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8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 45 plates on 32; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. Uncommon account of two women's expeditions to Kulu and Jagdula Himal. Neate 684
Broch?. 219 pages.
Broch?. 219 pages.
USA, 1981, 8vo tutta tela con sovraccopertina, ill. pp. IX-164 e ill. n.t.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934 (may), 8vo tutta tela , pp. XIII-390 con tav. f.t. e una carta rip. in fine. 1a edizione. Neate, 675.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 59 plates on 46 and 7 full-page maps in the text; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-browned and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Written from a Japanese POW camp at Singapore, Russell's classic account records summer camps with New Zealand pioneer A.P.Harper, experiences in Jan Mayen and the Arctic, and an expedition to the Karakoram-Himalaya under Shipton. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate R98.
In-8 p., tela editoriale figurata in blu e oro (picc. spacco al dorso), di pp. XIX,(3),407; al risg. anteriore è riprodotta una cartina geografica relativa alla “Main route of expedition through India, Sinkiang, Altai, Mongolia and Tibet”; con un ritratto di Nicholas Roerich all’antiporta e ben illustrato f.t. da 19 tavole in b.n. che riproducono scene dipinte dall’A. In fine un interessante glossario. "Prima edizione". Diario di viaggio suddiviso in 12 parti: “India (1924) - Sikhim (1924) - Pir-Panzal (1925) - Ladak (1925) - Lamayuru-Hemis (1925) - Leh-Karakorum-Khotan (1925) - Khotan (1925) - Takla Makan-Karashahr (1926) - Karashahr-Dzungaria (1926) - Altai (1926) - Mongolia (1926-1927) - Tibet (1927-1928)”. Firma di apparten. al frontespizio, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato.
Washington, 1895, 8vo tutta tela , pp. 669/747 con 52 tav. fot. f.t.
Brossura in 8°, cm 21x27, pp. 102 con con moltissime illustrazioni fotografiche nel testo. Introduzione del Capo-spedizione Dr. Ed. Wyss - Dunant. In lingua francese. Buone condizioni.
Editions de la Martinière, 2019. In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur de 315 pages illustrées. Très bon état
pp. (1) [Publisher's catalogue], vii, 304, 22 [Publisher's catalogue], (1) + Plus Frontis and full page drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Age stained. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Gilt decorated and lettered spine. Binding soiled and worn. Hardbound. Captain Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) was an Irish-born novelist, adventurer and traveler. He lived in the United States from 1840-1849, and served in the Mexican War. Allibone II, 1766-7. TRAVEL/7
8vo., First Edition, text in French, with coloured frontispiece, numerous fine coloured and monochrome plates, and printed endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; pictorial boards, ivory cloth back lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. See Neate *641.
Book and jacket in virtually mint condition. 174pp. The story of the ascent of Everest, what the Sherpa world was like at that time in 1953 and the immense amount of work which Sir Edmund Hillary has done for the indigenous people of this region of the Himalayas since then. Scarce in the UK.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 222 pages. Yellowing pages.
Un saggio sociologico e antropologico sulla popolazione Hunza nell'Himalaya indiano/pachistano.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Trotsky in 1905, Henry V and the City of London, Admiral De Ruyter through English eyes 1607-1676, Almack's and Society - 19th century, Victoria's letters to her Uncle Leopold - King of the Belgians, Ladakh in the Himalayas - barrier or junction and Beresford and his Fighting Cocks 1809 Portugal plus book reviews and letters.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cable ship St. Margarets; Nice photo of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth in 1940; Full-page photo of the German sail training ship Gorch Fock; On the Waterfront; European Commentary; Mersey Tugs 1950-1981; Naval Review; "Himalaya" - a review of the career of the liner that was fondly known as 'the grand old lady of the P & O fleet'; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Still in Steam - St. Margarets - Richard Clammer describes the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service's last cable ship; The Loss of the "Preussen"; Bull Sand Fort - Humber Estuary, by C.A. Waters; New Ship News; Letters; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HM Minesweeper 1609 in 1953. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Roma, 1954, 11 luglio, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 24 de “La Tribuna Illustrata".