Albert Eggler (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST USA EDITION. Original blue boards, silver lettering spine. EX-LIBRARY. LACKING the dust jacket. LACKING the title page!! The book has library stamp on bottom of text block, stamp on FFEP and old owner name, all photo and text pages present, good reading copy. This book has 222 pages, 31 b/w photos, color frontispiece, 2 maps, 1 route diagram, index. The leader's account of the Swiss expedition that in 1956 made the 1st ascent of Lhotse (8511m by Ernst Reiss & Fritz Luchsinger via Geneva Spur & the Reiss Rinne) & made 2nd & 3rd ascents of Everest (2nd by Jürg Marmet & Ernst Schmied, 3rd by Hansrudi von Gunten & Dölf Reist ). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. vi, 222p, ills, map. A very nice, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. CLEAN COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. English Translation. "The story of the Swiss expedition of 1956" to Mount Everest and Lhotse. With 24 pages of photographs and color frontispiece. Book has minor wear/marks; dust jacket has moderate edge wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, area of loss and toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Op. Exterior mildly soiled w/ one pea-sized scrape to spine cloth. Otherwise vg+ condition (no dj). 222 pp. Numerous illus.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. G/No Dustjacket. ca 1956. . Cloth. 8vo., 222 pp., dj torn edges and spine, toned, rubbed, cover slightly stained, pages toned . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. The leader of the Swiss team of mountaineers who, in 1952, had been the first team to lay out a route to within a few hundred feet of the top of Mount Everest (with the Brits making the first ever summit there the following year), here describes his team's third expedition in 1956, along with their ascent of the heretofore unclimbed summit, Lhotse. Hardcover 8vo has blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine, in 222 pages + 24 pages of black-and-white photos throughout & a color frontispiece. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing (undated, c. 1957), this is from a single sportsman's library & in VG+ condition: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning. Former owner has made some neat pen notations in chpt. IV & on page 91 concerning dates; else unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $4.50 price intact) is VG-: clean & bright, with mild rubbing & small chips/areas of insect damage. Small pen notation on back cover; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 222 pp. The lower fore-corner of the front cover is bumped; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is lightly rubbed at the head and foot of the spine. Translated by Hugh Merrick. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. clean and tight first edition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black and white photographs, color frontispiece. Translated by Hugh Merrick. A later printing. Very good in a very good (two large chips, age toning) dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright but has some faint spotting to the endpapers. Good DJ but has some toning and spotting. Gift message to endpaper.

8vo. 222 pp. Colour frontisp., 24 black & white photo illustrations. Blue boards, silver lettering (very slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. (slight dustsoiling, very slight foxing back cover), VG/VG- copy. First edition of this account of the 1956 ascent by the Swiss of Everest, and then Lhotse, fourth highest in the world afterwards.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1957. First Published. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Slight loss to front free endpaper. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 222 pp. Illustrated with 24 pages of photographs. Translated by Hugh Merrick. Photos available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen.

hardcover. 1957 First Edition. 224pp, original blue cloth, sunning to spine, owner's signature, VG in colour photocopy of original dw. The story of the Swiss Expedition of 1956. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Corner unclipped, some light wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges a little creased and a couple of small nicks, a small rip on inner fold of front cover2cm, edges of back cover a little grubby, some light wear to covers and spine, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, previous owners name on top right corner of front end paper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST UK EDITION. Excellent condition in fine DJ that has just a tiny bit of rubbing at the spine ends, no tears, no chips, clean. The book is clean and fine with old owner name penned to top of FFEP, no other marks or writing, no foxing, tight binding. Original tan boards, black lettering spine. This book has 222 pages, 31 b/w photos, color frontispiece, 2 maps, 1 route diagram, index. The leader's account of the Swiss expedition that in 1956 made the 1st ascent of Lhotse (8511m by Ernst Reiss & Fritz Luchsinger via Geneva Spur & the Reiss Rinne) & made 2nd & 3rd ascents of Everest (2nd by Jürg Marmet & Ernst Schmied, 3rd by Hansrudi von Gunten & Dölf Reist ). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.…

Condition: Good. 1957. First Published. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Insect damage to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First English. 8vo. original blue cloth (spine & cloth edges faded & stained, with split in cloth at headcap, discrete bookseller's label at foot of FFE, occ. spots to leaf edges, otherwise clean internally); pp. 222, [2 (colophon, pubs. advts)], with 24 plates, 2 maps & a diagram. A good copy. [Neate E11: Swiss Ascent of Everest and first ascent of Lhotse].…

Condition: New.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description: [vi], 222 p., [25] p. of plates : ill., plates, maps ; 23 cm. Subjects; Swiss expedition 1956. Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Mountaineering Lhotse (China and Nepal). Himalaya (Mountains, Asia) Everest Lhotse. 1 Kg.…

1st. Very Good pp224. cold. frontis. 24 plates. sketch map. Walt Unsworth's copy. pc dw.