Published by Nat Geographic Mag, 1943
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. May, 1943, pp. 625-650, Profusely Illus with BW Photos, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.
Published by Lyons Pr, 2000
ISBN 10: 1585740519 ISBN 13: 9781585740512
Seller: Goodwill Books, Hillsboro, OR, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Signs of wear and consistent use.
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Published by National Geographic Magazine, 1943
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Roads too rough for wheeled vehicles very good condition, SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; very good condition, SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; NOVI005866; pages 6x9-1/2; 25 pages.
Hardback lacking the title page but otherwise complete. The binding is rubbed, the spine has a later tape repair; it is sound. There is some foxing throughout vii + 272 + 26.
Published by T. Woolmer 1884, 1884
Hardback, covers spotted, hinges weak. Some worm damage affecting inner margin first few pages 339 Pages.
Published by National Geographic Magazine, Washington, 1943
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 26 pages, 1 map, several photographs. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Inventory No: 227050. Cosmo Books : 27 years selling on ABE; 27 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by Mountaineers Books, 1980
ISBN 10: 0916890937 ISBN 13: 9780916890933
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2.
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Published by The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1980
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition (expanded). EXPANDED REPRINT 1980 of original 1935 edition. First ascent of Minya Konka with Burdsall and Moore summiting. This 1980 edition has several photos not included in the 1935 edition, plus it has a 30 page epilogue by Terris Moore that is not found in the 1935 edition. In this epilogue Moore provides biographical details about the team members, and he refutes the Chinese claim that the 1932 expedition faked the climb to the summit. PAPERBACK (no hardcover issued for this edition). This book measures 216mm tall x 139mm, and has 66 b/w photos, 5 maps, with new 30 page epilogue by Moore, biblio, index. CONDITION: slight fading spine, minor rubbing to covers, old private owner crimp on bottom corner of short title page, Minya Konka highlighted in yellow on first map (see photo) otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Published by The American Geographical Society of New York, New York, 1934
Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. p. 1- 176. Some articles: Long Beach earthquake; A recent survey in Little Tibet (40 pages, several b/w illustrations and a large coloured map of the Eastern Karakoram); white settlement in Saba Island, Dutch West Indies; the population of the Malay Peninsula; Murray River basin; An Eskimo discovery of an island North of Alaska; Discovery of a new sketch of Cape Hudson in the Antarctic; Altitude and location of Minya Konka; and other articles.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition, 1939. Compelling story of this expedition illustrated in black and white from photographs taken expedition members. Red cloth, map endpapers, no dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers and other lettering on spine in white ink, spine a little faded, good hinges, sound text block, school library stamps on front free endpaper and half-title, "donated by" bookplate inside front cover, no patrons pocket on rear endpapers, gift notation on verso of front free endpaper, private owner red Asian style square stamp on half-title, pages a little age-toned but clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1980
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition (expanded). 1980 EXPANDED REPRINT of original 1935 edition. SIGNED by Terris Moore on title page. Moore wrote the 30 page new epilogue for this book. PAPERBACK (no hardcover issued for this edition). Usual slight fading spine, minor rubbing tips corners, slight crease mark lower front cover corner, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than Moore's signature on title page), solid binding, no foxing. First ascent of Minya Konka with Burdsall and Moore summiting. This 1980 edition has several photos not included in the 1935 edition, plus it has a 30 page epilogue by Terris Moore that is not found in the 1935 edition. In this epilogue Moore provides biographical details about the team members, and he refutes the Chinese claim that the 1932 expedition faked the climb to the summit. This book measures 216mm tall x 139mm, and has 66 b/w photos, 5 maps, with new 30 page epilogue by Moore, bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1935
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo. Pp.xiv, 292. With over sixty illustrations. Endpaper maps show the expedition's route across China from Shanghai to Szechuan and into Tibet. Faint toming to spine, else fine in cloth boards.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. LACKING the rare dust jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering spine. The spine cloth is faded and stained near the top with that stain extending to the upper rear cover. The spine lettering has darkened to brown. Spine ends are frayed with loss at the tips. The word, "morphine", penned on the top of the front pastedown, otherwise there are no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, pages are not stained or marked, the facing photo plates between pages 146 and 147 once had some sticking together (common for this book) and have a 3cm wide area in the upper region where there has been lifting of the photo surface and another similar 1cm area near the lower gutter (see photo), solid binding, complete with all pages and photos/maps, no restorations. Book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. USA edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 47 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. UK edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 33 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. Both have the same (and same number) chapter heading illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Published by London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
First British edition. 8vo. xvi, 272 pp. Publisher's purple cloth, pale blue lettering to the spine, map endpapers, loosely inserted is an illustrated first day cover featuring the signature of Terris Moore, stamped January 1978 in Anchorage, an unrelated early ownership inscription to the half title. Frontispiece and 46 photographic illustrations, some two or more to a page including two folding, plus 7 maps and charts. Covers faded and worn. Neate, *134.
Published by Robert Hale,, London,, 1940
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 319. Original publishers red cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Neat name on half title page, slight foxing in the preliminaries and two slightly distracting stamps on the title page (from a reader of the Sunday Times), otherwise very good.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Loss across top and bottom of jacket with large tear to rear. Some fading to edge. Gift inscription to half title page. 272pp. Foxing to pages and some pages. Black and white illustrations.
Published by John Lane, London, England, 1935
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus / Good Only. First UK Edition. Octavo, 8.75 in x 5.9 in., pp. xv, 272. Illustrated with black and white photographs, fold-out photo of Minya Konka, maps and charts. Purple cloth boards with light blue title to spine. Publisher's Blue topstain. Rubbing to extremities. Light sunning to head and tail of spine. Spotting to fore- and bottom edges. Map endpapers. Light toning to pages. Chips, creases, and several closed tears to dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Richard L. Burdsall (1895-1953), son of Elwood and Louella M. Burdsall, was born at Purchase, New York. After graduation from Swarthmore College in 1917 as a mechanical engineer, he served with the American Friends Service Committee during World War I, and afterwards joined the Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Co., of which his grandfather had been a founder. He served this company until his death. In addition to mountaineering, Dick's wide interests included ornithology, sailing, and the work of the Society of Friends. On one cruise he narrowly escaped death when his boat caught fire from gasoline fumes and was entirely destroyed. His interest in mountaineering developed relatively late, for Dick's first real mountain climb was in 1933 to the top of Minya Konka in western China, then the second highest mountain to have been climbed. On this great expedition, one of the finest ever to go to the Himalayas, Dick shared the work with Arthur B. Emmons III and Terris Moore, two of the outstanding American climbers of the day. His success in reaching the top proved for all time his amazing courage, determination, and endurance. Dick's last big expedition came in 1938 as a member of the first American expedition to K2. Those of us who shared his companionship on this adventure will never forget his patience, kindness, good humor, and superb expedition spirit. He was the gentlest and best of companions. (from American Alpine Club).
Published by William Walker, Otley (printed), 1845
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small hardback copy (5x3inch) in dark grey decorated cloth boards, gold gilt lettering and decoration to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 168pp. Gold gilt page edges. Not library copy, ink name and date of 1850 to reverse ffep, stains to endpapers. (46/2).
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1939
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 381 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet, about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth (spine faded, spots of discoloration along rear joint), gilt spine title (dull). (#8421).
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. REBOUND in red cloth that closely matches the original, spine lettered in gilt closely matching the original, original map EPs preserved and placed in new cover exactly as they were in the original. BOOK CONDITION: covers are in new condition with no soiling, no rubbing, no fading. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, NOT ex-library, tight binding, no foxing, no creased or folded pages, complete with no missing pages, no missing plates, no missing charts or maps, page 377 has two 15mm chips in outside margin (no loss of text), the map on the rear end-page has some rubbing and scuffs (see photo). As usual, LACKING the original dust jacket. Book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. USA edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 47 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. UK edition has b/w photo frontispiece and 33 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. Both have the same (and same number) chapter heading illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Published by Harper, 1935
Seller: Azarat Books, Kenmore, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. NY: Harper 1935, first edition, first printing. Gray cloth in VG+ condition; spine gilt is bright. Unclipped dust jacket is in good condition; wear to corners, little nicks & chips to top edge, 1/2 in. chip to bottom of spine. 6 x 9 in., 292 pp. Remarkable story of 4-man American expedition to Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) in 1932. Terris Moore & Burdsall summited via the northwest ridge.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1935
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Collectible-Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition (stated). 292 numbered pp HB. Pages clean, ivory, tight, map front eps, photo frontis (Minya Konka); a.e. lt tanned, aboiut 1/4 of pp have narrow dampstain at b.e. Cover: gray, navy ruling and device front, gilt titles to black spine block, modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, sm tear to tail. Classic tale of man against nature.
Published by John Lane The Bodkey Head, Birmingham, 1935
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original purple cloth boards with blue title lettering to spine,in the rare Dust-Jacket graded Good that has a few small chips and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrappe.The outer boards are a little marked towards the head of spine.Not price clipped.This copy has No previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No loose leaves.Illustrated profusely with a Frontispiece and a further 46 photographic illustrations with eight maps and charts including maps as endpapers.There are further contributions from Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and the dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Very rare title in it's original dust-wrapper One of the great saga's of 20th century climbing began in 1930 when a rather eccentric globetrotter Joseph Rock surrveyed a remote stretch of mountains in Szechwan and declared the peak Minya Konka,the highest peak in the world with a height of over 30,000 feet.This claim needed to be verified,and the mountain needed to be climbed so then the book is the extraordinary tale of a small team of four climbers who reached the summit in 1932.With additional contributions by climbers Terris Moore and Jack Theodore Young.8vo 272pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1935] Neate page 99 [134].
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. First edition. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 381pp. Red cloth in rare dust jacket. 32 pages of photographs. Fold-out temperature chart. Map endpapers. Illustrated with photographs taken by members of the expedition. First edition with same date on title and copyright page and no additional printings noted. Dust jacket extensively chipped and with a ~ 8 x 8 cm piece out of the front cover of the jacket. Original price of $4.00 present on front flap. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Jill Neate B58: This expedition set the standards for American Himalayan Mountaineering; and the book is counted as one of the classics of American climbing literature. Attempted ascent of K2.
Published by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1940
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First British edition (first published in the United States the previous year). 8vo. 319 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet , about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth, silver-stamped spine title. (#7864).
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York. "First Edition" D-K [April 1935]., 1935
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5 3/4 inches x 8 3/4 in., photographic frontispiece of Minya Konka; xiii, 292 pp., illustrated with photographs, maps. Gray cloth with the gilt titling over dark blue on the spine, publisher's device on the front cover, pictorial map front endpapers by Emmons. Some tan spotting (foxing) to the front enpapers, prelims., titlepage, a spot from a removed bookplate on the reverse of the front free endpaper, lower corner of pp. 207-208 is torn off. Some light fading, spotting to outer covers. Inscribed and signed in blue ink by Arthur B. Emmons 3rd on the front flyleaf: "To Bill Loomis auf bergheil Arthur B. Emmons 3rd." Two penciled dates follow (possibly when the book was read by Loomis?): Sept 3, 1935 WPL Nov 19, 1935 WPL. Copies of the 1935 edition, inscribed and signed by any of the authors are quite scarce. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1939
Seller: Creaking Shelves Books, Spean Bridge, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Original Plum Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 319 pages, 34 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. This book is SIGNED directly on the short title page by Robert H. Bates, one of the authors of this book. In two hands - "To Nicholas Duff on the occasion of having climbed a certain summit - June 5 1944 - Congratulations Henry T Kingman"; below in Bates hand "Best of luck Nicholas - Robert H. Bates June 10 1942". Needs some research. Book tight and clean though without d/w and spine faded as usual but some light damage to the adjacent plates on pages 146/7 which have at one time been partially stuck together. See scans. No other marks or signatures.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1939
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Elizabeth Farrand George (illustrator). First Edition. 1939 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. LACKING the rare dust jacket. Includes a small, loose clipped SIGNATURE of Robert H. Bates on a thin strip of green decorated paper. It is hand-signed by Bates in dark navy pen. Original red cloth with gilt lettering spine. Exceptionally clean covers with no fading to spine (extremely uncommon for this book that nearly always has faded spine), spine gilt exceptionally bright and not dull, some very faint fading lower front outside corner and lower outside edge of rear cover (probably from dampness), thin strip of EP surface (front and back pastedowns) pulled from where DJ (not present) was most certainly onetime taped to the EPs, very solid binding (no cracking), no foxing, no restorations, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. A superior copy of a book that often has condition problems -- rare with no fading to spine cloth and no dulling to spine gilt. The book measures 227mm tall x 147mm, and has 381 pages, 48 b/w photos, 2 EP maps, 1 chart, 7 appendices. The USA first edition has more photos than the first UK edition. The USA edition has a b/w photo frontispiece and 47 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. The UK edition has a b/w photo frontispiece and 33 b/w photos on 15 double-sided leaves. Both have the same (and same number) chapter heading illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).