Resultados de búsqueda: Mountaineering from Independent Books

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935 292 numbered pp HB. Pages clean, ivory, tight, map front eps, photo frontis (Minya Konka); a.e. lt tanned, aboiut 1/4 of pp have narrow dampstain at b.e. Cover: gray, navy ruling and device front, gilt titles to black spine block, modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, sm tear to tail. Classic tale of man against nature.

London: Nichols Vane, 1967 221 numbered pp; HBw/DJ. Pages clean, bright, tight, blue eps, photo frontis; a.e. a bit sunned. Cover: blue, gilt titles spine, minimal shelfwear. DJ: clipped, glossy black, photo front, white title/text all surfaces, lt edge/shelfwear w/surface chips to edges, tiny closed tears. Lavishly illustrated w/ color and. b/w photo plates.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, INc., 1970 190 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. lt tanned. Cover: med blue boards, gray backstrip, white artwork front/spine, blue/white titles spine; v lt shelfwear, upper backstrip mottled. DJ: unclipped, black, photos front/back, blue titles front/spine, black text back; v lt edge/shelfwear, sm irregular closed tear head, soil to back. Great storytelling, 7 pages of color photos.

New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1975 256 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, map eps, photo frontis, hinges starting in several internal locations. Cover: dk blue, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, front top crnr barely bumped. DJ: unclipped, gray, photo front/back, white titles front, blue titles spine; lt edge/shelfwear w/ sm closed tear and sm chip. Lavishly illustrated b/w and color photos.

College: University of Alaska Press, 1967 202 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative photo eps, t.e. faintly foxed. Cover: gray-blue, navy titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, b.e. crnrs bumped, v sm blue ghost tail. DJ: unclipped, blue, photos front/back, white titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, lt rubbed, sm closed tears. 8 maps. Literature references. Jacket photo of Author in 1942 by Bradford Washburn .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954 128 numbered pp. Pages clean, bright, tight, frontis full page b/w photo; a.e. tanned, PO info lt penciled to title p (erasable). Cover: cream biards, brick spine, brick titles front, reverse titles spine, lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, lt overall soil.

New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. Inc., 1935 320 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue topstain, photo frontis w/tissue guard; a.e. slightly tanned and a bit grubby, front hinge just starting, sm bookstore label front ep, gift inscription inked ffep. Cover: med blue, gilt artwork front, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, sm dimple front f.e. DJ: clipped, blue, sepia photo and white titles front/spine, brown text back; moderate edge/shelfwear w/ sm chips, sm closed tears, a few crinkles, spine a bit faded and well rubbed. "A view of the whole life-story of the winning of mountains, with its emotions as well as its deeds." Mountaineering around the world, 41 collotype reproductions w/tissue guards of various expeditions.

New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc., 1955 300 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative teal eps; a.e. mildly tanned. Cover: black, dull gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems slightly worn. DJ: clipped, white, mountain artwork front/spine, black titles/text front/back, white titles spine; modest edge/shelfwear, w/ sm chips/closed tears. "The reader shares so vividly in a unique experience that he is vicariously on the mountain itself." Personal account of the expedition; 5 maps, 16 drawings, 48 photos.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1956 122 numbered pp. From the collection of the Punjab Religius Book Society in Lahore, their stamp to the ffep the only evidence. Pages clean, bright, tight, , navy topstain, photo frontis (The Eiger); smudge to ffep f.e., f.e. grubby, slightly cocked. Cover: navy, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, slight disoloration to boards and spot to spine. DJ: unclipped, yellow, photo + yellow/white titles front, black titles/text spine/back; moderate edge/shelfwear, sm closed tears and chips. sm hole in center of spine. Forward by Sir John Hunt. Six North Faces.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927 258 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue topstain, photo frontis (Author in 1913); a.e. lt tanned, gift inscription dated year of publication inked ffep, f.e. gouged. Cover: med bluer, lt blue/white artwork front, lt blue titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, sm tear back t.e., 2 crnrs bumped, modest mottling to front board. The first and second British expeditions. 37 photos.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 261 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages clean, bright, generally tight, t.e.g., b.e./f.e. deckled, black eps, photo frontis ("EIN STUCKE" VON MONTE ROSA) w/foxed tissue guard;a.e. lt tanned, first 3 pp shaken and laid in, spatter to front eps, hinges cracked (intact). Cover: blue, black artwork front, gilt titles front/spine, modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, a.e. and spine tanned.

New York: W W Norton & Company Inc., 1949 325 numbered pp; HB. Pages lt grubby, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, lt foxed/grubby, eps a bit grubby. Cover: gray, gilt titles to green spine block, v lt shelfwear, front silverfished, v sm dampstain back crnr. DJ: clipped, white, color photo front, logo back, blck titles front/spine, modest edge/shelfwear w/ sm chips and closed tears, soiled, faint sampstaining.16color plates, 4 appendices.