with four large folding panoramas and two folding maps, both coloured, at rear. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine and on front cover on darker green section. Very decent clean VG+ copy, very faint discolouration at spine, one corner very slightly bumped, occasional very slight foxing to text. Contempary newscutting about the climbing Duke pasted to the front pastedown ('Adventures in th Mountains of the Moon.') 'A book that usually turns up in poor state. Most copies of this edition are found rebound or rebacked (or with contents shaken loose) due to the fragile nature of the gutta percha used in the original binding.' Leslie Hindman.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$553.95 + shipping
Description: xvi, 240pp, 34 plates, 117 illusts, panoramas, maps, original decorative green boards, a couple of minor blemishes to boards, professionally recased, t.e.g., strengthened internally, small private bookplate, VG. Narrated by Filippo De Filippi, Illustrated by Vittorio Sella and translated by Signora Linda Villari with the author's supervision. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United Kingdom
Price: US$562.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 241 pages; Expertly recased with light rubbing and wear to covers. Folding maps and plates bound into the rear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: xvi, 240pp, 34 plates, 117 illusts, panoramas, maps, original decorative green boards, professionally recased with new spine and original relaid, t.e.g., corner tips worn, wear to base of boards, a strong secure copy, VG. An attractive copy. Narrated by Filippo De Filippi, Illustrated by Vittorio Sella and translated by Signora Linda Villari with the author's supervision. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United Kingdom
Price: US$637.69 + shipping
Description: xvi, 240pp, 34 plates, 117 illusts, panoramas, maps, original decorative green boards, new green leather spine with gilt titling, t.e.g., an exceptionally clean copy with only a tiny amount of foxing, small tears to map, VG+. A very scarce title indeed. Narrated by Filippo De Filippi, Illustrated by Vittorio Sella and translated by Signora Linda Villari with the author's supervision. The first of three very important and successful expeditions masterminded by the Duke of the Abruzzi. De Filippi was an Italian surgeon, scholar and mountain traveller, and the official recorder of the Duke's expeditions. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United Kingdom
Price: US$766.52 + shipping
Description: 1st. Near Fine- pp241. frontis., port. Vittorio Sella 32 photogravure plates, illus., 4 fold. panoramic views and 2 fold. maps. rebound. original green cloth gilt relaid. t.e.g.
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$837.37 + shipping
Description: First edition, trade. Very large thick 8vo. xvi, 240pp. Frontis. (detached, but present) + 33 photogravure plates, + numerous ills. in text with four large folding panoramics and two folding maps, both coloured, at rear. Original green cloth gilt, extremities worn and rubbed, with head of spine very frayed, slightly affecting title piece, e/ps. browned, armorial bookplate, 4 inch tear to larger map. Some pages and plates coming loose, some occ. foxing o/w a VG copy of an extremely scarce item.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in green cloth to resemble the original binding with original front cover title patch cleanly mounted in original position on front cover and original spine patches similarly mounted. Overall nice condition. Tight binding with no loose pages (the text block has been sewn into page gatherings = the stitching shows at the start/end of each gathering --> see photo). Gift inscription on front pastedown. No other former owner writing or marks in book. Based on the inscription, this book was given to Smoke Blanchard prior to his 1964 expedition to Mt St Elias, possibly by Vin Hoeman, beloved climber & mountaineering historian who perished in an avalanche on the 1969 Dhaulagiri expedition along with 6 others, though the "Love Always" seems a bit melodramatic. Smoke Blanchard's St Elias expedition was a 4-man venture starting at sea level. They did not reach the summit. There is foxing on several pages, mainly those opposite photo plates or a the page gathering ends. NOT ex-library. No dampstaining. Pages are clean and flat (not wavy as often happens with this book). Complete with all plates, panoramas and maps. The book measures 27cm tall x 19cm, and has 241 pages, 34 b/w plates, 2 folding color maps, 4 folding half-tone panoramas, 117 halftone text ills, 6 appendices, bibliography. This is the classic account of the first ascent of Mt. St. Elias in Alaska. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$869.58 + shipping
Description: 1st. Very Good pp241. frontis., port. 32 photogravure plates, illus., 4 fold. panoramic views and 2 fold. maps. rebound. original green cloth gilt and sp. relaid. t.e.g.
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$1133.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial bookplate of Andrew Rugg-Gunn. Publishers blind presentation stamp on title page with the price of the book written in ink on the top of the title page. Presumably a review copy. Some foxing to pages and page edges. Publishers two tone green cloth lightly rubbed at the edges and corners. Top edges gilt. Generally a lovely copy of this impressive work. All the plates and maps are present. 241 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom