The Mountain World 1954 by Kurz, Marcel (chief-editor)

Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy of the first American edition in jacket of the second volume of this noted climbing annual. Price-clipped jacket has some wear; previous owner's ink inscription on front pastedown.

Allen & Unwin, 1954. hardback in very good+ condition with very good minus dust jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

RUSKIN HOUSE [GEORGE ALLEN AND UNWIN LTD], 1954 HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,DUST JACKET IS GOOD,STAIN AT TOP OF REAR PANEL. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin, in Association withSwiss nFoundation for Alpine Research., 1954 Hardback in dustwrapper. 4to. pp224 incl. Chronology of Himalayan expeditions. Orig brown cloth, gilt titled to spine. 66 b/w photo-illus. + line drawings. VG with slight signs of age, corners bumped & top edges dusty. The d/w which is not price-clipped is frayed with small closed tears, loss & abrasion to the upper edges from being somewhat oversized. Rpr'd with archival acid-free tape.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Brown cloth (hard cover), gilt titles, in mylar protected dust-jacket. 224 pages; illustrated with photographs reproduced in large format, including some gate folds. Includes accounts of the British ascent of Everest by Wilfred Noyce, the American attempt on K2 by Charles Houston, the Swiss attempt on Dhaulagiri and the German and French victories on Nanga Parbat and Nun Kun, also with accounts of mountaineering in the Artic and Africa. Clipped jacket rubbed and chipped, top of front fly clipped, else book remains clean and tight Size: Quarto. First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

George Allen and Unwin, 1954. First edition. Fine and bright brown boards with gilt titles in very good illustrated pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Outstanding photographs from the field, many full page or double page along with maps. A Tour De Force

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Good+. 8vo. 224pp. illus. b&w photos.maps. The 1954 issue is primarily Himalayan, with accounts of the British ascent of Everest, the American attempt on K.2, also Swiss, German & French victories. Also mountaineering in the Arctic and in Africa.

London:: George Allen & Unwin,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Black and white photographs throughout. First British edition. Very good in a very good (light damp marks along spine, rubbing) dust jacket. .

GB: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. Bookplate. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Worn DW has loss to front flap remobing some of the blurb. In loose polythene protector. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/Poor DW.

George Allen & Unwin, 1954. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (covers a little creased). Pp. 224, illus with b&w photos and maps (Hugh Merrick's neat inscription on front endpaper).