Explorer by Temple Philip (22 results)
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Condition: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 143 pages, a VG hbk in a VG dw [0340206233].
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1975 1st edition h/b. Very good condition. Swift postage from the u/k Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. For many years Jimmy Duncan has explored the tangled ranges of New Zealand's West Coast. Now he is really too old for the tough life demanded of a 19th century explorer. But those close to this solitary man know that to deny Duncan the chance of once more exploring the mountains that have swallowed his… life, would be as much a death warrant as any that might be administered by avalanche, storm or flood. So Duncan is allowed to go, alone, to search for the undiscovered mountain pass. The Explorer is more than the story of an ageing man alone. It examines the relationship of man to mountain and the motives for exploration. Based on the real-life character of the great West Coast explorer, Charlie Douglas, the novel is a gripping tale of survival; authentic and ultimately full of hope. DJ. 143 pages.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Unmarked. Dust jacket is unclipped but has tears to the front folds, protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 143 pages. Inscription on front end page/inside cover.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Forty years ago, a young New Zealand mountaineer headed into the unknown interior of West New Guinea (now Irian Jaya) on one of the last great journeys of exploration. Travelling at first with the legendary German mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer (author of Seven Years in Tibet), Philip Temple made the fi…rst ascent of the Carstensz Pyramide, which has come to be regarded as the technically most difficult of the 'Seven Summits of the Seven Continents'. Later he was the last to witness the tool-making rituals of a stone-age culture before it was overtaken by the modern world. Facing daunting physical odds, he went on to explore a swathe of unmapped central New Guinea Highlands, and he risked his life to recover the human remains from a US aircraft that had crashed on a sheer mountain. Copiously illustrated, Philip Temple's narrative is one of the great stories from the classical age of exploration. Dramatic, humorous and colourful, it is also a valuable anthropological record, for he tells of living among the Dani people before their primitive way of life was overtaken by the outside world. Ex Library. 250 pages.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 272 pages. Tanning around page edges and across book edge.Description 'The stories that I think worth telling are of how, as a young m an, I left home on the other side of the world half a century ago and took the c hance to become a New Zealander. More, of becoming a New Zealand writer now able to lo…ok back over 50 years and relate not only what happened to me, of how I gr ew up, but also something of how the country has grown and changed. It is about my developing relationship with my country and some of its people.' As Philip Te mple explains in his preface, this is about his life and the country he chose to call home. His memoir shows how he came about this decision, how he left Englan d at a young age, and how he came to explore and love this country, scaling its mountains and writing its stories. New Zealand has always pulled him back, despi te adventures overseas, exploring previously unknown regions of the world, saili ng in exciting waters, trailing through Europe, and a long love affair with Berl in. Despite all this, New Zealand became and remains his country. In an honest and remarkably diverse appraisal of his life, he reveals his personal and profes sional relationships, including his search for his father, the failure of his ma rriage, difficult times working for the Listener, and his campaigning for MMP. I t is also a fascinating account of how he has made a living as a full-time write r. Compelling, thoughtful and moving, this is an important view of the last fift y years.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very tidy, just some shelf wear to the boards and some light foxing in the edges. Dust jacket is intact, slightly faded at the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Worn. First.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 143 pages. Inscription on ffep. Shelf wear.
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Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New ZealandBook Haven
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 272 pages.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 143pp, complete dustjacket from a painiting by Michael Smither, a little rubbed to top edge. Intrnally very clean. An ageing man searches for a mountain pass - a tale of survival, set in New Zealand.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition, paper cover to hinge at ffe parted (hinge still strong), in a Very Good dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacke…t and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good clean copy that may have been very lightly read. 'The stories that I think worth telling are of how, as a young man, I left home on the other side of the world half a century ago and took the chance to become a New Zealander. More, of becoming a New Zealand writer now able to look ba…ck over 50 years and relate not only what happened to me, of how I grew up, but also something of how the country has grown and changed. It is about my developing relationship with my country and some of its people. ' As Philip Temple explains in his preface, this is about his life and the country he chose to call home. This memoir shows how he came about this decision, how he left the UK at a relatively young age, and how he came to explore and love this country, scaling its mountains and writing its stories. New Zealand has always pulled him back to its shores, despite a number of adventures overseas, discovering previously unknown regions of the world, sailing in exciting waters, trailing through Europe, plus a relationship with a woman living in Berlin. Despite all, this remains his country. This is an honest and varied appraisal of his life, revealing his personal and professional relationships, including his search for his father, the failure of his marriage and difficult times working for the Listener. It is also a fascinating account of how he has made a living as a full-time writer. Both compelling and thoughtful, this is an important view of the last fifty years.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1975, 1975
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost..
Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1975, 1975
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, New Zealand, 1975
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Seller: LOTSABOOKS, HAMILTON, New ZealandLOTSABOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good + Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj.
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Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New ZealandPhoenix Books NZ
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Chance is a Fine Thing 50 Years in New Zealand By Philip Temple. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher: Random House New Zealand, 2009, First Edition. SCARCE SIGNED COPY. Very good softback, light shelf-wear, inscribed to named previous owner, some foxing to page edges. 272 pages, illustrated…. 'The stories that I think worth telling are of how, as a young man, I left home on the other side of the world half a century ago and took the chance to become a New Zealander. More, of becoming a New Zealand writer now able to look back over 50 years and relate not only what happened to me, of how I grew up, but also something of how the country has grown and changed. It is about my developing relationship with my country and some of its people. ' As Philip Temple explains in his preface, this is about his life and the country he chose to call home. This memoir shows how he came about this decision, how he left the UK at a relatively young age, and how he came to explore and love this country, scaling its mountains and writing its stories. New Zealand has always pulled him back to its shores, despite a number of adventures overseas, discovering previously unknown regions of the world, sailing in exciting waters, trailing through Europe, plus a relationship with a woman living in Berlin. Despite all, this remains his country. This is an honest and varied appraisal of his life, revealing his personal and professional relationships, including his search for his father, the failure of his marriage and difficult times working for the Listener. It is also a fascinating account of how he has made a living as a full-time writer. Both compelling and thoughtful, this is an important view of the last fifty years. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Auckland, Godwit, 2002., 2002
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Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, AustraliaGrant's Bookshop
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Add to basket8vo, 250ppp. Original pictorial wrappers, slightly edgeworn. b/w photographic illustrations, in addition to full-colour photographic illustrations on plates. A near-fine copy. First edition.
Published by vintage 2009 auckland, 2009
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketoctavo illus light card covers, 272pp illus FINE.
Published by Godwit, Auckland, 2002
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Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Add to basketFirst Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. 250, with numerous illustrations. A very fine copy. Temple's personal, retrospective account of his expedition to Carstensz with Heinrich Harrer in 1962.
