No signatures. A couple of 5mm tears at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice clean copy of this title.; 1947 reprint of a title first published in 1943. 222, [2 (blank)] pages + plates. Black cloth boards with pale blue lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 198 x 131mm. Mountaineering. "In 'Upon That Mountain,' Eric Shipton, the famous mountaineer, gives his own account of the ascent of Mount Kenya and the great Everest and Nanda Devi Expeditions which followed." - from dust-jacket blurb. Quotes from 6 reviews of this title on rear panel of dust-jacket. With a 4 page Foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young, Contents: Foreword; The Approach; The Alps; Kenya (1); Kenya (2); Mountains of the Moon; Everest, 1933 (1); Everest, 1933 (2); Large Expeditions; Small Expeditions; Nanda Devi; Everest, 1935, 1936, 1938; Shaksgam (1); Shaksgam (2); Karakoram, 1939. Seller Inventory # 24139

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Title: Upon That Mountain

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1947), London

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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