Featherstone Captain B K (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 295p, ills, map. Cut along spine and some flaking, foxing on most pages. From the Indus Valley into Ladakh.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1926 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in black cloth with original spine covering retained, closely matching original binding covers. The covers are clean, unfaded (but slight browning to original spine cloth), and not rubbed -- fine condition. No previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding, complete with all pages, plates, and map. The folding map is browned as usual (printed on tissue-like paper) and has some crinkles due to misfolding. The book measures 237mm tall x 153mm, and has 295 pages, 25 b/w photos, folding map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.

Condition: Very good plus. 295 pp. Octavo. Original black cloth. Corners a bit bumped. Blind lines on boards. Gilt title on spine. Joints with a couple of slight creases. Edges slightly foxed. Original endpapers with inscription. 25 illustrations from photographs. Folding map. Text block very clean and tight. A very good copy overall. Bruce in his introduction states Featherstone deals with his attempt to reach the New or Western Muztagh Pass and was one of a number of people attempting to explore the vast region of the Kara-koram Himalayas. Featherstone's expedition was privately put together and done on his leave! Not a bad thing to do on your holidays! a nice copy of the book is uncommon but much more so inscribed in 1936.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo 293pp., b/w pls., fldg. maps, index, Nicely rebound in blue buckram retaining original spine. A little foxing o/w night clean tight copy of a scarce item.

1st Edition. Hb original dark blue cloth 295pp, 25 illustrations and folding map A Narrative of a Thousand mile Journey to the Kara-koram Himalayas Bancrofts School , Woodford prize bookplate to front pastedown & gilt crest to front board . A Vg copy of SCARCE TITLE.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 295, [1]; folding map, frontispiece portrait, 24 illustrations from photographs on 15 plates; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine; covers a little spotted, small cracks at spine ends, the binding a touch skewed, all else very good, sound and clean. Yakuski F33: "An account of the exploration of "Unexplored Pass", i. e. New (or Western) Mustagh Pass in 1922. From Srinagar the route of the journey was as follows; Zoji La-Skardu to Skoro La to Askole to New Mustagh Pass, and the return journey was made through Askole, Braldu valley, Skoro La, and Skardu. Then he travelled through the Shyok and the Nubra valleys to Leh.".