Spark a Maps (6 results)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.…

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Jacket sadly quite tatty. Edge wear, creasing and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket, small loss to top and bottom of spine, corners rubbed with small loss, front of jacket quite cockled and damp stained, back jacket slightly browned, slight lean. Not price clipped (16s), pencill address on ffep, internally quite clean and tight, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 224pp, illustrated. The exciting first hand account of Sir Edmund Hillary's (1919-2008), and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest. Hillary achieved many more adventuring firsts before establishing the Himalayan Trust, an organization devoted to improving the lives of people living in the Himalayas. Illustrations by George Djurkouic, maps by A. Spark (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, rubbing, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of striking largely orange and yellow jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, price clipped, small previous owner's name to top ffep, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 317pp, illustrated. The Second World War had recently concluded, and life in England was still full of hardship and rationing. Is it any wonder then that when a visiting Spanish professor urged Swiss Argentine British Aime Tschiffely (1895-1954), to explore his sunny country, the ever wandering Tschiffely jumped at the chance? The only problem was that the English government prohibited any of its citizens to depart overseas with more than £50. Such a paltry amount would barely allow Tschiffely to stay alive and it immediately ruled out the idea of him buying and riding horses in search of Spanish adventure. Yet just when things look as bleak as a foggy London morning, a British motorcycle company offered to donate one of their new machines to the stranded traveller. The resulting trip saw Tschiffely joyfully roaming five thousand miles during a four month exploration through the country he labelled 'the land of the unexpected'. From Finisterre to Gibraltar, the fluent Spanish speaking Aime chatted to everyone including bootblacks, beggars and Benedictines. In a country which abounds in poetry and history he tracked down Phoenician legends, then danced till dawn with Gypsies. Someone once said, if Spain didn't exist, someone would have to invent it. Likewise we would feel the need to invent Aime Tschiffely, that literary angel of the Long Rider's world and heroic legend of 'Tschiffely's Ride, Southern Cross to Pole Star' 10,000 miles through South America and the USA, who wandered across the globe and through our hearts. A scarce book. Jacket, some maps and illustrations by the author, endpaper maps by A. Spark (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Printed 1955. The hardcover is in good condition, with a worn dust jacket that has been preserved with a protective cover. There are visible tears and discoloration on the jacket. The book itself is structurally sound, with no inscriptions, and includes a signature from Edmund Hillary. The pages show typical aging but remain intact and readable. Worn with protective cover, some tears and discoloration. Maps by A. Spark, sketches by George Djurkouic (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. "Copyright © 1955", "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 2003", and "This leather-bound Collector's Edition of High Adventure is personally signed by Sir Edmund Hillary". Signed by author. Includes Easton Press "Certificate Of Authenticity" dated 8/9/2003 and 6 inch by 4 inch broadside "a note about High Adventure and the author Sir Edmund Hillary". …