Published by Headline Book Publishing / The Scientific Exploration Society , 2000
This 1st edition hardback book is in near fine condition. The book has an inscription signed by John Blasford-Snell. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £18.99 net price. In 1998 and 1999 legendary explorer Colonel John Blasford-Snell led one of the most ambitious expeditions since Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki. It was an epic journey that spanned a continent and provided evidence that ancient South American peoples could have been trading with Africa 1,000 years before Christ. John Blasford-Snell and Richard Snailham recount their amazing story of adventure and discovery, of lost civilizations and little-known archaeological sites, and of seventy-five people whose combined efforts ensured the success of Koto Mama Expedition.
2244 Blashford-Snell, John
Operation Drake : The Official Account of an Epic Adventure
1981 WH Allen, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback signed by the author. The price clipped dustwrapper is a little rubbed at the edges otherwise very good. The book is signed by the author on the front map illustrated endpaper. There are no previous owner names or other marks.
Operation Drake's flagship was the 150-ton brigantine Eye of the Wind , which sailed from Plymouth in October 1978 and returned two years later, in December 1980. The expedition was divided into ten seperate stages, each lasting between ten and twelve weeks. At every stage there was a changeover of Young Explorers - youngsters aged between seventeen and twenty-four, who were carefully selected from countries all over the world to work alongside seasoned explorers, scientists and other experts, on a varied programme of activities aimed at combining the thrill of adventure with the worthwhile achievement of serious exploration, research and community projects.
THE EVEREST YEARS-A CLIMBER'S LIFE
1986 HODDER & STOUGHTON
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. THIS VOLUME OF AUTOBIOGRAPHYCHRONICLES HIS FOUR EXPEDITIONS TO THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PEAK. PACKED WITH BOTH COLOUR AND B+W PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1973
1st UK hardback edition. The dust wrapper has been price clipped otherwise both book and jacket are in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks. In the autumn of 1972, cutting manpower and equipment to a minimum, Chris Bonington led an all-British team, including Hamish MacInnes and Dougal Haston, in an attempt to climb the South West Face. This is the story of that attempt at this, so far unconquered route to the summit.
THE AFRICA OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER
1953 A&C BLACK
HARDBACK
REPRINT OF THE 1949 1ST EDITION. NO D/W. GREEN CLOTH WITH SLIGHT RUBBING TO SPINE. MAP END PAPERS. The story of Dr. Schweitzer and his life in Africa. Includes many photographs, and a concluding essay by Dr. Schweitzer himself. A rare book. Very good condition, without dust jacket. 160 pages
2428. Cohen, Paul: The Realm of the Submarine
Published by Macmillan, London. 1969
Hardback 1st edition in very good condition. The dust wrapper is price clipped and slightly sunned at the spine but is otherwise very good. There are no previous owner names or other marks. This is a fascinating journey into the past, present, and future of man's efforts to explore and exploit his undersea empire.
2389 Cookman, Scott
Ice Blink
2000 John Wiley, New York.
Hardback
1st edition US hardback in near fine condition. The book leans very slightly otherwise fine. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. The tragic fate of Sir John Franklin's lost polar expedition.
The Death Zone
1997 Hutchinson, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in near fine condition. There is a tidy previous owner name at the top of the half-title page and the dust wrapper is price clipped otherwise fine. Climbing Everest through the killer storm.
A Dry Ship to the Mountains:Down the Volga and Across the Caucasus-in my Father's Footsteps
Published by Michael Joseph, London. 1994.
Advanced proof, paperback in very good condition. There is some slight wear and rubbing of the covers but no other marks and generally very good.
Daniel Farson had a lifelong yearning to complete his father's 1929 attempt to cross the Klukhor Pass in the Caucasus on horseback. At sixty-four, "abominably unhealthy", he determined to try. He envisaged a restful though jolly cruise down the Volga and an idyllic journey across the great mountain range. How wrong he was.
2059 FIENNES, RANULPH
Mind Over Matter
1993 Sinclair-Stevenson, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in near fine condition. Pages browning otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is also fine and not price clipped. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The epic crossing of the Antarctic continent.
229. Fiennes, Ranulph:
Beyond The Limits
Published by Little, Brown. London. 2000.
1st edition hardback. There is damp staining at the bottom of the rear board and inside the dust wrapper. There are some surface marks to the dust wrapper but generally very good and unclipped, retaining the original £20.00 price at the front flap. There are no previous owner names or marks only the previously mentioned damp mark which spoils an otherwise fine book.
The lessons learned from a lifetime's adventures by the world's greatest living explorer.
2245 Fleming, Fergus
Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps
2000 Granta, London.
Hardback
UK 1st edition hardback in near fine condition, there are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has general shelfwear, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £20 price. The author spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn.
FRANCIS GALTON'S ART OF TRAVEL
1971 DAVID & CHARLES
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"SHIFTS AND CONTRIVANCES AVAILABLE IN WILD COUNTRIES". REPRINT OF THE FIFTH EDITION WITH THE ADDITION OF AN INTRODUCTION BY DOROTHY MIDDLETON. Nr FINE BOOK AND UNCLIPPED D/W WHICH IS ONLY SLIGHTLY SUNNED AT THE SPINE. SURVIVAL HAND-BOOK FOR VICTORIANS.
2246 GREEN, GRAHAM
Getting To Know The General
1984 The Bodley Head, London.
Hardback
First edition hardback, ex library book in very good+ condition, usual library stamps to front and back, although this is a ex-library book it appears to have had little use, dustwrapper in very good + condition, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £8.95 net price.
1688 GRAVES, RICHARD
BUSHCRAFT a serious guide to survival and camping
1978 ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL
PAPERBACK
1ST UK EDITION. COVERS ARE VERY SLIGHTLY RUBBED WITH A LIGHT CREASE TO THE SPINE OTHERWISE THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO PREVIOUS OWNER NAMES. A CLASSIC SURVIVAL HANDBOOK.
ALFRED GREGORY'S EVEREST
1993 BCA
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BOOK CLUB EDITION. BOOK IS FINE IN FINE D/W. PUBLISHED TO MARK THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ASCENT OF EVEREST. WITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS. B+W PHOTOS FROM THE OFFICIAL STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE EXPEDITION.
The Jackson Route
1978 Collins, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped.
2247 Hough, Richard
The Blind Horn's Hate : Cape Horn & the Uttermost South
1971 Hutchinson &Co , London.
Hardback
UK 1st edition hardback in near fine condition, decorated green cloth and green top edge. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is a little rubbed and chipped at the edges but generally very good. It has not been price clipped and still retains the original 65s net price at the front flap. 336pp. colour frontis, colour photos & b/w photos & illus in text throughout, endpaper maps. Cape Horn and the Uttermost South. Tierra del Fuego and its Maritime explorers.
THE ASCENT OF EVEREST
1953 HODDER & STOUGHTON
HARDBACK
2ND IMPRESSION OF THE 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD BOOK IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. JACKET HAS MINOR NICKS AND WEAR TO THE EDGES.
TENTS IN THE CLOUDS
1957 TRAVEL BOOK CLUB
HARDBACK
TRAVEL BOOK CLUB EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD D/W WHICH IS SLIGHTLY SOILED AND WORN AT THE EDGES. THE FIRST WOMEN'S HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION. 1ST ASCENT OF A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PEAK, NAMED BY THEM, GYALGEN. IN THE NEPALESE JUGAL HIMAL. B+W PHOTO ILLUSTRATED.
THE WHITE ROAD
1959 HOLLIS & CARTER
HARDBACK
A Survey of Polar Exploration from the Vikings to Fuchs. 1st Edition. "This book, by the Director and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, editor of the Geographical Journal, is the first complete survey of its kind covering both Arctic and Antarctic exploration." But for a bit of light foxing to the Unclipped dustwrapper and a small bumb to the front bottom corner, this is a fine copy. Probably unread. It still retains the original publishers paper publicity wrap. It has a presentation label from "The Boys' Brigade, Perth Battalion" very lightly pasted into the binding of the Arctic Map decorated FEP. Antarctic in the rear. Illustrationed with photos, maps and diagrams. VERY Nr FINE BOOK & D/W
2248 Krakauer, Jon
Into Thin Air
1997 Macmillan, London.
Hardback
UK 1st edition hardback in near fine condition, general shelfwear and a small crease to top front of jacket near the word "into", there are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has general shelfwear, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £16.99 net price. A critical document in the history of Everest ascents; Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild.
TWO GENTLEMEN OF CHINA
1929 SEELEY SERVICE & CO
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5th EDITION. NO D/W. ORANGE BOARDS WITH BLACK PRINT TO SPINE & PERGODA DECORATION TO UPPER. SLIGHT WEAR TO EXTREMITIES AND SOME LOSS TO FEP. SOME FOXING. GOOD++ ILLUSTRATED WITH B+W PHOTOS. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF TWO PATRICIAN CHINESE FAMILIES
2056 Lord Montagu of Beaulieu,
Home James
1982 Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London.
Hardback
!st edition hardback in near fine condition. There is a tidy previous owner gift inscription at the front end paper otherwise fine.
The Chauffeur in the Golden Age of Motoring.
2086. Morse, Randy G.: The Naked Mountain: An Adventure to the Deadliest Peak in the Himalaya
Published by Fleet Books, Canada, 1982
1st edition Canadian hardback in near fine condition. There are no previous owners etc. The jacket is very good being slightly rubbed at the edges with some small tears but no loss. 1980 Canadian attempt on the Rupal flank of Nanga Parbat.
THE LONELY SOUTH
1956 RUPERT HART-DAVIS
HARDBACK
1st EDITION. VERY GOOD EDGEWORN, UNCLIPPED D/W. BLACK BOARDS SLIGHTLY MARKED. TAPE RESIDUE MARKED EP'S. FEP HAS PREVIOUS OWNER NAME AND SCHOOL STAMP. GENERALLY VERY GOOD. KERGUELEN AND THE ANTARCTIC. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY RICHARD GRAVES.
SLOWLY DOWN THE GANGES
1967 HODDER & STOUGHTON
HARDBACK
VERY GOOD D/W, VERY GOOD BOOK 3rd Impression
2249 NEWBY, ERIC
A Merry Dance Around the World: The Best of
1995 HarperCollins, London.
Hardback
UK 1st edition hardback in near fine condition, there are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £18.00 net price at the front flap. 280pp. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. Here, in this selection from the best of Eric Newby's published writings, we learn how to clean out a pigsty in a gale near Cape Horn; what it is like to row 1200 miles down the Ganges or lie behind German lines in occupied Italy; how to brave dress buyers in post-war Edinburgh and in the wilds of Mayfair; how to deal with equally terrifying conductresses on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and how to cycle round Ireland in what was optimistically described as summertime-in fact, it rained for five months.
MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS
1921 HODDER & STOUGHTON
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1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD D/W SHOWS SOME WEAR AND IS A LITTLE BROWNED TO THE SPINE PANEL. BOOK IS VERY GOOD BLUE CLOTH WITH RED DECORATION. SLIGHT FOXING TO PAGE EDGES. "THE WITCHERY OF THE FAR SOUTH SEA ISLES". This is a simple record of the author's life in Tahiti and Moorea. A wonderful look at life in the South Seas early this century. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA 1876-1912
1991 WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
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1ST EDITION. PREVIOUS OWNER INSCRIPTION TO HALF-TITLE PAGE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED D/W. THE STAMPEDE FOR TERRITORY AND TREASURES AND THE ATROCITIES THAT WENT WITH IT. ILLUSTRATED. ANOTHER MAGNUM OPUS FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'THE BOER WAR'.
THE VOYAGE OF THE MIR-EL-LAH
1981 VIKING
HARDBACK
2 SMALL TEARS TO AN OTHERWISE VG+ IF SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN D/W. BLUE BOARDS WITH LINEN BACKSTRIP.The vanishing world of the dhows, from the Shatt Al Arab to East Africa then to the Seychelles and Comoro Islands. The tale of a modern-day Sinbad. FOREWORD BY BRUCE CHATWIN. VG/VG