World Book Encyclopedia: Signed (5 results)
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Published by Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, Chicago
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.Black Falcon Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date, circa 1961. Signed by Marshall Field, Jr., under his photo and the text: "This book is presented to you in recognition of your outstanding sales record during the 1960 President's contest, which was dedicated to the completion of fifteen Field years." Field IV (1916-1965) was the great-g…randson of the department store founder, and a publisher and editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. The book is unmarked; boards show some edgewear at spine ends and corners; light soiling. No dust jacket, probably as issued; Mylar protected. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, CanadaBjarne Tokerud Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. 8vo. Ix+254pp. 22 plates in colour and black and white, 2 maps and illustrated map of Tibet on the endpapers. SIGNED BY HILLARY ON THE TITLE PAGE. Grey cloth. Fine. In fine dust jacket. Describes Hillar…y's two part mission to find the Abominable Snowman and to discover how ordinary men could survive a winter at high altitudes. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.johnson rare books & archives, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Review copy, with the publisher's stamp on the front flyleaf. Twice signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, once on the title page and again on the first page of the text. Octavo: ix, [1, blank], 254 pp. with numerous photographic illustrations, including se…veral in color, and endpaper maps. Original gray loth binding, with blue and silver stamping. Some mild shelfwear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. First-hand account of the 1960-61 Silver Hut expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary and physiologist Dr. Griff Pugh, a seminal 9-month scientific and mountaineering project in the Himalayas focused on studying human physiological adaptation to extreme high altitude. Based in a prefabricated "Silver Hut" at 19,000 feet in the Mingbo Valley, the team conducted groundbreaking studies on blood chemistry, breathing, and physical performance under severe hypoxia, while also attempting to climb Ama Dablam and Makalu. The expedition also attempted to find evidence either proving or disproving the existence of the Yeti. Signed.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.Take Five Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary on title page. First edition stated. Dust jacket with tape repair to top, tears to spine and chip missing from bottom spine. Signed by Author(s).
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A FINE FIRST IN WRAPS. SIGNED WITH DRAWING. Signed by Author(s).
