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Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1931
Seller: Moonstruck Books, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. A. Avinoff (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, stated. No jacket, average edgewear plus tear at top of spine. A readable and collectible edition.
Published by Didier Millet (1996), 1996
Seller: Elysium Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The only collection of photographs by this talented artist, who was friends with many in the artistic and literary worlds. Photographs of Graham Greene, Harold Acton, Bryher, Noel Coward, Janet Flanner, Peggy Guggenheim, Sybille Bedford, Margot Fonteyn and many others. Also included are landscapes and Italian cityscapes. Fine as issued in original wrappers, limited to 500 copies. The book was never released commercially and is quite rare.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, NY, 1931
Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 310p, ills. spine a bit faded, owner's signature on front e/p, o/w near fine. Sybille was the wife of John Noel, who was on the 1922 and 1924 Everest expeditions. She traveled to Sikkim and the Tibetan border in 1924.
Published by Garden City:Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Tales of Mount Everest, the Turquoise Peak. Illustrated by A. Avinoff. Garden City:Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1931. 310pp. Hardcover. Binding shows some fading to the covers, concentrated mostly at the spine. Otherwise lightly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though the front and rear hinges are cracked and there is some damage to page 193 (some creasing down the length). Overall, this is a good, clean copy.
Seller: Sigla Books, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. 310pp., plus frontispiece and 5 plates (by A. Avinoff). Large 8vo. Folk tales of Tibet. Burgundy cloth with orange titles and designs to to front board and spine, light wear at extremities. Text clean. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1931, 1931
Seller: Mountaineering Books (Tony Astill), Southampton, United Kingdom
1st. Near Fine pp310. woodcut illus. by A. Avinoff. orig. red cloth. gilt. with envelope addressed to Capt. Noel (his hand?) Brewzett, New Romney. Kent TN29 9WD unpc dw-.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1931
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Rare First Edition with jacket.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Gift inscription, possibly by author. Pages unmarked. 310 pages : illustrations, plates ; 24 cm. "Chomo-Lung-Ma is Mt. Everest, the giant peak that has defied so many explorers. Tibetans say that the Watchdogs of Chomo-Lung-Ma guard their Lady of the Turquoise Peak and warn her when strangers approach. They say that there are all kinds of evil spirits round Chomo-Lung-Ma, that so long as man is tainted with even a suspicion of sin, his sin will awaken to evil the evil in the demons and spirits of the mountain; for none may approach but those who are as pure as the mountain's snows.".