Robert H Bates Et Al (12 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. 1st ptg. 245 pp. 6 x 9. Glossy red and white wraps. Ex-lib copy with usual markings. Lightly worn.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition, Special Edition. New edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 381; photo. illusts., illusts. to text; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Signed by Bates and Charles Houston to title. A reprinting of the original edition of 1939, with a new Introduction by Randy Wayne White. Richard Sale's copy, with his signed bookplate. Richard Sale is author of On Top of the World and other mountaineering titles. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: very good. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. 2 Volumes. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xix,452; xl,719 pp. With CD-Rom. Library stamps. Condition : very good. ISBN 9780521878487 9780521878494 Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780521878494. Keywords : ECONOMICS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red boards with titles in silver gilt to spine. Top edge red. Endpapers showing maps of the region. 319pp illustrated with black and white photographs taken by expedition members. Head and tail of spine v slightly bumped and a small Foyles (Booksellers) label to bottom corner of front pastedown but otherwise a very good+ bright tight copy with no foxing, signatures or marks. Members of the Expedition (illustrator). …

Condition: New. Limited signed 1st Edition. A mountaineering classic - a modern reprint with some new material. Flat-signed on special members page by both authors. Mint new copy, unread. 5-3/4 x 8-3/4, 214 pp, glossy color-photo section, creame map endpapers. Hardcover in gray-white paper illustration over gray cloth boards w red/gilt spine titling; no jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in red coloured cloth boards with bright silver title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Maps as endpapers.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.There is just one small previous owner's stamp to the rear pastedown.Illustrated with 31 wonderful photographic plates from photographs taken by members of the expedition.Top edge of the book is stained red as issued and the binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.There is a little light spotting to the fore-edge of the book.Uncommon title and highly sought after,8vo 319pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1940] Neate Page 96pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, 381; photo. illusts., illusts. to text, one folding temperature chart, map endpapers; age-toning to text, good in the original cloth, faded on spine. Signed by Bates and Charles Houston to title. Bates, Houston and the other members of the 1938 K2 expedition put American Himalayan mountaineering on the map, and their book is now a classic of the genre. Bill House climbed the chimney on the lower section of the Abruzzi Ridge - "probably the hardest single pitch climbed at that time in the Karakoram or Himalaya" (Richard Sale, On Top of the World, p. 86) - and it is still known as House's chimney. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First edition, 1939. Compelling story of this expedition illustrated in black and white from photographs taken expedition members. Red cloth, map endpapers, no dustjacket. Ex-library, with spine numbers and other lettering on spine in white ink, spine a little faded, good hinges, sound text block, school library stamps on front free endpaper and half-title, "donated by" bookplate inside front cover, no patrons pocket on rear endpapers, gift notation on verso of front free endpaper, private owner red Asian style square stamp on half-title, pages a little age-toned but clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this mountaineering classic. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. Original red cloth boards; pp. xvi, 381. Complete with frontispiece and dozens of full-page photographs. A very good copy, no jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Light shelfwear to boards with a bit of loss to cloth at spine crown, spine sunned, light offsetting to rear board. Owner's name to first blank, else internally clean and fine. Scarce. …

Condition: Good. Hbk, 1st edition, 319pp, 381pp. illustr 34 b+w photo plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps, warmly INSCRIBED (1943) by William P. House on title page to fellow-mountaineer Paul Petzoldt, lacks dj, rubbed red cloth boards with black titles to the spine, spine mildly sunfaded but with no tears or fraying, now in custom acetate jacket, front hinge cracked but holding between frontispiece and tile page, altogether a very good, sound, clean copy of this mountaineering classic. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1939 Dodd, Mead, NY, 1st edition, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, folding chart, appendices, map endpapers, red cloth; cloth fine. --------------------------------------------- This is the classic story of the 1938 First American Karakoram Expedition to K2. This small team made a tremendous attempt on the mountain and nearly reached the summit. An important and scarce work in the original edition. Neate B58. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1939 Dodd, Mead, NY, 1st, 8vo, pp.xii, 381, photo frontis, 36 bw photos, fldg chart, appendices, map eps, red cloth; signed Bates & Charles Houston, cloth spine darkened, internally tight, fine. ---------- This is the classic story of the 1938 First American Karakoram Expedition to K2. This small team made a tremendous attempt on the mountain and nearly reached the summit, paving the way for subsequent expeditions. An important and scarce work in the original edition. Neate B58. ---------- Note: Wavy lines showing in image on red cloth are an artifact of scanning reflection and not actually present. signed by author. Book.…