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197360057London:: Victor Gollancz. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0575003472 . Black and white photographs. Fourth impression. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Victor Gollancz, hardcover books
1976Embry 91085Random House 1976. First U.S. edition. Fine with a bit of sunning to edges in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Color photos. Random House, 1976. First U.S. edition. unknown books
19822962London:: Hodder and Stoughton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0340265140 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a W. W. Norton label on the rear flap. . Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover books
198278062London:: Hodder and Stoughton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0340265140 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with a W. W. Norton label on the rear flap. . Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover books
1987Embry 162317Viking 1987. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Viking, 1987. First U.S. edition. unknown books
1973289741New York.: Stein and Day. 1973. 1st edition. Blue cloth gilt spine title. . Very good in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and chipping. . 24x15.5 cm. . Signed “Best Wishes Ch Bonington†on the title page. Stein and Day. hardcover books
198467194NY:: Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 039301875X . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First American edition. Small green star stamped on front paste-down else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Norton, hardcover books
2000111347London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000. First edition of this work by Bonington and Clarke. Octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association. The authors describe their attempt to reach the peak of Sepu Kangri a daunting mountain deep in central Tibet Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover books
1992Embry 134356Hodder & Stoughton 1992. First edition first printing. Slight lean to spine else fine in near fine price clipped dust jacket with a very short closed tear in mylar cover. Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. First edition, first printing. unknown books
197140952NY:: McGraw-Hill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0070064903 . Color photographs. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.; 334 pages . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
199252345London:: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0563209186 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First British edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover books
19764500New York: Random House 1976 First American edition. Foreword by Lord Hunt. xiv 2 303pp. Numerous color photographs. Glossary index. Cloth-backed boards. Thin fade line at top edge of boards else a fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Thrilling account of the 1975 climb of the towering South West Face of Everest. Bonington draws on first-hand accounts of his fellow climbers and vividly portrays the tensions emotions and tragedy of this most spectacular ascent in the history of climbing. Includes sixty-four pages of full-color photographs. Neate: 96. Random House hardcover books
19824471London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1982 First edition. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with mostly color and black & white photographs; maps Cloth. A very fine copy with unclipped pictorial dust jacket. The main Himalayan chain of the unexplored mountains of Tibet and Chinese Central Asia is now open to foreigners. The British Mount Kongur expedition was the first to be allowed into China. This excellent work discusses the expedition that conquered the summit. The author was part of the 4 man expedition. Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. hardcover books
1993111326London: Diadem Books 1993. First edition of this work by the legendary mountaineer. Quarto original cloth illustrated. Association copy inscribed by the author to fellow explorer Steve Fossett on the half-title page "To Steve Fellow adventurer and mountaineer who has achieved so much on land at sea and in the air. Warm good wishes Chris." From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association copy linking these two pioneering explorers. In this work Chris Bonington recounts his participation in many mountain climbing expeditions from Great Britain and the Alps to the Himalayas and describes how mountaineering has changed over the years. Diadem Books hardcover books
198243639NY:: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0517546965 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First American printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Clarkson N. Potter, hardcover books
2000111431London: Casell and Company 2000. First edition of this work by Bonington. Quarto original cloth illustrated endpapers illustrated throughout. Signed by Chris Bonington on the half-title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example with noted provenance. One of the world's leading mountaineers celebrates twenty of the great adventures of the twentieth century in a richly illustrated volume that ranges from an account of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon to a chronicle of Sir Edmund Hillary's conquest of Everest. Casell and Company hardcover books
1986111631London: Hodder & Stoughton 1986. First edition of this work by Bonington. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1973111571London: Victor Gallancz 1973. First edition of the second volume in Bonington's autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Signed by Chris Bonington on the title page. From the library of James Stephen "Steve" Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days 8 hours and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation's highest award the Gold Medal of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert between Nevada and California. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A nice association. The Next Horizon the second volume in Chris Bonington's autobiography after I Chose to Climb picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer photographer journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including Doug Scott and Don Whillans throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity thrill and discovery. The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the Central Tower of Paine. Bonington then recounts his ascents across the globe; from the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland the Eiger in Switzerland to Sangay in Ecuador to name but a few. He concludes in the summer of 1972 with preparations for his ambitious autumn Everest expedition. Victor Gallancz hardcover books
1332239900.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0265274915.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2001Q-1560253150Da Capo Press 2001-05-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Da Capo Press paperback
196646380Gollancz 1966. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco sides with git frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with an ice-axe motif gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker dustwrapper panels mounted on new and separate leaves at front custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. An elegant copy of author's first book. Includes his first major Scottish climb in 1953 the first British ascent of the Eigerwand first steps in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. Neate 90. Gollancz, hardcover
197330753Gollancz 1977-1973-1986. 3 vols. 8vo. Mixed Impressions with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; cloth blue/brown/blue respectively gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First volume with personal armorial bookplate on front free endpaper. The trilogy comprises: I Chose to Climb sixth impression 1977 The Next Horizon first impression 1973 and The Everest Years first impression 1986. Neate 90 94 first and second volumes respectively. Gollancz, hardcover
20162009277<p>Original pictorial wraps. Illus. Author's presentation copy to Hamish MacInnes. Warmly incribed.</p> Vertebrate paperback
63143786National Geographic Society pp. 352 . Hardback. Used. National Geographic Society hardcover
