Charles Howard-Bury led the first official reconnaisance expedition to Everest in 1921. This is the account of that journey with George Mallory and others to investigate approaches to the world's highest and until then largely inaccessible mountain.
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Front free endpaper with contemporary reader's autograph and embossed stamp; edges and prelims lightly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description: 254 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Revised edition of: Mount Everest. 1922. Includes index. Contents: The narrative of the expedition / Charles Howard-Bury -- The reconnaissance of the mountain / George Leigh Mallory. Subjects: Mount Everest Expedition (1921). 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 481371
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Charles Howard-Bury led the first official reconnaisance expedition to Everest in 1921. This is the account of that journey with George Mallory and others to investigate approaches to the world's highest and until then largely inaccessible mountain. Seller Inventory # fc865cc7-5738-4d10-9e7f-757b4c0de392
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Front free endpaper with contemporary reader's autograph and embossed stamp; edges and prelims lightly foxed. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description: 254 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Revised edition of: Mount Everest. 1922. Includes index. Contents: The narrative of the expedition / Charles Howard-Bury -- The reconnaissance of the mountain / George Leigh Mallory. Subjects: Mount Everest Expedition (1921). 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 481371
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to one lower page corner, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 254pp. The story of the first expedition to climb the slopes of Everest which started the lengthy process towards eventual success thrity-two years later. Following the death of one member of the party and the retirement through illness of another, the bulk of the work of testing the mountain's defences was left to two men, George Mallory and Guy Bullock. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Seller Inventory # 005732
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