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Published by The Hogarth Press, London, 1989
ISBN 10: 0701207973ISBN 13: 9780701207977
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed, slight spine sunning, speckling to outer leaves); pp. x (last blank), 352, [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy. [Neate P57: The author of this classic book was a leading British climber between the wars. Her book covers climbs over twenty years around the world, chiefly in the 1920s. Her husband Ivor Richards was also a fine climber and writer, who occasionally wrote for the Alpine Journal, etc.].
Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Second, revised edition. First published in 1935. Includes a new introduction for this revised edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Hardback boards. Tear to head of spine repaired, light stain to rear board, else a fine copy. Neate calls Mrs. Richards the "Leading British woman alpinist between the wars" and this particular book "one of the classics of mountaineering literature.".
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Minimal wear to dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps/stickers. A mild tan to the page edges. Contents bright and unmarked within. A clear, firm copy overall.
Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Second Revised Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original grey boards (a trifle rubbed, occ. spotting, else internally clean) in dustwrapper priced 42 s. net (slightly rubbed & frayed, slight marking, tape marks on reverse); pp. xiv (last blank), 352, with 69 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate P57: The author of this classic book was a leading British climber between the wars. Her book covers climbs over twenty years around the world, chiefly in the 1920s. Her husband Ivor Richards was also a fine climber and writer, who occasionally wrote for the Alpine Journal, etc.].
Published by G.Bell & Sons, Ltd., London, 1935
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original green cloth (rubbed with a little wear at extremities, some leaf edge spotting, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xiv (last blank), 352, with 69 illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate P57: The author of this classic book was a leading British climber between the wars. Her book covers climbs over twenty years around the world, chiefly in the 1920s. Her husband Ivor Richards was also a fine climber and writer, who occasionally wrote for the Alpine Journal, etc.].
Published by N.Y.: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1935
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st printing stated. Binding tight; pages clean; boards show a touch of wear. Unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket shows overall wear and faint soiling; spine chipped and faded. British climber's now-classic account of Alpine mountaineering in the 1920s. Republished through the 2010s. Original editions are uncommon in jacket, in any condition. (Not to be confused with the 2016 Pilley biography of the same title, written by her great-great-nephew Dan Richards.) 352 pages + 69 photos.
Published by G Bell & Sons Ltd, London, 1935
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover Book in Publisher's original green cloth with white title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-jacket.This copy has two crossed out previous owner's names to the front pastedown and front endpaper.top edge of the half title page.Illustrated with over 65 black and white photographic plates.Maps as endpapers.Uncommon title by Dorothy Pilley Richards born in 1894 she was a prominent mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell & Rock Climbing Club, later helping found the Pinnacle Club in 1921.In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to educatorand Literary critic Ivor Richards.In 1928, she made the celebrated first ascent of the north west ridge of the Dent Blanche in the Swiss Alps, with Joseph Georges, Antoine Georges and her husband.The book has a little age toning to the text block edges.The binding remain firm with no hinge weakness,8vo 352pp First Edition 1st Impression [1935].