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London: Collins. 1946. F Second Printing Used. H Hardcover. Very Good. In blue and white jacket over matching boards, 4to, 47pp. (light shelfwear and toning to jacket extremities)

London, UK: William Collins, 1946. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942, 1946 Printing. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/VG; w/edge rubs to leading edges & price strike-out to rear inner flap. Showing discoloration to fEP w/PO name (Miss Helen Jolly), title page, and rear endpaper from once embedded clippings. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, member of the 3 Mount Everest expeditions of 1933, 1936 & 1938, Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) relates history of, and personal experiences from, early days of the Alpine Club, which he joined in 1902. Illustrated archival illustrations w/8 color plates & 24 illustrations in b/w. 48 pgs in 5 chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal… Read More

Britain In Pictures Publishers. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (britain, mountaineering, hiking, nature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES?,* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1946 (1942)* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and blue paper covered boards. White title to spine. VG* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, some slight darkening to spine, small nicks at head and tail of spine and to corners, adhesive labels to spine and rear. Covered in clear plastic film. VG* Contents condition: Ex-school library copy with usual neat stamps and labels clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Slight spine lean. No inscriptions VG+ * Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 22 illustrations in b/w.* Pages: 48 pp. text. no index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Mr Smythe describes not only the history of the sport of mountaineering from the early days of the Alpine Club. From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn and on to the attempts on Everest in 1933, 1936 and 1938. Obviously this is written before the Hilary and Tensing conquest of… Read More

HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES, No 22.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, mid blue-green paper and white covered boards. White title to spine with illustration showing alpenstock and rope. Very slight marks to front board. Slight age to spine and slight wear at head & tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Small marks and owners name to fep. No annotations. Very slight age to end papers. VG* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 24 illustrations & photos in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text.* One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) tells the story of mountaineering from the early days of the Alpine Club. Text in six chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and,… Read More

London: Collins, 1946. 48pp. 8 colour plates, 22 black and white plates. No 22 in 'Britain In Pictures' Light green boards and matching d.j. Nice copy with a slightly rubbed d.j. and spine foot. From the library of the Grand Prix author Louis Stanley and signed by him.. association copy. second impression. hard back. Fine/V G rubbed. large 8vo.

London: Collins, 1946 8vo. original green pictorial boards (worn along edges and corners, splitting along spine, some damp staining; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A reading copy. [Neate S112]. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. G-/No Jacket.

Bahamas: Britain in Pictures Publishers, 1942 nd. [1942]. 8vo. original paper covered boards (a little rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A near fine copy. [Neate S112]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.

London: Collins, 1946. 48, 8 col plates, 18 b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. A well-preserved copy.. Second impression (first published 1942)..

London, UK: William Collins, 1942. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. NEAR FINE- COLLECTIBLE/Near Fine. Archival Photos & Illustrations. Text/NEW & Bright. Collectible, Vintage 1942 First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated, green boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Spot to fEP. 1930's pioneers in British mountain climbing. Mountaineer, botanist, photographer, long advocate of mountain climbing not led by guides, and, member of the 3 Mount Everest expeditions of 1933, 1936 & 1938, Francis Sydney Smythe (1900 - 1949) relates history of, and personal experiences from, early days of the Alpine Club, which he joined in 1902. Illustrated archival illustrations w/8 color plates & 24 illustrations in b/w. 48 pgs in 5 chapters: I, The Pioneers; II, The Golden Age; III, The Fight for the Matterhorn; IV, The Growth of Mountaineering; V, The Himalayas: Mount Everest; and, VI, A Personal Adventure.

London: Collins, 1946 VG/VG. 8vo. original green pictorial boards (some wear along top edge, prev. owner's name, endpapers slightly offset & marked) in dustwrapper (rubbed & slightly marked, backstrip a little tanned; pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A very good copy. [Neate S112]. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Collins 1946. (Hardcover) 48pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrated cover, 8 color plates, illustrations, bibliography. Minor edgewear and chipping to dust jacket. Edited by W.J. Turner. Publisher series: Britain in Pictures (History and Achievement). Locale:. (Travel, Mountaineering).

Bahamas: Britain in Pictures Publishers, 1942 nd. [1942]. F-/VG+. 8vo. original paper covered boards (prev. owner's name to FFE) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed, spine slightly tanned); pp. 48, with 18 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A near fine copy. [Neate S112]. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

London: William Collins, 1946 8 colour plates,22 illustrations in black/white.Some wear to edges of dust wrapper and on boards. Some loss to jacket spine at top and in middle, around 1"/3cm missing on both at spine tail but still a really lovely clean, bright,tight copy. Jacket not priced. Charming little neat ,tiny list in pencil on first pastedown in child's handwriting of list of members of 19th Wolverhampton Girl Guides, dated July1948! Offset tanning from jacket flaps on pastedowns. 48pp. Size: 8vo. 2nd Impression.. Blue/White Decorative Boards. Good/Fair. Illus. by Colour Plates, black and white Illustrations, Photographs.. Hardback.