Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head / Charles Scribner's Sons, London, 1935
Seller: Excalibur Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Foreword by John Buchan and an account of the filming of the flight by Geoffrey Barkas. With Illustrations from Photographs, Diagrams and Maps. Thrilling account of the Everest Flight by the members of the expedition. Frontis illus. is a photo of Lady Houston. Fold-Out Chart & Map. Blue cloth cover with blind embossed vignette of a Biplane flying over Mountains on front. Red lettering to spine. 279 Pages, 900g. Spine and much of front cover faded. Hinges sound. No inscriptions. Pages in very good clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1933
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Reprint. With a foreword by John Buchan and an account of the filming of the flight by Geoffrey Barkas. With 57 illustrations from photographs, diagrams and maps. Navy cloth, red titles to spine. Reprint in same month as first edition. 279 pages. Colour fading to covers with some wear to extremities of spine. Complete with spectacles to view anaglyph between pages 222 and 223. . ("Anaglyph will appear in stereoscopic relief when it is seen through the viewing spectacles contained inside the back cover of this book.") Ownership decorative initial "P" and other ownership details in copperplate on front endpaper.
Published by National Travel Club, 1934
Language: English
Seller: Lexington Books Inc, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A.
£ 11.35
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. Contents are tight; Name on ffep.
Published by The Bodley Head, 1934
Seller: Border Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. blue coth binding some UV fade on the spine, some dings otherwise good, owner plate, still has 3D glasses in the pocket in the back board.
Published by National Travel Club, 1934
Language: English
Seller: Legacy Books LLC, Foley, AL, U.S.A.
£ 15.42
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket has toning and wear and tear, with cunks missing along top. Hardcover has edgewear. Pages have toning, but are unmarked. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1935
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
£ 25.12
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Cheap Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth (a little rubbed & sunned with a few marks to boards, extremities slightly bumped, prev. owner's name to upper pastedown, spotting to leaf edges and endpapers; blub from rear jacket flap loosely enclosed, otherwise lacks dustwrapper); pp. xviii, 280 [last blank], [4 (pubs. advts.)], with 33 illustrations + endpaper maps. [Neate F17: This first flight over the summit of Everest, and film record, was a considerable achievement and a most dangerous undertaking].
Published by London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1933
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
£ 27
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in blue cloth binding. B&W photographs, 2 maps, charts and one anaglyph 3D photograph with 3D view in pocket at back of book. Condition: wear, soiling & rubbing to binding; corners bumped with minor fraying; else a good, tight copy. Pages: xix, 279.
Published by National Travel Club, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
£ 19.28
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Good. X library book with expected wear and markings.
Published by National Travel Club, New York, 1934
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 264 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed; spine ends bumped. Illust. from b/w photos. Contents nice.
Published by John Lane .,The Bodley Head, London, 1934
£ 46.28
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Larger 8vo pp. 279, faded spine, lovely armorial bookplate on front pastedown, black and white photographs, 3D glasses in rear pocket. book.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head London 1933, 1933
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
£ 50.91
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Add to basket2nd printing orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo xix + 279pp., frontis., b/w pls., fldg. maps, appends., index, Account of the With a foreword by John Buchan, C.H., M.P. and an account of the filming by Geoffrey Barkas. With 3D glasses in rear pocket. Nice tight copy in blue cloth, a little lighter at spine.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1934
Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
First Edition
£ 45.93
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Over Everest. The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 by Air Commodore P. F. M. FELLOWES. Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1934, First Edition, 5th impresssion. Very good hardback, no jacket. Comes with original 3D spectacles (for viewing anaglyph plate p222) in rear pocket. Cloth boards are faded, rubbed, marked, and bumped. Small tear to cloth at top of spine. Signature in pencil, inside front board. Binding firm, pages very good with a little foxing. 279 pages with photos and illustrations. Fold out maps and diagrams, tissue overlays to p32, and p58 all in very good condition. The first Mount Everest flight expedition was undertaken by Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre in April 1933. They took off on an open cabin flight at 8:25 am on 3 April from Lalbalu Airfield and returned at 11:30 marking it as the first successful flight over Everest. The first expedition could not obtain clear photographs because of dust. They made another attempt on April 19, 1933, the pictures of which assisted Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mount Everest.
Published by London : John Lane the Bodley Head December reprint, 1933
Seller: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Third printing. ( There were three printings in December 1933. ) 8vo. ( 240mm. ) Pp. xix,279. Top edge with a blue wash. Plates [57] illustrations from photographs, diagrams and maps ( some folding ) . Complete with the 3D glasses, in the lower pastedown pocket, for viewing the Anaglyph on page 222. A very clean copy. Blue cloth backed boards with the aeroplane illustration in blind on the upper cover, spine lettered in red. The dust jacket with chips and open tears. Neate F17.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, Great Britain, 1933
Seller: Livres Norrois, Sutton, QC, Canada
£ 37.52
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Hard cover, no dust jacket. Very good. Sunfaded on spine. Solid binding. Clean pages. Illustrated. With the glasses red round clear. and blue cardboard. 1932: MARCH Headquarters of flight located at College of Aeronautical Engineering, Chelsea, flan for flight to Mount Everest, sub- mitted by L. V. S. Blacker, considered by Council of Royal Geographical Society. APRIL Letter sent to Secretary of State for India by Council of R.G.S., intimating that in their opinion the plan is likely to produce valuable scientific results. Air Ministry grant facilities at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, RAJ. School of Photography, and Experimental Estab- lishment, Mardesham. Negotiations with Bristol Aeroplane Com- pany for Pegasus engine. Lord Peel and Colonel John Buchan join the Committee of the flight. MAY Official application made to India Office for permission to fly across Nepal. Colonel Etherton communicates with British Envoy in Nepal, a former brother officer. Size: 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. Book.
Published by London John Lane the Bodley Head Limited 1933, 1933
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
First Edition
£ 56
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Add to basket279 pp. Third impression of the first edition. Octavo. In original blue cloth. Blindstamped image of a plane on the front board, red lettering on the spine. Spine somewhat sunned. Blue top edge; edges trimmed. Illustrated with 57 plates (including frontispiece portrait) from photographs, diagrams and a folding map. Viewer for looking at the three dimensional photographs in rear pocket. Neate F17. Account of the remarkable and dangerous first flight over Everest on which they made a valuable film record,with an account of the filming of the flight by Geoffrey Barkas.
Published by National Travel Club, NY, 1934
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
£ 26.23
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 264 pp, foreword by John Buchan, copyrighted 1934 by Robert McBride, b/w photos, photo illustrated end papers, black cloth-backed boards. Name/date back pastedown, spine lettering fading, good+, interior very good; no dust jacket. Stated First Edition.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1933
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
£ 75.36
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original blindstamped blue cloth (rubbed & sunned with a few marks to boards, extremities a little nicked, prev. owner's name to upper pastedown; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xx [last blank], 280 [last blank], with 62 illustrations, maps & diagrams & 3-D glasses in rear pocket. Heavy item (1.3 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate F17: This first flight over the summit of Everest, and film record, was a considerable achievement and a most dangerous undertaking].
Published by New York Robert M. McBride & Company 1934, 1934
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
£ 279.98
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Add to basketOctavo. Original tan coloured cloth with gold medallion on the front panel. Photographic endpapers. Spine and boards a bit soiled. Frontispiece. 39 black and white illustrations. A very nice clean copy with the front panel and the flap of the dust wrapper preserved. Neate F17. Account of the remarkable and dangerous first flight over Everest on which they made a valuable film record. The book has a wonderful presentation inscription from the author to Roy Chapman Andrews as follows: To Roy "A real man" from Peregrine Dec 9th 34. A fantastic association copy from one explorer and pioneer to another. This book and a number of other items were purchased many years ago from Andrews son, George and I am just getting around to cataloging part of the collection now!
Published by Robert M. McBride & Co, New York, 1934
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
£ 24.11
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Add to basketReprint edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 11-264; pictorial front endpapers, rear map endpapers; original green cloth stamped in gilt on spine; a good, sound, and clean copy. Yakushi F40a: "Account of the first flight over Everest sponsored by Lady Houston in 1933.".