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T Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1922. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1922. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Corners are creased in places.Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps by Samuel Turner - 1922
by Samuel Turner
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The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps
by Samuel Turner
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Turner, Samuel The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1922.
The narrative of seven seasons' climbing in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, including the first solo ascent of Mt. Cook. The author travelled widely, and although he was a bit late to the game and missed out on many of the most significant first ascents of New Zealand Peaks, he did complete important climbs and routes during his climbing trips. Includes rare dust wrapper. Condition: The book itself is a very nice copy, near fine with minimal shelf wear. It is from the Vernon Howard collection. The dust jacket, though, is replete with old water damage. Interestingly it is a complete jacket, so provides a nice window into early dust jackets, and has an amusing photo on its cover. The jacket was obviously damaged while far away from the book, as the book is quite nice. The jacket is virtually complete and is not price clipped, but show lots of evidence of being impacted by water. The rear of the very scarce jacket is water stained discolored. 175.00
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- Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1922
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- Keywords Mountaineering, New Zealand, Alps, Hiking, backpacking
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The Conquest Of The New Zealand Alps
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The conquest of the New Zealand alps
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Uk: T Fisher Unwin. Good. Hardcover. 1922. 1st Edition. 291 pages. -a few small light stains to cloth covers -(scans ava ilable) - with signature of R M Cull ? -8 newspaper clippings co ncerning NZ mountaineering 1927 to 1940 -the list of Mt Cook cli mbs and parties has some pencil notes on H A Holl who ascended Ru apehu 50 times -with a 46 typed lines of poetry entitled 'A night ... .
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The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps
by TURNER, SAMUEL
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T. Fisher Unwin 1922. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering & climbers motif to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing/bruising & chipping to extrems, light scuffing to spine, light to moderate discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some pages loose but still attached, some occasional light foxing to page edges)
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by Turner, Samuel
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London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1922 First Edition. 291 pp. Octavo. Original blue cloth with blind decoration on the front board and gilt title on spine. Fore edge uncut. Original endpapers with old bookplate on the pastedown. 44 illustrations on 24 plates, including frontis. Single sketch map. A bright copy without the usual fading on the spine. Neate 70. The author was a British mountaineer who climbed profusely in many areas. He seems to have been a very talented, advanced climber. 1922
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The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps
by Turner, Samuel
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London: T. Fisher Unwin. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1922). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Libris labels on front endpapers. "Dr. CNS McLachlan." "W. Henry Lewin." Gutters split at hinges. Some bumping and rubbing to ends of spine. Some rubbing to corners of boards with 1/8" loss of cloth to the top corner of the rear board. Slight marking to boards. ; 291 pages + frontispiece + 45 illustrations on 24 leaves + 1 sketch map. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Blind-stamped lettering and illustraion of ice axe and rope on front board. Includes account of the author's ascent to the summit of Mount Cook. Contents: Foreword; Season 1912; Season 1913; Season 1914; Season 1915; Season 1916; Season 1917-18; Attempts on Mount Cook Alone; The First Conquest of Mount Cook; A Brief Mount Cook History; My First Mount Tutoko Expedition, 1919; Second Mount Tutoko Expedition, 1920; Third Mount Tutoko Expedition, 1921; Brief Note on Equipment for New Zealand…
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