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Reliure club ?diteur. 255 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 70 plates on 32, numerous line illustrations (a number full-page) and several full-page maps in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lettering very slightly dulled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at head and tail of backstrip. Hillary's climbing autobiography with Everest 1953 as its climax. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Neate 369
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 70 plates on 32, numerous line illustrations (a number full-page) and several full-page maps in the text, title and following few leaves lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with ice-axe motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [E. P. HILLARY] ON TITLE. Hillary's climbing autobiography with Everest 1953 as its climax. Neate 369.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps coloured in outline; original grey tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in red, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61, which includes a search for the yeti and an attempt on Makalu. Published a year after the US edition. Neate 371.
8vo., First Edition, with 65 coloured plates on 24, 22 monochrome plates on 8, several maps (a number full-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, title lightly age-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, laid endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Folio, First Edition, with 3 coloured frontispieces, numerous fine coloured photographs, and smaller line illustrations and full-page map in the text, printed endpapers, grey-green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled at edges and with small loss (just affecting lettering) at bottom corner of front panel. SIGNED ON BLANK PRELIMINARY BY EXPEDITION MEMBERS RICHARD EMERSON, THOMAS HORNBEIN, BARRY PRATHER AND JAMES W. WHITTAKER. This is the true first edition. VERY SCARCE THUS. Neate *383.
8vo., Second Impression thus, with numerous coloured plates, neat bookplate on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1965, with the revised edition following in 1971. See Neate *383.
In-8 p., mz. pergamena moderna con ang., titolo ms. al dorso, pp. 415, con numerose tavole fotografiche di vedute, in b.n. e fuori testo, e in fine la cartina della spedizione del 1921, più volte ripieg. L’opera è introdotta da una lunga prefazione di Sir Francis Younghusband, Presidente della “Royal Geographical Society”. Questo interessante resoconto contiene: “Récit de l’expédition - La reconnaissance de la Montagne - Histoire Naturelle - Appendices”. Pagine ingiallite per la qualità della carta, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato.
Paris, Payot, 1929, 23 x 15 cm., varias láminas en papel couché y figuras intercaladas en el texto, 415 págs. - 1 mapa plegado. (Falto de la cubierta original anterior).
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.
Broch?. 175 pages. Cachets.
Broch?. 350 pages. Jaquette.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393.
Bari, Leonardo da Vinci, 1954, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 292 con tav. a col. f.t. (Perret, 2304. 1a edizione italiana - Neate, 393).
In 8, cm 15,5 x 21, pp. 350 con molte tavole fotografiche fuori testo. Intonso. Brossura editoriale con sovraccoperta
Reliure toile. 414 pages.
London, University of London Press, 1962. 8vo tutta tela copertina illustrata, pp. 160 con tav. f.t.
Mm 170x240 Con un capitolo sull'assalto finale di Sir Edmund Hillary. Collana "All'insegna dell'orizzonte - Viaggi e avventure" - Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, 292 pagine con tavole in nero e a colori fuori testo. Modesti segni di usura ai margini della sovraccoperta, ma nel complesso esemplare molto ben conservato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 287 p., maps and b/w photos. Daglarda kirk yil. Fourth Edition. First Edition is 2002. Memoirs of a Turkish mountaineer and the president of the Turkish Mountaineering Federation and the Turkish Skiing Federation. Signed and inscribed by Ülker.
Mm 255x305 Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, xxiii-239 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori. Testo in lingua inglese - english text. Libro in condizioni di nuovo - brand new in original shrink-wrap. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 245x295 Volume nella sua brossura originale con bandelle, xxiii-239 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori. Testo in lingua inglese - english text. Libro in condizioni di nuovo - brand new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Gr. In-8, 363p. Ouvrage mythique relatant la première expédition dans l'Himalaya que l'auteur fit en compagnie notamment d'Aleister Crowley. Illustré de 269 photographies en noir et blancs dans le texte, de 10 planches hors texte reproduites en phototypie, d'une planches panoramique du glacier de Baltoro, de 3 cartes (dont 2 dépliantes) et d'un graphiques des températures dépliant. Tampon de possesseur en page de faux-titre, notes marginales aux pages 148, 170, 187 et 337. Sinon dans l'ensemble, très bel exemplaire.
Autori: Jacques Vigne.