- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since September 17, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 50.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Bright copy of Hugh Ruttledge's personal account of the incompleted second British Everest Expedition; the ascent was stopped by an early monsoon. The volume in three parts, the first is composed of recollections, while Part II is comprised of detailed observations on health, physiology, collecting flora & fauna, etc.; Part III is a wonderful photographic portfolio. Royal 8vo, 288 pp, two fold-out maps at rear, one in color, with 63 photographic plates at the rear. 7 pages of portraits of members of the expedition, from the original pencil sketches by P.R. Oliver. Original blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Mostly bright, with spine lightly sunned, still a bright, clean copy.
Seller Inventory # 20804
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Everest: the Unfinished Adventure
- Author
- Ruttledge, Hugh
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, London
- Publication year
- 1937
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition.
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We have been booksellers for 50 years, members of the ABAA, ILAB & many prominent trade organizations. You may order from us with the security that an established & reputable bookseller offers you, who abides by the code of ethics established by ILAB. We offer old, rare & out of print books, maps, prints, ephemera & photographs on many subjects. We handle items in every fields. Some of our specialties include the Hudson River Valley, the Antarctic & Arctic, Australia & the South Pacific.
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Exploration, Polar, Australia, Voyages & Travel, Antarctic, Anthropology, South Pacific, Hudson River, Maps & Prints, EphemeraAssociation member
Seller's business information
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
29 Garrisons Landing
Garrison, NY U.S.A. 10524
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