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Printed Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. The June 1933 issue of the New Zealand Alpine Journal. Original greyish wrappers with black lettering front, spine and rear. Light soiling covers, creasing and curling cover edges, small tears spine ends, solid binding, complete, no writing or owner marks on any pages. Ask for actual postage = probably less than amont indicated by the listing. PHOTO IS OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. …

Soft cover. Condition: Nearly Very Good. First Edition. 289- 501, many b/w plates, several folding. some foxing on edges, slight wear to covers. Rare New Zealand mountaineering publication.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 46 pages. Illustrated. The 1962 Milestone: The April 1962 issue (Vol. 14, No. 4) was published during the final year of the magazine's existence. As Britain rapidly dismantled its colonial administration and granted independence to various dependencies, the purpose of Her Majesty's Overseas Service changed dramatically.Notable Themes: In the 1962 issues, prominent colonial administrators like Sir Hilary Blood wrote pieces reflecting on the wind-down of the empire. He famously noted that the end of the Overseas Service was closing a major avenue where British youth could go out "adventuring into life," raising questions about what international volunteering or humanitarian efforts would take its place. HM Government "The Statement On Northern Rhodesia" A Guy "Firemen on Aerodromes" / J M Ramsaran "A Comparison of Food in Nigeria and Trinidad" / RR V Davies "A View of the Commonwealth" / Marguerite R Jellicoe "Accent on Women" / from Hong Kong Trade Bulletin "Symposium in Hong Kong" / Sir John Rankine "Selling the Service to Employers" / Katharine Sim "Keeping a Foot in the East" / J W Chanell "Bark Cloth Makers of Buganda" / John Troide "The Aide-De-Camp" - also News of Your Friends - Promotions And Transfers - For Your Leave (April To June) -Book Reviews (SL#125/17). …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Creasing to spine. Previous owner's name "Galloway". Some foxing.; Annual publication. Subtitle: "A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure By Members of the New Zealand Alpine Club". (187)-352 pages + plates + advertisements. Printed brown card covers. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Illustrated. Contents of this issue includes: "Underwood at Last" by L. R. Stewart; "Further Olivine Peaks and Passes" by J. T. Holloway; "A Ski Traverse from the Rakaia to the Franz Josef" by G. G. Lockwood; "Three Western Galciers" by D. A. Carty; "Mt. Cook - A New Route" by L. V. Bryant; "Dampier Traversed and a Traverse of Sefton" by M. Edgard Jones. …