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London & Seattle: Diadem Books & The Mountaineers, 1987. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SECOND EDITION with many additional photographs (Same format, same text, and same size as the first edition but with 61 more photos and new introduction by Doug Scott). Original black boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine, clean condition, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears, no chips, clean. The book measures 235mm tall x 155mm, and has 365 pages + [1], 82 photos, 16 maps & diagrams, index. "The most authoritative one-volume reference source on the historical & geographical background to the enti re Himalayan range [and Karakoram]." Mason took part in the mapping & field work, and throughout his life he passionately followed & researched all exploration. Particulary useful in sorting out the place names which have often been confused in the general literature. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Mountaineers Books, 1987-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 372 pp, with illustrations and index. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, large bookplate on front pastedown. Binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket shows moderate edgewar and has a vertical spine crease. Includes discussion of Jesuit travelers in the Himalaya, exploration by British Army officers and surveyors, and, of course, the mountaineers.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. . Second Impression; 8vo; pp. xi, 372; 21 plates, 16 maps and diagrams, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth, chipped price-clipped dustjacket; a good copy.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated dustjacket. The book has edgewear with additional rubbing to spine ends and uneven spine fading, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to endpapers, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some edge rubbing and other wear, very little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

rupert hart-davis, 1955 hardback book in good to very good condition,solid binding,fade to spine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

London: Diadem, 1987. In tidy condition with a similar dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 8vo. original green cloth gilt (ex-library, with rsm's to endpapers, title page & fore-edge, otherwise clean & crisp internally. Portions of dustwrapper pasted to front board & FFE. Large library cat. no. on spine); pp. xii (last blank), 372, with 21 plates & 16 maps/diagrams. A good reading copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. xi, 372 pp. 22 x 15.5 cm. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine, in a pictorial dustjacket with 25 s. price on inside flap; top edge stained blue. Faint sunning to spine of jacket, with rubbing to all panels. Some small nicks at head of spine of jacket, which the previous owner has covered with transparent tape. Dustjacket is now protected in a mylar cover. Very light bumps to spine ends and corners. Some spotting or speckled dust soil to top edge of text block. Some light discoloration along hinges of endpapers. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding firm. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1955. Hard Cover, 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Good. Sunning spine. Moderate edgewear. Inscription endpaper. Moderate foxing. Very clean interior. No Jacket..

Diadem, 1987 reprint. reprint of 1955 1st ed thus VG in VG dw. a history of Himalayan exploration from the earliest times up to the first ascent of Everest [Neate M62]

London: Diadem Books, 1987 F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xviii (last blank), 366, with 82 plates & 16 maps/diagrams, + a loosely enclosed corrections slip. A fine copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration]. This edition contains numerous illustrations not in the original edition, and a foreword by Doug Scott.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F/F.

London: Diadem Books, 1987. 1st ed. thus. Fine. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xvii + 365pp., b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index,

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. First US Edition. green cloth, pp., xi, 372, illustrated, frontis., 21 full page plates, 16 maps and diagrams, index, light foxing to endpapers, spine is faded, light edge and corner wear Size: 8 Vo.,.

London, United Kingdom: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 The book is a little worn and torn around the edges. Page edges are lightly tanned, and the binding is weak on the last few pages. 379 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955 VG/VG. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (bookplate & prev. owner's details to front pastedown, some spotting to fore-edge & outer leaves) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed & creased with some fraying); pp. xii (last blank), 372, with 21 plates & 16 maps/diagrams. A very good copy. [Neate M62: Mason was Superintendent of the Survey of India. His book is the most authoritative one volume reference source on the historical and geographical background to the entire Himalayan range, with a remarkably concise and comprehensive history of Himalayan exploration].. Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth at the upper and lower edges of the boards and the spine rubbed and faded, with tape marks to the upper and lower edges of the boards and pastedowns. Abrasions to the pastedowns. Front hinge cracked, but the binding is sound. Previous owner's blindstamp to the title page. Some light staining to the fore edges. Dustjacket shows some general light wear to the outer extremities, and the flaps have been trimmed vertically, with the original text intact.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.