South Col - One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953
by Noyce, Wilfrid
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and illustrated end-papers of the Everest mountaineers. 4 colour photographic plates including frontispiece, 49 monochrome photographic plates of which several multi-image, 5 maps and 16 drawings by A J Veilhan. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. A VG+ copy in a VG D/W with a slightly darkened spine which is nicked at the head and tail and with a short closed tear (and associated crease) at the top right hand edge of the back panel. Signed by the Author in red biro on the title page. Wilfrid Noyce tragically died following a mountaineering accident in 1962. Signed copies of South Col are particularly uncommon in our experience. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490720321
- Title
- South Col - One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953
- Author
- Noyce, Wilfrid
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...