An account of the author's ascent of Mount Kenya in 1899. Mackinder led a caravan of 176 persons to the summit of the higher of the two peaks. Despite an agreement with William Heinemann, the account has not been published until now. This volume includes additional notes by an English geographer.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. E5 - A hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has some long tears, some scattered wrinkling, chipping, crase, and stains, tanning and shelf wear. Book has some light discoloration and shelf wear. Edited, with an introduction and notes by K. Michael Barbour. 8.75"x5.75", 287 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # ec47560
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. B&w illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. x, 287pp [small address label inside front cover] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 016079
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by K. Michael Barbour. First American edition. Very good in a very good (light damp stain along the base of the rear panel) dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 90240
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Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated, first printing with full number line. A fine copy in a near fine DJ , now protected in archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #504. Seller Inventory # 014471
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Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Halford John Mackinder (1861-1947) decided to prove himself as a traditional 'open-air' geographer by leading an expedition to climb Mount Kenya in 1899. Subsequently he wrote this diary about the ascent, but it was never published. Mackinder's observations range over the fields not only of geology, zoology and botany, but also of anthropology and topography. Seller Inventory # SKU2010028988
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Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Wonderful account. Going up Mt. Kenya was one of the hardest physical weeks of my life. Introduction by K Barbour. pp287. Maps. Diags. Brodarted DW. Seller Inventory # 004407
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