Published by Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2005
ISBN 10: 0007194617 ISBN 13: 9780007194612
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Published by Collins 06/05/2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007147481 ISBN 13: 9780007147489
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Published by Barnes & Noble Books, 2003
ISBN 10: 0760742138 ISBN 13: 9780760742136
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket show only light wear -- 256 pages with index and photography throughout.
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Hard cover. Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (blind stamp on end paper) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Hardback. Condition: USED_ASNEW. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Barnes and Noble - 1st Thus. Originally published at 19.95 - not price clipped. A beautiful history published to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
Published by Collins, London, 2003
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy in like fine DW. A superb work by George Band. Postage will be a little extra on this large work.
Published by Collins, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007147481 ISBN 13: 9780007147489
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition. F/F-. 4to. original pictorial laminated boards in dustwrapper (trifling fray); pp. 256, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.65kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2003.
Published by Collins. 2003, 2003
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
1st. Fine. pp256. many illus. in col. & b.w. unpc dw.
1st edition. 256 pages, many black and white and colour photographs, maps, chart, 29cm. Signed by George Band on half-title page; Near Fine in (dust wrapper condition a touch very slight sunning, Near Fine and complete) d/w now protected in a loose plastic sleeve. The authorised climbing history published in association with the Mount Everest Foundation, the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society; to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent.
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007147481 ISBN 13: 9780007147489
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Second printing. Published in association with the Royal Geographic Society, Alpine Club, and Mount Everest Foundation, this is the official publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest in 1953. It puts the first successful ascent into context, detailing the adventures and deaths on the north face pre World War II and the planning after the war that was nearly curtailed by a Swiss expedition in 1952. Written by a member of the original Hunt team, George Band (who went on to climb the lower but much harder peak Kangchenjunga), the book contains details, photographs, and material donated by team members and the RGS. Signed by Band on the half-title. Quarto. Original glossy boards. Light wear along the bottom edge of the boards. The dust jacket is a trifle sun faded along the spine; else near fine.
Published by Harper Collins, London, 2003
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Hard. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket has light shelf wear, small patch of scuffing, presumed sticker removal, to flyleaf. Otherwise mint condition Size: 4to.
Published by Collins. 2003, 2003
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
Signed
1st. Fine. pp256. many illus. in col. & b.w. pres. copy signed 'To Geoff Another Club Volunteer! George Band May 2003'. unpc dw.
Published by London Jonathan Cape 1993, 1993
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fine. 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of this beautifully photographed account of the 1990 balloon expedition over Everest by Leo Dickinson "the world's leading adventure film maker". A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Several annotated post-it notes laid in. From the collection of English mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the team which successfully conquered Mount Everest in 1953. Band was President of the mountaineering Club at Queen's College, Cambridge and his exceptional Alpine record caught the eye of John Hunt, who put him in charge of radio equipment on the expedition. Band's finest achievement was the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. He pursued a professional career in oil exploration but continued to climb and published several books on mountaineering. He was made an OBE in 2009. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by London Salamander Books Ltd 1995, 1995
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of this book, near fine in blue cloth with silver titles, in a very good dust jacket which has a short closed tear to the top of the front panel. Signed by George Band to front photographic end paper. From the collection of English mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the successful team which conquered Mount Everest in 1953. Band was President of the Mountaineering Club at Queen's College, Cambridge and his exceptional Alpine record caught the eye of John Hunt, who put him in charge of radio equipment on the Everest expedition. Band's finest achievement was the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. He pursued a professional career in oil exploration but continued to climb all over the world. He served as president of the Alpine Club and the British Mountaineering Council, and published several books on mountaineering. He was made an OBE in 2009. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by Collins. 2003, 2003
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
Signed
1st. Near Fine pp256. many illus. in col. & b.w. signed by Audrey Salkeld. unpc dw.
Published by Collins, 2005
ISBN 10: 0007194617 ISBN 13: 9780007194612
Seller: Zulu Books, Talybont on Usk, NA, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine, signed paperback copy. Clean pages and page ends and with no spine creases at all. Perhaps some very light shelf ware, otherwise quite close to being as new. Please see photos. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2002, 2002
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of this beautifully photographed memoir. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, inscribed on the title page "To George, Happy memories, Chris Bonnington". From the collection of English mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the successful team which conquered Mount Everest in 1953. Band was President of the Mountaineering Club at Queen's College, Cambridge and his exceptional Alpine record caught the eye of John Hunt, who put him in charge of radio equipment on the Everest expedition. Band's finest achievement was the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. He pursued a professional career in oil exploration but continued to climb all over the world. He served as president of the Alpine Club and the British Mountaineering Council, and published several books on mountaineering. He was made an OBE in 2009. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by Harpercollins, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007147481 ISBN 13: 9780007147489
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Printing. 256 pages. Pictorial boards. Numerous illustrations in colour and b&w. Dimensions: 11 1/2 by 9 inches. Weight: 1.45 kilograms. Dustwrapper protected in archival mylar cover. "The official publication celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first ascent of Everest. Contains previously unpublished photographs including the astonishing panoramas taken by an unknown photographer in 1922. Published in association with the Mount Everest Foundation, the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society. "; 4to.
Published by London Little Brown and Company 2001, 2001
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
Condition: Fine. pp240 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of a beautifully illustrated anthology with contributions from many great mountaineers including George Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, Peter Boardman and Chris Bonington. First published in 1993, this edition has been expanded to include the climbs of the 1990's. Fine in photographic wrappers with several post it notes annotated by George Band. A laid in letter from the Alpine Club Library reminds Band about a book he left behind the previous day. From the collection of English mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the successful team which conquered Mount Everest in 1953. Band was President of the Mountaineering Club at Queen's College, Cambridge and his exceptional Alpine record caught the eye of John Hunt, who put him in charge of radio equipment on the Everest expedition. Band's finest achievement was the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. He pursued a professional career in oil exploration but continued to climb all over the world. He served as president of the Alpine Club and the British Mountaineering Council, and published several books on mountaineering. He was made an OBE in 2009. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by E.P.Dutton, New York, 1954
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First US. VG+/VG. 8vo. original two tone cloth, uncut (a trifle rubbed & marked, heavy erasure marks to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & nicked, edges slightly trimmed, spine a trifle sunned); pp. xx, 300, with 8 colour photographs, 48 monochrome photographs, text figures & a map A very good copy. [Neate H135: John Hunt led the successful British expedition in 1953, and subsequently became the 'father figure' of post-war British mountaineering. He was President of the Alpine Club in 1956-58, which included the Centenary celebrations]. Flatsigned to title by a member of the expedition team, noted British mountaineer and author, George Band. Signed by A Member of the Expedition Team.
Published by HarperCollins, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007147481 ISBN 13: 9780007147489
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Published in association with the Royal Geographic Society, Alpine Club, and Mount Everest Foundation, this is the official publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest in 1953. It puts the first successful ascent into context, detailing the adventures and deaths on the north face pre World War II and the planning after the war that was nearly curtailed by a Swiss expedition in 1952. Written by a member of the original Hunt team, George Band (who went on to climb the lower but much harder peak Kangchenjunga), the book contains details, photographs, and material donated by team members and the RGS. This copy is signed by mountaineers Edmund Hillary, Chris Bonington, and Kurt Diemberger on the title page. Quarto. Original glossy boards. The spine head is bumped; else a crisp and clean copy in like dust jacket.