TEN GREAT MOUNTAINS. by Irving, R. L. G

Londion: The Travel Book Club, 1942. Cloth. Reprint. First of this edition by the Travel Book Club. published under wartime conditions on cheap paper. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Profi les ten peaks: Snowden, Ben Nevis, Mount Cook, The Matterhorn, Ushba, Mont Blanc, Mount Logan, Nanga Parbat, Kangchenjunga, and Mount Everest. Spine sunned and paper just begiining to brown at margins . Good.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

J. M. Dent, 1940. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine copy in a very good jacket (price-clipped jacket has slight fading and wear; tiny ink mark on front endpaper). 3rd printing from 1947.

J.M. Dent & Sons, 1940. Backstrip taped. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Reprint Edition with tatty and torn dust jacket - collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London: J M Dent and Sons, 1947 Copy in green cloth on boards in clipped D/J. Jacket chipped and creased around edges with a few v ery small pieces missing. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1942 Good + Copy in turquiose cloth on boards. Spine sunned with some bumping around cover edges. No FFE. Previous owners inscription on half title page, otherwise very clean text and b/w plates

GB: J M Dent, 1947. Green cloth, silver gilt. Top edge green (a bit faded). In very good, clean, tight condition BUT cocked with light spotting to text edges and bottom corners a bit bumped.. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrVG/No DW.

J.M. Dent & Sons, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. shelf wear on the boards. mild foxing. one inscription. sound binding. very good copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: J. M. Dent, 1940. Author of "The romance of mountaineering" covers 10 significant mountains inc. Snowdon (?), The Matterhorn, Nanga Parbat and Everest. Green covers with silver, 213pp with b/w illustrations, inc frontis. "Times" obituary of mountaineer G. Winthrop Young (1958) slipped in. Green top edges. Covers have very little sign of wear with light bunmping to head and foot of spine. Neat gift inscription on ffep, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has moderate general wear with several nicks and small losses, particularly at head and foot of spine. Ref:114861. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G-. 15x22cm.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1942. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1942. Second printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean unfaded green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper; no other marks. 213 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges, slight darkening to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "This book gives one of the best and clearest descriptions one has yet read of the difficult "Second Step" on Everest which has baffled many climbers. Its ten chapters have hundreds of interesting points, and the photographs are remarkable for the way in which they show the massive proportions, the tremendous downrush of precipices, and the dizzying effect of corners and… Read More