Charles Gos (266 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Edgewear and tear to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition in English (published in French in 1940). Hardcover, blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches, 282 pp., glossary, index, maps, half-tone plates. Good (substantial sunning, spine; pages unmarked and binding strong and square). No dustjacket. (K043).

Paper bound. Very good condition. ?] 186p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First English Edition. 282 pages, 13 tail-pieces by Edward Whymper, 6 sketch maps, 35 half-tone plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Browning to cloth at top of boards. A couple large chips and long tears to jacket.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First U.S. Edition. George Allen and Unwin, 1948, First US Edition, 8vo, 282 pages. Photos, illustrations, hard cover edition bound in a blue cloth, no dust jacket. Inscription on front endpage, else book very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Price-clipped. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Shelf/Edgewear. Dust jacket is very good.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 282 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Broché = Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third Edition (revised). THIRD EDITION REVISED. Original paper covers with illustration on front cover. Book covers have edge wear with loss at the corners of the rear cover, some creasing along length of spine. The binding is solid and not broken (pages are sewn). There is some age embrowning of pages but not bad. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages. Book measures 228mm tall x 144mm, and has 304 pages, 34 b/w photo plates, bibliography. Text is in french. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Condition: Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly stained & soiled, with the spine darkened. 186 pages. There is light creasing to the front edges of the pages in the first half of the book, with soiling to the crease on page 17. Good. From the library of arts consultant and mountain climber George Alan Smith with his signature on the front endpaper and his underlining in the first paragraph of the text.A title in "Collection Montagne", a series of previously unpublished or untranslated works on mountaineering. The text is in French.

Broché. Condition: Bon Etat. 309 pp. Format: 12x19 - Collection "Montagne".

Broché. Condition: Bon Etat. 309 pp. Format: 12x19 - Collection "Montagne".

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon Etat. 2eme Edition. 187 pp.Format: 12x18.5 -.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First UK Edition. 282pp with b/w photos - blue cloth - preliminary pages and content edges lightly foxed - dustwrapper is moderately rubbed and soiled - wear and chipping to edges with several short tears and a few small losses including head/foot of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 224pp. Translated from the French by Malcolm Barnes. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 286 pp. This copy belonged to Comtesse Philippa von Courten (1926-1946). She died in a skiing accident in Valais in the Swiss alps. The front free blank is signed by Philippa with a poem and has a personal, pencil note by her mother. Philippa had lent her copy to the sister of the author, Charles Gos. It was returned to her mother by Emile Gos ( Charles' brother) with a note on his photography business card about the return. Also included is a copy of En Confidence a 4 pp. revue with an article on Charles Gos. This isan Alpinist's treasure. Front cover detached, chipped. spine edges rubbed. Interior clean, untrimmed. Signed by Author(s). Book.

hardcover. Translated from the French by Malcolm Barnes. illus. 8vo, cloth; (spine ends slightly worn). London: George Allen and Unwin, (1948).

Condition: New. In.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine ends bumped and worn; top edge of rear board split along joint approx. two inches. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: Algún defecto. 268. La lucha entre el hombre por conquistar las más altas y peligrosas cimas de la Tierra está jalonada de hitos trágicos constituidos por la dramática aventura de quienes perdieron su vida al intentar conseguir lo que hasta entonces parecía ser un paraíso prohibido. español.

Albert Gos (illustrator). Presentation copy. almost FINE condition - a little shelf wear. 12 illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First English Language Edition. 8vo. x, 282 + 32 illus. pages. Translated from the French by Malcolm Barnes: First English Edition, 1948. Not Price Clipped. Inked inscription on ffep. 2" rectangle chip across top edge spine dj with an continuing chipped line along top edge rear panel, some loss to corners bottom edge spine, and fading to same. Faded top and bottom edge cloth of spine, and some additional partial fading to spine corners and top edge rear board. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 5.75" x 8.75". Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Size: Octavo. Book.

Condition: Fair. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is darkened & lightly creased & chipped. There are tears to the head & tail of the spine and the rear wrap is detached. 314 pages. There is a small stain to the fore-edge. The contents are very good. Fair. From the library of the Alpine Club with the club's stamp on the front wrap, half-title and title, purchased from arts consultant and mountain climber George Alan Smith. A typed slip mounted on the half title states: "Presented by Sydney Spencer, Esq. 1944."A title in "Collection Montagne", a series of previously unpublished or untranslated works on mountaineering. The text is in French.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hardback, first English edition, a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust wrapper that is torn with some loss at top edge of front panel and to head and foot of spine, now enclosed in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, b&w illustrations, plates, 282pp.

Wraps. Tan paper wraps, color illustration of the Matterhorn paste down on front cover, 12 mo, 40 pp. "Avec 27 reproductions de vieilles estampes et de tableaux modernes. " Slight creases to covers, no marks in book, binding solid. Book condition VG. Binding: Wraps.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First U.K Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 224pp. Translated from the French by Malcolm Barnes.

Hard. Condition: Good-. First printing. Good-. Lacking dust jacket. Ex-boots library copy - usual stamps and markings.