Pp. 240(last blank), 66 coloured plates (14 double page), black & white pictorial endpapers, text illustrations, maps & diagrams, appendices, index; narrow cr. 4to; tiny bump to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, with short closed tear at head of backstrip; bookseller's sticker..... More
Introduction by Tim Cahill. Afterword by David Breashears. Pp. 256, printed in blue & black, illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), appendices, index; med. 4to; black padded art. leather, lettered and ruled in gilt; a.e.g.; ribbon marker; dust wrapper; National Geographic Society, Washington, DC., 1997. First edition..... More
First Conquest of an 8000-metre Peak [26,493 feet]. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. Cartographic and Photographic Documentation by Marcel Ichac. With an Introduction by Eric Shipton. Pp. [ii]+316, coloured frontispiece and 2 plates (one double page), plus 24 monochrome plates, folding panorama of The..... More
The sacred country of the Hindus and Buddhist. With an account of the government, religion and customs of its peoples. With a chapter by T. G. Longstaff, describing an attempt to climb Gurla Mandhata. Pp. xvi+376, photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous text illustrations (many full page), 2 full page..... More
