Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Photos. Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 320pp; brown cloth boards; pictorial map endpapers; with Appendices, Maps and Sketches, Notes on photographs, Bibliography, and Index. read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: G/G. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (cloth worn along top & bottom edge, some staining to boards, prev. owner's name to half-title & occ. mark, otherwise internally very good) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, torn & creased with tape repairs & some rubbing, but largely complete); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A good copy let down by the state of the binding. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi ... read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: VG/G. 8vo. original beige cloth gilt (tape marks to endpapers, prev. owner's name to verso FFE, occ. spot, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (frayed & creased with tape marks & some rubbing, split along lower hinge, but largely complete); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A very good copy in a defective dustwrapper. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 1st printing, 1961
Description: Very Good/Good hard cover. Large 8vo, cloth, 320pp, illus. edgewear, chips, rubbing, scrapes, tears, bites, yellowing dust jacket now in protective covering. shelfwear, corners bumped, cover. owner name inside front cover, a few ink spots front end page top. edges yellowed, clean and tight text. sports. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 320 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Bottom of spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. Inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. DJ moderately soiled w/ wear and short tears to edges. Approx. 1/2" loss at bottom edge of rear panel. Creases to front flap. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents nice. read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (a little rubbed, a few marks to endpapers, slight mottling to cloth, else clean & bright); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A very good copy. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: 8vo. original red cloth gilt (spine label a little flecked, else clean & bright); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A near fine copy. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: VG/VG. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (boards slightly mottled, a few tape marks to endpapers, fore-edge spotted) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a little rubbed, a few small patches of wear, tape mark to front flap); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A very good copy. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Edition: First English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1961
Description: F-/F-. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (upper fore-corner of FFE neatly clipped, else very clean & bright indeed) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a little rubbed, slight wear to spine ends); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A very nice copy, near fine. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Edition: First US
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: F/F-. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt in dustwrapper (edges slightly frayed & rubbed, a couple of short closed tears); pp. 320, with 108 plates, line illustrations & endpaper maps. A nice copy, overall near fine. [Neate M47: This finely illustrated book by an Italian mountaineer-scholar is a worthy successor to de Filippi's great work on the same region]. read more
Binding: HB
Publisher: The Viking Press
Date Published: 1961
Description: FAIR / NONE. FAIR HARDBACK. APPEARS VERY-GOOD ON OUTSIDE BUT FOR COUPLE OF SMALL WET STAINS ON BACK BOARD (TAN CLOTH), AND BACK FLYLEAF AND ADJACENT PAGE SLIGHTLY WARPED, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME WATER EXPOSURE AROUND THE EDGES SO THAT SOME COLOR PLATES WERE STUCK TOGETHER ON BOTTOM EDGE BUT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE. read more
Description: Very Good-in Good+ dust jacket; DJ is toned and worn. Rear board is bowed; some foxing.; Viking; 1961; hardback; ALWAYS WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; 28 YEARS OF FAST/RELIABLE SERVICE. 319 pp. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Hardcover. 320 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows standard wear with small closed tears along edges. Clean, tight copy. read more
Edition: First American edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Near fine condition. Translated from the Italiam by James Cadell. Illustrated with maps, sketches and photographs in black & white and color. Includes bibliography and index. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Large Octavo. 320 pp. incl. index. Original tan cloth with gold gilt printing against a bright blue panel on the spine. Endpapers are decorated with a map of Karakoram. Color photo on upper cover of dust jacket. Price intact on jacket flap. Minor wear along edges of jacket. Translated from the Italian by James Cadell. 108 photographs, plus sketches and maps. Written by the Italian mountaineer, scholar and connoisseur whose books rank high for the quality of the writing ... read more
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