Summits of Adventure : the story of famous mountain climbs and mountain climbers by Douglas, John Scott - 1955

Frederick Muller Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Published. 227 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Full title: Summits of Adventure: the Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954., 1954. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Small octavo, hardcover, VG ex school library book with tan boards. No dj. 272 pp. and notes on author. Library markings are minimal and book is clean and tight. Tells the story of famous mountains and mountain climbers-Andes, Himalayas, Rockies, Alpine valleys, Caucasus, East Africa, Alaska, High Sierras, and more. Illus with Photographs.

Frederick Muller, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Published. 227 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

New York, New York: Dodd, Meas & Company, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Collection of thrilling, inspirational, true stories of men who climbed the world's greatest mountain peaks over a 200-year period, by a writer who is himself an "enthusiastic climber." Hardcover small 8vo has bright teal-blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering & design to spine, in 273 pages + 16 pages of stunning black-and-white photographs. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1954, from a single sportsman's library, it is in VG- condition: internally completely clean save for former owner's name & address in neat pen to ffep. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white but unmarked, with a hint of tanning. Condition downgraded due to spotting & rubbing to both boards, slight edgewear. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact) is Good+: bright & clean with rubbing to extremities & slight chipping, heavier at corners & both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover… Read More

London: Frederick Muller, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket.. xii, 227 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Neate D39.

London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1955.. First Edition; 8vo; pp xii, 227; 16 b/w plates; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, price clipped, flecking to page edges and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Summits of Adventure - The Story of Famous Mountain Climbs and Mountain Climbers.

London: Frederick Muller, 1955 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & bumped, trifling wear at extremities, occ. marks; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 228 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate D39].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Frederick Muller, 1955 VG+/VG. 8vo. original black boards gilt (inscrip to FFE) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, with fraying to extremities & a small chip lost to tail edge); pp. xii, 228 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate D39].. First UK. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.