Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Grand in-8° broché, 310 pp.
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1954
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ADVANCE PROOF COPY of First UK Edition. Original simple blue paper covers with black lettering front cover. The cover has staining to spine and cover edges, some loss at top of spine, clean text block, no owner writing or marks on pages, no foxing, solid binding. The book includes a loose revised title page & color frontispiece along with the preface by John Hunt (these were eventually used in the final version -- the one bound into the proof is a preliminary version). The book measures 215mm tall x 138mm and has 256 pages and 24 b/w illustrations, 9 maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
Published by Arthaud, 1953, 1953
Seller: LE BOUQUINISTE, LA MOTTE SAINT MARTIN, France
In-8, broché + jaquette, 310 pages, illustrations : 36 héliogravures hors texte, cartes et dessins en 2 couleurs. Jaquette très usagée avec manques importants au dos, dos scotché, livre en bon état mais avec petit accident au dos Expédition (tarifs de La Poste en vigueur) : lettre ou colissimo.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition not stated. Minor wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Gift inscription on ffep. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text and images unmarked. Price clipped dj shelf worn & toned in a mylar cover.
Published by Arthaud, 1954
Seller: Librairie du Bassin, Bordeaux, France
Reliure éditeur. Coll. "Sempervivum". Vol. n°21. Alpinisme. Montagne. Introduction du Dr. Ed. Wyss-Dunant. Ouvrage orné de 40 héliogravures hors-texte. Cartes et dessins en 2 couleurs. 16,5x21,5 cm. 310 p. Fort in-8° Etat correct. Plats défraîchis un peu salis. Papier légèrement bruni. Anecdotiques rousseurs. Quelques rousseurs. Petites taches sur une tranche avec faible impact en marge des pages.
Published by Harper NY nd
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
256pp. 8vo Illustrated with color and black and white illustrations with maps and sketches Blue cloth Preface by Sir John Hunt. English Version by Malcolm Barnes. Bottom edges lightly rubbed: VG+/no dj.
Published by Arthaud Sans date
Seller: Démons et Merveilles, Joinville, France
First Edition
Etat correct. Sans date.
Published by Editions Arthaud, 1953
Seller: Librairie Et Cætera (et caetera) - Sophie Rosière, Belin-Béliet, France
Couverture souple. 36 héliogravures hors texte. Cartes et dessins en 2 couleurs. (illustrator). Livre en français. Introduction du Dr Ed. Wyss-Dunand. 36 héliogravures hors texte. Cartes et dessins en 2 couleurs. Sempervivum. Broché. Non coupé. 315 pages. Jaquette. Montagne, Alpinisme. Livre.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1954
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . B001Z77GRW Hardback. Very Good condition book with brown spotting to top edge, date stamped on back free endpaper, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor tears, chips, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.
Published by Arthaud, 1953
Seller: Librairie de la Garenne, CLICHY, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. in-8 rel. toile rouge (15,5 x 21), 310 p., coll. "Sempervivum", introduction du Dr Ed. Wyss-Dunant, 36 héliogravures h.-t., cartes et dessins en 2 couleurs, bonne reliure amateur solide, couverture et dos d'origine conservés, dos muet, nom manuscrit en page de garde, bon état. Cet ouvrage relate les deux expéditions au Mont Everest entreprises en 1952 sous la direction de la Fondation Suisse pour Explorations Alpines. Leur but était de trouver l'accès, par la voie Sud, du sommet de l'Everest, et de permettre en même temps à une mission genevoise d'y faire des études scientifiques. Voir le sommaire sur photos jointes.
Published by Arthaud, 1954
Seller: Librairie des Possibles, ROUFFACH, France
paperback. Ouvrage orné de 36 héliogravures hors-texte, cartes et dessins en deux couleurs (illustrator). Arthaud Sempervivum 1954. in-8. 316 pages. Arthaud Sempervivum 1954. in-8. 316 pages. Nb de volume : 1. Bon exemplaire non coupé avec sa jaquette en bon état, bon exemplaire, nom manuscrit en page de garde . Ouvrage orné de 36 héliogravures hors-texte, cartes et dessins en deux couleurs .
Published by Arthaud, Paris, 1954
Seller: Au vert paradis du livre, AUMES, LR, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en état satisfaisant. 1ère Édition. Collection " Sempervivum " . N° 21 . Ouvrage orné de 36 héliogravures hors-texte , Croquis , Cartes en deux couleurs . Dans son jus . Montagne . Alpinisme .- 318 p. , 600 gr.
Published by Harper & Brothers
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light edge wear to jacket. $4.00 price on jacket.
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1954
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Contents include "Introduction - Part One: No Victory for Pioneers (Rene Dittert) Through India ot Nepal, The Approach, Everest Ahead, The Khumbu Icefall, In the Western Cwm, The Struggle for the South Col, The First Assault (by Raymond Lambert) The Second Attempt, The Return. Part Two - Winter at 26,000 Feet from the Diaries of Gabriel Chevalley and Raymond Lambert. Turquoise cloth hardback with silver lettering on spine, small embossed decoration on front of cover, clean tight copy in good condition, 256pp Illustrated Dust Jacket (as frontispiece) piece missing from back of jacket, tears down edges, otherwise acceptable condition only, price unclipped (15s. net) Numerous illustrations including coloured frontispiece "In The Western Cwm, view of Lhotse and the South Col" First published 1954 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd Book#08412.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. English version by Malcolm Barnes. Preface by Sir John Hunt. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps, 256 pages. No publication date but circa mid 1950s, $4.00 price on dj flap. Clean unmarked copy, close to new, dust jacket in a new protective mylar.
Published by Arthaud, Paris & Grenoble, Collection Sempervivum
Seller: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. (1953), Good Plus/no dj, octavo, 310pp., printed wraps softcover, backstrip slightly chipped, wraps lightly smudged & soiled but overall solid, 36 heliogravures ill's., binding tight, text unmarked.
Published by Arthaud, 1953
Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 310p, ills, folding map.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1956
Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 256p, ills, map.
P. et Grenoble, Arthaud, 1953, in-8, br., non coupé, jaquette éd., 308 pp., 36 photographies hors-texte, cartes dont une dépl. en 2 couleurs, dessins. (SS48E) Collection Sempervivum.
Published by Paris et Grenoble, Arthaud, 1953, 1953
Seller: Librairie Xavier Dufaÿ, LA COLLE SUR LOUP, France
First Edition
In-8 (16 x 21), 310 pp., 4 ff., toile éditeur ornée d'après la maquette de Claude Arthaud, couverture dépliante conservée. Publisher's ornated cloth. Perret, 976 : "Récit des deux expédition suisses à l'Everest en 1952, l'année précédent celle de la première ascension". Illustré de 36 photographies hors-texte, 4 croquis et une carte dépliante. E.O. en 1952. Sempervivum, n° 21.
Published by Arthaud / sempervivum, 1953
Seller: librairie philippe arnaiz, Isle sur la sorgue, France
Etat Correct exemplaire usagé photos h-t. in8. 1953. Broché. 304 pages. Etat correct.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Harper & Brothers, no date, blue cloth hardcover with dust jacket, light foixng spots on text block edges, interior pagesa re clean and unmarked, illustrated with photographs, 256 pages.
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1954
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First English Edition. A near very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a just about good dustwrapper which has internal sellotape repairs to minor edge tears and which is foxed (although this is much more obvious internally than externally). The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription. Fore-edge foxing (but apart from a little spotting to the half-title largely clean internally). 256 pages. Colour frontispiece and 24 black and white illustrations. Nine maps with one double-page.
Arthaud 1953, in8 carré broché, 310 pp., illustrations.
Published by Harper & Brothers
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Early reprint. Very Good condition book, with minor rubs to cover corners, some browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges, 1/2-inch closed tear to top edge of front jacket, browning and sticker ghost on back jacket. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for previous owner's name and date written on inside front cover. $4.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.
Published by George Allen & Unwin 1954, 1954
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not present. French.
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1954
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Facsimile. First English. 8vo. original blue cloth (cloth a bit marked, some spots to fore-edge, otherwise clean internally) in colour photocopy of dustwrapper; pp. 256, with 24 illustrations & 9 maps. A good copy in an facsimile dustwrapper. [Neate D32].
Milano, Garzanti, 1954, 8vo tutta tela, pp. VIII-331 + 32 ill. in tav. e 1 cart. rip. f.t. (Perret, 976).
Published by Arthaud, 1953
Seller: Artax, LA ROCHE VINEUSE, BFC, France
First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Livre Arthaud 1953 in-8 310p plus catalogue éditeur reliure demi veau plats unis faux nerfs et titres dorés. Couverture conservée Editions originales 20e RefAbe New23030206. Livre.