High in the Thin Cold Air
by Hillary, Edmund and Desmond Doig
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original grey cloth (prev. owner's name to verso FFE, faint spotting to fore-edge, otherwise clean) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, spine slightly discoloured, edges a trifle worn); pp. 288 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate H82: Search for the Yeti, physiological research and climbing including an almost disastrous attempt on Makalu. Ascent of Ama Dablam].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001210
- Title
- High in the Thin Cold Air
- Author
- Hillary, Edmund and Desmond Doig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First UK
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Hillary Doig Nepal Ama Dablam Makalu
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...