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Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)

Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)

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Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)

by Wignall, Sydney

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Near Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
0862415802
ISBN 13
9780862415808
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Edinburgh: Canongate, 1996. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYD WIGNALL, without dedication on title-page. Signing reads, 'Best wishes/from/Syd Wignall'. Illustrated with photographs, maps and line-drawings. Sydney Wignall (1922-2012) was a Welsh adventurer, spy and marine archaeologist who led the first Welsh Himalayan Expedition in 1955. The aim was to climb Gurla Mandhata which was the hightst peak in Chinese-occupied Tibet. He recounts how he was captured by the Red Army and held in jail accused of being a CIA spy. Light bruising to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Author, Syd Wignall. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Bookseller
Greystone Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
18000
Title
Spy On The Roof Of The World (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SYDNEY WIGNALL)
Author
Wignall, Sydney
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0862415802
ISBN 13
9780862415808
Publisher
Canongate
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date Published
1996
Keywords
Signed. Autographed. Autobiography. Biography. Mountaineers. China. Travel. Explorers. Exploration. Himalayas. Welsh Himalayan Expedition. Mount Gurla Mandhata. Peoples Liberation Army. PLA. Chinese Military Intelligence. Spies. Spying. Military History.
Bookseller catalogs
Military; Travel;

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