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Methuen & Co., 1957. 1957 First Edition. hardcover. 196pp, original fawn cloth, some light foxing to prelims, VG in VG- dw with a little soiling to rear.. Ascent of the seventh highest mountain in the world by a very small expedition. A very well written account of the first ascent.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
CHO OYU By Favour of the Gods by Tichy, Herbert - 1957
by Tichy, Herbert
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CHO OYU By Favour of the Gods
by Tichy, Herbert
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
London: Methuen & Co., 1957. 196 pages, three colour plates including frontispiece, b/w plates. Original dust jacket near fine, complete and bright, light general wear only, tiny closed tear to the top of the front panel not visible, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Original beige cloth hardback binding fine, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing, unmarked. A near fine copy - unlikely that better exists! . First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Book.
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Loe Books
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- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Near Fine
- Edition First English Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1957
- Size 8vo
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Cho Oyu. By Favour of the Gods
by Tichy Herbert
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- Hardcover
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Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
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Cho Oyu By Favour of the Gods
by Tichy, Herbert
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. Translated by Basil Creighton, with a Foreword by Sir John Hunt, dust jacket design by Faith Jaques. 'Cho Oyu, which means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan is the seventh highest mountain in the world and was conquered in 1954 by Herbert Tichy and his small expedition: this Austrian expedition was the smallest at that time to succeed on a major Himalayan peak.' Dust jacket rubbed and spotted in places, small chips to spine ends, spine browned, spotting to closed edges, cloth covered boards in very good condition, small bookseller's label to foot of front pastedown, light foxing to endpapers, contents clean and bright, photographs in monochrome throughout, colour photograph to frontispiece plus a further 3 colour photographs to pages 120, 153 and 168 and 2 maps, binding sound.. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Very Good/Good Minus. 8vo.
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Cho Oyu. By Favour of the Gods
by Tichy, Herbert
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1957. Undetermined. near fine. 1st edition. 196pp. Octavo in original beige cloth with 4 colour plates (including frontispiece) and B&W plates (both sides) from photos, and 2 illustrations (sketch maps) in text. A nice clean copy in an attractive dust jacket. near fine Neate T32. Account of the first ascent of Cho Oyu and the of an 8,000 meter peak by an small expedition led by the Austrian Herbert Tichy. 1957
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