George Lowe, Signed (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. Inscribed by Lowe. 86pp, octavo paperback. light cover wear yet wraps clean, binding solid and strong, interior text clean. inscribed by author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NY: Pocket Books 2000, 4th printing. VG+ trade paperback. 6 x 9.25 in., 310 pp. Signed by Peter Hillary (Sir Edmund's son) on the first page. Memoir by Mount Everest's first ascensionist. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'Because it is There' by George Lowe. Cassell 1959 first edition. Signed by the author to the title page and dated 1960. Some foxing, mainly to preliminary pages and edge of the text block. VG in unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with b&w photos. SIGNED BY HILLARY ON THE TITLE PAGE. Some light foxing in the endpapers, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket is bright, price clipped, rubbed at corners, in an archival sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (1956), First Printing; Near Fine/Very Good to Fine dj, thin tall octavo, 70pp text plus 48pp b&w photo ill's., blue cloth hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, vg dj with slight foxing & bottom corner of front flap price-clipped away, binding tight, text unmarked, Signed in full on title-page "George Lowe," signed copies by Hillary turn up now and then but Lowe's not often. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. SIGNED on the title page by the author, George Lowe. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering cover & spine, white globe decoration front. Book is in fine condition with clean covers, bright gilt, bright pages, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, tight binding, no crease marks on pages. Original dust jacket is present with some rubbing at corners and folds, crease mark along middle of spine, clipped front flap corner. Book measures 216mm tall x 139mm, and has 216 pages, 35 photos, 6 maps & plans. This is the first printing of the USA edition of the UK title, Because It Is There. Member & photographer on first ascent of Everest & Fuch's successful trans-Antarctic expedition. Account of these trips. Lowe led the carry to the highest camp (27900') on Everest and probably would have reached the summit if he had been given the chance. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

174 pp. 12 mo. Original grey cloth slipcase. Grey cloth boards and silver decoration on front and back. Silver lettering on spine. Colour illustrated endpapers. B&W photo frontispiece and B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Text block is clean and tight, and photos are bright. With an original unpublished black and white photo go George Lowe and a small clipping from the sleeping bag George used on the 1953 expedition. As new. An exceptional compilation of George Lowe's letters written to his sister while climbing Everest in 1953. Signed by Jan Morris, Huw Lewis-Jones and Peter Hillary on a special limitation page. The endpapers are unique to this edition. With an introduction by Lewis-Jones, a forward by Morris and afterword by Hillary. Limited to 60 copies of which this copy is out of series. A wonderful Everest item signed by Jan Morris the only living member of the expedition and Edmond Hillary's son Peter. This edition co-published by Aquila Books and Meridian Rare Books.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the front verso of the front free endpaper. Inscribed by Lowe on the half-title: "W.G. Lowe / 1950." Publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, ruled in black, black coated endpapers. Good ex-library (NZ) copy, with a large library label to the front board, remnants of a former owner's plate over the library plate to the front board, light wear to the extremities, some toning to the spine, a hint of soiling to the boards, spine cracked and holding inside the covers, otherwise sturdy spine, former owner's inscriptions to the half-title, title page, and page ix, otherwise bright and clean pages. Overall, a presentable copy, signed by Lowe prior to the infamous 1953 Mount Everest Expedition. The High Alps of New Zealand is Irish mountaineer William Spotswood Green's account of his climbing expedition in the Southern Alps and, specifically, his attempt to climb Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand. Although he was ultimately unsuccessful, Green came within sixty meters of the summit and remained the highest point achieved on Mt. Cook until its first ascension in 1894. In addition to his account of the Southern Alps, Green touches on his Australian climbs, and provides appendices for both novice and experienced climbers. Signed.

First edition catalog of books, ephemera, and artefacts relating to the exploration of the world's highest peak on the 60th anniversary of its first ascent, including books from the libraries of members of the 1953 Exploration George Lowe and Michael Ward, with a foreword by Times Correspondent to the 1953 Expedition Jan Morris. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with photographs of the authors and their books. Signed on the title page by Jan Morris. In fine condition. Accompanied by a second catalogue of the same year. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine condition. Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer, known particularly for the 'Pax Britannica' trilogy and her participation as a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, which made the first ever confirmed ascent of the mountain. She was the only journalist to accompany the expedition, climbing with the team to a camp at 22,000 feet, and using a prearranged code to send news of the successful ascent, which was announced in The Times on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

Condition: very good. Offset lithograph stock certificate. 11.75" X 10". Some light chipping and creasing to edges. Number "8" stamped in ink to top of certificate. Colours vibrant and unfaded. Boldly signed by both Edmund Hillary and George Lowe. Very good. A highly visual stock certificate issued to raise money for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), featuring a small black and white photo of Sir Edmund Hillary, a small airplane, a man packing a sled with dogs waiting at attention, two penguins in front of a ship, and a map of Antarctica and New Zealand. This purple version was issued to patrons who donated 5 shillings. Sir Edmund Hillary and George Lowe, both members of the expedition, which was the first to reach the South Pole overland in more than 45 years, have signed the certificate. An excellent ephemeral Antarctic item and rare.

Original black and white photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition party signed by all twelve members of the team. One page, the photograph shows all twelve members of the team in front of a snowcat with the Union Flag. Signed on the lower margin, "V. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, Alan Rogers, Geoff Pratt, David Pratt, David Stratton, Jon Stephenson, Hannes la Grange and Roy Howard." In near fine condition with creasing to the lower left margin. The photograph measures 11.75 inches by 9.75 inches. Accompanied by an original appeal program for the expedition, a flyer for an Illustrated Lecture by Vivian Fuchs and Edmund Hillary on Sunday, April 15th at 3:00 p.m., two souvenir pamphlets with the specifications and photographs of the Danish Polar vessel Magga Dan and Canadian sealer Theron used in the expedition, and a J. Lauritzen Lines promotional booklet "Special Vessels For Ice-Filled Waters." The pamphlet collection is in fine condition. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955â"1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's expedition and Scott's expedition in 1911 and 1912. In keeping with the tradition of polar expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, the CTAE was a private venture, though it was supported by the governments of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States, Australia and South Africa, as well as many corporate and individual donations, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II. The expedition was headed by British explorer Vivian Fuchs, with New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary leading the New Zealand Ross Sea Support team. The New Zealand party included scientists participating in International Geophysical Year research while the British team were separately based at Halley Bay. Fuchs was knighted for his accomplishment. The second overland crossing of the continent did not occur until 1981, during the Transglobe Expedition led by Ranulph Fiennes.