Touching Void by Simpson, First Edition (34 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. This copy appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Geoff Grandfield (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tight and fresh copy, no ownership names. Light rub to fore-edge. With matching black slipcase in clean and undamaged condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1993, 10th printing. Octavo. 172pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. Binding square and firm. In the pictorial dust jacket. Slight bump to head of spine. Otherwise a 'Near Fine' copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Printing. 2008 First Printing. Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Fine slipcase. Foreword by Chris Bonnington. Illustrations by Geoff Grandfield. 224 pages. Frontispiece and 7 black & white illustrations. UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World £30.00. If ordering from overseas, please check any additional tax and import duties payable in your country, which will be additional to the costs given here.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth over cream boards, lettered silver at the spine. ISBN: 0060160276 Pages: 174 Very slightly bumped at lower spine, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket.

Fine. Hardcover, first edition in Folio. 192 pages, with illustrations by Geoff Grandfield. The epic story now filmed of mountaineering. A Fine book without inscriptions in a near Fine slipcase. pictures available.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Softcover book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Joe Simpson; Simon Yates; & Richard Hawking (Photographers) (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW, softcover w/a whisper of shelfwear to upper back corner tip. Memoir of English mountaineer Joe Simpson's (1960 -) successful but disastrous 1985 ascent of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. The book is dedicated to his climbing partner Simon Yates (1963 -) who did not survive the descent from the summit. This epic account of both triumph & suffering, friendship & loss of, won the 1988 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and was adapted to film.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First U.S. edition, stated; first printing, full number line. The author's unlikely escape from the bottom of a crevasse was the subject of a 2003 documentary film. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $17.95); some edgewear; Brodart protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, second state with corrected ISBN label inside. Worn dust jacket has some creasing and short tears to the edges, foxing to the page edges. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG plus octavo hardcover in a like, priced dj. No names or markings to text. Stated first edition. Mapped eps.174p. Climbing Andes.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Jacket rubbed with light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used.Hardcover in unclipped dust-jacket.1st impression,1st state with no correction.Some spotting to top and lower page edges.Spine-lean.No inscriptions and no tanning.Dust-jacket has a scratch to lower covers.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This Is A NEW SEALED Folio Society Book : Published In 2008 : 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing : This Book Follows The Updated , " Bad Memories " ( Jonathan Cape ) 2004 Edition With Minor Emendations : Cloth Binding With A Lovely Blue , White & Black Design By ' Geoff Grandfield ' : Includes The Factory Black Slip-Case : Overall , The Usual High Quality We Expect From Folio Is Much In Evidence : A Book To Last A Lifetime :

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 172, (1). Original cloth. Plates. Endpaper sketch maps. Edges of text block foxed/spotted. D/w edge-rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author on title page. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. DJ lightly worn, tanned & toned in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition copy, excepting tiny bumps at the lower and upper corners of the spine. Dust jacket is fine.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First Edition. F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper (spine a trifle sunned, as is common, negligible); pp. 174 (last blank), with 21 illustrations, a text map & endpaper maps. A lovely copy of the collectible true first edition of this Boardman-Tasker Award winner, fine. Flatsigned on title page 'Chris Bonington', who contributed the foreword. Winner of the 1988 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Association Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by The Folio Society, 2008. Octavo in slipcase. Books are like new; clean with no bookplates or ownership markings. Slipcase is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A famous & gripping true story of friendship, survival & difficult decisions in the mountains of South America. Still sealed in Folio's protective eco shrink wrap. Condition is "as new". We are a small independent bookstore with the same owner since 1973. We describe our books honestly, pack carefully & ship promptly.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cape 1988: ; Published in 1988, this one of the three 1988 reprints; unclipped DW;( small scratch marks on front & rear DW) bound black cloth gold lettering spine; illustrated throughout colour and b & w photos; illustrated end-papers; *** SIGNED to title page To Mike With best wishes, Joe Simpson **** Mike was Sales Director at Cape. Ref: BUR. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London: Jonathan Cape 1988, first edition, first printing. Fine/Fine. 6.5 x 9.5 in., 172 pp. Beautiful copy of this modern classic of mountaineering literature.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Jonathan Cape London 1988 First Edition Genuine first edition, first impression with the incorrect isbn number on the reverse of the title page which differs from that on the jacket Gd/gd Black boards / gilt 172 Illustrated end papers Twenty-one plates (colour and b/w), two maps Wraer rubbed on edges Dust staining on page ends Not price clied, no inscriptions Scarce copy from the original first print run.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Original black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. The first I have seen with no ISBN correction sticker to copyright page. The D/W is also in VG+ condition and is NOT price-clipped as most first edition copies seem to be and, more importantly, is NOT faded. The D/W is minutely creased at the head of the spine and has a short closed tear at the top right hand corner of the front cover adjacent to the inside flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1988. The correct with the incorrect ISBN number on the reverse of the title page (with no correction sticker) which differs from the ISBN details on the wrapper. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a hint of pushing at the spine ends and some light toning. Some light spotting to the upper text-block. Black boards / gilt. 172 pp. Illustrated end-papers. Twenty-one plates (colour and B/W), two maps. The foreword by Chris Bonnington. A very slight crease which affects a 5cm in length section of the extreme lower edge of pages 10-40 which appears to have been a production issue in the way the page has been cut. This is only mentioned for completeness. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped (as usually encountered) and is in near Fine condition with just a hint of fading of colouring to the orange lettering on the spine and some very light spotting to the rear flap edges. The wrapper is protected in a Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. He has also lined out his printed name. A copy of the ticket for the signing event is loosely inserted as provenance. The book was successfully adapted into a survival documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. 'The plot concerns Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes, in 1985. Critically acclaimed, 'Touching the Void' was listed in PBS's '100 Greatest Documentaries of All Time'. The Guardian described it as 'the most successful documentary in British cinema history'. ' (Wiki). A mountaineering classic and increasingly scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).