Isbn: 9780245531248 - Triumph and Tribulation (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U. K. Edition. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?". b/w Illustration (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0245531246.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Stains to cover, page edges, and/or pages inside. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. The circumnavigation of Spitsbergen is the first of three voyages described in Tilman's final book. Triumph and Tribulation closes his literary legacy, a testament to a remarkable life. Major Harold William Tilman, (1898 ? 1977) was an English mountaineer and explorer, renowned for his Himalayan climbs and sailing voyages. Following his military career behind enemy lines in the Second World War, Tilman took up deep sea sailing. Sailing in deep seas on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Mischief, which he purchased in 1954, and subsequently on his other pilot cutters Sea Breeze and Baroque, Tilman voyaged to Arctic and Antarctic waters in search of new and uncharted mountains to climb. On his last voyage in 1977, in his eightieth year, Tilman was invited to ship as crew in En Avant with mountaineers sailing to the South Atlantic to climb Smith Island. The expedition was led, and the boat skippered, by the youthful Simon Richardson. He and his crew aboard the old, converted steel tug made it successfully and without incident to Rio de Janeiro. Thereafter, en route to the Falkland Islands, they disappeared without trace - it was presumed the ship had foundered with all hands.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 153 pp. Illus. with photos (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Nautical, 1977. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 153pp, illust. Endpapers and edges slightly spotted, d/j a little yellowed. A fair copy. 0245531246/0.4uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo. 153pp. 1 map. Original cloth, slightly worn. Dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Fine (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition (stated). 153 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: med blue, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, shallow bump front t.e., sm ghost front near b.e. DJ: unclipped, white, photo front, map back, blue/black titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. Sketch maps of voyage 1974, 1975, 1976.…

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue textured paper boards gilt (occ. spotting to top edge & outer leaves) in dustwrapper (some tanning, flaps slightly spotted); pp. 153, with illustrations & maps. A fine copy. [Neate T48: Voyages to Spitsbergen; Disko Island, west Greenland and Angmagssalik, east Greenland].…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 153. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout. ISBN: 0245531246 Fine in fine dust jacket.