Eric Shipton Intro (4 results)
Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak (26,493 feet)
Herzog, Maurice (1919-2012); Nea Morin (Trans.); Janet Adam Smith (Trans.); Eric Shipton (Intro.)
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1952
- Hardcover
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, CanadaBlack's Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Fourth Impression. pp. 288. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8". Bound in publisher's original teal cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. Colour photograph frontisipiece, accompanied with many striking sepia-tone photographic plates, and maps, charts, tables, illustrations, etc. One striking, exceptionally well-preserved fold…-out map [titled: "Sketch Map of the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Massifs", as prepared by Marcel Ichac], affied to the rear pastedown, and when folded offers a remarkable panaromic view of the "Great Barrier Seen from Camp II". Lightest bumping to the head-and-tail of spine, small bookseller's sticker affixed to the corner of the front pastedown, text-block entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in original, unclipped, dustjacket showing some chipping, and short closed tears along the edges of the panels. Overall, very good.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st US Edition. Translated from the French by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith. 316 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with colour and black and white plates throughout. A folding map is attached to the rear endpaper. Quarterbound in black and b…lue cloth with silver titles on the spine. Lightly faded and bumped around the edges. Blue illustrated dustjacket in good condition with yellow titles. Worn around the edges with chips, creases, and tears. Creased and worn on the spine and on the back of the jacket. Price-clipped. 5th printing. VG+/G. Ichac, Marcel (illustrator). Book.
Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak (26,493 Feet)
HERZOG, MAURICE & MORIN, NEA (Trans) & SMITH, JANET ADAM (Trans) & ICHAC, MARCEL (Documentation) & SHIPTON, ERIC (Intro)
Published by The Easton Press 2007, 2007
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, orange iridescent patterned eps, 314pp, illus/photos, illus/photos, Near FINE.
Published by London: Victor Gollancz, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB., Cromford, United KingdomScarthin Books ABA, ILAB.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. Signed by Author(s). pp208. Octavo. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, in DW (now in protective wrap) worn at edges; overlaid on facsimile of DW (e.g. G logo on spine is orginal, "…Gollancz" below shows from facsimile). 1st edn, 2nd impression Nov 1966. Signed on FEP and dated 1st July 1969. A copy that was probably read many times. Photographs on request. Signed by Author(s).
