Adair Capt (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. [At head of title:] The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh.xii, 1-285, [i blank], [ii blank]. Illus. beige pub. cloth binding with black titles. At the head of the title-page is 'The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladash'. Snakeskin patterned end-papers. A fine copy with no inscriptions, marks, wear or fading. This appears to be an early issue of this scarce book with no adverts or folding map bound at the rear. Fore-edge rough cut. Otherwise complete. 24 x 14cms. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.

Illustrated from drawings by the author, photographs, and a map of the route. 285 S. Gr.-8°, Leather. Used, without slipcase, but good condition. / Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, ohne den Schuber, sonst gut erhalten. Five hundred copies for the Asian Series have been printed for John Culler & Sons. This book is number 284. Nachhaltige Buchlieferung - Stabile, plastikfreie Verpackung.

Blue Leather. Condition: Near fine. Limited reprint. Limited edition #228 of 500 copies bound in full leather with gilt letter, gilt page edges, decorative endpapers and ribbon marker that is near fine with just a hint of wear in near fine cloth slipcase showing just a hint of wear as well. 286 pages with index, map, drawings and photos by the author, and Appendix on Central Asia Trade by Capt. S.H. Godfrey. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the Asian hunting series from John Culler.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Cased. Limited Edition of 500. USA: John Culler & Sons, 1994 xii,285 pp with B&W illustrations in text and a bound-in folding map Limited edition of 500 of which this is # 64. A handsome reprint of the 1899 original account of a hunting trip from Srinigar, Kashmir to Baltistan, Leh and southward to the Indus. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Page edges gilt. Bound in blue leather with gold-stamped titles and banded spine, and cased in beige linen. Printed for the subscribers to the Asian Series of classic exploration reprints. Limited Edition of 500. Hard Cover. Fine/Cased. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated; folding map. Pp. xii, 1-285, [286], [2, blank] + 24 [catalogue]. 1 vols. 8vo. "An excellent work of high mountain sport" (Czech). Czech (Asia) pp. 3-4 Tan cloth stamped in black and green, upper board with gilt pictorial vignette, snakeskin textured endsheets. Some wear to extremities, endpapers browned and brittle with some chipping. Bookplate of Duncan Harris to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, booksellers ticket to rear pastedown. Very good Illustrated; folding map. Pp. xii, 1-285, [286], [2, blank] + 24 [catalogue]. 1 vols. 8vo.